Oh I know. Been smoking since I was 11 years old (61 now), used to buy them loose on the way to school (haha newsagents sold 'em to young kids then and nobody batted an eyelid). I don't want to quit badly enough I think, as every time I have tried I have failed. I'm just reducing them at the moment.
Worst thing I ever did was buy the raw leaves (heh healthier, none of the additives) as I smoked much much more because it was so cheap. UK made it really difficult to by the raw leaves (no taxes as agricultural product) for individual use so that made me cut back anyway.
Had no problem quitting drinking and I used to drink a lot starting from when I was in my 20's, and many people were sure I'd end up an alcoholic. Quit in my 30's no problem, and it was a few years before I even had an occasional beer at Christmas again. Never missed it.
Wish it was as easy to quit cigs, but alas for me I think I just don't want to badly enough. I enjoy smoking (hard for a non-smoker to understand I know) so...
Thanks for not getting mad...as an ex-smoker and ex-doctor it's tough to just watch people do certain things if you care...LOL
But I respect their wishes as a free adult, same as with the free choice to consume cannabis, e.g., as an alternative to other smokables, alcohol, or some Rx drugs, etc. I figure what if I put out an encouragement into the air with no preach to it, and what if that day, that was the last straw for a given person to go You know what, it's time, I've had it and then they do it and get free and it saves their life, that was a good thing.
Or was it?
A comedian said "Sure, smoking takes years off your life....but hey...they're comin' off the right END!!" :)
I'm not mad 'atcha, no problem :) I get how utterly bizarre it is that I use herbs and supplements, understand about health and yet I smoke like a damn chimney.
Heh shortly before the Rona hit I started coughing blood. Like a lot. Did I go to the ER (or Casualty as we call it this side of The Pond)? Noooo. Scared the shit out of me, but I stated taking Oregano Oil, turmeric, cayenne etc (pepper stops bleeding funnily enough).
Hung on for about a week and there was just minor streaks of bright red blood in mucus I cough up but it got less and less. Then a week later I wake up with what felt like a massive amount of mucus in my throat and tried to cough it up. It wouldn't cough up fully I had to literally pull it out of my throat with my hands. It was thick rope of stringy blood. Black blood. Got it in a bowl in huge clots. Thought for sure I was about to croak.
Now my Mum had varices (booze) and I KNOW black blood is very very bad. I still didn't go to ER (yes, moron here). You know what stopped it and it never returned. Vitamin C! (LOL as an ex-Doc you are likely horrified by this - and how can you be an ex-Doc you mean you no longer practice?)
Something put it in my mind I needed Vit C and I did some googling and found that smokers take in very little Vit C (and many other Vits) many of the symptoms and the bleeding (i'd started t have a few minor nosebleeds previous to this). I think low level scurvy and it would only get worse. Yes, it's dumb to self diagnose but wasn't going to the hospital (especially now as the bastards will likely vax me). Ended up taking 12g of Vit C over the course of a day for about 2 weeks then I had to drop back as it started to give me the shits. But for those 2 weeks I could handle 12g easy. I started adding L-Lysine (already had it to treat the cat) as apparently together it build strong blood vessels.
Never had an issue since but I need to keep to 5/6g a day as when I skipped a day I got a small blood streak in mucus and didn't want to take any chances.
So guess I will keep smoking (albeit cut down but mainly for finance reasons). I reckon I have around 10 years before I croak if I'm lucky as both parents died in early 70's (baby brother was only 54). I think the supplements are propping me up, and will hopefully continue to keep me functioning for a while yet.
If I was younger I'd try harder to quit because more at stake. I only want to hang around to see the Good Guys prevail and an awesome new world begin. If The Great Reset happens though, I'll be glad to be gone!
But yes, I would echo what you say for younger people or people who want to live as long as possible. Don't smoke, avoid alcohol except occasionally, and eat proper food (weirdly I feel better and less mucus-y when I eat protein especially red meat)
A comedian said "Sure, smoking takes years off your life....but hey...they're comin' off the right END!!" :)
LOL, he has a point!
I got 2 fav excuses I use why I don't quit smoking. Smokers are apparently less at risk of serious Covid problems than non-smokers. Weird, but nicotine seems to provide some protection.
My 'go to' because I'm a perverse bint is to do with Aliens. Wut? Well you know how all those cattle mutilations occur, anuses removed like coring an apple, tongues and eyes removed, ditto pineal gland (I'm convinced they are a delicacy and it's nothing to do with 'experimenting' or testing tissue - bastards treat us as food).
What a lot of people don't know is the same mutilations happen to PEOPLE. Go look it up. They even got some Sgt on an Airbase somewhere in US, so even military installations are not secure. I remember listening to Project Camelot many years ago where it was revealed the bad aliens (or demons whatever) do in fact view us as food but they don't like how smokers taste. shrieks with laughter. Isn't that the most fabulous excuse not to quit 'Dude I'm making sure the aliens won't see me as chow'.
I've used that ever since. Especially since they went full on banning smoking everywhere. As if the Elite give a shit about our health. We die younger so don't collect out pensions, and pay more in tobacco tax than we cost in medical treatment. No, if you ask me, they are doing the bidding of their alien overlords and making us more palatable adjusts tin foil hat.
