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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 102

Just to say, keep strong! And I'm sure you can make it. Don't look back, and start afresh! Brenda [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/7/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 6 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 78 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $22.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2838

Starting on day 2 after my big slip. I didn't want to go back through what I did that first week after quitting. I guess I thought after 49 days that I would reward myself and somehow justified it with those nicotine free cigarettes. I also thought it would gross me out---not---it was good! The guilt was overwhelming, though. I am staying on my 14 mg patch and day 2 is going fine! Thanks for the support.

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 481

I slipped after 16 days. I searched the site and this is a story that I printed off an old post here. Whenever I feel bad about my slip, this is what I pull out: Here is something I found here yesterday. It made me just want to cry but it really is helpfull. The post was about a guy who slipped after 90 days. It is soooo true, don't give up giving up. Get out your tissue before you read this! There once was a man. He walked for 90 days. He walked hills and valleys. He crossed oceans and deserts. He helped many people and many people helped him. As he was trudging along, he was collecting stones. He planned on using these stones to build a house. He found alot of stones. He knew exactly how many stones he needed to build his house. After walking for 80 days this man came upon a bridge. Under this bridge there lived an evil troll. The troll did everything he could to make the man fall into the water. The man held on to the railings with all his might and didn't fall in! But the troll did manage to cause the man to slip. When he slipped, he lost a stone. Just one, mind you. It fell in to the water. Lost forever. The man was frantic. He was so upset with himself! How on earth could he build his house without that stone? He just didn't think the other 4074 stones mattered without the one he lost! He started walking again, despondent and alone. For 10 more days, the man walked. Ten days. During that time he considered dropping all the stones, one at a time. But something made the man hold on. Those stones had cost him too much to accumulate. He thought of those first days when the hills were steepest and the oceans widest. He had worked so hard to accomplish this gathering of stones. But still, the loss of that one stone caused him so much despair that he couldn't see the amazing thing he had accomplished! 90 days after the man first set out, he came across a group of his friends. These friends helped him to see many things about his stones. Each stone had it's own value. Each one was important in it's own right. If he had had to pay for these stone, they would have cost him $869...the one he lost was less than 22 cents. That meant he was 99.9876% successful!! Do you know what that man did? He set

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 334

You can do this and we are all here to help you through. Just post when you need us. I've been right where you are, starting over after 4 weeks of freedom. I learned a lot from my slip as I'm sure you have from yours! Stay strong, stay quit. Cheers, Janet [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 31 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 378 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $170.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 40 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1070

You can do this....not one puff ever. Nic or no nic! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 59 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,190 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $265.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 40 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 299

I wonder what those so called "nicotine free ciggs" were ... Tobacco has nicotine in it naturally, so thats odd :\ I quit smoking on July 6, 2006 at 6:00pm. It has been 1 week, 20 hours, 26 minutes, and 29 seconds since I quit. Had I not quit smoking, I would have: * Smoked 157 cigarettes (That's like smoking a 52 foot long cigarette) * Spent $33.61 on cigarettes * Inhaled 1.57 grams of tar * Inhaled 125 mg of nicotine (That's like doing 2,356 hits of nicotine) * Inhaled 1.73 grams of carbon monoxide * Taken an additional 23 hours, 14 minutes, and 8 seconds off my life

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1687

hurstk, Good for you, I'm so glad you made the decision to climb right back on the quit wagon...Stay with the NRT's and do the whole program. I did the patch, and I don't think I could have quit without them and SSC. This should be day 3 I hope your day is going well. Stay determined and remember why you quit. And if you think of other things to add to that, do it. And don't forget the water, drink,drink, and drink some more... Sunshine [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/7/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 188 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,207 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $658 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 27 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 610

congratulations on getting right back to your quit. You were standing on the edge of a very slippery slope and pulled yourself back. Hang tough [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/25/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 49 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,335 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $183.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44

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$91,234.00

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