In college I used to work in the dining hall and I really loved it. Just setting up places, serving, and tearing down. Now, I huff and puff to empty the dishwasher, my kitchen chore, and I wonder why it isn’t the same good time. Never smoke, kids.
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How long did you smoke chordy? At what age did you stop?
I smoked for over 50 years. I was 71 when I quit.
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I was just curious because I know that I need to quit sometime myself. I have smoked for over 30 years. I am 48.
Well, the sooner the better. If there’s anything I can do to help you stop, let me know. I know some quit cold turkey but I found it easier on my system to quit gradually in steps. (I quit in October. I didn’t like the idea of quitting eating cold turkey especially with Thanksgiving coming up. The use of words blew my mind.). Now’s a good time to stop.
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Thanks @PinCushion
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@Bowens - You can quit man! I believe in you!
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Thanks @TheCanuk !
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It’s worth it. For the first few YEARS after I quit, I wanted to smoke EVERY DAY. But that is completely gone now. (I’ve been quit over 8 years.)
I did it by switching back and forth between cigarettes and an ecig. Then I picked a date, and went off the cigs and stayed just on ecigs. Every couple of months I would drop down to the next lower nicotine percentage ecig, until I finally got to zero. Took me 10 months, but I didn’t have to give up the hand to mouth thing, or cold turkey the nicotine. Don’t know if that’s helpful.
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Thanks @Pandy ! When I do decide to quit, I will consider your method.
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Congrats on quitting! @Pandy
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Yes…I forgot to congratulate you on quitting myself. Nice job @Pandy !
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Thanks! @TheCanuk I started smoking when I was 14 
in 1987, and I didn’t quit until I was 40 in 2013. I’ve had my lungs scanned, and they said my lungs look “pristine” – which was amazing to hear!
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Thanks, @Bowens ! I can’t lie – it was not a fun experience.
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I did quit for about a year or more when I was psychotic I should note. But I had the delusions about it being “against God” and about cigarettes being poisoned that gave me delusional motivation. I started back up after psychosis when moving in with my parents. My mom smokes so it made it extremely difficult not to start up again.
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That is really hard, to live with a smoker and not smoke.
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Do you live with your parents now?
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Yes I do
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Could you interest your mom into quitting with you? Our whole house quit.
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Yeah, I’m not sure that she is interested in quitting. She has a fit when we run out of cigarettes. IDK. I do buy them though, but she would probably just end up buying her own.