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As of this moment, right now, I have made up my mind to stop poisoning my body with booze and smokes. I figured I'd start this here and keep a running thread on how I feel and what I notice.

I'm coming from a 16 year pack a day cigarette habit and about 6 years of consuming 2 liters of whiskey per week. Which basically means, hey, more for the rest of ya'll. :)

Let's see how this goes! Will power ahoy!

Go Keruvalia!

Jesus thats alot of consuming. You'll have alot more money, I'll say that much.

As of this moment, right now, I have made up my mind to stop poisoning my body with booze and smokes. I figured I'd start this here and keep a running thread on how I feel and what I notice.

I'm coming from a 16 year pack a day cigarette habit and about 6 years of consuming 2 liters of whiskey per week. Which basically means, hey, more for the rest of ya'll. :)

Let's see how this goes! Will power ahoy!
Good luck.

(You'll need it.)

bust the problem. break the habit. and good luck to you.

do what you want, just don't come crying to me when you are confined to the living hell that is a modern nursing home in your golden years, and i am peacefully dead.

Jesus thats alot of consuming. You'll have alot more money, I'll say that much.

Yep. I tallied it up and I spend $4,300.00 per year just on poisoning myself.

Seems to me that money could be better spent. Even if I just put it away in bonds at a mere 2.25% or somesuch, it would become $150,000 in extra money when I'm 65.

So ... yeah ... I'm quitting. Now.

dr phil always recommends against going with will power
he says you have to substitute a new behavior for the old one
it could be true

good luck with it in any case and remember that it can take a few tries to really kick any habit.

do what you want, just don't come crying to me when you are confined to the living hell that is a modern nursing home in your golden years, and i am peacefully dead.


Pfft ... nursing home ... I'm gonna force my kids/grandkids to take care of me. ;)

dr phil always recommends against going with will power
he says you have to substitute a new behavior for the old one
it could be true


I've heard that, nod. I could take up running again ...

Pfft ... nursing home ... I'm gonna force my kids/grandkids to take care of me. ;)

might happen, but i think the possibility of monkey's flying out of your butt is slightly higher.

Pfft ... nursing home ... I'm gonna force my kids/grandkids to take care of me. ;)
Provided you get that far.

I've heard that, nod. I could take up running again ...
that's why aa meetings are full of heart attacks waiting to happen guzzling coffee while chainsmoking and eating pork fried double glazed donut rinds.

Provided you get that far.

Quitting now greatly improves that chance.

Quitting now greatly improves that chance.
It's not about quitting; it's about staying the course.

that's why aa meetings are full of heart attacks waiting to happen guzzling coffee while chainsmoking and eating pork fried double glazed donut rinds.

Ugh ... I would never do AA and I prefer tea.

Quitting now greatly improves that chance.

live fast, die young and leave a bloated liverless corpse and tons of bad debt, that's my theory. cuz being old's gotta be worse than being dead.

It's not about quitting; it's about staying the course.

Well, staying the course I'm on now, I most likely will not see 50. Personally, I'd like to see 50.

Hahahaha!!!!!!! double fried glazed donut rinds...

live fast, die young and leave a bloated liverless corpse and tons of bad debt, that's my theory. cuz being old's gotta be worse than being dead.

Oh, no worries, I'll die in debt up to my eyeballs ... it's the American way. Living fast and dying young would be an ok choice, but I have kids of my own now. They'd probably like me to hang around a while.

Well, staying the course I'm on now, I most likely will not see 50. Personally, I'd like to see 50.
Are you deliberately being obtuse? :)

Are you deliberately being obtuse? :)

In my own special way. ;)

Oh shoot ... I should have said, "You callin' me fat?"

In my own special way. ;)

Oh shoot ... I should have said, "You callin' me fat?"
Cool.

Best of wishes to you in this endeavour. And if you don't succeed, just remember, there's always another endeavour.

And another... and another... and another....

live fast, die young and leave a bloated liverless corpse and tons of bad debt, that's my theory. cuz being old's gotta be worse than being dead.
nooo darlin'
life just gets better and better. as long as you take reasonable care of yourself.

Well ... it's been 4 whole hours so far with no ill effects.

I'd like a smoke, but I'm not going to have one. Technically, it's been 2 days on the booze since I haven't had a drink since Friday, and I'm not really craving one at this point.

Let's see how the morning goes without that first smoke.

Well ... it's been 4 whole hours so far with no ill effects.

I'd like a smoke, but I'm not going to have one. Technically, it's been 2 days on the booze since I haven't had a drink since Friday, and I'm not really craving one at this point.

Let's see how the morning goes without that first smoke.

IF you have trouble with the cigs move to nyc. They are $7.50 a pack here. Nobody can afford to smoke.

IF you have trouble with the cigs move to nyc. They are $7.50 a pack here. Nobody can afford to smoke.

Youch ... they're still only $2.99 a pack here. Wow.

Oh, no worries, I'll die in debt up to my eyeballs ... it's the American way. Living fast and dying young would be an ok choice, but I have kids of my own now. They'd probably like me to hang around a while.
Ah, now that's where you went wrong.

Good luck!

Well .... it's been a month. I've had 2 cigarettes and 1 beer. Not too shabby.

The cigarettes were a lot harder than the booze.