I'm still staying out of it. I still get severe withdraws. My mind is playing games with me. I got a severe gout flare a few months ago and decided to quit drinking alcohol, but I have failed with it. I have been drinking beer and wine after the gout flare, but much lesser amount of it.

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

I'm still staying out of it. I still get severe withdraws. My mind is playing games with me. I got a severe gout flare a few months ago and decided to quit drinking alcohol, but I have failed with it. I have been drinking beer and wine after the gout flare, but much lesser amount of it.

I have no experience personally with smoking although both parent smoked when I was a kid and both managed to give it up cold turkey, drinking I did a bit of that through my youth and never really gave it up although I found I reduced my intake significantly once the kids came on the scene.

Probably my closest relatable experience would be weight where I went from 65kg to 120kg but I never really had the drive to lose it until a few years ago (once the kids became mobile), I am now back to 75kg but the one thing I have learned (and I suspect smoking or drinking is no different) is that it is purely about your ability to focus on a goal, it is all about the mind

I find I have to constantly watch my diet and exercise levels otherwise I revert to old habits, my advice what its worth would be to focus on goal at a time, by all means work on other things but focus on the what you see as the biggest problem.

It is impossible for me to gain weight. I eat like four fully grown men, and yet I still about 80Kg and I am 191cm.

I heard NZ is banning tobacco. I assume they are banning smoking. I don't know if the Kiwis are using any other type of tobacco.

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

It is impossible for me to gain weight. I eat like four fully grown men, and yet I still about 80Kg and I am 191cm.

I heard NZ is banning tobacco. I assume they are banning smoking. I don't know if the Kiwis are using any other type of tobacco.

Yeah it is about time someone made a decision about smoking, they have continually raised taxes to ridiculous levels and it hasn't stopped people smoking.
My view is that if smoking is as bad for your health as they say then it should be banned and if it isn't then it is horribly over taxed.