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Chucking it into the void


14 years ago 0 24 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I remember reading many of your threads in 2007 - you are very eloquent.  I'll remember this ceremony.
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My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/14/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 0
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 0
Amount Saved: $0.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 57 Seconds: 56

14 years ago 0 3875 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Great thread Todash! You always have such wonderful insights! But yes, I too would need to spend some more time in contemplation to determine what I would like to release. A great idea!
 

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/5/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1014
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 25,350
Amount Saved: $10,697.70
Life Gained:
Days: 134 Hrs: 6 Mins: 30 Seconds: 18

14 years ago 0 984 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Marital nonsense.  Chucking.  Mightily.  Harumph!!
 
x T

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1077
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 24,771
Amount Saved: �6,812.03
Life Gained:
Days: 93 Hrs: 20 Mins: 56 Seconds: 17

15 years ago 0 984 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thanks nonic and stickin.  Best two years of my life!  Pupikat, I envy your progress and wish you a successful sharing of your soul.
 
I've got another thing for the void today.  The massive head cold everyone is bringing on the public transportation the past month.  Take your germs and stick 'em where the sun don't shine I say!
 
Lurgy, meet void.
 
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15 years ago 0 1985 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0

I do agree nonic Todash has her act pat.


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1081
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 19,458
Amount Saved: $6,323.85
Life Gained:
Days: 197 Hrs: 5 Mins: 52 Seconds: 49

15 years ago 0 880 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Todash:
 
By the way I love the curtain and the wizard reference...
 
 
nonic

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/25/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 744
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 22,320
Amount Saved: $7,812.00
Life Gained:
Days: 142 Hrs: 2 Mins: 46 Seconds: 56

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15 years ago 0 880 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Todash:
 
I missed this, so sorry,  you know I always enjoy your posts.  As you will know from my pre-Christmas posts,  I have just returned from one of my adventures on the dark side...This was a rather frightening one and I am very happy to report that although I went dancing with the moon, I never once considered lighting up again.  Ain't that a kick in the head?  Back in the day I would have blown through a carton or two.  But now I take a more gentile approach to dealing with that slippery slope. 
 
What you say is true.  Once you quit and know deep down in that little truth vault that we all have,  that you really mean it this time, the realizaton can be almost to real.  But I think that there is also a phase in quitting when you kind of sit on a little perch above yourself and begin to understand that that person you are watching really can do this. Oh at that point it is still difficult, but there is a quite sense that you have somehow moved a bit further down the road.
 
By the way big time congratulations on two years...I find it difficult to believe that we have really been here for that length of time, but that is clearly what Grandfather clock says.  So glad to have made the trip with you. 
 
 
Stay Well
 
 
nonic
 
 
 
 

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/25/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 744
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 22,320
Amount Saved: $7,812.00
Life Gained:
Days: 142 Hrs: 2 Mins: 46 Seconds: 25

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    $68,712.00

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    Days: 1417 Hours: 20

    Minutes: 30 Seconds: 23

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    Smoke Free Days

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15 years ago 0 1693 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Great insight here. You're right msreader1, this is a great thread
Any other thoughts?
 
 
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15 years ago 0 145 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0

I can honestly say that I am a few years down the road with the family views thing. It actually worked. First my younger brother came around, (the one that died in Feb from alcohol poisoning.) Then my mom and sister. My other brother does not live here and we do not see him much. It is a feeling of a kind of freedom to be who you really are that is so wonderful, it is hard to explain. Good luck with that Todash and Penitent. It has given me some peace. Hhmm. Maybe I am further along than I realized? Need to learn to give myself more credit where due.

But I do still have something for the void: Into the void I throw my reluctance to share my true inner being with friends, along with my shy self so I can be more comfortable with myself.

Huggles to all,

Pupikat


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 161
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 4,508
Amount Saved: $1,183.35
Life Gained:
Days: 19 Hrs: 1 Mins: 50 Seconds: 47

15 years ago 0 984 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I think for many of us the smokes were a shield, a forcefield.  When you get to a certain point, it seems that facing the quit is only drawing back the curtain - it's when you actually have to speak to the wizard when the panic sets in.  (Holy crap!  I quit smoking! I have to live now!  How in the world can I DO this?!?)
 
So I'm totally with you there.  Thunk away, I'll keep coming back to this one.  Two years on I'm discovering just how many things I have to slingshot into the abyss!
 
x T
 
My Quit Date: 1/1/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 737
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 16,966
Amount Saved: £4053.5
Life Gained:
Days: 65 Hrs: 0 Mins: 17 Seconds: 43


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