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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2417

Where do I start, there are so many, I will just touch on the important ones. -being a closet smoker is hard work. I was so tired of sneaking around, trying to get the smell off of me, etc. -I do not want to be a old wrinkly woman, I want to age well. -I don't want a medical excuse to quit, so I jumped the gun. -I can't afford $4.20 a day any more...what was I thinking? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/8/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 73 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,101 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $306.6 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 925

2stubborn2smoke, This will be intersting to read with so many great quitters here at SSC. I myself have struggled so many times in the past to quit and do not want to make light of how difficult it is for some. This quit has been unbelieveably easy for me compared to my previous attempts and I contribute this to my new mindset and preparedness. My motivations were simply being really tired of: ~being resigned to my entire wasted life and just waiting to die as a smoker...all the usual reasons, nothing special here. How I've made it this far: ~replaced fear of quitting and staying quit with knowledge by reading here and the Easyway to Quit Smoking by Allan Carr. Importantly for me, I finally understood and accepted my addiction. ~made a serious committment to myself to quit and devised a plan to get through and past the first few weeks/months, then smoked my last cigarette and solemly promised myself N.O.P.E. I'm just one puff away from 2 packs a day. I simply crossed my positive road to freedom and started taking my entire life back, one minute, one stage (smoking was just the beginning stage for me) at a time. It is still work, but it's easy work, as my desire to quit and live differently is stronger than my desire to smoke and die as I was. These simple things, combined with never growing complacent make me confident I will not ever smoke again and my life is already so much better than it was. My quit buddies and SSC are and will be important to me as I journey on in freedom towards my new life. Thanks for a great thread. Pat First Mate, Magic Ship [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/28/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 52 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,112 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $728 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 54 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 984

Great topic! Hmm, a few of the more significant ones.. One day at work about six months before I quit, a woman scrunched up her nose in the elevator and commented how it smelled like 'cigarettes and garbage - does anyone else smell that?' I had just come in from having a cigarette. Holy jeez she was talking about me. Humiliation with a capital H. People always used to look at me like 'you loser' when I'd go in front of the office to have a cigarette and it got to the point that I felt like a real moron after a while. Now when I see people huddled up now against the cold just to have a smoke I always think 'I'm so glad I'm through with that crap!' My husband and I want children in the next few years. I need to get into training if that's going to happen and refuse to be a smoker during pregnancy or after I have a child. Then too, the thought of being hormonal and trying to quit smoking at the same time was about as horrible as it could get, so what the hell, I stopped on January 1st! I've had chronic sinusitis for years and most recently had an MRI to try and determine why the right side of my nose was suddenly running like a sieve. The diagnosis? 'Quit smoking, you loser, there's your source.' But, you know - the doctor said it in the nicest way possible. So that day I went out and bought Allen Carr. Read it, thought about it for a few months and finally quit using NRT anyway (which I now somewhat regret due to the withdrawal disco that accompanied every step down.) Then too, I don't think I'd now be on day 80 had I gone cold turkey, to be honest, but that's a different post! UK TV advertisements (another different post, have a look they scare the dickens out of you) My grandmother just died of cancer of the mouth that spread to her brain and caused her a ridiculous amount of pain. My dad has emphysema and is probably within a few years-if not less-of dragging an oxygen tank around behind him, that is if he's still able to walk at that point. I don't want these to be me. Everyone in my immediate family smokes now except me. I was also the first to get a college degree, so maybe I can start something else here! And of course there are the standard shiny hair, whiter teeth, stop smelling funky (like garbage! LOL) longer

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3875

When I started to get chest pain at night and had trouble with sinuses, and breathing, thats when I decided, enough is enough! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/5/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 16 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 414 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $168.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 948

My biggest motivation is my HEALTH I have had a cancer scare and I want to be here for my children and to see their children. Plus Summer is coming and I would like to be smoke-free when it gets here! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 19 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 490 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $95 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 49 [B]Seconds:[/B] 41

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

This is great support and we can all help with our own experiences! So please take the time to post and lend a hand :) Josie ______________________ The SSC Support Team.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 154

I just wanted to continue a duscussion started by Conviction in the introduction thread. I think there are a lot of surfers looking through this site for some MOTIVATIONS to quit, and I haven;t seen a new thread regarding this matter in a while. I think we need to get a thread together with YOUR motivations, as I know it is often hard to kick start your quit or maintain a quit if you run out of motivations. For everyone, WHAT ARE YOUR MOTIVATIONS? please don't hold anything back, we need to beat this smoking era to the pulp- We aren't done till there are NO MORE SMOKERS!! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/9/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 162 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,788 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $573.48 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 126

I quit so my wife would give me more KISSES,I should have quit long ago. I sure missed alot of those sweet kisses,because she disliked the butt smell.KISSES,WHAT A MOTIVATOR !!!!!!I will never smoke again... [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/15/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 14 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 364 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $70 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 7 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1151

I value my life and the lives of those I love. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/5/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 965 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 19,310 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4342.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 74 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 54 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3875

I have a lil Grandson who is three. He puts his little arms around me and says "I Love you Grandma" and I want to be here in twenty or thirty years so I can keep on hugging him back every time and see him gorw up to have little ones of his own! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/5/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 586 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $242.65 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16

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