For Jim, part 3

[Abbey Marie]

[jimnyc]

I've certainly had a lot of demons in my life, and probably always will. But I can't be happy enough to have put cigarettes behind me. It's one of the toughest things in life to "quit", and then triply so for someone like me who has such an addictive personality. I still have an urge to have one, a mental urge at times, when in certain situations or with certain people and they light up. Luckily no physical urge at all. I imagine that will diminish more and more with time. I'm content with the weird urges though as I know I'll never smoke again, ever. And yes, I can say never. I truly believe my Mom gave me the strength to quit, and I owe it to her, and my family, to never smoke again.

And from my little utility which is a great reminder:

Jim - Free and Healing for Two Years, Five Months, Seventeen Days, 12 Hours and 4 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 156 Days and 3 Hours, by avoiding the use of 44975 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $23,339.72.

[aboutime]

I've certainly had a lot of demons in my life, and probably always will. But I can't be happy enough to have put cigarettes behind me. It's one of the toughest things in life to "quit", and then triply so for someone like me who has such an addictive personality. I still have an urge to have one, a mental urge at times, when in certain situations or with certain people and they light up. Luckily no physical urge at all. I imagine that will diminish more and more with time. I'm content with the weird urges though as I know I'll never smoke again, ever. And yes, I can say never. I truly believe my Mom gave me the strength to quit, and I owe it to her, and my family, to never smoke again.

And from my little utility which is a great reminder:

Jim - Free and Healing for Two Years, Five Months, Seventeen Days, 12 Hours and 4 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 156 Days and 3 Hours, by avoiding the use of 44975 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $23,339.72.

jim. I smoked about two packs a day for almost 50 years. Until my heart attack, and Quadruple Bypass. So. I had to quit COLD TURKEY.
In all of those years. The one, most difficult thing I always tried to do...just before military pay days was quit.
I became really good at quitting, but never made it past the first person I smelled, who had been smoking.

Easy to understand why people who use drugs, and alcohol have such a really hard time.
I beat alcohol, more out of the economics of it as well.
And thankfully. Today. I know I am really saving MOOCHO bucks when you consider the price of a pack is more than 5 dollars. Unless you live in New York...I hear the prices up there almost make smokers take out 2ND Mortgages...

[tailfins]

I just don't feel right interfering with someone's decision to smoke or not. I won't hold it against you whichever choice you make. I only smoked once when I was seven (7) years old and never smoked since. My dad used to send me to the truck stop to get him cigs when I was elementary school age. He gave me 75 cents and let me keep the change, the cigs were 40 cents, the brand was Bel-Air. My sister and I split the coupons and bought stuff from the redemption catalog.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I have never smoked a cig . Never even tried ,not even one drag. As a young man I was on for about 7 years -painkillers, acquired on the streets, not a prescription. . It helped me cope with my anger issues and life in general.
Quit it all at the drop of a hat as part of a promise I made to my second wife upon our marriage. Never looked back.
I have always have had strong discipline powers. Even tried to quit having sex once. Quite proud to say that I failed miserably at that. Beautiful ,sexy women just slay me. Always have!! ---Tyr

[Robert A Whit]

I have never smoked a cig . Never even tried ,not even one drag. As a young man I was on for about 7 years -painkillers, acquired on the streets, not a prescription. . It helped me cope with my anger issues and life in general.
Quit it all at the drop of a hat as part of a promise I made to my second wife upon our marriage. Never looked back.
I have always have had strong discipline powers. Even tried to quit having sex once. Quite proud to say that I failed miserably at that. Beautiful ,sexy women just slay me. Always have!! ---Tyr

Here you go

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[gabosaurus]

30 years after NOT quitting smoking...

[Robert A Whit]

30 years after NOT quitting smoking...

Do you believe that you won't end up that way?