This isn’t a ‘cold turkey’ thing with me. I have health issues. But at my age (68) and history, they’re not going away, and a very occasional cigar or pipe will not be much of an influence. My wife went cold turkey with the patch backin ‘96. Hasn’t smoked since, so it works. It’s up to the individual and how much determination they bring to the table. BTW, my wife is fine with my situation.
The fact I started smoking after 12 years of abstinence has nothing to do with determination. It has to do with my health, the fact I could ‘go’ any day, so I’m going to enjoy simple pleasures, but on a very refined and manageable schedule. Works for me...
Right. Moderation is the key in life in all things. - Up until a year and a half ago, I had terrible, horrible high blood pressure for several years. - I started taking a Sabbath day of complete REST every week, cast all my cares on the Lord as best I could, changed my diet to less beef and more fish and chicken, take a few supplements. That and prayer did it. - Up until then, my BP would get up to 265/210. Now it runs 115/65. I take very little BP drugs & think I could probably go without any because 115/65 seems to have me going in slo-mo a lot.