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15 years ago 0 1985 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Dear Ron,
 
I know it's said that all are diffenent, but quitting follows the Bell curve.  At ten months I felt as you, you just keep on doing what you are doing and you will as I felt.  It only takes a year and then it keeps getting better and better and after 3 years no more thoughts.  Best wishes to you friend!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1159
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 20,862
Amount Saved: $6,780.15
Life Gained:
Days: 211 Hrs: 11 Mins: 2 Seconds: 19

15 years ago 0 377 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thanks for those insights Stickin.  I was just wondering that exact question this week.  When do you finally have no desire left to smoke after you quit?  I was doing my taxes sitting on the floor this last week and I was shocked at how many triggers it led to want to smoke.  Last time I did the same thing a year ago I had a ritual of drinking coffee and smoking at the same time.  Even though the act was really not that different from what I do everyday-- filing papers, crunching numbers etc, it was amazing how much of a trigger it caused. Doing taxes felt odd and I really was wanting that cigarette.  Of couse I just felt the feelings and didn't act on it. But then I started wondering if it ever truely does go away and how long that can take.  Many posts on this site have discussed this and I guess what I've learned is it depends on each person but for you it sounds like it was after 2 years or so of quitting where you really have no more desires to smoke even when things get a little rough.
 
Thanks for the posting. Ron


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 6/17/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 282
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 5,076
Amount Saved: $1,522.80
Life Gained:
Days: 43 Hrs: 12 Mins: 30 Seconds: 44

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Thank you so much for that inspirational post Stickin To It. I'm glad you posted it
Congratulations to you, on all of your successes
Keep up the amazing work,
 
Breanne, Bilingual Health Educator
15 years ago 0 1985 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
 

Good that it’s you

 

I smoked a long time. I got down to quitting right before my 55th birthday after several one to two day stops along habitual smoking life.  Not happy that it happened, that I smoked for so long.  I just kept smoking and smoking even though I knew; yes, the smokes and I should have parted ways decades ago. There are many ways to poison oneself and I am no stranger to some however smoking crushed the life from my lungs and I would rather have been sailing. And I know that we have similar passions, quitting for one, and that we need to know how to get it done and to have it stay done.

 

Your end, like ending other habits begins with the awareness: the whys, when’s and where’s, do I smoke.  The steps, the distractions that you employ to end the cycle.

 

So does the desire to smoke end? Yes it does.

 

Over the past 12 months I have had to deal with several life events, mostly all have come with no smoking urges, you know that desire to light it. You’ll find something else to hang your purse or hat on.

 

Wishing you all the happiness that money can not buy.


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1159
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 20,862
Amount Saved: $6,780.15
Life Gained:
Days: 211 Hrs: 10 Mins: 51 Seconds: 18


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