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18 years ago 0 5 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Congrats. Loved your post. Keep on truckin. ;)
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18 years ago 0 382 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
HI All, I was just going to let this thread die a natural death until I saw more replies. Thank you all so very much for the kind words. I must make a mention of my friend and mentor BONDCHASER! Without his coat tails to hang on to, I would not have made it. Thanks BC!!! I was so pleased to see your name! Everyones' replies have meant the world to me, and I am very humbled by the responses. Love to all, Lolly. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/25/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 739 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 25,893 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �3695 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 102 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48
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My Goodness Folks! I am so amazed at the responses. Thank you all so very, very much. I nearly did not post this as I reckoned there were not many people who might be interested! WOW! I am so humbled by all your replies and so pleased that, in some way, I was able to help someone. You must know how much y'all helped me. The view is so fantastic from the top of Mount Freedom. Love you loads my friends, Lolly. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/25/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 732 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 25,642 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �3660 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 101 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22
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18 years ago 0 382 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thank you all! You are all special people to me and I cannot say it often enough how much this means to me. Never Look Back, The Future is Ahead! Love Lolly. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/25/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 731 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 25,608 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �3655 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 101 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53
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18 years ago 0 382 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi there, Thanks so much for all the lovely words. I just have to say that all of you mean so much to me still. I will never forget the help I received from all of you. In trying to help others, I received so much more. Love Lolly. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/25/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 730 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 25,576 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �3650 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 101 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7
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Hi All, I have been travelling in my little blue car for 2 years now. The journey has been a very long one but, in the long run, much easier than I expected. Learning to drive is hard at first, but, like anything, the more you get used to it the easier it becomes. I waited too long to learn to drive this car....40 years too long!!! Like most learning processes, it�s much better to do it when you are young and not so set in your ways. I admit to having had days when it would have been simpler to turn off the road and take a break in a motel. All along the way there were stresses and strains which made the journey so much harder...a car accident, moving house, our daughter divorcing, and many more... Good reasons to drive into the side and give up? NO!!! The thing is, had I done that, it would have been a lot harder to get back on the road again. Maybe I�d never have set off again. I'd have remained stranded in my Addiction. Those stresses and strains still would have been there whether I was on the road or not! Someone once said it takes about 2 years for the road to become more even. Maybe it�s not so much the route you are on that is bumpy, but your driving skills that improve to cope with the bad road. Gradually the road becomes so much smoother because you can handle the car better. It does not happen suddenly or at any set time, but builds up until you know you will stay on this road to Freedom for the rest of your days. I know that I am a very competent driver now, and life is so much better being in control. It has led to a healthier life, hopefully a longer life and to FREEDOM! I want to thank this site, the Mods here,and all the friends who helped me way back then and up to today. I don�t post often now, but I never forget where it all started. You are all wonderful, and I owe you my life! To all new voyagers on this road I say...Stay Positive. Look into the distance, to the future. Read, Post, Learn, and put all you have learned here into practice. Know that YOU CAN DO IT! Whatever it takes, just don�t smoke!!! Never Look Back, The Future is Ahead!!! Love Lolly. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/25/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 730 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 25,554 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �365
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18 years ago 0 319 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
GOLLY MRS LOLLY, Congraulations on 2 years of not smoking, There's a Big Hug coming right at Ya, Well Friend, You must have follow me down this road to the journey of success in kicking Your addiction, I don't have a car Mrs Lolly, but I do own a blue pick-up truck which I have been driving on this S,S,C, for the past 3 years and 8 months, I do hope Your enjoying Your new lifestyle as much as I am, I hope You have a wonderful reward instore for yourself, For You have given so much of Your heart to help others curb this addiction, You do deserve a Blue Ribbon my Friend, That's for sure, Love You Friend, And hope You have a safe journey, Smokless In Oklahoma :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/10/2003 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1356 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 40,705 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $5803.68 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 320 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28
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Congrats, Lolly, I have been popping in daily for the last week to check on your anniversary - would not miss this one. Good job. Hope to meet you someday as we are contemplating a posting in Belgium for 3 years........ Arlene [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/24/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 763 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 19,093 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $7820.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 74 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12
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I'm am just so excited and proud for you Carol. :) :) :) Can it really be 2 years...WOW. It's the best feeling ...so rejuvenating, no fighting any more, just your own life back without the monkey on your shoulder. I love your car analogy - so true. I used to use a walking analogy....like when you are walking up hills, you think you have got to the top...and then there is another peak to get to. Well, you are standing on Mount Freedom right now. You are there. Enjoy the view! love, Lizzie :) :) :)
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[color=Red]What a cute analogy, back when I first joined this group that damned car hardly ever worked due to program failures so many a day I had to get out and walk, like you up and down that bumpy road with winding turns and steep hills and look where we are today!!!! At the TOP of mount FREEDOM!!![/color] Carol I�m so very happy to come here and celebrate this milestone with you! It is an awesome achievement to go two years totally smoke free after smoking as hard and as long as we did, but I never doubted you, I knew from your very first post that you were a person of character, you had a plan and you were aiming to do it, and you did!!! You paved the way for your husband to quit and here at the SSC you tucked many newbies under your watchful wing and taught them well. You have been a beacon and mentor to this site and I hope many of the newbies take the time to search back and read your posts for insight and inspiration. [color=Red]CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND~ENJOY THE FREEDOM!!![/color] I'm so very proud of you, Love Lin Four years, eight months, six days, 15 hours, 46 minutes and 54 seconds. 34253 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,850.63. Life saved: 16 weeks, 6 days, 22 hours, 25 minutes.
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