I Am To Old To Become A Truck Driver.

Garrick, cold turkey is the only way to quit but you won't quit until you really tell yourself that you will. I quit 5 years ago and it's the best thing I've ever done health wise, although I do enjoy the occasional cigar. The first 10 days suck but after the physical addiction is gone, it's just a matter of keeping occupied with other things to change your routine.

Oh and thank you from another Vet and fellow Airman.

1952 here. I discovered TT when I was googling trucking and "the mature driver", thinking like a lot of other folks that I was too old. Obviously nothing could be further from the truth. Last December I picked up a part time job to supplement my SS (that's Social Security to you youngin's) at a commercial food distribution company that maintains retail stores as well; primarily in the midwest. Some of you reefer guys might even know GFS. I was working in the freezer, dry stock and cashiering. I had really let myself go and after my first week in the freezer I wondered if I was going to survive after slinging around 50lb boxes all day. To make a long story short, I've lost 31 lbs and counting, my stamina has improved incredibly and I've gone back to the gym. I just saw my internist recently and got a clean bill of health but I'd still like to lose another 10 or 20 lbs before my DOT test.

Right now Roehl is in my top 3 picks but that could change as I continue to research. I'm currently looking for a better position before trucking since my current job just isn't cutting it and I need to take care of home responsibilities like putting my stuff into storage before I go running off to truck school and OTR for who knows how long.

What I do have going for me is currently no emotional entanglements, no kids, very few living relatives left or they live 100's of miles away. I do have close friends but through the miracle of the internet, mobiles phones and Skype, they won't be that far away.

I've started studying the High Road Training here on TT to get my CDL learners when I'm ready. I've laid it all out in a plan and what needs to be done first and so on. No plan, no results. I've only mentioned to one person what I'm thinking of doing and he's very supportive. The rest of my friends will think I'm nuts. Maybe I am but I won't know unless I try.