Get paid to quit smoking! Buy Silver.

in #steemsilvergold7 years ago (edited)

So I was inspired again by @raybrockman. I just saw a post where he was showing how you can use a rewards gas card to get money back and buy silver. Pretty genius stuff.

If you're smart and play the angles you can find room in your budget to add silver and gold to your stack without even noticing your sacrifice. Precious metals helped me learn to save money because you can actually see the savings pile up. And it's beautiful to look at and hold!

So first off I'm a smoker, been smoking for almost 20 years. I hate it but it's an addiction that becomes a way of life. I always wanted to quit and tried a few times unsuccessfully. I always came back to the cancer sticks. I felt powerless to them and eventually quit even trying to quit.

Then a friend bought me a vape, this one is $44 dollars Canadian

IMG_20170822_132846281.jpg

I was sceptical at first but the morning I got it I only had a couple cigarettes in my pack. I smoked those while the vape was charging. Once the vape was ready I started using it at work on smoke breaks. I loved it right off the bat.

Since that day I haven't had a cigarette. I was amazed how the vape fulfilled my cravings. Basically I'm still smoking I guess.. but the beauty is I'm leveling down the nicotine content gradually and not even noticing it! I started on 12 mg per bottle and now I mix my own juice and I'm down to 6.

IMG_20170822_132922843.jpg

I haven't had a cigarette in almost a year! I don't even want one, the vape juice tastes a helluva lot better and there's not the 100 other chemicals in the vape that they put in cigarettes to keep u hooked.

A pack of cigarettes in Canada is $15.25 in my province. I was a pack a day smoker so it cost me a whopping $106.75 a week to smoke! That's insanity! The vape juice costs $12 a bottle and lasts me the same time. I'm saving almost $100 a week!

With the money I'm not spending on death sticks I'm buying this..

IMG_20170822_132950065.jpg

Just about 4 oz's of silver per week is the motivation I have to never get back on the cig train. Its adding up!

Now before you tell me there could be health risks to vaping I'm aware..but it's far better than whatever the hell is in a cigarette and i feel so much better now. I have more money, energy and I don't smell like an ashtray. Plus once I'm down to 0 NIC I may just throw the vape away? Vapings fun, I love blowing big raspberry clouds of deliciousness! My wife even lets me vape in the house because the vapor doesn't hang around or smell very long. I could never do that with cigarettes! I spent half the night on the deck lol

I know there's alot of smokers in the stacking community and you're probably like I was, stuck and don't want to be preached to about quitting but please.. take the $40 bucks and atleast try it! You may be like me and wonder what the fuck took you so long? Vapings awesome!

Thanks for listening and keep stacking and looking for ways to acquire more!

@goldenarms

Sort:  

That's really cool.
I started stacking the same time I quit smoking 7 years ago now. All the money I saved went on Gold, Silver & Crypto's.
Good on ya keep stacking.

I love hearing from ppl that quit! Makes ya wonder why we ever started eh? There's absolutely nothing good that comes from it capt the govt gets tax revenue. Screw them! Thx for the words

Great message and hopefully, it inspires at least one person to give up the cancer sticks. 4oz a week is not too shabby a reward also!
Stack 'em high!

Yeah I hate being that guy that tells people to quit. When you're a smoker you hear it everyday from someone, that being said I was amazed how easy it was to make the switch to the vape rig. I now feel like I can live without cigarettes. Sometimes I forget I'm addicted to the nicotine and go hours without a vape. Getting outta the habit of going to the store to buy cigs everyday and not having them around is huge too. Thanks alot for the words @lesvizable

Congratulations golden

Thanks homie! Are u a smoker bud? Do u smoke bud? 😝 Vape can't replace the chronic smoke..u gotta love a little haha

As big pun would have said I'm not a player I just crush alot. No no smoking here

Wow!!! I mean to quit is amazing in itself but to turn that savings into silver is crazy, good for you my friend.

Not quit entirely but well on my way! I have confidence now I can..And yes turning the money into silver feels great

Good job, my man! I also switched to vaping and for a while I was spending all the savings on more vape shit I didn't need. Well now I've cut way back on my spending for new devices and tanks and whatever else is new to market. I get a great deal (near wholesale) on all the premium liquids but I don't buy that much anymore either. I got some flavors and some VG and some nicotine and now I'm vaping for under $10 a week. I was a pack-a-day on a good day, sometimes two! I'm practically vaping for free and in addition to the health benefits I've allocated that prior spending to silver. I get two ounces a week even on weeks that I'm not making big shirt sales. Good stuff, my man!

Yes man! I've been stuck with this Innokin device but it works great and it's silver haha I could get a better rig and blow bigger clouds but this is just a tool to help me get outta smoking. Good to know your a vaper too bud!

We gotta stick together, eh? Too much negativity towards vaping but it got me off the stinky cancer sticks so I love it!

Fuck the haters, they can't be happy if they're worried about what you're doing to help yourself. Vape on and vape strong my friend!

Good for you @goldenarms ! Am just like you...huge smoker, tried everything, then tried vaping which, at the time, was relatively new here, so you felt kinda silly vaping as everyone would look at you weirdly haha. I was smoking "Rollies" as Taylor Mades were very expensive, now the cost is extreme. a 50oz pack of tobacco is approx $70.00 NZ YIKES !!! But I switched because smoking was wrecking my life. within a month there was a huge difference in my health...huge. Now everyone asks "when are you giving up Vaping?" ....you just can't win sometimes...keep on stacking :)

Ha u guys call em Taylor made and rollies too! Yeah vaping is the way to go. I'll be down to no nic by Christmas I figure. Then we'll see, I may stay occasionally vaping for fun or I may throw my vape in the trash. Idk yet? I'm just glad to be unchained from cigarettes. Thx for stopping in and leaving a comment, appreciate it!

Wow, that's a big cost and saving. I smoke around 10-15 per day and its costs me around £4 per week. But great post, you may inspire some people yourself

$4 a week! Wow. Our taxes here are bananas! The govt doesn't need anymore of my money I figure haha

A pack costs around £10.50 ($13.46). I smoke rolling tobacco which costs around £20 ($25.56) for 50gram which last 1 week. But..... my wife's parents live on a duty free island based off the north of Germany. We go once a year and i stock up a years worth while im there. Last year, each pack pack of tobacco cost me around 2.85 euro. Its really fantastic, bottles of johnny walker green label for 30 euro, everything the airport as but better because you dont need to show your passport everytime to buy something. Tax'es here are crazy also but where there is a will and all that.

It is amazing how we can tighten our belts, calculate the savings, then put those resources into a tangible, collectible and appreciable investment. Nice silver maples, much nicer than burnt cigarette butts. @ironshield

You are right! Coins don't make my fingers and teeth yellow either lol thanks so much for dropping by and leaving a comment 👊😎

Very nice! I'm proud of you dude!

I want to make you proud. Hey we should get an apt together in Tilt Cove of things don't work out with our wives?! 😁

Haha could I pass for a Canard? Also, I'm more of a small house large plot of land kind of guy. I'll plant the apple trees. Also I doubt there are apartments in a town of 4 people lol maybe a cheap ass motel but probably no apts.

Canard? The fuck? U making words up lol also we have alot of land no people. Can't grow much in 5 feet of snow tho haha

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.28
TRX 0.13
JST 0.032
BTC 61143.11
ETH 2928.78
USDT 1.00
SBD 3.56