Smoking Cigarettes

[Rocky C]

I just realized after a busy morning on the Forum that today is my 3 year Anniversary of quitting smoking cigarettes.

I quit cold turkey because I had some surgery and they would not let me out to have a smoke at the VA Hospital ( smoke free campus ) and after 5 weeks I never went back.

I don't feel any different but my clothes smell good all the time.
Never smoked in the house so that don't count.
My vehicles smell great.
Food taste better so my waistline expanded a bit.
My teeth are always pure white and I have them all.
I saved $ 15,600 in 3 years ( $100 per carton per week x 156 weeks ) so far.

Funny thing is, I think about it everyday.

Boy do I miss a Camel filter and a cup of coffee.

Don't go to the Casinos anymore even tho they are all around me. Too much of a trigger !!! so that saves a ton of money also.

Don't drink alcohol my whole life so don't miss a smoke with that.

I really feel like a having a smoke to celebrate my anniversary......

Should I go back ?

Anyone else quit and miss it ? and how long now ? Did you quit and go back ?

Any smokers that will never quit ?

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This is posted in " Open Squad Bay " so all members are able to post if they want to so be nice please.

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[Zulu 36]

I quit smoking in October 1991 and I quit drinking in August 1992. When under stress or whatever, I have zero desire for a drink. But sometimes that urge to have a ciggie really hits hard. I have to find something to take my mind off of it. Otherwise, I don't miss it.

Seeing as I was a heavy smoker (4 packs avg per day), I'd have to rob banks to feed that habit these days.

Keep it up, Rocky.

[silveradomick]

I quit once because I promised my wife I would when she got pregnant with our first. I kept my word, but 9 months later I missed the hell out of it and started bumming them from guys at work. I guess I should probably get around to quitting for health reasons, but I just enjoy it too much to seriously consider doing so at this point.

[jrohr]

In '77 after I got out of boot, and went to Ft. Sill for survey school, I was around all the smokers who were making up for lost smokes while they were at MCRD. After school I went back to the barracks one day and someone lit one up near me. I thought it smelled pretty good after inhaling second-hand smoke all day, and asked my buddy for one. I smoked for twenty years after that and regret every one of them now. I am SO glad I was finally able to quit back in '97! It took a lung infection to make me realize that we kind of need these lungs of ours to make it to our golden years. So, in other words, be glad you quit, and to anybody out there that is wondering to quit or not-do it. You'll be glad you did.

[USMC 2571]

Quit July 3, 1996 after just buying a carton of cigarettes. Never had a craving since.

[USMC 2571]

"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." Mark Twain

[Mongoose]

I started smoking at age 15. Loved it then and still loving it. Smoking has never hurt me in any way. Always been a 2 packs a day smoker. On the contrary, smoking has been great for my health. I get up in the morning coughing and gagging, can't catch my breath and barley able to get to my ciggs. I go outside and light up. About half way through my first smoke, I quit coughing and gagging and spitting. By the time I finish my second one, I feel like I could whip King Kong. I think smoking is a medical wonder. I'll never quit, as it keeps me healthy. My Doctor told me the carbon monoxide in my blood was 8 times that of a normal person from smoking. That's what I call getting benefits. I've actually thought about going non filter, as it's getting hard to breath the older I get. Getting old sucks. Getting old has put me on oxygen at night. It's made me have to sit down and catch my breath after walking 75 feet. Aging has gave me COPD, for which I have two inhalers to get me through the day. So while you'll are worrying about smoking, Old age will kick you in the butt!

[gkmoz]

I started smoking for real at 13 and smoked for 52 years! I quit cold turkey 114 days ago lol doing pretty good not even a drag of my wife's cigs and I have gone through all the "triggers" but wasn't too bad? today though I am feeling tempted and stumbled across this post ! that settles it No Cigarettes

[Tennessee Top]

Both parents were heavy smokers. My mom grew up in Hazard, Kentucky so started when she was 13. Chained-smoked unfiltered Pall Malls. Always said only enjoyment she ever got out of life were her children and cigarettes. She died young (47) from lung cancer - think she probably lit one up that day even in the hospital. My dad quit after mom passed away. But, he remarried a lady who was also a chain smoker and she also died from lung cancer.

I've never even tried one and my sister is also a nonsmoker. Smoking never appealed to either of us (for obvious reasons).

As a respiratory therapist at a teaching hospital for 15 years, I got to see what smoking does to people's lives (and their families) on a daily basis. Also got to see what motorcycles, DWI, and driving without a seatbelt do...none of it is good.

[Kegler300]

I quit smoking cigarettes in 1979 ... but have been smoking cigars since 2000.

[JimEnglish]

Started smoking at 12. Quit when I was almost 34. The first two year were bad; every time I smelled cigarette smoke, I wanted one. After a while, it stopped smelling good and started to stink. Haven't touched one in 24 years.

[Rocky C]

Thanks for sharing and posting everyone.

Every time a feel the urge to start again ( which is daily ) I'm coming back to this post for affirmation on why I shouldn't.

3 years now. I hope this feeling goes away soon or I'm taking Mongooses ( Billy ) advice and let old age set in while I'm having a smoke and a coffee, LOL.

Damn, what a drug nicotine is......

[Old Marine]

Quit in 1990 when I had my chest opened up and got 5 vessels replaced too my heart. Along with stopping the smoking, also quit drinking anything other than water or tea. I feel better and my pocketbook also feels better. It is a very nasty habit and would never return to it.

[SGT7477]

Tried it at a very young age, maybe smoked a whole two in my life,lol, Semper Fidelis.

[Mongoose]

Thanks for sharing and posting everyone.

Every time a feel the urge to start again ( which is daily ) I'm coming back to this post for affirmation on why I shouldn't.

3 years now. I hope this feeling goes away soon or I'm taking Mongooses ( Billy ) advice and let old age set in while I'm having a smoke and a coffee, LOL.

Damn, what a drug nicotine is......

Here's the thing Rocky my brother. Look around....I'm 68 and still smoking. Now look at others my age. How many do you see with no health problems. Everyone I know within 5 years of my age has some kind of serious issues with themselves. Heart problems, diabetes, cancer, copd, and many with torn up knees, shoulders, hips, and backs. Many I have known are already gone. What time I have left on earth won't be trying to beat the odds. All that will happen is I will die healthy. Just think brother....before there was any ciggarettes, people who lived to be 40 was lucky indeed.