I usually leave for work early and enjoy a bowl on the way to work with coffee. I finish it sitting out front of work and it’s amazing how much mellower I go into work.
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Wake up, get dressed, brush teeth, walk out to car, drive to work, get my press ready and then light up.
Wake up, hit brew, grab a cigar and sit out back and wait for the morning raccoon, ducks, squirrels, need that nicotine and caffeine, I'm into the "ine"s. I do a pipe after that but mornings are for coffee and cigars.
I love an early morning pipe on a Saturday morning with a good cappuccino. Just have to be careful with the blend selection - once I got hit with a solid nic kick.
Snuff is a gamechanger
Fort Morgan, AL but heading back to New Orleans in the morning. You down here too?
I think I still have some snuff kicking around somewhere. I'm going to have to try a pinch first thing in the morning and see what that does for me. Right now the hardest cigarettes to quit are the first with coffee, the ones those rare times when I go beyond a couple drinks, and after meals.
No, I just meant that I watched the same sunrise over the water as you. My sunrise was at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
It's a rare event for me, but when I can, I relish my pipe, coffee and newspaper in the AM. Every vacation day it happens and I try on weekends, typically out on our patio.
Maybe mid-morning on a weekend on the deck, that’s not even a routine. Afternoon or evening more likely any day.
I wake at 4am every day. First pour over (2 cups) I drink without a pipe or any electronics or distractions. Usually by about 6 or 630, once the kids are ready and relaxing before school, I start in on my first bowl of the day. I prefer for this to be a smaller bowl and sometimes won't finish it until later that day. On weekends I'll smoke earlier, or sometimes later - just depends on my mood and weather. My morning bowl is the only bowl I smoke outside really. All other smokes are usually enjoyed inside.
For years on the ranch, I was up early, fill my coffee mug, lit my pipe and headed out to feed/check the cows and horses. Then return about 2 hours later for breakfast and another pipe. Now that I’m retired, I sleep in until 7. Grab a coffee and head to the deck with my pipe to think about what’s for breakfast.
Weekdays: Roll out of bed around 5 AM. Put on glasses and underwear. Go to kitchen. Start coffee pot. Prepare pipe. Put hearing aids in. Start a load of laundry. Pour coffee. Add milk. Sit down at kitchen table. Drink coffee. Light pipe. Turn on more light. Read Bible. Pray. Get up. Tamp and relight pipe as necessary. Prep breakfast and lunchbox. Feed cats on front porch. Put laundry in dryer. Wash dishes. Relight pipe. Remove hearing aids. Start getting ready. Shave head. Continue smoking pipe. Take shower (not smoking pipe). Get dressed, comb beard, etc. etc. Clean out pipe. Etc. Some mornings may vary, but generally same each day. Leave by 7:10. Try to get to work on time.
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Before leaving for work. Around 6 o'clock in the morning. I smoke a pipe, usually a virginia, while drinking a black coffee from a pot on the fire. I love the sweet smell of virginias in the morning. Then at work, even in the morning, I smoke cigars, more discreet and comfortable to drive the truck, or work in the industrial building.
Personally I'm of the opinion nothing can really help you quit smoking cigarettes but willpower. The difference is cigarettes have so many chemicals added to them I think that's where a lot of the addiction comes from. Theres nothing that comes close to that cigarette feeling. I don't smoke a pipe or cigars all winter and I can take or leave chew snuff and snus all year round. It comes down to bonded nicotine (cigarettes) vs unbonded nicotine which is a process they use for cigarettes. Thats why you get that instant rush. Everything else kind of comes on slow
You're absolutely right, except for one thing. All the other things do help. The patches, gums, pills, pipes, snuff, cigars all help. None is a magic bullet that'll knock away the desire for a cigarette on its own, but they do help.
I drive an hour to get to work, perfect time for coffee and a pipe.