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15 years ago 0 855 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
 I agree Stickin it is a very nice feeling, i guess thats why i like to hang out here to watch people become Non Smokers, its such a positive thing we have done with our lives, :)   Thankyou too for all your suport here :)  Tresa Live beyond smoking Who Knew ??
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/8/2002
Smoke-Free Days: 2146
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 51,504
Amount Saved: $9,013.20
Life Gained:
Days: 306 Hrs: 20 Mins: 5 Seconds: 51

15 years ago 0 12049 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thank you for the positive message!
 
It is comforting to know the positives of the journey and the support and knowledge that goes with it!
 
Thanks for always supporting and assisting!
 

Josie, Health Educator
15 years ago 0 901 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
your way too good for cigarettes jen.
 
good job coming here when those cravings hit.
 
we're all in this together , and we're right here for you.
 
mike / astrofan


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/12/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 103
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,090
Amount Saved: $927.00
Life Gained:
Days: 16 Hrs: 20 Mins: 57 Seconds: 20

15 years ago 0 107 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thank you all for your posts in this thread,  I think I have been romancing the idea of smoking over the weekend and today, so I really needed to read this!  I will stay on SSC all day, or as long as I can here at work, and keep reading!
 
Have a beautiful day guys!
Jen

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/5/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 49
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 980
Amount Saved: $245.00
Life Gained:
Days: 4 Hrs: 2 Mins: 46 Seconds: 36

15 years ago 0 744 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I agree totally Stickin to it. Isn't it good to know that every inch of your life no longer depends on a smoke and in fact now, it's just plain nasty. Gone are those days...YEEESS!!
 
Great visual Patrick.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/17/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 707
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 5,656
Amount Saved: $2,651.25
Life Gained:
Days: 79 Hrs: 12 Mins: 44 Seconds: 1

15 years ago 0 1890 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I thought about that just the other day, Stickin'!
         I deliberately visualized myself sitting with a beer and a pack of cigarettes looking over a lake in the sunshine and, at first, it seemed like a pleasant thing to do, but, the more I "sat" there in my mind the more I could smell the smoke and the collection of butts in the ashtray and that stink wafting up into my nostrils and how I was clearing my throat too much again: raising my stinking nicotine fingers to cover my mouth in a facsimile of politness, and how the beer tasted like crap and that there was a little bit of ash in the bottom of the glass...
        That the clouds were darkening the sun and the wind off the lake had turned cold and my shorts were flapping in the breeze... the whole scenario died a terrible death in my mind.... I stepped on a cold cucumber sandwich when I turned back to the damp log cabin. It was starting to drizzle and I looked back at my Laurentian chair and saw the pack of cigarettes.  I kept on going and let the rain destroy the pack... that's what "having a smoke" means to me now... all downer stuff....
 
I was glad to think that I never have to do that again....
Patrick


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/18/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 157
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,925
Amount Saved: $1,766.25
Life Gained:
Days: 29 Hrs: 5 Mins: 8 Seconds: 41

15 years ago 0 1985 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0

You know the longer that you stay away from smoking, the more you realize you don’t really want to get caught up in the smoking trap never, ever again.  And if fact you find out that you don’t really want to put that smoke up to your lips and suck that smoke down deep into your lungs and then exhale.  Thinking about that makes me dizzy , heck I’m naturally a dizzy guy anyway!

 

I would like all of you to know that you have touched my life in a positive way; you truly do put a big smile on my face, see . God bless all of you.

 

There are so many things we can do now without having that smoke get in our way.  Why I can sit down at my desk, focus and concentrate and find a solution to a problem without what ?  Without one of those little things burning up beside me in the ash tray, smoke rising finding my right eye . 

 

I wish all of you a smoke free life.  And if you can’t find a good enough reason to quit, then go ahead and just do it for me.  Make my day, be !

 

Always,

Stickin To It


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 883
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 15,894
Amount Saved: $5,165.55
Life Gained:
Days: 161 Hrs: 17 Mins: 58 Seconds: 56


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