I enjoyed a cigarette or twenty with my twelve beers of a night, in my youth. I haven't smoked in probably almost 10 years. I never have any desire to, thankfully.
However my hubby will have one occasionally, if we happen to hang out with people who are smokers while we are drinking. Thankfully this is not that common but it bugs me still. Also he chews tobacco somewhat regularly (I'm not quite sure of the regularity as I am sure he might lie a bit about it as he's ashamed)
My parents both smoke and it really bums me out. Especially my mom who smokes a lot, like at least 10 per day. She really wants to quit because of her health, but she has been smoking for 45 years and its just so hard to quit. I just wish I could help her but how. All the cancer talk really made me think of this and it makes me very sad to think of this.
I still smoke when I drink, as in a night out at the bar, which nowadays is like twice a year. My DH is a regular smoker...he really wants to quit and has tried a bunch of times but hasn't been able to stick with it yet.
Post by orriskitten on May 17, 2013 9:43:38 GMT -5
I used to be a social smoker, mainly when I was in Amsterdam and you could still smoke in clubs (that actually changed while I was living there, much like the states). I don't think i've had a full cigarette since '07. Had a few puffs in Israel, everyone on that trip smoked and being around it made me crave a bit.
DH and I do love to go to hookah bars, though. I absolutely love when they make the bowl of the hookah out of a pineapple! So yummy! Last time we went was when Mel was 2 months old and the ILs were here. I also have a hookah I got in Israel but we haven't brought it out since the baby was born.
I would try it occasionally as a teenager, but nothing since I was 19/20. Never a regular thing and it would just hurt my lungs. I really don't see how an educated person with children can justify smoking. They kill you early and make you age extremely prematurely. I do everything in my power to make sure my husband and I are around as long as possible to see our children grow up and hopefully play a big role in our grandchildren's lives as well.
I used to smoke about half a pack a day. I quit cold turkey the summer I got pregnant. I have smoked a cigarette here and there (1 every other month or less and never did when I was pregnant). My mom was smoking nearly 2 packs a day and I'm pretty opposed to smoking even though I'm guilty of it.
I used to be a heavy smoker. But now I just do it when I drink and go to the casino. In my teens & twenties I probably smoked a half pack to a pack a day. Now I will have anywhere from 0 to about 3 a day. I'm weird and I know I should just quit all together.
I smoked through college and about a year after. I started when I worked at my first restaurant the summer before college started and it continued through college. So about 5 years.
I was a social smoker for 2 years in college, and somewhat heavily for the term I spent abroad. Nothing since. DH has never smoked and I doubt he would have dated me if I was still a smoker then.
I used to smoke all the time, from a teenager until I got pregnant with Elias and I quit. I started smoking again when he was a couple months old even though I thought I never would, but didnt do it nearly as often. Just a couple times a day or if I was drinking. Found out I was pregnant again and quit, and I really hope to be for sure done with it this time. Its like I dont even think about it when Im pregnant, but then the urges come back. I think its super gross though and I am a total freak about it being on your hands and clothes, in your hair, that I would need to change my clothes, scrub my hands, put my hair back, and it was too much work to do all that with a baby. Id have to wait til he was asleep and sneak outside and stare at him through a window.. I wont be able to do that next time even if I wanted, which I really dont think I will.
I have never smoked and neither has DH. Or our parents. I think it's absolutely disgusting and don't see the appeal at all. I understand some people are addicted but I do not see why they even start in the first place? Blegh!!
I used to smoke all the time, from a teenager until I got pregnant with Elias and I quit. I started smoking again when he was a couple months old even though I thought I never would, but didnt do it nearly as often. Just a couple times a day or if I was drinking. Found out I was pregnant again and quit, and I really hope to be for sure done with it this time. Its like I dont even think about it when Im pregnant, but then the urges come back. I think its super gross though and I am a total freak about it being on your hands and clothes, in your hair, that I would need to change my clothes, scrub my hands, put my hair back, and it was too much work to do all that with a baby. Id have to wait til he was asleep and sneak outside and stare at him through a window.. I wont be able to do that next time even if I wanted, which I really dont think I will.
This was me exactly. I never had the urge with either pregnancy and I swore up and down I'd never go back after Chloe. But I think stress just set in and having a glass of wine, well it was a perfect combo, DAMN! I'm not a big time smoker at all though. In fact if I'm going to have one, it is after the girls go to bed. I go the entire day not even thinking about until 9pm. At this point I think I'm a creature of habit, I need to change this habbit. I hope you can rid yourself of this after the twins are born. Good luck!
For me, it was quitting the combo habit. For example, I always smoked on my way to work, after lunch, before dinner, etc. So, when those times came where I usually had one, I had to replace it with something different. So, on my way to work I would suck on a lollipop instead, Etc. It was changing the routine that helped.
I used to smoke all the time, from a teenager until I got pregnant with Elias and I quit. I started smoking again when he was a couple months old even though I thought I never would, but didnt do it nearly as often. Just a couple times a day or if I was drinking. Found out I was pregnant again and quit, and I really hope to be for sure done with it this time. Its like I dont even think about it when Im pregnant, but then the urges come back. I think its super gross though and I am a total freak about it being on your hands and clothes, in your hair, that I would need to change my clothes, scrub my hands, put my hair back, and it was too much work to do all that with a baby. Id have to wait til he was asleep and sneak outside and stare at him through a window.. I wont be able to do that next time even if I wanted, which I really dont think I will.
This was me exactly. I never had the urge with either pregnancy and I swore up and down I'd never go back after Chloe. But I think stress just set in and having a glass of wine, well it was a perfect combo, DAMN! I'm not a big time smoker at all though. In fact if I'm going to have one, it is after the girls go to bed. I go the entire day not even thinking about until 9pm. At this point I think I'm a creature of habit, I need to change this habbit. I hope you can rid yourself of this after the twins are born. Good luck!
Yes, actually now that I think about it, I only did the, during the day smoking outside while staring at Elias through the window, thing occasionally. Most of the time Id wait until H got home and he was asleep, and I would sit on my porch and it would be a relaxing, quiet time with just me, a beer and a cigarette. I am sure I wont go back to it though, it may be tough at times but I cant afford it and I don't want to ruin my health and smoke for the rest of my life. My Mom heavily smokes and I feel like I am just waiting to hear some bad news. I don't want that worry on myself and my kids. But that urge is pretty damn powerful!
I've smoked but wouldn't call myself a smoker. Mh dips + a lot and will smoke if he has cigs but mostly just dips. He prob buys cigs 2x a month but dip 4x a week. Nasty. Sad thing is he never smoked or dipped in college or hs but started smoking when we worked bc smokers got breaks. Sad.
Post by creamsiclechica on May 17, 2013 17:17:03 GMT -5
It's surprising me a little which of you have smoked in the past! I'd have never guessed.
I don't, never have. Matt did for years, like 12 or 13 because he started young. He had major lung surgery though at 23, and quit shortly after. Then he dipped, which is the most disgusting thing ever. He quit that shortly after getting back from Afghanistan in 2011, because I couldn't handle it, lol.
Post by sunshineluv on May 17, 2013 18:50:25 GMT -5
I love smoking!!!! But I don't, haha.
Pre baby, dh and I were vacation smokers, when on a trip we would smoke. But now that we have ds we haven't smoked at all. I was hoping to have some time between nursing and getting pregnant to smoke, but I am still nursing and we are TTC. Oh well.
But seriously, l love it, it is so relaxing and fun. It stinks after but I like the smell while I am doing it.