3 weeks ago today

The very best to you Bob. You made a great decision. I can not remember the details, I know it was after pre-med, but, for some reason, part of my education was the chemical and neuro reactions after quitting smoking. All I remember about it is---somewhere out there in a month or two or three the cravings return and if you give in to them, even a tiny bit, you get re-hooked.

Continue to Enjoy,
JimB

Bob Gibson said:

Thanks for the encouragement everyone I've mentally got this habit licked now.

I didn't really realize how expensive this habit was. I'd go through a carton of Marlboros a week at about $54.00 a carton. That's about $2800.00 a year

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Now you can buy one of these with the first years savings

Good for you Bob.... I keep encouraging my step son to quit, and he has 3 times so far for about 24 hours once, two days once and 3 weeks once... but always back slid....

I never started myself, tried, but it didn't take... even tried when my first wife started smoking at 35... figured if I had to kiss and ashtray, may as well return the favor... still didn't take.

My father quit after 60+ years at age 74.... he developed a bad bronchial infection and the doctor said he needed to quit, so he laid them down... he did the same thing with his drinking...

Don Baer said:

Now you can buy one of these with the first years savings

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When I lived in Hawaii I used to price everything in surfboards (I didn't actually have that many surfboards I just priced other things in comparison). "Man I'd go out to that dinner but that would be like 20% of a good used surfboard". It was surprisingly effective at judging how important something was to me (would I like that more than I'd like another surfboard? No? well.. then.. and I already have enough surfboards so..).