How is quitting going?I have said it in the past but never elaborated, or more importantly, have never updated the progress:
I smoked my first cigarette on 4th of July when I was 9 years old. I currently have a 9 year old son so that fact alone pains me indescribably. By the time I was 12, I was pulling “hey mister”s to get folks to buy my packs of cigarettes and eventually beer. Fast forward 19 years and I had been smoking over a pack a day since before I learned cursive. I felt ashamed at my new found love for hunting and hiking and wildlife and the fact that I couldn’t go without the foul odor of a cigarette every 30 minutes. I felt ashamed of being RJ Reynolds B1+<#….
I know a lot of folks that do the cottony zyn pouches and they seem to help them. I never did get too much into the zyn but I picked up something similar called “cottonmouth” where I can pick my own MG of nicotine. I’m extremely proud to say I haven’t smoked a single cigarette since Saturday April 29th. The nicotine-infused cotton balls really work! I know it isn’t a safe and/or permanent solution but there is no doubt in my mind I will have an easier time kicking the cotton balls. There is absolutely no doubt I feel a trillion times better, more energy, higher senses in smell and taste, and I can actually RUN to the mailbox and back without having to lay down.I don’t have to feel ashamed inviting non smokers to roll with me anywhere. I didn’t realize how much sacrifice my friends were making just taking me along somewhere when I needed a smoke in the truck- on the river- or in the field. I know I’m not the only hunter that smoked or tried or is trying to quit. Do you zyn or similar? Are/were you a long time smoker? What’s your feelings on having a smoking buddy when you do not smoke? I imagine it’s kept me from a lot of friends unknowingly…
Here’s to a new chapter of life!
Still cigarette free!
Still cigarette free!
Still 100% addicted to nicotine and have to get it somewhere, but cigarette free!
Been swimming every day after work trying to work on my breathing. I’ve gained 30 lbs since quitting cigarettes and spicy stuff I used to love is WAY spicier now to me.
Thanks for askin!
I miss it somedays. Not the stink, but the smoothness of a drag when I’m near a beer. At 85 I may well be in the same boat.
