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What do cigarettes cost?
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I’m not hopping on the quitting train just yet. I wanna be sure we’re nit gonna go the way of the dodo before the reds would have killed me.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
11 minutes of your life. That's what a cigarette costs.
I remember hearing that on the radio when I was in college -- and that's when I decided to quit smoking. I was never more than a casual smoker. Gave me a good excuse at work to take a break, or when I was in the mood for one. Got my best friend to quit smoking with me. (She was a heavier smoker than I was, so she had it a lot harder). I've been smoke-free for going on 16 years now.
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(September 9, 2019 at 6:26 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I started smoking as a teenager, the legendary "peer pressure". Ads still said "Doctors recommend..." and there were only a few rumbles about weeds actually being bad for you. I resented smoking most of my life and I started smoking just before university. I think that I was already hooked because I was mimicking smoking while my relatives were truly smoking. After high school I was in a self-distructive state so I think I did t have the resolve to abstain anymore. Because of my ignorance to addiction I taught Thai I will smoke just one year, hit my lowest point and then quit, little did I know that quitting was not such a simple thing.
"resisted"?
Almost as much as weed.
Disappointing theists since 1968!
(September 11, 2019 at 9:40 pm)Cecelia Wrote: 11 minutes of your life. That's what a cigarette costs. Too bad we can't pick which 11 minutes. I've got plenty of 11 minute chunks for trade.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
RE: What do cigarettes cost?
September 18, 2019 at 3:39 pm
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2019 at 3:44 pm by LastPoet.)
(September 10, 2019 at 11:17 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(September 10, 2019 at 8:49 am)LastPoet Wrote: Me? If I am going to do it, gotta be one day in the morning where I throw the pack in the bin, given enough will mustered. A friend of mine that has quitted also said something along those lines. One has to wake up one morning and be stubborn about it. (September 18, 2019 at 5:43 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: Too bad we can't pick which 11 minutes. I've got plenty of 11 minute chunks for trade. Depends really how long you would've lived. In a modest approach, If I was to be 100 Then I should've died 10 years ago. This "a cigar takes x amount of life" its plain silly. Better advocate against tobacco with proper facts and support for those that may want to stop. (September 18, 2019 at 3:39 pm)LastPoet Wrote:Strength, resolute, courage, stubbornness, bloodymindedness, whatever, just don't slip or you'll have to do all that nasty over again. Getting through the day was my reward, one more day I wouldn't have to go through when I was free of the fuckers.(September 10, 2019 at 11:17 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I flushed an entire carton, less one pack, down the loo the day I quit.
Tomorrow's my day.
I'm trying to think of it as an opportunity to gain health. I'm already buying new things in my mind with all the extra cash. |
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