Nice to see you Lilly and congrats to the guys once more Marie one day at a time [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 614 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 10,438 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3,991.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 82 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 54

This from day 34 on a thread that I just dug up. March 23, 2006 [b][quote] WOW I have done this new thing for 34 days (NOT SMOKING). I had done the old thing for 13,140 days (SMOKING). Imagine that. If each puff of each cigarette over 36 years was a single dose of mood altering substace that totals some 3,942,000 doses of some kind of mind bending drug. No wonder I have, strange dreams, my sleep is disrupted, I am a little moody, sometimes I am emotional, I am constantly hungry, (not really for food but for somthing to fill the gap), I might have a little trouble concentrating. This voyage has provided a lot of information to me and although I am a relative newbie to being smoke free. Being this newbie I still like to share my thoughts and experience. There are days and moments that I sometimes wonder what is happening to me. Well nothing really is happening to me. What there is is that I have stepped into a new life, a life that I thought that I knew and I am realizing that really I did not know my life. I did not ever really know who the real me was. The me that was for so long clouded in addiction is slowly being revealed as the old habits, old ways and old patterns are stripped away. I have no real imagery for what an adult who does not smoke is like. So I have to take resposibility and make that adult, the new me, into someone that I want to be. What a strange and wonderful opportunity that my addiction has provided to an almost 50 something. Here is an empty canvas, create the new you. WOW, what an awesome task and what a wonderful opportunity. I am glad that there are others to share this journey with. I am glad that others care enough here to tell their stories, and show parts of themselves I might not typically get to see. From seeing the parts of all of the varied and multi faceted people who post into this Stop Smoking Centre Forum I get to see, experience and learn about the kind of person I would like to be. I get the ultimate opportunity to choose what I want and what I don't want. That is where my responsibility lies, in making that choice and in deciding to be real and letting the new me come forward. I am sorry that sometimes I have been moody and I know that there are times for me that this is really a white knuckle ride and ultimately what I am working so dilegently at is creating this new life [/quote][/b] I am amazed I actually am living that new life... :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 728 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 18,200 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,188.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 123 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

Just thought I would drop this in here as this thread was both an eye opener and totally solidified me in my resolve to quit and stay quit, no matter what. Thanks Rob my quit buddy who pushed me every step of the way. [url=http://sg.stopsmokingcenter.net/support/viewmessages.aspx?forum=1&topic=30604&ForumName=Forum%20for%20New%20Users%20&TopicTitle=Reflections%20of%20an%20aging%20hippie]Reflections of and Aging Hippie ;-)[/url] :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 728 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 18,200 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,188.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 123 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6

Love you guys! Big cheers for both of you... Rusty :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/13/2004 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1159 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 32,452 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4,056.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 165 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

Way to go, guys!! Congrats on two years! You both help the rest of us to see just how entirely achievable the goal of quitting smoking is. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/6/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 346 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,650 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3,200.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 56 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 11 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29

You've every right to be self-congratulatory, as does everyone else here so don't you apologise to me, pal ;p You've beaten one of the toughest addictions out there for a whopping 2 years. You're still standing, and you're still laughing. So celebrate hard, share your joy and see you next celebration! x T [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 410 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,430 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �2,255.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 34 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 47

Hey you two!!! Congratulations on two wonderful smoke free years. One day I hope I can see those stats myself. Each of you have offered much to this site. I have been around here for almost two years and have witness your struggles and your wins. I am ready for the celebration!!! [IMG]http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p173/osd1944/PandaGlassCongrats-1.gif[/IMG] Keep the Quit Sparky [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]4/30/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 291 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,910 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $873.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 41 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39

Congratulations to both of you! Amazing quitters - You guys have led the way for the rest of us that follow behind... Windy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]9/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 522 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 10,440 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,610.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 50 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

Congratulations to the pair! Two years is a fantastic accomplishment! Danielle, Bilingual Health Educator

Thanks Lilly! I was unaware of the locking of the other thread..sigh :confuse: But...hopefully this one will remain free of the sort of behavior that led to that. Hopefully. It's an unbelievable thing that a person like myself who was addicted to cigarettes in a plethora of physical and psychological ways could remain smoke free for 2 years. No puffs, slips,flops or flips along the way, but so close so many times. 30 years of 40 smokes a day and then nothing. Really, the number one factor in keeping me quit is the social stigma attached to smoking...there really is just no point in it anymore. I know that's not the most positive reason to quit (there are so many health benefits, for example), but honestly, for me, it is the big one. So I apologize if this seems self-congratulatory, but it has been one strange trip for me and, at times, remains quite a challenge to refuse to go back to the old seemingly (and, I realize, fraudulently) comfortable ways of the addict. So forgive me, but I am pretty proud of this. Anyway, I mean it when I say if I can do it, I have faith that others can too. Congrats also to RDMan- now there's a quitter who has an inspiring story! ;) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/18/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 727 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 29,080 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,543.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 116 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 22 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42