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My late husband's brother lives in CA. He's over 80 now, has emphysema and COPD and years ago he called DH and asked if we could send him cigarettes because the taxes are much lower in our state. They'd pay us back.
Well, they didn't- but then DH and I were very comfortable and he and DSIL were just scraping by, due partly to quitting paying jobs too early in life. I/we continued sending them, even after DH died 3 years ago, but for the last year or so they never asked for refills. DSIL had told me in our last conversation that DBIL was in very bad shape and not likely to last too much longer. Even years ago he couldn't walk out to the mailbox at the end of the driveway without needing time to stop and catch his breath again.
So... when I got a voicemail from her I expected the worst. No, it wasn't that- DBIL had quit smoking for awhile but now he started again Could I send cigarettes?
Yes, it is very difficult to quit and I'm not sure whether the urge ever really goes away. It becomes less frequent and urgent the longer you have been an ex-smoker but it's there in the background.
I quit before we started trying for a baby because I didn't want to smoke when I was pregnant. I had previously quit drinking and that was a piece of cake compared to quitting smoking. I felt irritable for a few weeks and the first week was really bad because I would really crave smokes after eating and while I was on the phone. I gained weight, felt tired, and so on. I did feel better after a couple of months and the major cravings went away after about 3 months.
I never was bothered by it after I quit like some ex-smokers. I picked it up again after having quit for about 3 years and then quit again.
My dad quit cold turkey (!) after 52 years of smoking about 6 years before he passed away. He had a hell of a time with cravings the first few months but did okay with it and never did go back to it. He was a pretty strong-willed guy.
Obviously it's not legal, I think the whole point is so he can avoid paying his local taxes on them.
Probably even part of the fun.
I disagree. I think the whole point is that the OP is willing to buy a drug for an addict while getting no compensation back for it, OP takes all the illegal risks of shipping the drug across state lines to enable and support the addict's habit while the addict pays nothing for them, not even any taxes, and gets off scot free in all regards. The taxes is just a lame excuse that the addict uses to sucker the OP and the OP has fallen for it. Again. Meanwhile, the OP will face criminal charges if caught by authorities, maybe go to jail for it and the addict is not culpable in any way and will be laughing all the way to his own funeral at the OP's expense in coffin nails.
What pray tell is the fun in any of that except for the addict who is having his addiction enabled, supported and paid for in full, in all ways including criminal risks taken, by another person?
Yes, it is very difficult to quit and I'm not sure whether the urge ever really goes away. It becomes less frequent and urgent the longer you have been an ex-smoker but it's there in the background.
I quit before we started trying for a baby because I didn't want to smoke when I was pregnant. I had previously quit drinking and that was a piece of cake compared to quitting smoking. I felt irritable for a few weeks and the first week was really bad because I would really crave smokes after eating and while I was on the phone. I gained weight, felt tired, and so on. I did feel better after a couple of months and the major cravings went away after about 3 months.
I never was bothered by it after I quit like some ex-smokers. I picked it up again after having quit for about 3 years and then quit again.
My dad quit cold turkey (!) after 52 years of smoking about 6 years before he passed away. He had a hell of a time with cravings the first few months but did okay with it and never did go back to it. He was a pretty strong-willed guy.
Yes, and yet I had several people ask me cheerily, "Don't you feel better now that you quit?"
I thought that was the most idiotic question. OF COURSE NOT. NICOTINE made me feel better. Now I don't have it, and I feel worse.
Last edited by Mightyqueen801; 09-22-2019 at 08:12 AM..
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