At 7:05 tonight...

John - quit for "the kid"...

Warren

"John Kerr" wrote in message
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At 7:05 tonight...

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2005, 9:55pm (CST+1)
From: (RichZ)
John Kerr wrote:
HELP! I've tried everything....but my problem is, I enjoy the damn
things! Guess it's a little like sex...it may kill me some day...but
damned if I'm gonna quit it grin!
Seriously....I have been giving this a lot of thought lately, my dentist
is getting very "vocal" about it....not to mention my doctor friend that
I play golf with....the dentist probably is sincere....my friend the
doctor, probably just wants me to live long enough to get his money back
from our golf bets grin!
John,
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I quit when I had the heart attack. Never had the slightest urge to
light up another one. That after smoking unfiltered Pall Malls for 35
years.
But 2 years after the heart attack, I went was diagnosed with an aortic
aneurism. The vascular surgeon told me that he had never had to put a
prosthetic aorta into a patient under the age of 70 who was not a
lifelong heavy smoker. If I hadn't given it up prior to that, I would
have given it up at that point.
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Rich, I hear ya....now I just have to find my way to beat it! I guess we
don't think it can happen to "us"...til it does. All the guys that have
posted here that have kicked the habit is heartening...I need to do more
than just think about it! I want to be around when my grandson wins the
Basmasters Classic grin!

Thanks for the reply!

John

23 years ago, I quit smoking around my wife when she was pregnant. No
smoking in the house at all. Easy enough in the nice weather, just step
out on the porch. Winter came, and I told myself if I wanted it that
bad, I would be willing to sit in the work truck. I found myself less
and less willing to get out of my comfortable house just to sit in a
cold truck for a lonely smoke. For weeks I smoked at work but not at
home. One Sunday evening I realized I hadn't smoked since I got home
Friday night. That's when I threw them out. Do it for the kiddos. They
might like having you around.



go-bassn wrote:
John - quit for "the kid"...

Warren

RichZ wrote:
It will be 10 years since I lit my last cigarette.

Not coinicidentally, at 7:06 it will be 10 years since my heart attack.

Didn't take a heart attack for me, but I quit on July 17, 1985 at 10:46
pm. I still want to lick a dirty ashtray sometimes.

The hypnotist told me "we never quit, we only stop".


"Ronnie Garrison" wrote in message
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RichZ wrote:
It will be 10 years since I lit my last cigarette.

Not coinicidentally, at 7:06 it will be 10 years since my heart attack.

Didn't take a heart attack for me, but I quit on July 17, 1985 at 10:46
pm. I still want to lick a dirty ashtray sometimes.

I quit 31 years ago in Feb for the same reasons. I figured that if I
wanted to see my Grandchildren I better stop and I did .From 2 packs a day
to zilch overnight.I can't stand the smell of someone's smokes but to this
day after a really good meal [ thanks giving] I still feel the urge. Not
as bad but still have the urge.I made a good choice
Ken Blevins
"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
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23 years ago, I quit smoking around my wife when she was pregnant. No
smoking in the house at all. Easy enough in the nice weather, just step
out on the porch. Winter came, and I told myself if I wanted it that bad,
I would be willing to sit in the work truck. I found myself less and less
willing to get out of my comfortable house just to sit in a cold truck for
a lonely smoke. For weeks I smoked at work but not at home. One Sunday
evening I realized I hadn't smoked since I got home Friday night. That's
when I threw them out. Do it for the kiddos. They might like having you
around.



go-bassn wrote:
John - quit for "the kid"...

Warren