Good for you - and don't start!

ok, dad

I'm not your dad... I'm your friend... don't do it

I know I know, I would rather not die of lung cancer thank you very much

Sensible lad!

I smoked a pipe until 1990. I've told this story before, but I'd like to tell it again:
I smoked three bowls a day, and often didn't finish the three, so I never felt like an addict. Then I decided to cut down to 1.5 bowls per day. That's when I realized just how badly addicted I was: I ran out of meetings to light up in the hallway for one drag, sucked on the unlit pipe, constant craving, etc.

One day I ducked out of a conference room for my one drag. I didn't realize that I'd lit up right under a hallway smoke detector. Fire alarms sounded in all three big buildings in my employer's complex. About 4,000 employees were forced outside, with me hopping around with a hot pipe in my pocket and trying to look innocent. When we were allowed back in (after 25 minutes), maintenance people were outside my conference room fiddling with the detector. "Someone musta lit a cigarette under this," one of them said. I tried to keep looking straight ahead. That's when I decided to quit.

My dad smoked cigarettes and a pipe. My brothers really screwed the pooch when they decided to "surprise" daddy by washing his pipes by submerging them in water and letting them soak for a little while.

I quit smoking cigarettes on June 17th, almost 3 months. There are days that I still would happily start again in a heartbeat, days that I actually LONG to start again.

The key word being HEARTbeat. Don't even think about it!

I DREAM about cigarettes!!

I promised my girls I wouldn't. All I have to do when I get an urge is picture my daughter's face. Stops me in my tracks.

Edit: I just reread this post, and boy the above sentence just does NOT sound right!! I picture her disappointment and THAT stops me in my tracks. My daughter is actually rather pretty.

My mother smoked heavily for 50 years but when she had to have a new valve put in her heart and the docs advised her to give up,she did it straight up with no help,just pure will power.

I don't always see eye to eye with my mother but things like that make me so proud of her. She is a tough old boot when she puts her mind to it. She just doesn't put her mind to it often enough, but that's a different matter entirely.....

Good for her Yogi!! You should be very proud of her. It's one of the toughest things I've ever done, so give her an extra hug when you see her.

I will SB,but i won't see her till Sunday now so i will have to give her a double hug then

Well, give her one from me, too, OK??

SB, how much money have you saved the past three months. I'm proud of ya.

Your mom also Yogi.

Honestly, I have no idea. I guess plenty, but I certainly do have more cash at the end of the week than I used to. Somehow, my girls manage to spend it.

Of course!! I think our kids radar goes off when they think we have extra cash on hand.

Smoking is very harmful for the health and causes various diseases such as cancer, heart problems, liver, and lung diseases.
It also disturb the men power. Smoking should be avoided if you want a healthy and long life.

I started smoking at college because it made me look cool. When I dropped out, I just quit and havn't gone back.

you gotta have a few bongs in the evening ...

Or in the morning