Hey Bingo,
Very good post! We are cut from the same cloth. Let me continue some of the detail:
I can only speak for myself although I have said and will say again there ARE similarities in quits, and I also find that no two quits are identical. I have watched others quit along with me. For the majority of quitters, my option, in the six to nine months time frame they have it nailed, not to say that they could not relapse, but the quitting intensity is way, way down and in many cases nearly gone. A smaller number are in a faster boat of three to six months, and another boat load is in the range of nine month to about a year. There are some beyond a year, but not that many and they have tamed the craves significantly.
It is not all over in two months, but you are getting better with each day. Sometimes it is two steps forward and one step back. From my own experience, I smoked a pack a day or so for 40 years, two to three months was a real turning point and I remember the one hundred day milestone as a big one and the six months put me over the top.
It may seem like a marathon, however that is very temporary feeling. There are ends to all marathons you know. Just keep it going, don�t look back, move forward and rack up those points.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/22/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 447
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,063
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2458.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 83 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50
