1986,yes I blame the Navy and there Damn "coke and smokes" from 1986

[toddnjoyce]

Let’s just say I was more productive because I chose snuff or chew.

 

[RoadRunner]

still smoke free... 753 days :thumbsup:

Congratulations!

Did you quit cold turkey? The reason I asked is because that is the way I became a non-smoker about 15 or so years ago. I smoked for about 37 years. I know a few others that have been successful at quiting and they all did it cold turkey.

 

[Darkpriest667]

I quit cold turkey 6 years ago today. Don't regret it.

 

[Dad_Roman]

I quit cold turkey 6 years ago today. Don't regret it.

Yea, but you were like 15 then.....

 

[karlac]

Congratulations!

Did you quit cold turkey? The reason I asked is because that is the way I became a non-smoker about 15 or so years ago. I smoked for about 37 years. I know a few others that have been successful at quiting and they all did it cold turkey.

30 years smoking.
Cold turkey, 1991.

 

[EZ-E]

Congrats on kicking the habit.
I've tried numerous times over the years. It seems I can make it until I drink a beer, then my will power & temptation kicks in.

 

[karlac]

Wonder how many cultures around the world grok the term "cold turkey".?

 

[karlac]

Congrats on kicking the habit.
I've tried numerous times over the years. It seems I can make it until I drink a beer, then my will power & temptation kicks in.

I had to quit beer at the same time.
Likely have not had two beers since 1991.
Prior to that a six pack a day was not all that unusual.

Don't miss the smokes, but still miss that cold quart of beer on the way home from a hot day's work.

 

[AustinN4]

I started smoking in HS but quit in the middle of a cig in my middle 20s and have never looked back or wanted one again.

 

[RoadRunner]

Congrats on kicking the habit.
I've tried numerous times over the years. It seems I can make it until I drink a beer, then my will power & temptation kicks in.

The reason why you have been unable to quit is because you have tried to quit. When you tell yourself that you are going to try to quit that gives yourself an out. If you try to do something that means that it is ok to not do it because you were only trying to do it.

When you get ready to stop smoking tell yourself that you no longer want to smoke and that you are going to become a non-smoker. And then just do it.

Becoming a non-smoker was easy for me. And it should be easy for you too as long as you don't try to quit.

 

[EZ-E]

The reason why you have been unable to quit is because you have tried to quit. When you tell yourself that you are going to try to quit that gives yourself an out. If you try to do something that means that it is ok to not do it because you were only trying to do it.

When you get ready to stop smoking tell yourself that you no longer want to smoke and that you are going to become a non-smoker. And then just do it.

Becoming a non-smoker was easy for me. And it should be easy for you too as long as you don't try to quit.

Yep, you have some truth there.
It's all in the will power.

 

[karlac]

Yep, you have some truth there.
It's all in the will power.

Been told countless times:
"Yeah, but you could quit cold turkery because you're so damn AR!"

Guilty ...
Better damn well be done, and done right ... the first time.

 

[AustinN4]

What convinced me to quit was that I was at work at my desk (we still smoked in the office back then) and I had a clear glass ashtray. My half smoked cig had been sitting in the ashtray while I was doing something and when I went back to it there was an orange-ish slime on the glass ashtray where the cig had been sitting. It finally dawned on the that that crap was in my lungs. I stubbed that cig out and have never picked up another one in 50 years! I can't stand the smell of cig/cigar smoke now.

 

[karlac]

What convinced me to quit was that I was at work at my desk (we still smoked in the office back then) and I had a clear glass ashtray. My half smoked cig had been sitting in the ashtray while I was doing something and when I went back to it there was an orange-ish slime on the glass ashtray where the cig had been sitting. It finally dawned on the that that crap was in my lungs. I stubbed that cig out and have never picked up another one in 50 years! I can't stand the smell of cig/cigar smoke now.

Non filters/roll your own's would do the same thing to your fingers.

 

[AustinN4]

Non filters/roll your own's would do the same thing to your fingers.

Camels

 

[TheDan]

Wonder how many cultures around the world grok the term "cold turkey".?

At least 3, but probably not more than 5.

 

[Darkpriest667]

Yea, but you were like 15 then.....

HAHA cute, I had been smoking for 16 years when I quit. =) It wasn't easy.

 

[nlghthawk]

I quit in 2001 and got my Camaro SS in 2014!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpf2q_JHSNZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

[avvidclif]

I quit in 2001 and got my Camaro SS in 2014!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpf2q_JHSNZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Ahhh, put that cigarette money to good use. Nice.

 

[karlac]

I quit in 2001 and got my Camaro SS in 2014!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpf2q_JHSNZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Good going.
Justified every fishing and computer gear purchase since 1991 the same way.