Bob in Calif.
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On October 1st., I started my second year of being smoke free!!!
On Sept. 30, 2008 at aproximately 11:00 PM I went outside and lit up a cigarette while I was drinking my last beer of the evening. I then went to bed.
On October 1st., after I woke up I made a pot of my French Roast and Espresso fine ground coffee, (I call it rocket fuel) and went outside for my cafeen injection and my first smoke of the day.
I pulled a cigarette out of the half full pack and stuck it in my mouth, took my llghter, lit the lighter, brought it up to my cigarette to light my cigarette, I thought about it for afew seconds and said to my self, I don't need to do this as I snuffed the flame on my lighter and put it back in my pocket and returned the unlit cigarette to it place in the half full cigratte pack.
I put the half pack of cigaretts in the glove box of my truck and left it there for a full year, untouched and then finally gave them to a fellow who always mooches cigaretts a couple of miles from my house, at a 7-11 store. He was elated to get them and I was glad to get rid of them.
With in 3 days I noticed a big difference in my breathing, the 4th. and 5th. days were still better, but the 5th. day there was no difference in my breathing. *Note I didn't have any breathing dificulty prior to my quiting smoking, but the easier breathing after quiting was gratefully welcomed.
My wife, daughter and my two son's were very pleased I was able to quit smoking as easy, with out weaning myself and by doing it totally "cold turkey." My new primary care doctor actually didn't believe I quit such as I did. It took me explaining what I did during the next two office visits how I quit as I did.
...Bob in Calif.
On Sept. 30, 2008 at aproximately 11:00 PM I went outside and lit up a cigarette while I was drinking my last beer of the evening. I then went to bed.
On October 1st., after I woke up I made a pot of my French Roast and Espresso fine ground coffee, (I call it rocket fuel) and went outside for my cafeen injection and my first smoke of the day.
I pulled a cigarette out of the half full pack and stuck it in my mouth, took my llghter, lit the lighter, brought it up to my cigarette to light my cigarette, I thought about it for afew seconds and said to my self, I don't need to do this as I snuffed the flame on my lighter and put it back in my pocket and returned the unlit cigarette to it place in the half full cigratte pack.
I put the half pack of cigaretts in the glove box of my truck and left it there for a full year, untouched and then finally gave them to a fellow who always mooches cigaretts a couple of miles from my house, at a 7-11 store. He was elated to get them and I was glad to get rid of them.
With in 3 days I noticed a big difference in my breathing, the 4th. and 5th. days were still better, but the 5th. day there was no difference in my breathing. *Note I didn't have any breathing dificulty prior to my quiting smoking, but the easier breathing after quiting was gratefully welcomed.
My wife, daughter and my two son's were very pleased I was able to quit smoking as easy, with out weaning myself and by doing it totally "cold turkey." My new primary care doctor actually didn't believe I quit such as I did. It took me explaining what I did during the next two office visits how I quit as I did.
...Bob in Calif.
