I have been a cigarette smoker since 2004, it would be 10 full years this fall since I bought my first pack of smokes.
I started smoking cigs because they were easier to smoke than Black & Milds (my usual smoke in high school). I had just gotten out of Navy boot camp and found that the smokers were pretty much the only people who could have a break during working hours. Black & Milds led to too long of a break for military chain of command, but a cigarette break could net you a good 5 minutes without causing too much of an issue.
Well, after I got out of the Navy I didn't stop smoking and really didn't want to either.
Recently though I have run into a rough patch where I have taken on a significant amount of debt and have had to resort to cost cutting measures. Can't have as many luxuries and I am going to need to scale back my spending habits. One of the first was to cut my cable bill. Completely. That hurts a lot because I am a huge sports fan but some sacrifices must be made.
The second biggest one was cigarettes. I have plenty of pipes and tobacco as is, and thankfully buying a tin of whatever I like for $9 to $15 goes a lot farther than the $40+ I would most likely spend in the same amount of time on packs of smokes.
This is going to be one of the hardest periods in my adult life thus far having to give up essentially two mainstays: televised sports and cigarettes. I know that is peanuts to some, but I have managed to live a fairly comfortable life thus far being able to do and afford what I wanted within reason.
Anyone have suggestions (from experience) on how to faithfully stick to the pipes and not end up at the 7/11 counter buying another pack of Camels?
I started smoking cigs because they were easier to smoke than Black & Milds (my usual smoke in high school). I had just gotten out of Navy boot camp and found that the smokers were pretty much the only people who could have a break during working hours. Black & Milds led to too long of a break for military chain of command, but a cigarette break could net you a good 5 minutes without causing too much of an issue.
Well, after I got out of the Navy I didn't stop smoking and really didn't want to either.
Recently though I have run into a rough patch where I have taken on a significant amount of debt and have had to resort to cost cutting measures. Can't have as many luxuries and I am going to need to scale back my spending habits. One of the first was to cut my cable bill. Completely. That hurts a lot because I am a huge sports fan but some sacrifices must be made.
The second biggest one was cigarettes. I have plenty of pipes and tobacco as is, and thankfully buying a tin of whatever I like for $9 to $15 goes a lot farther than the $40+ I would most likely spend in the same amount of time on packs of smokes.
This is going to be one of the hardest periods in my adult life thus far having to give up essentially two mainstays: televised sports and cigarettes. I know that is peanuts to some, but I have managed to live a fairly comfortable life thus far being able to do and afford what I wanted within reason.
Anyone have suggestions (from experience) on how to faithfully stick to the pipes and not end up at the 7/11 counter buying another pack of Camels?