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Roger Wright wrote: I've experienced no benefits whatsoever from quitting, other than getting fat and drinking more.
Why do you continue to abstain from smoking then?
I am just curious because I did experience benefits when I quit smoking cigarettes; less troubled breathing, sense of smell returning, taste buds alive again, to name a few.
Yes I did gain weight, but tried to keep in shape.
If I hadn't experienced these positive benefits I doubt I would have continued to refrain from smoking.
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Two reasons, really. The first and most obvious was the cost savings - it really is an expensive habit, not just for the purchase, but the cost of maintaining things that get smoke-saturated and yellowed, like walls and drapes and clothes. But another, stronger reason was the freedom, not being chained to something as stupid a a pack of cigarettes. When I'd lay awake at night dreading the morning because I'd smoked my last cigarette before bed, it was ridiculous. Every time I went someplace, I had to check around me in the car to make sure I had smokes and a lighter. If I accidentally left either behind, I had to re-arrange my trip to include a stop at the store first off. That's no way to live! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Yeah, that is really quite a sad addiction.
I never really cared if I had smokes or not, I cold go without for a day or more without any problems, in fact I use to smoke often just because they were their and to pass the time.
Years back I also limited myself to just smoking when I went out, so it was once a week on a Friday night. I did that for a few years OK.
Odd though you never noticed, perhaps you did a Clinton, and didn't inhale? 
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Munchies_Matt wrote: perhaps you did a Clinton, and didn't inhale?
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Congrats!!!Keep it up!! and no more cigarettes!!!![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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Well done!
I gave up ten years ago this October, and am glad I did every time I see the price they are charging these days. 
Cold turkey isn't the easy way: takes some hard work to get there, so you pat yourself on the back goo and hard!
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I've been clean around 4 years now I think; I really can not remember when I stopped. One day I just ran out of tabs and never bought them again. I had a week or two of vile moods but now I'm calm and relaxed, and I'll rip yer head off if you say I'm not.
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It doesn't half affect your sense of smell when you give up though, doesn't it?
Ever since I stopped, I'm amazed how many people round here think "if I smoke a j while I drive to the shops, no-one will know..." - and then walk round Tesco stinking of dope! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Smell is very much improved, to the worse sometimes. The dog f***ing stinks now! 
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I know what you mean - before I gave up, I didn't know coal had a smell, much less that it was so strong when you had a bucket full of it waiting to go on the fire!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Congratulations! I quit using cold turkey also, nearly 20 years ago. I failed a couple of times previously because of beers compromising my will(not)power. Beware the booze!!!
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One less smoker is always good news.
I bet the Mrs enjoys the difference too? 
Quitting smoking is quite a bit harder than quitting alcohol (not that I'm recommending that anyone should stop drinking)
The fact that you can smoke in more places than you can drink is by itself a major factor. For example you can't drink at work at most places I know, but smoking is allowed (in the designated place of course)
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Thanks for an inspiring success story! I have been a smoker for the last 25 years and am ready to quit. It's encouraging to hear how fast the body can heal itself. Good luck!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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It's easier than you think. Just do it, then brag about it @ CP. We'll support you so you won't have the guts to go back!
/ravi
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kmoorevs wrote: how fast the body can heal
Flemming up for a week, smell and taste back in two, skin tone improves in the same time, no more wrinkles. And in the first month you can feel your body condition improve.
I read that just after 2 weeks your chance of heart attack is back to normal, and that in 6 months your lungs are completely fixed!
Personally I wish the collective govts would just ban them, its utterly stupid to have such a pointless and dangerous drug on sale these days. Especially when coke is illegal! 
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Congratulations! 
Twenty two years this July for me since I quit (also cold turkey). Never felt better!
/ravi
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Well done! Sounds like you're over the hump so hopefully you'll be able to stay off them.
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I envy you. Congrats and you dont miss smoking that great......You drink less, thats unbelievable. So what happened or how did you decide that you want to quit? please guide me.![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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I just stopped when I got a bad cold for weeks (I normally stop smoking when I am ill) and just didn't restart when I got better.
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WOW thats fabulous because, once i was heavily drunk, about 6-8 pegs. My friends were with me, they said "Rahul have a cig"....
I still remember it was a Marlboro lights cigarette. I said, no thanks, if i smoke i will vomit. I dint touch that cigarette. Till the next day evening i never bothered to look at the cigarette. Later i gave it a thought, why not extend this period of leaving smoking.
But after a week i grew mad, i had to smoke....i had to, what ever it takes. But i controlled. The next day i smoked one. Now i thought, its foolish to quit at once, it should be gradual, okay. Now i smoked thrice a week. Now it has increased a little bit, i am afraid now, i dont want to go back there again.
Ok, please tell me, what difference do you feel? i mean something related to skin? i mean more clear complexion or something related to lungs or any thing? Please dont mind me asking such question because i want something to fall back on when i get the urge to smoke. I mean i should say to myself : "dont smoke, because you will grow more fit if you dont."
Any suggestions please...
Thanks a ton,
Rahul
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Skin tone is better, lungs are way better, stamina, recovery, all is way better. Taste, smell, is better. Energy levels are better. WHat can I say? Smoking makes you feel like an old person. If you are 40, and want to feel 70, then smoke.
If you are 29, and want to feel like 40, smoke.
If not. Don't.
Its a loaded gun too, you know you risk killing yourself at 50 or so from some nasty disease. Its about what, 33% chance you will die?
That's the choice, and the older you get, the closer you get to the deadline.
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My thanks to you sir, and does the same apply to drinking? For me you are more like a doctor. Please dont feel that i am nagging you. Just look at me like another patient to be treated.
Thanks a ton,
Rahul
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I am a red wine drinker and it is good for you, so three glasses a day or so is a good idea.
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Sir,
I usually have beer on weekends, with roasted chicken. But on week days when office becomes tiring i, have 2 pegs of whiskey. Now i will try to follow what you just said.
Thanks a ton,
Rahul
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Not that I didn't know that already before.
Vegetarians have significantly more allergies, cancer and mental illnesses. And that's significantly like in statistical significance.
Link[^] to the research article, or as a PDF[^].
Note that they haven't got any data on cause and effect. So we don't know if mental illness makes you go vegan, or if a vegan diet makes you go mad.
Personally I'm betting on both, now, where's my bacon?
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