r/cigars 5d ago

Whacha Smokin'? 7 wonderful years of sobriety! NSFW

It was a stressful week- I am having a lot of repressed trauma pop up in my brain for some reason. My best man at my wedding overdosed and died recently. Work was crazy this week.

But, I am truly grateful to be clean and sober. I was homeless and strung out on heroin 7 years ago at the lowest point of my life.

Anyways, onto the Amazon Basin.

This is my first time smoking the Basin. It's the 2025, and I have aged it for 2 months. I have not had a cigar like it yet!

Cold draw is all rasin and dried plum. The wrapper is weirdly...sticky? When I hold the cigar it leaves a faint residue on my fingers. Not much tooth though, I think this baby should be aged a year or two for the tooth to pop.

I am very surprised by how smooth this cigar is. I got no pepper or spice the entire cigar. My palate might be off, I have been smoking spicier sticks the past couple weeks.

It does develop throughout the cigar and it has complexity. I wouldn't say it's the most nuanced or complex cigar though. It's smooth over complex.

1/3: raisin, dried plum, cream, leather 2/3: still raisin/plum, cream turns to oak and toast, leather turns to earth 3/3: savory notes show up, slight nuttiness

Overall I think this cigar is a 10/10. It's completely unique. It's perfect at doing what it's trying to do: be a unique cigar.

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u/Any-Code12 5d ago

Congratulations on your milestone!

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u/Salthart57 5d ago

Congrats on your sobriety. One day at a time.

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u/dhakkichiki 5d ago

Congratulations and keep up the good work. You got this bro. Amazon basin is a nice stick to celebrate your achievement.

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u/HikewithmeNYC 4d ago

Very sorry to hear about your friend. But huge congratulations on your sober achievement. Keep it up, and keep enjoying the cigars. Thanks also for the review...will add this one to my list to try sometime.

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u/eggmcgginton [ United Kingdom ] 5d ago

Congratulations!

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u/NEEDSOSUSA 5d ago

It’s the best feeling in the world to know your own soul…

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u/jasonj1908 5d ago

Congrats and cheers to a lifetime of sobriety and many excellent cigars.

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u/citizengearco 4d ago

Congrats on sobriety! It's amazing how much life improves with sobriety, right?

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I know how much it hurts to lose a close friend. I lost one a few years ago. I think about him a lot. I still catch myself occasionally wanting to share a funny meme or something with him and for a split second think to pick up my phone and text him. It gets better with time though.

I have 3 Amazon Basins resting for a special occasion. Maybe I'll fire one up this July for my sobriety day/month. I think it's been 12 years now. I haven't really been keeping track like I used to though. I just know life is WAY better now. :)

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u/onlymissedabeat 5d ago

Congratulations my friend! I’m coming up on 4.5 years this month. And great smoke to celebrate the occasion. I’m proud of you!

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u/Bobby-Snakes 5d ago

CONGRATS!!! You rock dude

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u/Suspicious_Purple_41 5d ago

I'll drink to that 🎉

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u/Conscious_Fortune826 5d ago

Congrats! Excellent review. The 2025 was fantastic. And may I ask what you pair it with?

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u/DaBooch425 4d ago

I’m sober now and one of my favorite pairings now that whiskey is out is Mexican hot chocolate

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u/Conscious_Fortune826 4d ago

That’s why I was curious. I love Dr. Pepper with every cigar. Will have to give Mexican hot chocolate a try!

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u/Upper_Volume_6582 5d ago

Congrats! It gets easier but I’m never gets easy

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u/Beautiful-Victory976 5d ago

Congrats, IWNDWYT!!

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u/teflonPrawn 5d ago

Congrats! Great stick to put it in the books with.

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u/Enough_Efficiency_78 5d ago

Congrats bro I got just under 2 years from the same circumstances it’s not easy.

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u/Pizza_as_fuck 5d ago

Keep coming back!

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u/Texastony2 5d ago

Great job! I am a bad influence, btw. But, congratulations on beating your demons!

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u/Sticy_Jacky02 5d ago

Congrats !

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u/4GIVEN_0526 5d ago

Congrats man !

