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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 506

Lilly and Fish- I am really touched by your comments.....not to mention surprised that this post is still around. Who would have thought....a year. It really is just a matter of choice on a day to day basis to continue to fight the good fight. Do I still want a smoke at times? Yup. Do I smoke? Nope. ;) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/18/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 363 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 14,535 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3267 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 60 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

And you SIR! Two more days! Can't wait! :eg: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 364 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,109 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2912 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 60 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

Bump Thanks Rob: [b][quote] So here I am. It isn't pretty. And this is why I get so hot when people minimize this experience as lacking some philosophy or maturity or just battle over syntax. I'm amazed that there are those who walk away from it and never look back. It's not me. But I am doing it. There are many levels of addiction. [/quote][/b] TTFN :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 345 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,625 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2760 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 57 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23

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I made a note for some reason or other to bump this when you were around a year and here you are. So... ya old hippie, how goes it? Congratulations on a job well done, my best and ... keep fightin' the good fight - fish :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/21/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 421 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 12,654 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2105 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 55 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51

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S2, you have lots of company. But don't let that [quote] I WANT that feeling. [/quote] lead you down any paths that may end up being rocky and full of places to trip. Your moment will come, soon I hope, but focus on today and right now, and not the future. See if you figure what might ease that ache for today. Any of us, should we buy a pack, would likely go back to our former level of consumption. And that, my dear, is what keeps us from buying that pack. Addiction does not bring us happiness; it only brings us temporary stupor. Rusty :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/13/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 776 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 21,736 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2716 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 108 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 140

Rob - I appreciate your post and certainly empathize with you. Although I've never been tough enough to make deals with myself that I can stick to, I have managed to quit . . . again. I agree with what you've said - if it was so darn easy, no one would ever smoke, period. I sometimes feel ashamed that I am doing this for the second time. I quit for 2-1/2 years previously, and if it wasn't a crave that brought me back to smoking again, then I don't know what the heck it was. I am afraid that newbies would find that discouraging - the fact that I caved after so long. I've learned I have to be on guard always, and consistently vigilent, no matter how long I've quit for. That I think is the lesson in my relapse. Like Riverdale Man said, each person's truth and personal experiences are just that - their own. Sharing them without imposing them on anyone else is what gives them the greatest value. Thank-you for your post. Stay tough! Sushik [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/31/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 75 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,885 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $675 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 20

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 34

Rob.. Great post as i have the same feelings about only wanting to change one thing, (I love my coffee and beer) why would we want to run away from every thing else that makes us what we are? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/10/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 4 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 219 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $22 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 52

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 186

Rob I like what you said the honesty no sugar coating....reality is an ugly beast and each to their own so keep with it!!! all the best!!! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 22 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 448 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �121 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 56 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 515

Good Post Rob47. Though I've only been 'quit' for a short time, you seem to have a rather unique way of approaching your quit. And good for you as I also believe reality is only that which you believe. Your method is working for you and I applaud that. So from one aging hippie (who doesn't feel like they fit in), to another, your post absolutely inflamed me! I think my struggle with craving nicotine will last for some time, but not for all time and certainly not years and years. Maybe this is pompous thinking, for all I know it could be junkie thinking! Then again I'm all of two weeks in my quit so just plain 'insane' might be more apropos. Bear with me! However, I AM the exception to your statement that "talk to anyone who gave up alcohol, heroin, cocaine and you won't hear them saying they don't miss it". Well I can say it. I can say it loud and clear. I know addiction well, 23 years of it and I know what DTs are and I know what a low bottom is and I know we all have more than one bottom. I didn't have the good fortune to get sober in a nice treatment facility, or to talk with professional counselors, or have loving family & friends intervene for me. I shook it out alone at home, I dragged my sorry a** into a 12-step meeting & begged for help, I got desperate, I got humble and I got sober. Completely. And all the while I didn't get fired, didn't get arrested, didn't sell my possessions, wreck my car, steal . . . in fact I also accomplished quite a bit in my life during that time, rec'd more promotions ever in my career while in full blown addiction, etc. It will be 16 years in October of no alcohol, no drugs, nothing mood altering (except this damn nicotine). Sometime in the ninth or tenth month of my first year of sobriety, I lost the craving. Completely. Since that time I have never dreamt of it, never had a fleeting thought of doing it, never 'wondered' what it might be like again, etc, etc. Nothing. Think of it as "sweet oblivion"? Never. Not even through the deaths of loved ones, through job loss, through heartache, or through success & joyous times. I inwardly rejoice when I read of others here on SSC talk of not craving anymore. I sincerely believe they don't and that someday I won't either as long as I do not smoke. When that will be I

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 227

Hey Rob47 thanks for the post. From one hippy to another guess what smoking kills more people then cocain, herion, crystal or alcohol put together so I think death kind of out weighs keeping your family together. lolol. keep up the good work and please do not reward yourself give yourself a big swat on the ass that is what we did in my house. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/18/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 22 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 566 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $87.56 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

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