sgt.barney

He usually doesn't leave before telling successful quitters they're all wrong about how to make quitting work... because he knows A Better Way. Sarge hasn't seen that yet this time. Yet ... Easy Peasy

IMG=thatsthejoke.jpg It is as easy or as difficult as you choose to make it. Easy Peasy

Sarge predicts they will "be understanding" ... yet nothing will change and they will still smoke. Easy Peasy

Not in your own home you didn't. Easy Peasy

<sigh> ... If its not for and you'll be leaving, then, Adios - your prerogative. Sarge reiterates: You can not win at this game without that kind of blunt honesty. And adds at this time: running away and hiding from it doesn't help at all. At. All. Sarge is here to help you quit, not stroke you feel-goodies and give you warm-and-fuzzies. Until you can repeat all of what was said in his post above without making you "feel like crap" ... and until you know and understand what it means, without taking offense nor ruining your day ... then your chances are slim. And yes, Virginia, Sarge was a Fat Man. 60 pounds overweight. A *Very Fat Man*. By choice. He put himself there. It was his choice. It wasn't the Alcohol. It wasn't the Pizza. It wasn't the office parties with donuts and cookies, nor the stressful holiday gatherings with enormous turkey dinners. It was Sarge. All Sarge. 100% within his control. (See how Easy Peasy that was?) Now he has made a better choice. You can, too, but not without the honesty, and certainly not by running and hiding from same. It start here: "I am an addict." Can you say it? Easy Peasy

Leave ... or Deal with it. > Other than talking with them about it, or their rental agency, or the homeowner himself, I don't know what can be done What would you have done as a smoker, right? We all - all of us, would have laughed that one off. Sarge just thinks of it as PayBack. It's our turn now. Easy Peasy

It's not breakfast (Sarge hasn't eaten breakfast regularly since High School (30+ years ago)). It's not blood sugar levels (Sarge was diagnosed "pre-diabetic" mere months before quitting, and has been both hyper, and hypo glycemic at times while getting the diet/exercise under control (totally solid "normal" blood glucose for 3 years running now -- it's amazing what losing 60-ish pounds, a good, solid diet, and exercise can do!)... and yet didn't smoke. Call it what it is: you were a Junkie wanting The Fix and you gave in. You. Gave. In. Simple as that. You can't win at this game without that kind of blunt honesty. Say it: "I had a choice." "I gave in the The Junkie" "I CHOSE to smoke." "It wasn't the blood sugar". "It wasn't the recently found cigarettes" "It wasn't the wine" "It was me" "ALL me and ONLY me." "Me." Easy Peasy

> It was November 17, 2004, the eve of the 28th Great American Smokeout... Coincidences, right? Sarge accidentally quit on The Great American Smokeout, 2011 (Nov 17th). It was unintentional - pure random chance. Didn't know it until several months later. Easy Peasy

Mind over matter. If you don't mind ... it don't matter. Easy Peasy

Easy Peasy

Sarge *knows* he has done permanent, long-term damage to himself. 27 years of 30-a-day doesn't buy a Pass. The only questions are "When will it show up?" and "How bad will it be?" The good news is, statistically (barring obvious statistical outliers like your step-pops) - the sooner we quit, the better off we are. Quit now, folks. Easy Peasy

Watch them smoke. Have your crave(s). By now, you know how to handle a crave. Deal with it. You can't avoid smokers your whole life, can you? Easy Peasy

Sarge understands probability and statistics. As such he hasn't ever bought a ticket - not even so much as a scratch off. Waste of money. That being said: (1) Legal name change. (2) Disappear for a year overseas (or however long you have to collect). (3) Show up and collect (4) A second legal name change (5) Disappear and travel the world for 3 more years. By then, the looters, beggars, and low life types should have long since given up. Easy Peasy

Sarge is a BeachBody fan, doing a cycle each of P90X, Insanity, and Body Beast (plus a cycle of Couch Potato) every year for the last 4 years. Easy Peasy

Does anyone here remember Vera Lynn? Easy Peasy

Bah Humbuging Easy Peasy

Double Stack Easy Peasy

It, indeed, CAN, in fact be too late. Don't let it get to be too late, right? Easy Peasy

The year? Very important. The ticker? An irrelevant raster image file beamed over http. Sarge assures you: at some point you won't give a rats ass about any ticker, it will have been years since you've seen it, the numbers and calculations will be a faded memory, decades gone ... but the important fact will remain - you will still be a nonsmoker, ticker or not. Easy Peasy

Ticker? It ain't important. Just keep on keepin' on. Easy Peasy

At least once a month, right? Easy Peasy

Sarge just has a hate/hate arrangement. He hates it. Totally. But he must run. He must ... or he's a fat, overweight, arthritic, hypertensive, high cholesterol, borderline diabetic, smoker. If he does not run, he becomes, once again, all of those (and worse). So ... Sarge must run, and run he does. Run, Sarge, run. Easy Peasy

This was Sarge's name when he joined this forum. He thinks he'll keep it a while ... Easy Peasy

At least another 30 ... 35 to go. We'll see you there, too. Easy Peasy

Cut that shit out, right? Easy Peasy