I Wanted to Try
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NoM I have almost 18 years clean and sober, and 6 1/2 months smoke free. A million times I've thought I could have one taste, one beer. But I could never have one smoke (for me it was Black n Milds) so I KNOW I can't have one of anything. There is a saying (for me a truth) "One is too many and a thousand is never enough."
Thank you Mike for taking part in my smokeless-ness !!!
Thank you Mike for taking part in my smokeless-ness !!!
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And here is another... "It aint the caboose that will kill you!" I still drink but er... ah... I have had "other" issues in my life as well.
A lot of us seem to come from the same era ! if you know what I mean !!! I had my times as well , hell I lived in my 63 Ford Econoline Van for 6 months at one time LOL NOW !
It comes down to surviving and making changes you need to to be OK !
for some that is not drinking for some not smoking for some not ?????????????
to me what really matters is that you make the change the keeps you on the earth .
It comes down to surviving and making changes you need to to be OK !
for some that is not drinking for some not smoking for some not ?????????????
to me what really matters is that you make the change the keeps you on the earth .
I couldn't agree with you all more! Survival and self growth is what it is for me. Like you NoM and Mike and probably more off us, I have seen way too many family and friends die from all of the reasons you mention. I'm not anti "recreation", but for me it was a matter of survival. Just like my struggle with smoking, my other activities were going to get me dead...period. I don't preach it, I don't judge others over it, but I take humble gratitude in the things I have managed to overcome 
I am late in thsi converation but I will tell you this. I do not have an addictive personality. Alcohol.....like it but can/have dropped it at a whim (for years at a time) illegal and prescription drugs..... probably tried them all at some point. I surley liked more than others but again just decided that the illegality of it was not worth the high (get high lose you professional license did not add up) sex ummm well I may be addicted to that but I am not alone on that (thanks ladies) BUT that addiciton has not adversly interfered with the rest of my life. Now with that all being said let look at cigs...... never could go without them. Closer now than ever before and I believe when I get the right combination of juice and pv it will happen. Don't let people tell you addiciton is weak. As I have shown I am not an addicitve personality and cigs got me. I am so proud of all of you that have quit the cigs and all those of you that are quiting as we speak. Thank you for letting me join your family. Some day we will have to have a not cigs meet. I couldn't make it right now due to financials but someday..... That would be awesome.
I completely agree with you. I always enjoyed drinking, I quit completely for a few years in my late 20's, then gradually started "partying" again in my 30's (hanging out with too many young waitresses
) I quit drinking completely again about 4 years ago(I was starting to like the Dry Martini's too much and just got sick of the hole drinking thing) I have had one beer and a glass of wine in that time on a couple of special occasions. I can go to a bar and drink soda or coffee and I never feel like I am missing anything or that I need to drink. I may or may not have tried some elicit substances in the 80's , but I have no desire to do any of that.However, I never thought I could possibly stop smoking, I never even tried. When I got my first (decent)pv(not even thinking about actually quitting) I went from about 35 cigs a day to 5 a day over night and the next day to just 2. ok, at 2 I started to feel like I was having a panic attack
so I went back up to 5 a day. So, It has been a couple of weeks at 5, and I am happy and hopeful and for the first time in my life I actually think I will not be smoking at all in the not too distant future. I hope my new Infinity will help give me that "extra" boost I need when it arrives Then I plan to gradually go from 5 to 4 to 3, 2, 1.....0! I am still in complete shock that I don't even really like to smoke anymore.
Gmoney once you find the juice that "fills the gap" you wont want them anymore. For me it is vapor station tampa. Honestly its not my favorite juice by any means but it pushes the right buttons in my brain to kill the cravings. Something about it is completely satisfying to me. A great PV is definitely part of it. Finding the juice that flips the switch is the rest.
When I feel like I want a ...., or stinky as El Dee calls them, I just grab my 801 atomizer from Ikenvape and put it on the Buzz then start dripping some 24mg. tobacco of one taste or another and start power vaping for a few minutes. The urge goes away fast but not the clouds of vapor.
All my old friends are dead from doing the ?????????? everyone was talking about. I guess we can all thank God we quit.
All my old friends are dead from doing the ?????????? everyone was talking about. I guess we can all thank God we quit.
I agree 5C~I had a close friend with some time go back out and OD'ed. It hit me real hard and my sponsor say he was glad, which PO'ed me. He said that it reminds him that it's still bad out there and that it can happen to any of us who think otherwise.
I know it sounds harsh, but that's the reality of that stuff.
I know it sounds harsh, but that's the reality of that stuff.
That plus die of liver cancer, flesh eating disease, suicide and any other number of ways. I see people doing that stuff and it just makes me sad to think of what they have in store.
I had a friend when I was younger that was sober and he got into body building. He had about a 56 in chest and 28 in waist. He really did a great job building his body. I went to visit him one day and his dad told me he ODed.
What a fitting title for this thread. "I just wanted to try it" and see what it was like.
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I bet we can all tell some horror stories. "There but for the Grace of God go I"
Well, who would have thought that my little issue with a previously owned Infinity would turn out like this? 
You know, they say that ignorance is bliss, and that not knowing what troubles there are gives you a better life, and I admit that is what I teach my son. "Just learn from me, so you don't have to make the same mistakes." But I think that people would be pretty boring and weak if we had all listened to "wiser" lessons. We have to go through some fire to become stronger people. Katanas are considered the sharpest and hardest swords, but bend instead of breaking, and hold an edge longer than any other sword because the metal is fired, folded and beaten some 40 times before it is finished.
You know, they say that ignorance is bliss, and that not knowing what troubles there are gives you a better life, and I admit that is what I teach my son. "Just learn from me, so you don't have to make the same mistakes." But I think that people would be pretty boring and weak if we had all listened to "wiser" lessons. We have to go through some fire to become stronger people. Katanas are considered the sharpest and hardest swords, but bend instead of breaking, and hold an edge longer than any other sword because the metal is fired, folded and beaten some 40 times before it is finished.
Well I have found that each one is an individual and no matter what I do or say they are still going to do it their own way. I told my children what would happen with the choices they made and then had to let them make the choice. I always stressed honesty and respect. It's just too bad you can't program them like computers. JK
Yes. Father. Thank you. very much father. I will go. clean my room now. My son is only 11 now, and I teach him everything fully expecting him to break the rules like an 11 year old should, but I still stand firm on what I say just to give him a little anchor. I can't wait to see what he turns out to be . . . it's so crazy because he is doing the exact same things I did.
Once he's a man, I'll be his friend; until then, I'm his dad. It makes me get all teary just thinking about how he started calling me dad a couple years ago. Daddy . . . dad dy . . . dad' . . . dad. It was a fun but sad process watching him test the waters. Before I know it, I'll be nailing him to the wall for coming home drunk.
Sounds to me like you will have quite a fine man in your son. He'll surely make his own mistakes but you are helping him build a solid foundation
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