# Quit for Good - A Thread to Celebrate Freedom from Struggles **URL:** \ **Category:** Out Of Pod Experience\ **Created:** [July 19, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436 "2024-07-19T19:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/1 "2024-07-19T19:35:40Z")
Today marks nine months free from tobacco for me. I’m excited because this is the longest I’ve gone without any tobacco since I started smoking in 2006. I was a smoker for 17 years until my lung collapsed and I got my wake-up call. I sincerely hope those of you struggling don’t need to be rattled so hard. I thought it might be nice to provide a thread where people can post about their wins against whatever their struggles are. Too often our mental wellbeing gets ignored and we shrug it off, but it’s important to celebrate our wins. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/2 "2024-07-19T19:54:20Z")
Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/3 "2024-07-19T20:00:06Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Andlaust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/andlaust/32/422007_2.png) [@Andlaust](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Andlaust)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/4 "2024-07-20T01:35:33Z")
probably the hardest thing for me to quit was tobacco. congrats ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/5 "2024-07-20T01:42:45Z")
Same. It took me 7 or 8 attempts, and even then if my lung hadn’t collapsed I don’t know that I’d have ever tried again. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/6 "2024-07-20T02:01:14Z")
Almost became an alcoholic about 10 yrs ago. If that counts i quit before it happened ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/7 "2024-07-20T02:19:40Z")
I’d say it counts. If you can see trouble on the horizon and avoid it, that’s a bullet dodged. ---
**Author:** ![Felix\_Frostpacker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/felix_frostpacker/32/420339_2.png) [@Felix\_Frostpacker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Felix_Frostpacker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/8 "2024-07-20T03:48:14Z")
Each day I have to decide between Alcohol or Valium. / I hold back on what my mind thinks about typing openly. Tobacco I sometimes use when if I find myself sitting in the beer garden at the pub to fit a n to the normal conversation here. I don’t like to draw back on those times and don’t think about becoming hooked. It’s much easier to decide on Alcohol when being socially acceptable in conversations than it is to be sitting at a table and taking, fitting into a normal conversation than it is to be zoned out on the other. //to bring to light about the past few weeks about my Eve Online activities had almost completely dropped off due to trying to go dry in July. Zoned out me is the other option which is no fun. Put aside that perhaps other Capsuleers prefer an absence of a forum Frostpacker? ///would Broadcast4Reps be able to help? //// ![IMG_5847](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/e/e/5/ee5aba9a04e59f90a6d0fc094864800f5356e09f.jpeg) Released to become a Frostpacker @Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras ---
**Author:** ![Sasha\_Nemtsov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sasha_nemtsov/32/393707_2.png) [@Sasha\_Nemtsov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sasha_Nemtsov)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/9 "2024-07-20T18:32:08Z")
Been smoking since age 9; now in my 60s. Gave up for _4 years_, but started again after being over-confident that ‘one little ciggy’ wouldn’t lead to ‘shedloads of little ciggies’. It did, alas. I’m trying again (but not hard enough!). I wish the OP well in his journey, and the same to all the others who, through no fault of their own, fall prey to the snares of addiction. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/10 "2024-07-20T18:42:44Z")
I wish you well in your own attempts! I made the same mistake, and even now I find myself occasionally tempted. “One couldn’t hurt, could it?” Funny how that was the exact same logic 11-year old Von used to satisfy his curiosity. Now that I think back on it–I had forgotten!–it was the one that set the hook. Now I’m done playing around; I won’t even tolerate being around it. I wholeheartedly believe in second, and third, and endless chances. For as long as you’re breathing, you’ve got a chance. I really hope and pray you’ll find success in quitting, friend, or at least minimizing your habit. I know how hard it is. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/11 "2024-07-20T18:52:59Z")
My respects to everyone in this thread and everyone trying to quit. oh-seven ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/12 "2024-07-20T20:10:56Z")
I’m here to help you quit smoking. Let’s say each little ciggy is one Talos. Now you know where to spend your money. ---
**Author:** ![Aallin\_Gicquet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aallin_gicquet/32/510703_2.png) [@Aallin\_Gicquet](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aallin_Gicquet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/13 "2024-07-20T20:17:30Z")
Congrats, I hope you continue to be tobacco free. ---
**Author:** ![Salartarium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salartarium/32/468818_2.png) [@Salartarium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salartarium)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/14 "2024-07-20T20:36:48Z")
Valium is great. They tried giving me a 🧸 when I got my eyes zapped, but I was like, “moar Valium!” ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/15 "2024-07-20T21:28:55Z")
So your archnemesis in EVE Online is: > **[Tobacco - EVE Online Reference](https://everef.net/type/9852)** > > Tubular rolls of tobacco designed for smoking. The tube consists of finely shredded tobacco enclosed in a paper wrapper and is generally outfitted with a filter tip at the end. Just imagine someone contracting you 666 units of that item in-game. 🤔 Also imagine a Catalyst or Talos filled with Tobacco Launchers hunting you all over New Eden. 😈 By the way I am sure Aiko is more than willing to help a fellow capsuleer out in their struggle: Every time you light a cigar in real-life a miner will die in-game to Aiko(and crew)'s neutron blasters (and other class weaponry). 😏 😇 😊 (Hopefully you are not the anti-carebear type as then this wouldn’t be an incentive. 😛 🙃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/16 "2024-07-20T21:40:58Z")
Yes, 666 Talos will be a nice gift from a former smoker. ---
**Author:** ![Sasha\_Nemtsov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sasha_nemtsov/32/393707_2.png) [@Sasha\_Nemtsov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sasha_Nemtsov)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/17 "2024-07-21T00:00:01Z")
According to my maths that’s a full pack of, say, 20. So…that’s…er…like…Twenty Taloses awaiting your pleasure in Jita. Cheers, Aiko! ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/18 "2024-07-21T00:02:28Z")
Every day! Sometimes, twice a day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sasha\_Nemtsov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sasha_nemtsov/32/393707_2.png) [@Sasha\_Nemtsov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sasha_Nemtsov)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/19 "2024-07-21T00:02:34Z")
> [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](#): > > Every time you light a cigar in real-life a miner will die in-game One would hope, Uriel, that miners will die, regardless. Yes, they’ll be released - temporarily - from the drudgery of cycling lasers. I’m _compassionate_ like that ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436/20 "2024-07-21T06:05:48Z")
> [@Sasha\_Nemtsov](#): > > like that Then Aiko will spare a miner every time you light a cigar. 😉 ![images](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/9/2/e/92ec5108174070bf47bbfb06883c6d5f96573032.jpeg) 😈 [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/quit-for-good-a-thread-to-celebrate-freedom-from-struggles/456436.md?page=2)