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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3875

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My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/5/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1032
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 25,800
Amount Saved: $10,887.60
Life Gained:
Days: 136 Hrs: 14 Mins: 48 Seconds: 52

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1040

Butterfly, it's actually kind of humorous to me. Whenever I've felt a strong craving I've thought, "There's absolutely nothing about this craving that can make me light up, so what else can it do to me? Not a thing." So yes, I agree. Every quitter who refuses to have a cigarette will remain a non-smoker, 100% of the time. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/6/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 14 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 372 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $129.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2830

I heard one statistic on using support groups (but it's not a valid source, so it may or may not be accurate) that about 40% of those who use some sort of support group are successful. I don't know how this compares to the SSC success rate, and I don't know if using aids in addition to a support group raises the success rate or not, but I would bet that it does. LG, I have said here many times that the success rate for quitters overall might be low, but we have a 100% chance of quitting if we don't light that next cigarette... the ones before it don't count and the ones after it don't count... only that next one counts. And if we never light it, then we have a 100% chance of staying quit. How awesome is that? It's not like other things that are purely up to chance... it's about each one of us having a choice and whether or not OTHER people make the same choice, we each have our own individual choices and that's the only one that matters for us. So as long as we go each day without lighting that next cigarette, then we have a 100% chance of staying quit. It's as simple as that. Crave the Quit! Pam [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/17/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 641 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 16,047 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2647.33 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1040

Thanks, Changing. And believe me, it's really encouraging to see you here. I know that some have dropped away, so those of us who remain become even more important to each other, I believe. Every time one of us posts (who's still in that first 60 days or so)... it's a special source of strength. We're still going through a lot of adjustments, and our roots into this new life aren't as deep as they one day will be. So, for me personally, it's really important to see others who are still experiencing much of what I'm experiencing... but are absolutely making a new smoke-free life happen for themselves. To see your determination, and the determination of others who are still taking formative steps to building something better, provides a lot of support and encouragement for me. We're better and stronger together, so I'm grateful that I can come here and read your posts. They make a difference. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/6/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 14 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 371 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $129.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 3 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1155

LG - Congrats on 2 weeks! You made it through Hell Week & Heck Week! You're doing great! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/24/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 24 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 868 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $156 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 7 [B]Seconds:[/B] 52

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$1,135,425.00

Amount Saved
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Days: 5540 Hours: 20

Minutes: 37 Seconds: 14

Life Gained
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45417

Smoke Free Days
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908,340

Cigarettes Not Smoked

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1040

Lolly, it's wonderful to see you! :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/6/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 14 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 370 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $129.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 382

Hi LG, There is so much here at SSC. But for this great haven, I doubt if I could post this boast of more than 2 years quit after 40 years of smoking. Take heed all new quitters...........positive attitude and SSC can help you to become one of the successful statistics here! NEVER LOOK BACK, THE FUTURE IS AHEAD!!! Lolly. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/25/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 845 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 29,593 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �4225 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 119 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

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$11,090.00

Amount Saved
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Days: 693 Hours: 21

Minutes: 20 Seconds: 19

Life Gained
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5545

Smoke Free Days
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110,900

Cigarettes Not Smoked

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1040

Gonnadoit and Windy, it seems to me as well that more than 3% of those who come to SSC are successful in their quits (long-term). And if that's true I'm sure it's due to the 'fellowship' aspect. There's a great deal to be said for the support of groups like this one. Even online. Thanks, Martha. And maybe that's partly because my back is to the wall. There's really nowhere for me but forward as a non-smoker. I've let this go as long as I possibly can. Hopefully not too long. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/6/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 325 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $120.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1040

"Of the 46 million Americans who smoke -- 26 percent of the adult population -- an estimated 80 percent would like to stop and one-third try each year. Two to three percent of them succeed." -MSN Health Does that scare you? According to these stats, about 1 in 30 people who try to quit smoking, achieve anything like long term success. Actually, it doesn't scare me at all. What it does do is supply me with even more validation for what I already know; ...quitting isn't easy, it requires constant and committed vigilience. It tells me that I had better not harbour any kind of 'condition' as a prerequisite for long term abstinance. For instance, I had better not expect that I'll be craving-free in a year...because that may not happen. I had better not qualify my quit with the understanding that, "I'll stay quit unless this, that or the other thing happens". I had better be committed to my quit through anything and everything...no matter how long long it takes, no matter what suprises come, no matter how supported or unsupported I feel...no matter what. And I had better never, ever forget that all of that happens in this moment, because this moment is all I'm ever going to have. And the wonderful irony is... that as long as our attitude is "no matter what"... all of this becomes easier, not harder. We're no longer fighting with reality, we're accepting it on it's own terms. It's in kicking at the realities of what it takes to quit... that most of our pain comes from. But in accepting what it takes, and committing to that... we find peace and strength. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/6/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 12 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 314 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $111 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 55

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2631

We will never know but I wonder what the success rates are for people who use SCC. There was no other place that I could go and receive the support and advice that I needed. Nobody else understood how difficult this was or celebrated all of my accomplishments. I know that I will still have more hurdles to cross but it gets easier every day. I credit my success thus far to the support of SCC. Windy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 9/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 188 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,775 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $940 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0

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