Oh I know. Been smoking since I was 11 years old (61 now), used to buy them loose on the way to school (haha newsagents sold 'em to young kids then and nobody batted an eyelid). I don't want to quit badly enough I think, as every time I have tried I have failed. I'm just reducing them at the moment.
Worst thing I ever did was buy the raw leaves (heh healthier, none of the additives) as I smoked much much more because it was so cheap. UK made it really difficult to by the raw leaves (no taxes as agricultural product) for individual use so that made me cut back anyway.
Had no problem quitting drinking and I used to drink a lot starting from when I was in my 20's, and many people were sure I'd end up an alcoholic. Quit in my 30's no problem, and it was a few years before I even had an occasional beer at Christmas again. Never missed it.
Wish it was as easy to quit cigs, but alas for me I think I just don't want to badly enough. I enjoy smoking (hard for a non-smoker to understand I know) so...
Yeah, what can ya do
Thanks for not getting mad...as an ex-smoker and ex-doctor it's tough to just watch people do certain things if you care...LOL
But I respect their wishes as a free adult, same as with the free choice to consume cannabis, e.g., as an alternative to other smokables, alcohol, or some Rx drugs, etc. I figure what if I put out an encouragement into the air with no preach to it, and what if that day, that was the last straw for a given person to go You know what, it's time, I've had it and then they do it and get free and it saves their life, that was a good thing.
Or was it?
A comedian said "Sure, smoking takes years off your life....but hey...they're comin' off the right END!!" :)
I'm not mad 'atcha, no problem :) I get how utterly bizarre it is that I use herbs and supplements, understand about health and yet I smoke like a damn chimney.
Heh shortly before the Rona hit I started coughing blood. Like a lot. Did I go to the ER (or Casualty as we call it this side of The Pond)? Noooo. Scared the shit out of me, but I stated taking Oregano Oil, turmeric, cayenne etc (pepper stops bleeding funnily enough).
Hung on for about a week and there was just minor streaks of bright red blood in mucus I cough up but it got less and less. Then a week later I wake up with what felt like a massive amount of mucus in my throat and tried to cough it up. It wouldn't cough up fully I had to literally pull it out of my throat with my hands. It was thick rope of stringy blood. Black blood. Got it in a bowl in huge clots. Thought for sure I was about to croak.
Now my Mum had varices (booze) and I KNOW black blood is very very bad. I still didn't go to ER (yes, moron here). You know what stopped it and it never returned. Vitamin C! (LOL as an ex-Doc you are likely horrified by this - and how can you be an ex-Doc you mean you no longer practice?)
Something put it in my mind I needed Vit C and I did some googling and found that smokers take in very little Vit C (and many other Vits) many of the symptoms and the bleeding (i'd started t have a few minor nosebleeds previous to this). I think low level scurvy and it would only get worse. Yes, it's dumb to self diagnose but wasn't going to the hospital (especially now as the bastards will likely vax me). Ended up taking 12g of Vit C over the course of a day for about 2 weeks then I had to drop back as it started to give me the shits. But for those 2 weeks I could handle 12g easy. I started adding L-Lysine (already had it to treat the cat) as apparently together it build strong blood vessels.
Never had an issue since but I need to keep to 5/6g a day as when I skipped a day I got a small blood streak in mucus and didn't want to take any chances.
So guess I will keep smoking (albeit cut down but mainly for finance reasons). I reckon I have around 10 years before I croak if I'm lucky as both parents died in early 70's (baby brother was only 54). I think the supplements are propping me up, and will hopefully continue to keep me functioning for a while yet.
If I was younger I'd try harder to quit because more at stake. I only want to hang around to see the Good Guys prevail and an awesome new world begin. If The Great Reset happens though, I'll be glad to be gone!
But yes, I would echo what you say for younger people or people who want to live as long as possible. Don't smoke, avoid alcohol except occasionally, and eat proper food (weirdly I feel better and less mucus-y when I eat protein especially red meat)
A comedian said "Sure, smoking takes years off your life....but hey...they're comin' off the right END!!" :)
LOL, he has a point!
I got 2 fav excuses I use why I don't quit smoking. Smokers are apparently less at risk of serious Covid problems than non-smokers. Weird, but nicotine seems to provide some protection.
My 'go to' because I'm a perverse bint is to do with Aliens. Wut? Well you know how all those cattle mutilations occur, anuses removed like coring an apple, tongues and eyes removed, ditto pineal gland (I'm convinced they are a delicacy and it's nothing to do with 'experimenting' or testing tissue - bastards treat us as food).
What a lot of people don't know is the same mutilations happen to PEOPLE. Go look it up. They even got some Sgt on an Airbase somewhere in US, so even military installations are not secure. I remember listening to Project Camelot many years ago where it was revealed the bad aliens (or demons whatever) do in fact view us as food but they don't like how smokers taste. shrieks with laughter. Isn't that the most fabulous excuse not to quit 'Dude I'm making sure the aliens won't see me as chow'.
I've used that ever since. Especially since they went full on banning smoking everywhere. As if the Elite give a shit about our health. We die younger so don't collect out pensions, and pay more in tobacco tax than we cost in medical treatment. No, if you ask me, they are doing the bidding of their alien overlords and making us more palatable adjusts tin foil hat.
That's my excuse and I'ma sticking to it! ;)