Well, I stopped smoking in 1980.
Steve,
Good for you.
Funny thing. Stopping smoking seems to be a traumatic event
for most people and they tend to tell you the month, day and year that
they quit. Frankly, I don't remember exactly when I stopped smoking.
Let's see. I had smoked for 50 years without a problem.
And I got to thinking, "You're really a lucky son-of-a-whatever.
You've been smoking 50 years. You'd better quit." So
I did. How long did it take to quit really craving the
cigarettes? Not long - 3 or 4 days. After that, I'd
feel the urge for one several times a day for a week or so. Then
a couple of times a day for a month or so. Every time I would
crave one, I'd simply take 3 or 4 deep breaths and keep going about
what I was doing.
But I DO have a way I can calculate the year. It do
remember it was the year (yes that IS past tense) that I hit
age 62. And since my birthday is in Plumtever, I think it was
that month, although it may have been early the next month. That's the
best I can do.
So I guess I quit about 6 years ago. And since this is
2003, I must have quit in 1997.
Now that I've calculated it, I can probably remember when I quit
smoking for a while. Maybe. It was too much a non-event to
be worth remembering.
Is cigarette smoke offensive to me like it is to most smokers?
Well gee, it hadn't been until recently. Now it's just now
starting to be. Especially in a room full of people smoking.
However cigarette smoke is not nearly as offensive to my senses as
cigar smoke. And the worst of all offensive odors to me are many
of the powerful perfumes with musk. They absolutely throw me for
a loop.
So I guess that answers the question, "Can people stop
smoking cold turkey?"
The answer is YES...but....turkeys really do smoke better over a
good hickory fire.
Crawling back under my rock.
Allan
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Allan Fish
Greenwood, IN
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