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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8760

Thanks for the bump! Danielle _____________________ The SSC Support Team

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3908

BUMP! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/8/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 228 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,027 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �1197 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2830

Aunt Deb, I live in Missouri, but grew up in Southern California. No matter where I've lived, I've had lung problems... difficulty breathing, horrible cough that lasts forever, wheezing, etc... I'm somebody who just should NEVER have started smoking (I mean, NOBODY should start, but there are some that already have lung problems who REALLY shouldn't start... and I'm one of them). Smoking just irritated the problem even more to the point where it was impossible for me to take deep breaths. I still can't most of the time. I think it's heredity. My grandfather on my mother's side has emphasyma and my father has a constant cough and difficulty taking deep breaths (and neither one has ever smoked). I think I was pre-disposed to lung problems and then started smoking, which compounded the problem. So no, I don't think it has anything to do with where I live or have lived. Phil, thank you for the compliment. I'll do my best to help anyone I can beat this terrible addiction. Danielle, I can't WAIT to get to that 15 year mark where my life expectancy is the same as somebody who has never smoked! Only 13 years and 3 months to go! :) Actually, my biggest goal is to get to 10 years and 7 1/2 months. Then, I will have been quit as long as I smoked. How cool will that be?!?! I can't wait! :) Crave the Quit! Pam [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/17/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 644 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 16,113 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2659.72 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 3 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 591

Pam and Mercy... Just curious...where are you from? Could it be the climate or environment you live in that may cause the ailments of your friends, and loved ones you speak of? I can think of a really good reason for all of us to stay strong in our quits: So that our young people of the future ....do not ever start smoking! Let us teach them to deal with the ups and downs of life naturally and logically......... and not with Chemical Dependancy of cigaretts, alcohol and other things. Keeping the Quit in Sardinia auntdeb :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 81 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,073 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $384.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3908

Pam I just read that you are only 30! Where did you get all that wisdom and talent with words. Thanks for helping us all young un! Phil x [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/8/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 227 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,004 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �1191.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 54 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8760

Mercy, * After one year, your risk of heart disease is only half that of someone who continues to smoke. * Within three years of quitting, your risk of a heart attack is about the same as someone who has never smoked. * Within five years, your risk of developing cancers of the mouth, esophagus, throat, and bladder decrease by 50%. * After 10 years of being smoke-free you reap big benefits. Your pre-cancerous cells are replaced by healthy normal cells and your chances of getting lung cancer are reduced by 50-70%. * And, after 15 years of smoke-free living your life expectancy is similar to someone who has never smoked. As you can see, it's never too late to quit! The damage can be reversed. Danielle _____________________ The SSC Support Team

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 48

I'm 33 years old and already know of 4 people who have died of lung cancer - due to smoking. A great thread, well worth the read. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/3/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 78 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 789 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $663 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2830

Mercy, I understand where you are coming from and yes, reading stories like this always make me wonder if it's too late too. I'm only 30, but was diagnosed with COPD when I was 28 years old. That's when I quit. Even now, when I get a cold, I keep the cough for 4 or 5 months. I don't cough as much now as I did when I smoked, but I know that the cough I do have was caused, at least in part, by my 11 years of smoking. The hardest thing for me to deal with was that my dad's boss died of lung cancer at 56 years of age... but he quit 30 years prior. He quit when he was younger than me! So yes, I understand where you are coming from. But we have to believe that by quitting, we are extending our lives. We HAVE to believe that! Otherwise, it's too easy to go back to the addiction. This addiction is too strong for us to allow ourselves to think that we can still get sick and die from a smoking-related illness. Otherwise, we will just go back to smoking because quitting won't do any good anyway. But that's not true! There are SO many other benefits of quitting, even other health-related benefits of quitting, that exist. Try to focus on those benefits as well. And since we can't preidct what will happen to us later, we just have to hold on to the thought that we are increasing the amount of time that we have left on this earth. We HAVE to. Crave the Quit! Pam [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/17/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 643 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 16,098 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2655.59 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1543

Thank you Butterfly, I am 53 and even though I have quit I wonder if I was too late. Mercy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 60 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,215 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $268.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 108

[FONT=CENTURY GOTHIC][COLOR=RED]Butterfly Swimmer... Beautifully done! I read the other stories and cried right at my office desk. I feel the crave hitting and I take my deep breaths and think... I still can take breaths...I am still alive...my children and husband still have me in this world...I need to stay around and watch my children grow into adults and have a family of their own...to do that...I have to say "NEVER AGAIN" to smoking. Thank you for even more inspiration, 2 thumbs up. [font=stencil][color=green]Stay Strong![/font][/color] [IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i313/kristonicc/cutieshortckake.jpg[/IMG] [font=impact][size=4][color=red]~PEACE~[/font][/size][/color] [color=purple][font=Courier New][size=4]Shortcake[/color][/font][/size] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/25/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 56 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,133 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $252 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

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