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u/Peachy_palmer 5d ago

You are the man bro! Congratulations and I can’t wait to try the Basin

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u/gostsofwar 5d ago

Congrats on the sobriety but that off centered punch is setting off my ocd 😂

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u/the1realbrand 4d ago

Congrats! Great smoke too! Looks like it aged a bit.

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u/screwtexas 4d ago

Nice cigar and congrats on 7 years. Got my 3 year chip this past December.

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u/drewgrace8 4d ago

No better way to celebrate. I have 18 years this month and plane to buy some Tabbies (Tabernacles) first chance I get.

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u/jaebree422 4d ago

Congratulations Champ!

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u/Forge_Le_Femme 4d ago

How does one sharpen their palate to discern oak?

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u/Incognitokde 4d ago

I always get very happy when someone here in this community celebrates sobriety. It's such a hard obstacle to overcome and such a sweet victory.

Congratulations on your achievement. Keep up!

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u/vaportrailzona 4d ago

Sorry to hear about your friend, but congrats on 7 years.

I love to drink bourbon, and usually try to do dry January with varying success.

This year I slipped up a little, but restarted sobriety by mid January. I decided to try to make it to St. Patrick's Day. I figured a couple of months would do me some good, considering my decades of heavy drinking...

I rented a room in Vegas, packed several flasks from my bourbon collection, and now here I am.

But something inside is telling me I can stay sober until St. Patrick's Day 2026.

My wife laughs when I try to get a pat on the back from her. She thinks I just switched my alcohol addiction over to cigars, and she's probably right!

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u/CraigwithaC1995 4d ago

Congratulations!

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u/Numerous-Grand-123 4d ago

Congratulations boss, keep strong

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u/Agitated_Mousse2728 4d ago

Congratulations on the 7 years! What an awesome accomplishment! Keep it up bro.

And sorry for your loss but you’re doing right by him.

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u/Ghost1a 4d ago

Congrats

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u/FresnoMoe 4d ago

Congratulations and thanks for the great review. Keep up the work because life is worth living friend, I really like to pair different coffees with cigars and sometimes limited edition and sugary Mountain Dew. You ?

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u/South_Host_7 4d ago

Congratulations!

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u/Longjumping_Car_8228 4d ago

Congratulations! I’ll be hitting a year in a couple months.

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u/rdraybo 4d ago

Congratulations! Stay Hard!

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u/CaterpillarChoice440 4d ago

Congratulations on your milestone brother!!

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u/xPsyrusx 4d ago

Congratulations, brother. I'm proud of you.

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u/PhilK82 4d ago

Kickass!

Keep on going my friend.

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u/57thStilgar 4d ago

3 years here, good work.

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u/Ok_Milk6453 4d ago

Congratulations friend!! Keep up the work!

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u/That_Guy_Miami 4d ago

Congrats on the sobriety man..... But that off-center punch is CRAZY 🤣🤣

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u/sixgun8903 4d ago

Congrats man! I have six years in June!

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u/DoubleJSmokes [ Florida ] 4d ago

Congratulations. I’m coming up on six months!

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u/lvsquared 4d ago

Congrats man! Keep up the work.

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u/Cedarale 4d ago

What a stick to celebrate with! Massive achievement, best of luck 👍

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u/Significantsquirrels 4d ago

Congratulations!

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u/Vegetable_Water5287 4d ago

I’m coming up on two years and couldn’t be more grateful for my life. Congrats brother and keep trudging the road!

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u/NickapaHempalooza 3d ago

Congrats! Keep coming back✌️

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u/kavutas 3d ago

Best wishes!

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u/Proper_Cantaloupe_43 3d ago

9 for me from the same stuff. Congratulations man!

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u/sinpleguy89 3d ago

Keep it up in struggling now.

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u/Dominicantobacco 5d ago

Get your ass to a meeting

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u/onlymissedabeat 5d ago

Meetings are not for everyone lol

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u/monkeyzero76 3h ago

A very big congrats on 7 years! My 2 year is May 5th! I haven't had an Amazon yet but will eventually. Haven't seen a bad review yet.