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14 years ago 0 49 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I am fighting hard and I've been through hell. I've been depressed and even to the point of wondering if I'm dying. I would not go through that again for anything!!! I thought that if I quit I would feel wonderful and I don't. Somedays are ok but some days are not. I still get sob and I still wake up sometimes and have that brown stuff just laying in the back of my throat. I'm hoping for a rainbow at the end of this journey and I hope to find it soon. I have been to the dr. and he just wants to dope me up so I won't complain I guess. He seems to think that because I quit smoking that everything should be just peachey.I am working very hard on reinventing myself. My present goal is to eat healthy and to take good care of myself which is hard because every penny I make I spend on my kids and grandkids. I'm learning how to be good to myself slowly but surely. My kids have been my life and now I am alone and that makes it hard too. ok, enough. Sorry about that.
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/27/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 131
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,620
Amount Saved: $655.00
Life Gained:
Days: 17 Hrs: 7 Mins: 23 Seconds: 40

14 years ago 0 1904 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Happy Belated Birthday, Sparky!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 96
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,688
Amount Saved: $1,075.20
Life Gained:
Days: 10 Hrs: 13 Mins: 54 Seconds: 41

14 years ago 0 1904 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Deb, I smoked after a 3 years when one of my younger sisters was murdered 20 years ago. And here I am right now. I haven't been able to get more than about 2 1/2-3 1/2 months since. (I don't actually know what my longest quit has been since, but I think I'm about to surpass it.) That craving to smoke, believe me it is Nicodemon taking advantage of a bad situation. The demon convinced me that I was no longer addicted and could have just one. Try and hang in there. This too shall pass.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 96
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,688
Amount Saved: $1,075.20
Life Gained:
Days: 10 Hrs: 13 Mins: 54 Seconds: 17

14 years ago 0 1843 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Anything worthwhile in life is worth fighting for!  And I believe that becoming a non-smoker is worth the fight! 
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/20/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 350
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 14,000
Amount Saved: $3,500.00
Life Gained:
Days: 52 Hrs: 7 Mins: 33 Seconds: 48

14 years ago 0 49 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi Sparky,
 
I haven't been replying to anything for awhile but when I see that you are feeling bad, I just had to tell you that I hope you hang in there. We had the same quit date at one time and I am still struggling to stay quit. I made it through the death of one of my sisters and I'm now going through my daughter's divorce without a cig. I want to smoke so badly that I can taste the smoke filling my lungs and then exhaling it out. I have smoked in my mind.  I am hoping that sometime this will all be worth it and the old timers on here tell me that it will be. I hope you reconsider your decision to stay away and come back and try again. I wish a bright future for all and I will never quit the quit.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/27/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 131
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,620
Amount Saved: $655.00
Life Gained:
Days: 17 Hrs: 7 Mins: 13 Seconds: 20

14 years ago 0 1356 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Stay close Sparky, don't turn this into starting again, treat it as a slip and keep quitting.
 
You are just perfecting your quit


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/3/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 825
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 8,250
Amount Saved: $1,650.00
Life Gained:
Days: 80 Hrs: 8 Mins: 38 Seconds: 31

14 years ago 0 1843 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Sparky, please only stay away as long as it takes to regroup and not 1 minute longer!  Grab my hand if you need it, you know where to find me!  And you better listen to MM as I'm helping her get set up on FB and she'll hunt you down! 
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/20/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 350
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 14,000
Amount Saved: $3,500.00
Life Gained:
Days: 52 Hrs: 7 Mins: 22 Seconds: 24

14 years ago 0 597 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Oh, poo!  Get your head on straight and then get back here.  Nick needs a quit buddy and you WILL quit one of these days!!!  You, dear Sparky, are your own worst enemy.  There is nobody here that condemns you for your slips except YOU!  At some point, it will happen and you will surprise yourself.  Your quit will mean more than any other, because you worked so hard for it.  Never quit quitting.....
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 10/22/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 287
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 11,480
Amount Saved: $2,296.00
Life Gained:
Days: 32 Hrs: 8 Mins: 42 Seconds: 58

  • Quit Meter

    $52,390.00

    Amount Saved

  • Quit Meter

    Days: 741 Hours: 1

    Minutes: 38 Seconds: 50

    Life Gained

  • Quit Meter

    5239

    Smoke Free Days

  • Quit Meter

    209,560

    Cigarettes Not Smoked

14 years ago 0 136 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Sparky, Ashley is so right. SSC is a wonderful family that will never kick you out. LOL.  It's a safe haven, a place where no one will judge you, a place where you never have to feel ashamed or afraid. Lick your wounds and then come back.
 
Rusty


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/13/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 1696
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 86,496
Amount Saved: $19,461.60
Life Gained:
Days: 153 Hrs: 4 Mins: 31 Seconds: 6

14 years ago 0 11214 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
It's ok Sparky.  Many people have slipped you are not taking anything away from anyone.  It takes time to prepare and this place is a great place to prepare.  No one judges you if you slipped because we have all been there.  You are always welcome here.
 
Stay strong.
 
Ashley

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