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Drinking Alcohol and Quitting Smoking - Superbowl Sunday!

YoungAtHeart
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THE BIG GAME!

TIME TO PAR-TEE!

CE;EBRATE OR DROWN YOUR SORROWS!

If you are quitting smoking, it's just not a good idea to combine it with drinking alcohol!  Our Mayo Clinic folks checked in on it:  https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/t5/Mayo-Clinic-Blog/Why-is-it-recommended-to-stop-drinking-alcoho....

Over the years I have collected member stories to support abstinence. There are many on the site.   Just one:  

"I lost my second attempt at quitting in a bar. Funny how so called friends will give you a cigarette if you ask even if they know you're trying to quit. I guess it must be to make themselves feel better about smoking."

If you MUST drink, make it a light one, and limit yourself to just one.  Have a plan to get out of the situation if it gets tenuous.  A quit is a terrible thing to lose!

Go RAMS!

😁

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I smoked until a vascular surgeon informed me of the damage I had done to myself by doing so. I quit 11 years ago, and I can swim laps virtually FOREVER now, walk most other days 40 minutes to an hour and a half. What a difference quitting has made in my life! I strive to help others find this wonderful freedom from addiction, too.