Well give or take a week or two it's been 8 years since my last attack. If I didn't know what I have learned from all of you I may have had 2 or 3 cycles since then. I really can't think of anything different about my last cycle other than the fact that I busted the last one. It's been a few years since I have done any kind of maintenance dosing. I still drive a truck. I still smoke about a pack and a half a day. Sorry if I haven't been around much lately.

Hey, johnny . Good to see ya and hear the busting worked for you. I scrolled down to the bottom and noticed a lot of folks from the days gone by checking in. Hello to all of them.
Oh, johnny. Time to give up the smokes.

Giving up the smokes is going to be hard. I need a plan.

-johnny- wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 5:27pm:

Giving up the smokes is going to be hard. I need a plan.

Hiya Johnny...goodta hear from you again. PF is great no matter what the length...8 friggin' years is outstanding!! Made my day......

Re smoking..."giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world...I've done it a thousand times"   Mark Twain    I can relate to that and over a number of yrs quit for months to almost a yr...but always fell back in. 3 yrs ago my oncologist said chemo and smoking DON'T go together....I want you to quit. Me: "ok". Her: "Do you promise?" Me: "ummmmmmmmm-Yes!"

That was it...I'm a man of my word...no one had ever asked me to promise..it became a matter of honor as well as health.....(and I couldn't believe how much extra spending cash I ended up with!)

YMMV...I think the difference was a personal decision vs being TOLD what to do...

Best, brother,

Jon

-johnny- wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 5:27pm:

Giving up the smokes is going to be hard. I need a plan.

I did it with Champix. Not for everyone, I know, but it worked for me.

I agree with Jon, you need an incentive.

Mine was a shitty diagnosis of Emphysema and Pulmonary Fibrosis on 7th July last year. I quit smoking on 7th July last year.

Johnny, you don't  want to wait for that kind of incentive, or worse.

Peter.

Good to see you posting.

I can't think of you without remembering stories and pictures from on the road, a discussion about quality boots. Then a painting of old boots by my favorite artist - inspired by your old boots....

You will quite smoking when you are ready, and not a minute before!

Glad to hear that you are well!

Marc

Johnny wrote, Giving up the smokes is going to be hard. I need a plan.

Nicotine is the fastest addictive drug known to mankind, tell me about it! I've tried everything over the past couple of years! I've puffed on e-cigs, sucked on Nicabate, I've read Allen Carr, Stop Smoking Now, nothings worked.

Now I spend my day puffing on my e-cig, sucking on Nicabate minnis and smoking cigarettes. 

Hoppy

Hey Johnny,
Delighted that you are PF for so long.

About the ciggies, below is a copy of a post i put up a couple of months ago, it may be of help to you

As regards ending a relationship with nicotine,
I know you're not asking but i'm going to throw in my 2 pence.
I have smoked for nearly 35 years and just didn't want to go on -well, the brainwashing wanted me to go on smoking but i couldn't phathom the idea of an empty chair at my kids' weddings and the other horrible things that happen as a result of smoking.
There' s an English guy who wrote a book that has helped millions of people to stop and actually makes it easy -well, easier than i thought it would be-. His name is Allen Carr and the book is "easy way to stop smoking". With it, you put out your last cigarette as you finish the book. I read the book over and over for 2 months but not the last page until the end of  the 2 months. The reason I did this was that i really wanted this attempt to work so i prepared myself thoroughly by getting my brain washed by the book. And God knows my brain needed washing as regards cigarettes and nicotine.
So on the eve of the date i had told myself i would become a non-smoker i had my last cigarette as i read the last page of the book -late at night-.
For my 1st morning off the nicotine, I had orgnised a session with a good hypnohterapist followed by a session with a accupuncturist. (I really wanted to do all I could to make this attempt work).
I followed this up with 5 more sessions with the accupuncturist (1 session every 3 days).
With all this help, I found stopping smoking surprisingly easy, I did experience some cravings for around 3 weeks but they were surprisingly mild and easy to push aside, then eventually the cravings disapeared.
Today, i'm still off the cigarettes (6 months), and enjoying it so much. I realise how smoking kept my morale and enthusiasm about life down.
Since I stopped, I continue to feel better every day and I have put the money i would have spent on cigarettes in a box so I could treat myself to something rewarding.
In a couple of days -1st January-, my partner and I are heading off to south India for a month to soak up the sun, chill, and do a 10 days yoga retreat with a great teacher that we know, all with the money i didn't spend on the evil weed. Cigarettes are very expensive here in Ireland at more than €10/pack. (AUS$15 - US$12).

All the best

Happy trucking

Thierry,  I see the photo didn't go through on the PM.

Here it is now:

Peter.

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Thierry wrote,  Cigarettes are very expensive here in Ireland at more than €10/pack. (AUS$15 - US$12).

I wish! A pack of 25 can cost from $25.00 - $30.00 a pack, depending on the brand and where you buy them, 

Hoppy

Inside my mind.. my thinkings.. i know.. there is a relationship between the cigarretes i smoke a day.. and the hardest is the crisis..
Sometimes i dont want to see it.. sometimes.. i preffer to think that this headache its my fault.. because i smoke..

14 days ago.. i decided to change things in my life.. change diet.. and change the way i smoke..
I buy natural tobacco ( from a farmer.. that made tobacco totally nature..he send me very blonde tobacco smash ) and i made my personal cigarretes with tubes ecologics..

i try to smoke.. at least 7-8 at a day..
i not eat preprocessed food.. i no eat sugar or glucosse..
Smoke--->etanol .. bad thing for our brains..

I know.. its very dificult to quit.. but we can try to smoke cigarretes more... "BIO" ?? lol lol . or try to say.. "im going to smoke only 1 every 2 hours..

GOOD LUCK !!

Wow hoppy, that is sooo expensive for a box of smokes.

Hi MBD,
the way you smoke now is very likely to be better for you than the Marlboro, Camel or the likes because you're not getting all the chemicals that are in the ready made cigarettes or even the ready made roll up tobacco.
You are still getting nicotine though and that is a large part of the addiction. And you're still getting the tar that is clogging up your lungs and arteries and veins.

It appears that stopping smoking does not have a beneficial effect on the CH, I'm just saying that from what I have read here from other CH.com members.
As for me stopping smoking, I was already Pain Free thanks to the D3 regimen when i stopped smoking so didn't notice any improvements to my CH when i stopped.

All the best

Boy I sure do miss all of you. There are many prescription drugs I can't take because of my occupation. But yeah I need to quit. There is a lot of unfinished projects around here that I want to get done.

  Nice to see you ya handsome devil.

                  Potter

I guess I should post a few pics while I'm at it.
Cincinnati skyline at 3am
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