35 years. . . . . . . . .

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by charlie_the_tuna

so after 35 years I finally decided to quit smoking. gave it up on the 27th of November, my 50th, and the first 2 weeks or so went ok. the usual cravings and triggers and wanting to stab every idiot in the neck with a pen. well, it's been almost a month and I broke down and got one of those e-cigs. supposed to be safer as i'm now inhaling vapor instead of smoke. don't know if it's much better but I do know that it aint nearly as satisfying. man, this sucks. I know I need to give it up for my health and for the boys but I've now taken to eating for 2. i'm up to about 280 and I don't forsee it coming off any time soon.
so my struggle will continue and I will continue to eat anything and everything I can fit in my mouth. don't know if I feel any healthier but I sure do want to phukking kill everybody I see.
that is all.

Charlie?..... Remind me to not meet you for any reason for at least a half year.
You're on the right track my brother. You've come to realize that stopping smoking is not only about you, but also how your ill health would effect the ones you love the most. Ditch the e-cigs, they're just a crutch, and you'll never learn to walk fully if you keep using crutches. I was a 2 pack a day smoker for 42 years. I can tell you from experience that really, the only way to quit is how you started out. You just stop. No pills, no patches, no Hypnotist, no e-cigs..... nothing. And when you get the urge you just say to yourself something like "We're not doing that anymore". The urge itself goes away almost instantly when you reinforce your resolve with a verbal commitment like that. You can do it bro.
As to the need to have the supermarket set up a conveyor belt right to your house.... ya, like all of us you're substituting one oral habit for another. And since you'r not putting Nicotine into your system, your metabolism is going to slow down also, which means you're going to put on weight. If you're like most people you'll "balance" out about 20-30 lbs heavier then when you were smoking. It's a small price to pay. And I look forward to meeting you...... sometime next summer... lol