Quote Originally Posted by bedrockbob
Chance, I chewed Cope for about 25 years or so. Man I couldnt be without a mouthful. That stuff is deadly.

I quit tobacco when I was about 35 years old. I was tobacco free for 7 years. I was in Mexico scuba diving one year. When I came up out of the water I smelled the boat captain's Cuban cigar. I thought I could enjoy a few puffs of that beutiful thick smoke and not relapse. Within a year I was smoking 8 Macanudo Ascots a day. I couldnt hunt elk smelling like cigars so I started chewing Cope again. By the time it was all over I had it in my mouth all the time and I had lost 25 lbs.

I finally am tobacco free again for the last six months. It really made the PTSD worse beacause t is such a powerful poison and stimulant. I would find myself in a little situation, suck up a big swallow of Kentucky's finest tobacco juice, and three minutes later the fight was on! It is like being on a constant nicotine drip. Need reinforcement? Just swallow!

Sleep and appetite are my two main problems. Cannabis helps both and tobacco makes them worse. What a drug though! I wish I had a big wad of Copenhagen right now. I reach for my can 20 times a day still!
I started when I was 15 because all "tough cowboys do".Man what a crock of shit. Man 6 months is awesome,my weak ass has only been able to go 1 month.
Ah so you dive as well eh Bob. I've been certified for 18yrs now! Nicotine calms me but significantly reduces the effectiveness of Xanax. If I wasn't reaching for and finding my can 20 times a day I'd quit. Screw heroin,heroin is a weanling and nicotine is a stud colt. Sleep and appetite,all to familiar. I have no recognizable pattern and very few short and far between urges to eat. I've lost 30# since October. I was 6',200# and now I seem to get guys looking at me me longer than they used to. You know,pondering "I could take him". I'm thankful that the muscle strength I do have came from years of hard work. We both know that their is no comparison between work obtained strength and lifting weights and protein shakes. I've lost a lot of weight but I continue to take my vitamin regimen and I eat a lot of flax.I've lost a lot of weight but it may not be such a bad thing. My blood work is all "excellent" and I owe that to that damn ditch and those 100+# mankillers. I used to go get our oats in bulk from Claude Barry in ELP or NAPI on the rez. I unloaded the ton into 100# burlaps and stacked em. There used to be a place in Mesquite that would sell feed in one ton bags and a place right next to Sunland where they got your order and filled 50# papers before your eyes. Those were the days. Anyway it seems as if we might have more incommon than originally thought. Later on.
chance942 Reviewed by chance942 on . Two Horses From a distance each horse looks like any other horse. But you stop your or are walking by you will notice something quite amazing...Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down but has made a good home for him. This alone is amazing.If you stand and listen , you will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of the sound, you will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached to the horse's Rating: 5