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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

Way to go, Cristinas! What you're doing is working. Keep it up.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 280
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 7,840
Amount Saved: $3,038.00
Life Gained:
Days: 31 Hrs: 12 Mins: 57 Seconds: 51

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 230

Wow 4 months! Congrats cristina, that is wonderful! I can relate to what you said about not slipping, because you don't want to go thru this again. I feel the same way. Keep the quit!!!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 11/6/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 91
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,640
Amount Saved: $910.00
Life Gained:
Days: 10 Hrs: 9 Mins: 24 Seconds: 24

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 19

Hi Cristina,

Congratulations, your perseverance is admirable!

Can you offer some techniques you've used to resist cravings, especially while living with a smoker?

Samantha, Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 251

I had no idea when I started this journey that one day I will get here. Life is good above the smoky clouds... who would have thought? I did not die when I didn't get "my fix". I managed to survive the anger bursts (so did my family and co-workers...lol). I managed to survive living with a smoker for 3 out of these four months (hubby quit as well YAY. He has a month under his belt!!!). I did not eat my weight in junk food - though I did put on a few pounds that I did not need... I did not turn into a beauty queen (guess that depends on genes more than anything else, huh?) but I do feel better, smell better, and more importantly breath better than I did in about 20 years. I am still thinking about smoking every now and then. The stinkin' thinkin' that "a puff would definitely feel good now". But I KNOW that I am an addict. I KNOW that one will never be enough. So I don't give in. And it goes away.

I have smoked for so long that I still have to retrain my mind on so many activities that were linked to smoking in all these years. But I am doing it. Was it easy to get here? NO. Maybe that is why I do not allow myself to slip - I don't want to go through these steps again.

I love being a non-smoker. I do not impose my quit on anyone else. I do not try to convice people smoking is evil. If asked, I just brag about how great it feels to breath. That is all.

So from the top of my lungs I say...

Keep the quit

Cristina

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 10/5/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 123
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 4,305
Amount Saved: $559.65
Life Gained:
Days: 11 Hrs: 16 Mins: 56 Seconds: 5

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