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Shock shut the hell up man, you'll be ok. Stop mind fu*king yourself. Stop smoking, your a Marine so stopping smoking should be a walk in the park dude. You got it brother so stop worrying

DrHämmie says ...

If you want the tobacco but you want to save your lungs then snus! It's also cheaper (Well it's cheaper if you order it direct from Sweden. there aren't any stupid taxes.)

Get yourself some Skruf Stark and take it from there. Just don't double up, you won't be able to stand.

LOL any damn chance you get to push the Snus ..frikkin Snus peddler, out there on the dark corners late at night..

Matt good luck w/getting on with that department, and quitting smoking.

Its worth a shot if this is the kind of work you want to do. You have tackeled much harder objectives, Marine. Its all in the heart. If thats what you want, go get it.

Ive gone into retirement from drinking

When I was a Marine I trained hard, but I played harder

Good luck to you, Shock...Hopefully the chief is smart enough to see past one small mistake and see what kind of officer you would be.  If he does, I am sure you will be in.  As for the smoking...I know where you are coming from....It has been 6 months since I had a smoke.  I also used the Chantix, but only used it for two weeks.  I found that I had a VERY short temper and I was ready to kill everyone at the drop of a dime.  I had tried quiting several times before and I think the difference was that I was ready this time (I was not trying to quit because my wife wanted me to or friends were telling me to like before).  When you are ready, truly ready, you will be able to quit.  Best of luck. 

coyote3530 says ...

Good luck to you, Shock...Hopefully the chief is smart enough to see past one small mistake and see what kind of officer you would be.  If he does, I am sure you will be in.  As for the smoking...I know where you are coming from....It has been 6 months since I had a smoke.  I also used the Chantix, but only used it for two weeks.  I found that I had a VERY short temper and I was ready to kill everyone at the drop of a dime.  I had tried quiting several times before and I think the difference was that I was ready this time (I was not trying to quit because my wife wanted me to or friends were telling me to like before).  When you are ready, truly ready, you will be able to quit.  Best of luck. 

Thanks man....I hope

And with the smoking thing.....Im ready but Im not,,,,if that makes sense. I want to quit mostly for finicial reasons, money is tight as hell right now sinceI just got out and dont have a job and for obvious health reasons, but with the stress of trying to get into LE and get my life order, I tried and failed to quit. I honeslty like smoking though, I dont know why, it might be the nicotine talking right now, but thats where the aspect of I want to quit but i dont.

I also could never get Chantix. I guess for the side effects reason or something, but they wont give combat vets chantix. I heard that chantix is really a anti-depressant or something like that and they dont wanna risk that with us cause they arent sure if we have PTSD or anything....Im not sure, thats just rumor, but I do know we cant get it, tried several times and the Doctors said no.....I wish I could, I have heard it works miracles as long as the side effects dont show up.

DrHämmie says ...

Shock.... go to Northerner.com and try a few different brands.

You still get the 'ritual' aspect but it is better you don't smell and it's just easier. Well lös is a bit harder because you have to bake the prilla then after about thirty minutes you get mud mouth ect. So just get either General, Skruf, Ettän, Grovsnus or Lucky in the white portions.

Hammie...I have absolutely no interest in SNUS.......Im trying to quit tobacco altogether. I trying to get on with a PD who refers non-tobacco users......Im not trying to use snus to quit and then have to quit snus....I only wanna quit once

Shock, if you get on with that dept. it  will give you the incentive that you need to quit, i have faith that you will do it.  As i said in anther post quitting is easy, staying off is hard, esp when you hit stressful times.  It's time to be a coffee addict like me, caffine is about as good as nicotine and no body objects to your drinking coffee.  Start with lots of cream and sugar, you might eventually develop a taste for coffee.

shockusmc87 says ...

Casscocop says ...

Shock, if you get on with that dept. it  will give you the incentive that you need to quit, i have faith that you will do it.  As i said in anther post quitting is easy, staying off is hard, esp when you hit stressful times.  It's time to be a coffee addict like me, caffine is about as good as nicotine and no body objects to your drinking coffee.  Start with lots of cream and sugar, you might eventually develop a taste for coffee.

 

soda is my coffee, lol........I drink soda like its going out of style

I can give up nocotine, but u cross a fine line when u ask me to give up caffine, lol

I'm not asking you to give up caffine, I'm saying ebrace the dark (roast) side.

Lawful_Blue says ...

HA! What 3 people decided to vote NO on your question?

I wouldn't even let the issue bother me if I were you. I bet police departments are more concerned of the fact that you do not smoke while on duty than anything else. What you do on your own time is your business.

 

Its for medical insurance reasons.....so they do care, cause tobbacco users cost more to medically insure

Sarge007 says ...

Hey Shock i feel you bro i quit for 10 years!!!!! smoking and drinking................. went through my divorce and was depressed smoked a cig and had a drink.................. that was 8 years ago and i still do both........... it was like i never quit........... if you ever lick the habit dont ever think you can have just one cause you cant

damn......10 years and went back

Yea Ive heard that before and thats gonna be a roguh spot is not falling temptation to just having one down the road

Shock, What's the update?