Pipeaholic

[bobby46]

My name is Bob and I'm a pipeaholic. I address this to others likewise afflicted that also want to stop. Read on and you will see that I found a cure.

My wife was an antique collector from the start. Through close-quarter exposure, I caught it. I started my own varied collections. For the past ten years, though, I was free of collecting antiques. But the sickness was merely dormant.

Last year, I stumbled upon a dirty, foresaken briar at the local flea market for one dollar. I related to my wife that back in 1957 at the age of 11, I had sneaked a trial puff. That short-lived experiment
left me with the resolve to revisit "when I got old". A garage sale got me a collection of six
more. A rational man would have stopped there, having a full weeks rotation. No, I was hooked. Drawn
then to EBAY, I won two large lovats that are wonderful. Then came the 3 inch tall meer for $10
which also fueled the need for more. Then It happened. I had won another collection of 6 that shook me
with a slap of remorse. Two were cobs with one having no bowl bottom. One of the briars had
a shank crack. All rejects; and they all reeked of Half&Half. How do I stop?
Luckily, 4 decades of the restoration of wood furniture and basement workshop became my savior. I vowed that if I
wanted more pipes, I would make them. I went back to EBAY, but now only to browse the pictures for
inspiration. There are at least 20 homemades; all drastically dissimilar. If I desired another,
it would bring 4 to 20 hours labor and perhaps a weeks wait for curing, drying, and break-in beyond
that. The fever has gone down.
Sadly, I recently caught myself starting a pipe-lighter collection. I am not collectibles-cured; only in remission.

I welcome responses/confessions. Start with your name followed by the admission you are a
pipeaholic.

 

[logandow]

I shouldn't be allowed near antique shop either. There's just so many cheap pipes

 

[bobby46]

Yes, yes those sad forlorn ones begging for adoption............

Room for one more....so cheap....where's the harm?

Spill it all out here at group therapy HQ !

 

[logandow]

That's actually where I got my first pipe. I still go back to that antique shop every couple of weeks looking for a new pipe

 

[bobby46]

Gentlemen please,

Start with "I am a pipeaholic" then continue your confession.

 

[ejames]

I AM a pipeaholic!! And the Doctors cannot cure me. Over the last 7 years I have seen somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 Doctors and still have this dreaded disease. Funny the Doctors all had the same name--Grabow! 8O

And even though I have managed to run many of them off,there is still to many Doctors,they have taken over my house! I have managed though, to make room amongst all these Doctors for a few others. I also find that making a few pipes and tampers has helped somewhat. There's not as many Doctors coming and going as there once was.

 

[bobby46]

Really? Five hundred pipes? My initial laugh-to-tears was followed by the elation of bonding. Then came a chill and a shudder......

Let it all out; we understand.

 

[mluyckx]

I am a pipeaholic
I started with just one little basket briar, but then my spouse bought me a nice pipe as a gift. Not wanting to be the disobedient husband, I smoked it and succumbed. In about a 6 month timeframe I have now 14 smoke-able pipes and a basket of estates ready to be refurbished. A bookshelf in my home office has been converted to cellar and several pounds of tobacco have mysteriously shown up in the bottom drawer of my filing cabinet.
The month of February is a month that I decided to take a moratorium from full-filling the PAD and TAD diseases and thus far (I am proud to say) I have been able to hold off the beast. Although I know it will be a small victory since the shopping cart line-up for March 1 has already been filled to the brim.

 

[bobby46]

I have more to confess:

Of the pipes I have made, the best ones....the "pretty boys" get shelf duty, while the "plain janes' get all the cake. What makes me do that?

 

[alonso2]

I'm afraid I'm the same. I have around 80 pipes,most had on ebay, and cleaned up and sanitised, but started making my own a few months back too. Still can't resist bidding on a desirable pipe if I see it on ebay or buying at car boot saled. It's a sickness

Alan.

 

[nsfisher]

My name is Michael, and I am a Pipeaholic!
I have managed to curb my buying during February. I have purchased only 1 new pipe this month and 8 estate pipes. I see and even greater reduction in my future for March, April. However, I am afraid that with the coming Flea Market and Yard Sale season, I may relapse. I must get this under control as I am deathly allergic to the production of more Pipe Racks and my Doctor refuses to write a perscription for me. I suppose I could try Benydryl but it makes me sleepy.

 

[bobby46]

Looks like I've found some souls that have an acute sense of humor.
I may also have ferreted out suspects who on EBAY (with their finger poised over the enter-button) outbid me within the last 5 seconds. It's okay, it's the sickness (Ha-Ha!)

 

[lordnoble]

Hello. My name is Jason and I am a Pipeaholic. I've been Pipe-sober for 6 months, I think. Unfortunately ,this has turned me into a Tobacco-aholic. I can't stop buying an ounce here, three ounces there. I'm glad I'm not the only one. :rofl:
-Jason

 

[ejames]

Really? Five hundred pipes? My initial laugh-to-tears was followed by the elation of bonding. Then came a chill and a shudder......

Let it all out; we understand.

Nah,I'm down to about 200 now. A couple of times I have sold off big chunks of my collection.Once sold a lot of 30 or so to a gent in Australia.

Have slowed down in my buying. Stick mainly to unusual-oddball Grabows. Trying to fill a display card of 1980 Olympic commemorative Grabows,etc.

Haven't bought a pipe in about 2 weeks!

 

[sirsmokesalot]

I'm a Pipeaholic.....and I don't see a darn thing wrong with it!!

Wow! I feel so free now!! :rofl:

 

[hobie1dog]

Souls on the Other Side call Earth "The Insane Asylum of the Universe".........
you fit in quite well. :nana:

 

[sirsmokesalot]

Why thank you!

 

[smokenscotch]

I confess, I am a pipeaholic also. I cannot stop thinking of pipes and or pipe tobacco. I am sick and I need help.

 

[havanarick]

Hello, My name is Rick and yes I am a pipeaholic and I like tobacco, lots of tobacco!, As I am reading these other post I realize that I am not alone. I shudder to think that I will run out of tobacco or pass up a good pipe for sale/trade. I myself think that instead of it being a sickness, it tends to be more a Zen thing. I realized the twelve step program that I tried did not seem to be working for me, so I turned it into a way of life and it is working wonders! Thank you for listening to me. I think I will go and just stare at my cellar so that I can be at peace and bask in the Zen...

 

[wildcat]

and they all reeked of Half&Half.

I'm a pipeaholic and I resemble that remark! LOL!