stopped smoking and bought new tires

[murph35640]

Believe it or not it seems that my wife and I have both stopped smoking. It has been 5 weeks so far and we are both doing great. I just put them down and havent touched one since, she started out with the patches and is almost off of them. It amazes me that I have spent so much money over the years on this. We decided to put back the money that we would have spent on smokes and do something with it so the first thing we did was buy a new set of tires for the bike. I have been wanting a set of avons so we decided to go ahead and get them before our trip to gatlinburg next month. We stopped smoking with two other couples who are our best friends, one couple is hanging in there with us and the other couple only made it a couple of hours. now my problem is that the dang dryer seems to be shrinking all my clothes again! :big-grin-emoticon:l

[Eck]

Congratulations..!!!! to you both, and to your friends..

So you dont think the clothes shrinking has anything to do with food smelling and tasting awhole lot better do ya.......

but yea, it could be that dryer heating coil over heating too...

[jfoster]

That's awesome...I quit at 28 yrs old, smoking 2-3 packs a day for 10 years. For me it was a battle that lasted for about a year. It seemed after the one year point I had lost all the urges but, after 10 years I still from time to time have dreams where I smoked one. If it helps, for me the biggest thing that helped was starting a new routine. PS..I still love me coffee.

[murph35640]

well I have noticed that I seem to spend a lot of time around the grill, but then again I have never met a ribeye I didnt like!!! In all honesty about two weeks after I stopped, I was driving down the street in subdivision at work one day and I smelled bacon cooking!! It really is amazing how much better things smell and taste. I will have to work on one thing at a time though.

[AKRefugee]

Congrats on becoming a non-smoker. :clap2:

 

Great idea on spending he money on the Avons.

 

Watch out for those dryers.

I'm fairly sure that they are possessed and in cahoots with the ice cream gods.

 

 

ALL of us here are proud of you and hope your friends success as well.

[chabicheka]

[Guest Oldsalt]

Congratulations.

 

I went cold turkey 35 years ago. I smoked 3-4 packs a day and was smoking in the hospital bed (you could still do that then) when the doc told me the cancer surgry was successful but that the chances of it coming back were like 90% if I kept smoking. That was enough for me. I have never wanted to smoke again and it really doesn't bother me to be around smokers. I too wound up with one of those faulty driers.

 

Bottom line, and one I have subscribed to most of my life, you can do just about anything IF YOU REALLY WANT TO. It is amazing how powerful will-power is. If you have made it this far then you have the will-power and I am sure you will be successful. Great job!

 

Oldsalt

[a1bummer]

Congrats! And thank you

[eagleeye]

Way to go Murph:thumbsup2:

Did the same thing once, years ago.

 

Buying something for yourself with the $ is a very smart thing to do, it helps you realize that you're getting something for your buck, rather than black lungs and nothing to show for it.

 

Let us know what you buy next.

 

Steve

[SaltyDawg]

Congrats. Yeah it's amazing how much you spend on those things. The wife and I stopped over 2 years ago and with the money saved we have been able to go on trips, spend the entire week in MB for bike week, the Asheville meet, and various meet and eats. We only smoked about a pack a day each. I can't even begin to imagine how much it costs people who smoke 2 or more packs a day.

 

Again Congrats on your success. Stay with it.

[1rooster]

I quit smoking 1993 cold turkey.Threw the cigarettes out the car window on Interstate40. 14 days ago today I threw the chewing tobacco out the window on Interstate40 about the same location.Good thing I dont use a dryer to dry the clothes.

[Long Tall]

Congrats: I quit on October 3, 2007.....Never looked back....Took and $$$$ and have put about $1,500 of Chrome on the Ride....

 

This is wild...stopped at the store yesterday evening and while checking out I happened to look and the cig's for sale...I fogot they have added a lot of tax both here in VA and by the Feds...Dang near $50.00 per carton...Man I'm glad I'm off of them

 

Hang in there...Everyday is a better day...

 

George In Virginia

 

:thumbsup2::happy65:

[bj66]

Congratulations.

 

I went cold turkey 35 years ago. I smoked 3-4 packs a day and was smoking in the hospital bed (you could still do that then) when the doc told me the cancer surgry was successful but that the chances of it coming back were like 90% if I kept smoking. That was enough for me. I have never wanted to smoke again and it really doesn't bother me to be around smokers. I too wound up with one of those faulty driers.

 

Bottom line, and one I have subscribed to most of my life, you can do just about anything IF YOU REALLY WANT TO. It is amazing how powerful will-power is. If you have made it this far then you have the will-power and I am sure you will be successful. Great job!

 

Oldsalt

 

Congrats from me as well, I chewed for 18 years, finally decided that i'd had enough. After a couple of months I thought, if I can do that I'm gonna try to quit drinkin too! I'm still goin strong and dont really think of either one that much. Although i will have a glass or two of wine on christmas. A little will-power can go a long ways. It's been seven years now, only problem is the thirty pounds i've gained. I should probly try that will-power out on a diet though!!!