Quit Smoking...for Mature Adults

jrfromafar said:
A little nostalgia - brought back memories..... Hadn't thought of this for probably decades. We used to make these roach clips

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oh man, that brings back some memories, lol, thanks Jr.
 

It's been decades since I smoked Nwlady, but my husband has a friend that comes over, and we let him smoke in the house, so he feels comfortable. We crack a few windows, and wash the ash tray when he leaves. Seems like less and less people are smoking nowadays, with all the new rules about buildings, etc...not to mention the inflated prices. :eek: I think the highest was when I was smoking was .75 a pack in certain vending machines, cheaper in stores.
 

I know lots of people that never have suffered ill effects from cigs or eating what is considered to be non-nutritional, or even bad for you. I don't know the odds. The thing for me is how I feel. For example, I didn't drink water for years, I mean I got what I got by accident, not purposely trying to consume water. Then I slowly got more into nutrition, and read a lot about dehydration and it's effects. One effect it "can" have is when a person is dehydrated they may feel hunger. I found out I was in that group. Now when I feel hungry I make sure to drink some water first. Then wait for the time I feel is right to eat. The first thing I do in the morning is drink a glass of water. They say that gets all your organs functioning properly after your "break" "fast". It's a hobby for me now, fun even, to see how nutrients work, or are used by our bods.

I have no clue if it will extend my life, but I feel better, that's why I keep on keepin on;) If I could eat potato chips, fries, burgers every day and feel good, I guarantee I'd do it though;)
 
Water with lemon juice is super healthy first thing in the morning Nwlady. I was dehydrated when I was working, became dizzy and was seeing 'floaters' in my peripheral vision. Too much coffee and not enough water. Started drinking water that day, and try to get a decent amount in every day since. Mostly plain seltzer water, no caffeine, no sodium, nothing but carbonated water. At the gym I bring a small bottle of filtered tap water and drink that.
 
Crikey we have something in common Just sayin................first thing I do when I get up is cigarette and coffee.:grin:
 
Yep I have tried it.:bigwink:

I am usually up between 4 and 5..........coffee and cigarette = sheer bliss.:lol:
 
Sore subject for me. My mother died from bone cancer and was a heavy smoker all her life. She started when the dangers weren't fully realized.

My husband is a smoker still at an advanced age and it's awful to watch someone killing themselves daily. He's been lucky insofar as having always been an unusually strong man it's not taken him down just yet. But it will and we both know it.

Already he's lost a great deal of lung capacity and gets easily winded and gets hoarse, coughs loudly, etc. He's tried various methods over the years to stop. We even have an excellent smoking cessation clinic here in town. But he lacks the vital ingredient for any approach; will power.
 
Gael said:
Sore subject for me. My mother died from bone cancer and was a heavy smoker all her life. She started when the dangers weren't fully realized.

My husband is a smoker still at an advanced age and it's awful to watch someone killing themselves daily. He's been lucky insofar as having always been an unusually strong man it's not taken him down just yet. But it will and we both know it.

Already he's lost a great deal of lung capacity and gets easily winded and gets hoarse, coughs loudly, etc. He's tried various methods over the years to stop. We even have an excellent smoking cessation clinic here in town. But he lacks the vital ingredient for any approach; will power.
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....same with me, Gael, I've watched too many relatives and friends die a long and agonizing death.
 
It's insidious for the smoker, it must be. I smoked when I was young, but I was never anything but a social smoker, parties, bars etc. Never got to that "light one up first thing in the morning". Quit when I was 33, cold-turkey, easy although I did have to (chose to) make a break from my smoking friends. Couldn't go to their houses, or hang out with them in a restaurant since it always had to be the smoking section. They out-numbered me;) Sometimes a group was kind and we sat in non-smoking:)
 
But it is harder to quit than some folks admit. My hubby went cold turkey and hasn't smoked since. I munch nicotine lozenges and they work for me. My best buddy has smoked since his early teens. He tried everything to quit and still hasn't. At maybe 35 they told him he had 80 year old lungs, now in his 50's I don't want to imagine. My aunt was a lifetime chain smoker and died of stomach cancer. At the end morphine didn't touch the pain. Makes you think differently of both smoking and assisted suicide...very sad indeed.
I wanted to add from what I understand. Heroin is said to be easier to kick than nicotine.
 
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