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hello Mods any chance of getting actual dates on post this thread will help me figger out when i stopped the nail and switched to lumber
I used to smoke 20-a-day for many years. I stopped by quitting "cold turkey" for 4 months, before I started pipe smoking. The wife smokes sigs and man, do the stink. Pipes are just better period. When asked by sig smokers, I use this analagy: Pipe smoking is like having fine wines in your cellar, which you open and enjoy, tasting and collecting new and interesting varieties, whereas sig smoking is like drinking those cheap burboun&cola RTD's from a tin. Both are alcohol/tobacco, but that's where the similarity ends. 
I stopped the same way you did, nzpiper. Last Thanksgiving was my last cigarette; I just didn't smoke anything for a month afterward, and then missed the pipe's aroma and mood so much that I lit it up again. I hadn't planned on Officially Quitting Smoking; whenever I've attached that kind of significance to it, I always found myself lighting up again in a few days, weeks or months and felt guilty about it. I've "quit" dozens of times that way. This time just happened of its own accord, and I've never felt the urge to have a cigarette since then. With the pipe, I don't get the feeling of craving a drug like I did with cigarettes--when I reach for a pipe I'm thinking of the taste, of the mood, of the chance to sit in contemplation, and the clouds of the most wonderful aromas that accompany that time. I also have a deeper appreciation of tobacco's medicinal properties--the anti-inflammatory effects and stress reduction are, I'm sure, doing more repair than damage to my body and mind.
Ace, that dirty pipe idea of yours is an interesting system, I'm glad it worked for you and perhaps it will help out some others. :clap: The bulk of the chemicals from cigarette tobacco are out of your system in ~72 hours; flushing your system with lots of water in the initial stages is also a good aid in cessation.
The cost is also attractive, yet deceptive; spending $450/month for a pack a day just made me feel like an idiot. However, I'm averaging nearly that much in pipes and cellaring as it is. 8O However, cellaring stays with me--and hedges against future legislative insanity--as the monthly consumption is around 7 ounces compared to ~3.5 pounds. And yes, I mentally equate each pipe as having a fine wine (well ok, sometimes a wine cooler...1Q anyone?) as opposed to a Genny Light Cream Ale. It's about improving the quality of the here and now for me, and I'm much happier for it.
Ace, that dirty pipe idea of yours is an interesting system, I'm glad it worked for you and perhaps it will help out some others. :clap: The bulk of the chemicals from cigarette tobacco are out of your system in ~72 hours; flushing your system with lots of water in the initial stages is also a good aid in cessation.
The cost is also attractive, yet deceptive; spending $450/month for a pack a day just made me feel like an idiot. However, I'm averaging nearly that much in pipes and cellaring as it is. 8O However, cellaring stays with me--and hedges against future legislative insanity--as the monthly consumption is around 7 ounces compared to ~3.5 pounds. And yes, I mentally equate each pipe as having a fine wine (well ok, sometimes a wine cooler...1Q anyone?) as opposed to a Genny Light Cream Ale. It's about improving the quality of the here and now for me, and I'm much happier for it.
Awesome stories everyone. I quit just a bit over 5 years ago. Mine was cold turkey and out of the blue. It was a hot afternoon in May and I was smoking from a pack of stale cigarettes. They tasted horrible and with the heat and humidity I just couldn't stand them. My craving just went out the window and I haven't had one since. Whenever I smell them or see people smoking them I'm immediately brought back to that time.
The wife put a sharp dagger to my tender parts and made me quit cigs. The agreement was that I could enjoy the occasional cigar. But man... not having that nic fix for days or weeks til I was allowed that sweet release of a cigar was like torture. Now I'm allowed as many mother frackin' pipes I want. Tis a wonderful world.
1.5 years cig free. They smell and taste like crap. For all those trying to quit Good Luck!
And for all the members sayin' that they smoke cigs when they don't have the time to sit down and enjoy a full or half bowl of the pipe.... I'm pretty sure I've seen MINI pipes, so pick one of those puppies up and see how that goes. That's probably a 5 min bowl from what I've seen. GL!
1.5 years cig free. They smell and taste like crap. For all those trying to quit Good Luck!
And for all the members sayin' that they smoke cigs when they don't have the time to sit down and enjoy a full or half bowl of the pipe.... I'm pretty sure I've seen MINI pipes, so pick one of those puppies up and see how that goes. That's probably a 5 min bowl from what I've seen. GL!
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