Three days without a smoke!!!

[MonzaRacer]

Started smoking in 6th grade when started on pills(no prescribed) for chronic, debilitating sinus pain, and wassmoking 3 packs a day of camel non filters, yr and half later tried out for basket ball, couldnt breath, they took me to local dock, axray showed top 2 inch of my lungs very bad shape(I short drew on them so I didnt gag at first) doc asked I told, he told me I had sinus infections and asked about other issues, had had tonsils out so not fighting that then got sinus issues.
Well near end of 7th grade my bill to dealers for pills was bad, they wanted me to steal.
They tried to kill me, and I quit all of it, put 3 guys in jail, 2 got killed in prison trying to steal or kill, other guy is out and on straigh t and narrow, so good things happened.
Also moved from moms to dads, switched schools, got close to people in area where I live, that got me interested in cars and tada I am a mechanic.

[Damn True]

I'm sorry, but that is hilarious.

Day 9 with no dip. Feel great.

[406 Q-ship]

Like Tony I never started, had a Grandfather die of emphasema (sp) that is a worse disease than any cancer (IMO) and that is what kept me away. I am glad to see anyone quit smoking, it such a nasty habit and your Loved ones will get to have in their lives longer and healthier. Besides we will have more people into Pro-touring for everyone that quits. Good Luck and Congrats to Ash and True for unslaving yourselves.

[nullshine]

Congrats to anyone who dumps tobacco.

[monza]

Day ten smoke free for me. On and off smoked for years. Quit once for ten years and started again...idiot.

It's been damn hard to quit this round, seems to get harder. Maybe more stress to factor is one reason I guess.

Good luck quitters!

[406 Q-ship]

I don't know how I smoked for so long either... now that I don't smoke anymore, anytime I walk by someone who is smoking, or if their clothes smell like smoke... I just gag... man, now I know what people were talking about when they said that smokers stink!

It is said that reformed smokers are more sensitive to second-hand smoke than a never smoked person. Smoking around me does bother me if it is really heavy and the smoker is being a butthead and trying to offend others people in the area (there are smolers like this believe it or not). I can hangout in the smoking section of a Vegas Casino for awhile and be to offended but I know people who have quit and will gag if it is anywhere near them. Maybe I am more tolerant than others........naw thats not it.

[vintageracer]

When I started driving in 1974 a pack smokes and a gallon of gas were the same price. Smoking was cool and riding around was fun. I decided that looking cool sitting in the parking lot smoking cigarettes with no gas money for the car was not much fun so instead I bought the gallon of gas to go riding around.

For me it was an economic choice since I could not afford to smoke AND buy gas. My first car was a hand me down 63 Galaxie XL 500 R code 427 2x4 Convertible that my Dad bought new for my mother in August 1963. In 1974-1975 that 1963 Galaxie was worth absolutely Nothing, Zero, Nada! That car got 7 MPG no matter how you drove it so it really was an economic choice for me. Also remember that the price of gas had "doubled" in price that year due to the Arab Oil Embargo from $0.30/gallon to almost $0.60/gallon. That alone put a real cramp in your style!

To this day I have never smoked but I damn sure STILL ride around.

Some things never change!

[monza]

U guys won't believe this i pack of smokes in Canada costs about $12.00!!

[Ash]

True and monza, I'm right there with you... 12 days thus far

[WS6]

keep it up guys. You can do this.

[6'9"Witha69]

12 days, already on the backside of the whole thing. Keep it up.

[JimM]

Congrats guys, and keep at it. You can do it.

I know, cause I did it.

My story is similar to Franks, started at 14 (52 now) 3 packs a day, wife smokes too.

16 months ago I quit. I did 30 days worth of chantix, and put em down at 2 weeks. I "think" the stuff helped, but who knows. The dreams are very cool, and I still get em, kinda like an acid flashback while sleeping.

Life is better. I don't cough up yellow stuff. My fingers went back to thier original color. I can smell things again. And I don't get out of breath as easy.

My wife still smokes, in the garage. She seems to have moved intoi my shop now, the heat is better on that side, and she bought me these nice camaro stools for my birthday, so there is something to sit on. She's moved her laptop, crossword puzzle, and ashtray into my shop and it pisses me off that she would be so inconsiderate.

But I ain't gonna smoke. I don't want to and I won't.

[srh3trinity]

This is awesome that you guys are doing this and building each other up. I am not a smoker, but I take care of smokers every day in the clinic and hospital. Go hang out at the hospital some time and you will learn pretty quick that smokers stay sicker longer and that is if they get better. If you have kids, take that into consideration too. My dad was a smoker and still is and knowing what I know and having seen what I have seen, I just hope I have him in my life by the time I have children of my own. I won't even get into the economics of it all, some of your project budgets are going to have a nice bump.
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