June 16, 2002-2009

[BombaySapphire3]

In my twenties I was a heavy drinker of hard liquor the cigarettes just went along with it ..once I stopped getting sh*tfaced drunk it was easy for me to quit .So I guess I was just a situational smoker.

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Because when you're addicted, those things won't happen to you. I quit a 20+ year pack a day habit two years ago this month. Nothing I saw on TV or even my mother's own COPD/Emphysema made me quit.

Bingo.

I just recently tried to quit, again, and failed. Now I'm back to buying cartons. Ugh. I'll manage soon enough, I'm sure. But when you're going through stressful **** and beginning to pick up a bit of a drinking habit, smoking is hard to put down. I'll get through it, as I always do.

[tuigirl]

how did you all get started, was it peer pressure??? See, as a non smoker, I don't really get how it all works and why it would have started.Interesting topic though.....

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

how did you all get started, was it peer pressure??? See, as a non smoker, I don't really get how it all works and why it would have started.Interesting topic though.....

When I started smoking some 25 years ago(!), there wasn't as much anti smoking campaigning going on. My parents smoked and most everyone I knew smoked.

[tuigirl]

Originally Posted by jannieC

When I started smoking some 25 years ago(!), there wasn't as much anti smoking campaigning going on. My parents smoked and most everyone I knew smoked.

So I'm guessing, that you started because everyone else did it ? I think maybe this is true in quite a few cases, maybe it was considered cool to be a smoker back then.I'm so glad now, it's pretty much banned in most places ( certainly here anyway) like in work, pubs, planes/ trains etc..although not great for you exactly, I guess.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

So I'm guessing, that you started because everyone else did it ? I think maybe this is true in quite a few cases, maybe it was considered cool to be a smoker back then.I'm so glad now, it's pretty much banned in most places ( certainly here anyway) like in work, pubs, planes/ trains etc..although not great for you exactly, I guess.

I would say I tried it initially out of curiosity. Then, again because lots of people I knew smoked. I can't remember when it went from coolness to addiction, but I do know that cigarettes had their grip on me for many, many years. I am so thankful to be rid of those nasty things. As I said, I hit 2 years smoke free this month. And yes, be thankful that you never picked up the habit.

[tuigirl]

Interesting. glad ur smoke free now.