I am starting to smoke again....and it sucks.

[Quickie]

Well, after years without, I am starting to smoke again. Weak willed? Boared? Dumb? Yup, that would be me. I recently moved into a new apartment complex and have become friends with some new people. A couple of them smoke....so now I have just bought my first pack in years.

[stratovani]

Throw the pack away. NOW! It's not too late!

[Longhair]

I quit smoking cold turkey a few years ago after a 20+ year habit. I don't have problems being around people who smoke although the 2nd hand smoke smells like it did prior to picking up the habit.

One day I was having one of those days were nothing was going right and I needed to calm my nerves, so I bummed a smoke from someone - same brand that I used to smoke even. After the 2nd or 3rd drag I tossed the thing wondering how I ever smoked for so long.

[echoSE7EN]

Just remember how good you may have felt when you first kicked the habit. Remember how bummed you were when you'd start again if you had tried quitting previously...that's what keeps me on the straight and narrow (for close to five years now -- after smoking for 14 years).

[jmattbassplaya]

Go throw the pack away now.

[hdracer]

What? You think you will live forever if you throw them out?
Enjoy yourself.

[High Elbows]

See this thread!

any smokers switch to Vaping yet?

[basscamel 420]

Just roll up 20 joints and put those in your pack. Way better for you, mentally and physically.

[Clark Dark]

Originally Posted by Quickie

Well, after years without, I am starting to smoke again. Weak willed? Boared? Dumb? Yup, that would be me. I recently moved into a new apartment complex and have become friends with some new people. A couple of them smoke....so now I have just bought my first pack in years.

and I'll bet you try to be an original bassist developing your own style

[Febs]

... and it sucks.

You make it sound like smoking is something that is happening to you that is beyond your control. It is not. Nor is it your neighbors' fault that you have started smoking again. You, and you alone, have the power to decide whether to smoke, or not to smoke. Take responsibility for your own action, and stop blaming others for your choices. If you think it sucks, don't do it.

[Quickie]

Originally Posted by Clark Dark

and I'll bet you try to be an original bassist developing your own style

Hmmmmm...well that makes no sense at all. I do not "follow" the crowd, but the repeated exposure to the ways of the old habit triggered me.

[Febs]

Originally Posted by Quickie

Hmmmmm...well that makes no sense at all. I do not "follow" the crowd, but the repeated exposure to the ways of the old habit triggered me.

That's an excuse. Take responsbility for your decisions, and the consequences of them

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by Quickie

Hmmmmm...well that makes no sense at all. I do not "follow" the crowd, but the repeated exposure to the ways of the old habit triggered me.

Sounds pretty lazy to me.

Maybe you're in the wrong generation

[bassbully]

Been there did that. Stop now! trust me. I quit 2-3 times and went back after being off them for years like you. The guilt is worse each and every time and you feel like a bigger idiot every time you go back to them. I finally quit for good 8 years ago. Today I smoke a pipe or a cigar when I want and never inhale.I'm not hooked on the pipe/cigar its when ever I want them. I have no interest in cigs..at all and my wife smokes.

[MJ5150]

Yep, that does suck. You'll probably blow enough $$ on smokes over the next few months to buy a new bass or cab.

-Mike

[Clark Dark]

Originally Posted by Quickie

Hmmmmm...well that makes no sense at all. I do not "follow" the crowd, but the repeated exposure to the ways of the old habit triggered me.

it's a statement about being an individual, not a follower and falling into old habits... but not in a preachy way

[dave64o]

I read a book called "The Millionaire Next Door" a few years ago. In one of the sections, the authors talked about their own situations growing up and one of them noted that his parents smoked. No big deal, "everyone did" in their circle back then. But he also noted that his father worked a blue collar job and I don't think his mother worked outside the home, so they had money to get by but the moderate income meant that his parents didn't think they ever had enough money to begin investing.

Then he did some quick and dirty calculations. He looked at the historical prices of Philip Morris stock, made some assumptions about how much his parents spent on cigarettes, and then looked at what would have happened if instead of buying and smoking cigarettes they bought stock in the company. His parents would have been multi-millionaires when they retired.

I thought that was a pretty interesting story, for a wide variety of reasons.

[IconBasser]

Originally Posted by High Elbows

See this thread!

any smokers switch to Vaping yet?

I was just going to post this. If you think you're gonna have a tough time quitting again (it may already be too late to just walk away from your pack) get an e-cig. They work.

[Rocker949]

I've used this example before on TB; it worked for me. Fast forward ten years. Imagine yourself dying on a hospital bed. Those around you are the ones you care about the most. Someone asks why you didn't stop smoking before it was too late. All you can feel is regret, helplessness, and sadness.

[Goatee220]

It sounds like smoking is more of a social thing for you versus an addiction. Do what you can to avoid people & places - that way you'll be less tempted.