A recap of the night

[SkyHog]

Ok, this was an amazing night, and one I thought I'd share:

Tonight works as my Friday, I have the next 2 nights off. So we invited a bunch of people over tonight for a "Nick can chew" party. I can't chew, but they didn't need to know that. Ladies still dug the arm cast for some reason.

Anyways, I learned that spending as much time sober as I did lends to some pretty easy drinking nights. Three 7 & 7s into it, I was feeling pretty good. I learned something.....it seems like the jaw functions more freely with alcohol induced stupidity flowing threw it.

I decided that at some point, I wanted to smoke. Holy cow that was a gross taste. I think that cemented in my head that I'm done....100%, no more smoking. The taste was actually gross enough to make me want to vomit and cought simultaneously.

So, that said, I think its time for a new avatar. I'm clearly not a smoker anymore. I need some ideas...

 

[KennyFlys]

Nawww.... Leave up the name and avatar for a while. Remind others and yourself that you kicked the dirty habit. You did it and so can someone else.

Good on you, Nick!

So, arm casts play an interesting role with women, eh?

 

[Ted]

A friend of mine made an observation yesterday that I found accurate and relatively humorous:

"Anything to which your body's first reaction is to cough or otherwise try to expel it and requires you to get used to it probably isn't good for you."

Good for that to be cemented in you. As to the avatar, what about a video of you beating a drunk driver's skull in with a baseball bat?

 

[ScottM]

So, that said, I think its time for a new avatar. I'm clearly not a smoker anymore. I need some ideas...

How about

or

or my favorite

 

[steingar]

Nick, giving up smoking is a major accomplishment. Few can manage it. I read somewhere that 90% of lung cancer patients continue to smoke. I know cancer patients and cancer researchers who smoke. Revel in your success; perhaps it will inspire others to emulate you.

 

[ScottM]

Nick, giving up smoking is a major accomplishment. Few can manage it. I read somewhere that 90% of lung cancer patients continue to smoke.

My mother was a life long smoker.

She got lung cancer a few years back and was very scared she was going to die. But refused to quit smoking even though they had caught her cancer early enough and with surgery she had a 95% chance of a 5 year survival. We did brow beat her into submission but we knew she still was sneaking cigarettes.

My mom's cancer did come back

At my mom's funeral her stupid sister, that I really hate anyways, told me of how they would sneak cigarettes and how much fun it was. That was really the final straw between me and my aunt. I looked her right in the eye and thanked her for helping to kill my mother and then asked her how much fun is that memory now!

Lets just say we are not on really good speaking terms to this day.

 

[steingar]

Scott, for what it's worth the aunt didn't change anything. Survival rates for lung cancer are abysmal. It is also clear from epidemiological studies that after 10 years of steady smoking, the lung field is saturated with carcinogens and the damage is done. It is very unlikely that a few sneaked cigarettes truly affected anything.

 

[ScottM]

Scott, for what it's worth the aunt didn't change anything. Survival rates for lung cancer are abysmal. It is also clear from epidemiological studies that after 10 years of steady smoking, the lung field is saturated with carcinogens and the damage is done. It is very unlikely that a few sneaked cigarettes truly affected anything.

You are probably right but I have had it with her and this was just the last straw. With my mother dead I did not need to keep the peace for the family. There is a lot of history with my aunt over many years and this was not an isolated incident. I was one of the last people still on speaking terms with her, I also knoew form my mother how many times my aunts insensitive nature had hurt my mom.

 

[steingar]

A pity, but such is life.

 

[ReverendSlappy]

Ok, this was an amazing night, and one I thought I'd share:

Tonight works as my Friday, I have the next 2 nights off. So we invited a bunch of people over tonight for a "Nick can chew" party. I can't chew, but they didn't need to know that. Ladies still dug the arm cast for some reason.

Anyways, I learned that spending as much time sober as I did lends to some pretty easy drinking nights. Three 7 & 7s into it, I was feeling pretty good. I learned something.....it seems like the jaw functions more freely with alcohol induced stupidity flowing threw it.

I decided that at some point, I wanted to smoke. Holy cow that was a gross taste. I think that cemented in my head that I'm done....100%, no more smoking. The taste was actually gross enough to make me want to vomit and cought simultaneously.

So, that said, I think its time for a new avatar. I'm clearly not a smoker anymore. I need some ideas...

6 months and 2 days for me. You're right: Once you get to the point where you do briefly crack (and everybody does) and light one and you don't immediately think "OH GOD, this is the best thing EVER!" you're making progress. If you're to the point that you think "Why did I ever enjoy this?" then you're almost home-free. Good luck!

One thing I've noticed though: If you're like me, you'll wind up getting a lot drunker a lot faster at first. I've never been able to prove it, but I chalked it up to the likelihood that most times that in the past I'd have taken a drag off a cigarette, I now take a sip of my drink. Which if you're drinking scotch (or 7&7 in your case) adds up REAL fast.