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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1127

Thank you Stickin, Next saturday it will be six months for me, a great milestone. I always thought that I could never quit because I was a havey smoker. I stopped on April 1th so that I had the excuse to say: It was just a joke. It wasn't. After the first day I did a whole lot of researche and I even started to write a book about quitting, just to write it away from my mind. Now after 6 months I know so much about smoking and quitting that I can not believe I smoked so many years. At work I have to sell cigarets all day and if I sell them to kids who are barely 16 then I have to be careful not to tell them how stupid they are to smoke. When I see people smoke, I almost can taste the filthy mouth they have and then I am so happy that I got rid of that nasty habbit. But the most greathful I am when I realize, hours after I got up in the morning that I didn't think of smoking like I used to do, I think I've won the batle and sometimes that makes me cry of happiness. I am a different person, a cheerful, happy girl that laughs a lot. Thank God for helping me. Thanks for this thread. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/1/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 180 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,502 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �531 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 24 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3131

Dutch thanks for your post, I totally get it. :)Marie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 108 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,631 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $432 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 14 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3131

Dutch I just can't believe it's legal to sell cigs to minors where you live, here it's illegal. Dutch here's an idea ,to include in your book a part of sensibilisation about selling drugs to minors, what do you think? Just a thought you're a great quitter can't wait to celebrate 6 months with you :)marie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 107 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,616 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $428 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 14 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3131

Stickin, the first thing I would do in the A.M. is light a cigarette, this part has been the hardest for me. And I am amazed that I have won that battle. Thank you Lord.One day at a time :)Marie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 106 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,598 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $424 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 14 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 13 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3368

When I first quit, after I finished eating, the trigger/memory was so fresh in my mind it that it would always hit me. And it would turn into a crave. I chewed the heck out of some gum after eating back then ... LOL! When I finish eating now, the thought of smoking doesn't even cross my mind! And I do not even remember the last time it did. It is great! Great thread Stickin'! Fondly, Free [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 138 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,155 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $552 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 334

Great thread Stickin! A couple of weeks ago I went out with my girlfriends for the evening. We had a blast, played pool, drank some (ok, lots) of beers and had a good laugh. The next morning I came downstairs and turned on the coffee maker - and without thinking I smelled my fingers! Now that was something I used to always do after a night of drinking - I would check to see how badly my fingers smelled and if they were yellow!!!!!! HOW GROSS IS THAT??!! I have to say that I was pretty happy when I came out of my morning coma and realized I was smelling my fingers and I didnt need to!! Pretty shocking that after all that time I would have the impulse to do that. THANK GOD I DONT SMOKE ANYMORE. Cheers, Janet [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 107 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,290 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $588.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5009

Hi Stickin', I catch a train to and from work. The other day I saw somebody get ready to get off the train, cigarette and lighter at the ready (you can't smoke on UK trains). I thought, 'For God's sake, do you have to prepare for smoking so early in advance?' .... then I realised that was me 7 months ago Mr Ed :blush: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 226 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,798 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �1695 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 37 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 14

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2436

Hi stickin - As always ~ a great thread, friend... I work on the phone with my clients most of the day, and I always smoked when on the phone... The phone is no longer a trigger for me (it hasn't been for months)... I also smoked after a meal ~ and once in a great while, I will think of smoking - it's like a distant bell... I say to myself - if I still smoked, I'd have one right now, but I don't... then I smile to myself... And move on... It does get so much easier ~ and so much calmer... Healer [url=[IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/healerwithin/nosmoking.gif[/IMG]][IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/healerwithin/nosmoking.gif[/IMG][/url] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/5/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 206 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,232 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $957.9 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 26 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2436

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 425

I have forgot to want the first cigarette in the morning. When I was a smoker I shared a cup of coffee in bed with my husband and I was always in a hurry to get out of bed and go to the back-yard to smoke. When I wake up nowadays I spent longer time in bed, relaxed and make small-talks without even thinking about to have a cigaratte. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/22/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 217 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,263 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $976.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 25 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

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