7th day on the wagon, and it's all mental from here.

Here's What I'm going to miss most about my dear old friend Mr. Grizzly. LOADING up, prior to wading out into a run.

Mf

All the employees where I work were sent an email notice this last week stating that beginning June of 2008 the company property will be 100% tobacco free.
No smoking, no chewing. Nothing. Ouch.
There's going to be a lot of grumpy people there when that happens. Typically your too far from the property boundaries to leave for a smoke. You'll just have to wait til you leave at the end of the day. Or on your lunch break if your so inclined to go to that much trouble for a smoke.

Good luck quitting....I'm next.....

Thanks Rafterman, but I'm not quitting. This is my 4th time abstaining from tobacca in 20 years. My longest is 7 years. I kind of like the withdrawals from abstaining cold turkey. Anyway just like an Alcoholic, one day at a time. Speaking of Alcohol, I can't believe I didn't pick up a freaking bottle for Christmas. Go figure.

Mf

Funny, I still have booze left over from last Christmas. A full 1/5 of Crown Royal and a full 1/5 of Captain Morgan. And at least a 1/2 full half gallon of Absolute vodka.

Want a shot?

Do I want a shot of Crown Royal? LMFAO, Hell I just opened my old can of chew and took three big sniffs to get my mind off your offer! Now I'm drinking wine from what's left over from smoking. Do I want a shot?

The Magicfly has a weak spot for CR.

MF

Going to get back on the wagon on New years. I got my nicotine pateches (Thanks to my Girlfriend) ready.
Shes leaving town and my kids will be at their moms..otherwise, someones life may be in jeapordy

Going to miss that first dip of Cope in the morning.

Good luck to ya'll. Addiction must be a bitch. I consider myself fortunate.

Sg

4 years off the tobacco for me. Patch worked great....2nd time around.

If I would have been smoking, at least the dung wouldn't have smelled so strong on my waders.

I quit cold turkey. The heroin was the hardest

2 years 3 months & 20 days off the booze. Not that i'm counting.

Never did smoke, hear its way harder to quit than alcohol...

My hats off to you quitters!!

C/22

I quit drinking over 12 years ago. It's hard. Cigs were a cinch. I really wanted to quit so it was pretty easy. Good on you.

Quiting is a booger. Been there (am there).
At least I'm going fishing tomorrow.

Good for all you who have dropped your tobacco/drinking habits and gone sober. More power to you...

My grandpa quit the cigs cold turkey when his wife for over 30 years died of lung cancer.. (they smoked for as long as they were together)


Good luck to all you...

I quit chewing for about 3 years. Not sure why I started back up again. Oh yeah......... Stress...Yeh..... that's it.

I prefer the cheap cold turkey method, gives me more booze money. My Yeng & my yang.

Mf

AA,

I've read a couple of times now that for many, it's easier to quit heroin than it is to quit tobacco. That gives some perspective to the difficulty people have giving up cigarettes.

Sg

Heroin withdrawal and frankly,alcohol DT's can kill a person. Quitting cigarettes will not. Getting off narcotics is much more difficult. I did it cold turkey. It's not that hard,and I smoked for years. Just do it and quit destroying yourselves. No excuses. Because to say that it's hard is a cop out. How hard will it be for your loved ones to watch you die from the abuse you are inflicting on your body? I don't but it. And I was a hard running mo fo in my earlier days. ANYONE can make life changes,but you have to be ready to take some actions to the contrary.

BTW I did not mean to make light of addiction. It's not a joke. I laugh because I am lucky I lived through that [censored]. But it is no laughing matter. Sorry for the off color remark earlier about heroin.

Try an extended period of incarceration for your addiction blues. Cured me off MethAmp and smoking. Started smoking the day I got released but haven't touched the sshprack in over 8 years. Took 3 months inside to get that wicked [censored] out of my system and finally think straight but once clarity came back it all made sense. [censored] cops and [censored] the prisons. To avoid both it takes sobriety. I still drink a lot of beer but have no desire to indulge that other side of life.
Good luck MF on your fight with nicotine.

My thoughts exactly...