If I Can Quit Smoking, Anybody Can!

[tho9900]

thanks

 

[Jimmy1]

Well I quit alcohol, then pills, then pot, then finally cigarettes. Now I am only on the medication prescribed.
I am addicted to coffee though, lucky I have it with light milk and no sugar.

 

[BenP253]

I had to kick my habit for health reasons around 5 years ago. Hardest thing I ever did in my whole life. This is something you should be proud of.

 

[RC135Linguist]

I had to kick my habit for health reasons around 5 years ago. Hardest thing I ever did in my whole life. This is something you should be proud of.

I think all who have been able to quit smoking should be extremely proud of themselves. As an older veteran, I recall the days when the military encouraged us to smoke - they even provided us with cigarettes, either for free or totally tax-free. I suspect that they still encourage smoking out in the field as a way to "calm" soldiers' nerves. In effect, by doing that they're handing our veterans an addictive crutch that quickly becomes its own death sentence. The next time any of you walk through the halls of a VA hospital or clinic, try counting the number of veterans you see with plastic tubing coming out of their noses while carrying portable oxygen tanks either in a shoulder bag or in a push cart. The vast majority of them are suffering from smoking-related COPD thanks to the U.S. Government. Without a doubt, the numbers and rate of veterans who suffer from cigarette-related cancers and lung diseases are statistically much higher than that of the general population. As if we don't already have enough problems!

 

[Jimmy1]

Hey VAR, I was having this discussion the other day. Even in 85 when I joined they encouraged it.
I remember at recruit training (boot camp), the only thing civilian in your room you were allowed to have was an ashtray and that had to be spotless and hidden.
When I joined I did not smoke. My instructor used to come by every night and ask for a cigarette. When I told him I did not smoke, he shook his head and went across the hallway and chatted to the other blokes while he had a smoke.
Being young and dumb I took up smoking. A week later he asked for a smoke and when I gave him one he said 'Good Man'.

The things we do.

I am only 45 and had a lung capacity test just yesterday and only achieved 91 %. Now I am on some more shit to hopefully improve this.