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This bliss you speak of is pure freedom ! I feel blessed but to be fare, i earned it.

This badge is fought hard for & earned as a right of passage & we all have scars to prove it.

Today, a smoker at work who i know well told me of his slow struggle trying to quit using NRT patches to help him 'cut down' & eventually quit. He is on day 3 of what he refers to as his 'habit'. I sympathised with him, smiled, bit my tongue & wished him all the best as it was clear he didn't need to hear my spiel. I figured he knows where i am if he needs to chat. It felt like he has a very big mountain to climb.

This hit me hard as it reminded me of how far we come & how important it is to learn about this addiction. It's not only about stopping but the staying stopped that counts.

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2005
Smoke-Free Days: 2034
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 71,190
Amount Saved: $18,509.40
Life Gained:
Days: 294 Hrs: 19 Mins: 33 Seconds: 2

Quit Meter

$15,452.52

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 786 Hours: 12

Minutes: 23 Seconds: 43

Life Gained
Quit Meter

4222

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

63,330

Cigarettes Not Smoked

15 років тому 0 +0 / -0 1985

And so my quitters friends,

I hardly remember smoking; smoking does not cross my mind when stressed, feeling exuberance, low, lonely, blue or whatever. How do feel and how do you interpret the way that I feel?

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1646
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 41,150
Amount Saved: $18,003.13
Life Gained:
Days: 322 Hrs: 5 Mins: 36 Seconds: 32

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 880

Pen:

That's for sure...Who said "the harder I work the more luck I seem to have" ? It was either Yogi Berra or Henry Ford...It was probably old Mr. Ford, but them again, it might have been Lou Costello...One of those guys...But in any case I agree 100%...stay well out there its a very interesting world...

stay well

nonic

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 12/25/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1297
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 38,910
Amount Saved: $13,618.50
Life Gained:
Days: 253 Hrs: 19 Mins: 32 Seconds: 46

Quit Meter

$75,033.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 1561 Hours: 19

Minutes: 44 Seconds: 41

Life Gained
Quit Meter

7146

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

214,380

Cigarettes Not Smoked

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 2534

Hey nonic,

You know what? The more I tried to quit, the luckier I got!!

Penitent

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 5/18/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 2247
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 56,175
Amount Saved: �14,043.75
Life Gained:
Days: 386 Hrs: 19 Mins: 55 Seconds: 30

Quit Meter

$65,670.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 1450 Hours: 17

Minutes: 45 Seconds: 4

Life Gained
Quit Meter

5970

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

131,340

Cigarettes Not Smoked

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 880

Stickin

Yes we are very fortunate indeed...I do have to say that this site played a large part in helping me carry my old self over the hurdle...There was a time when I truly believed that I was genetically inclined toward cigarettes...Can you imagine that, I had the smoking gene...I do believe though that people do use cigarettes as an anti-depressant...After all no wants cigarettes, people want nicotine and the effect it produces on the mind and body...

stay well

nonic

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 12/25/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1296
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 38,880
Amount Saved: $13,608.00
Life Gained:
Days: 253 Hrs: 14 Mins: 46 Seconds: 50

Quit Meter

$75,033.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 1561 Hours: 19

Minutes: 44 Seconds: 41

Life Gained
Quit Meter

7146

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

214,380

Cigarettes Not Smoked

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 1985

Nonic, Ron, Kiwi, Todash, Rusty, Breada and Ashley

Have we been lucky or what? Thanks for being here!!

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1632
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 40,800
Amount Saved: $17,850.00
Life Gained:
Days: 319 Hrs: 11 Mins: 38 Seconds: 31

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 880

Stickin:

Well said...It is good to see it put down in writing...Thanks for the thoughts today...

stay well

nonic

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 12/25/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1293
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 38,790
Amount Saved: $13,576.50
Life Gained:
Days: 253 Hrs: 1 Mins: 18 Seconds: 16

Quit Meter

$75,033.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 1561 Hours: 19

Minutes: 44 Seconds: 41

Life Gained
Quit Meter

7146

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

214,380

Cigarettes Not Smoked

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 377

I agree with everyone here on this. I thought before I quit that I had to have something in my hands and that I loved the feeling of inhaling smoke and the nicotine part was just one little part of quitting. Where I use to buy my cigarettes they had an herbal cigarette they sold that had a bunch of herbs that were probably bad for you to smoke but they had no nicotine or tobacco in them. I bought a pack because I thought I would have such a fix to want to be smoking in my backyard and thought they would be my new substitute for my wanting to hold something in my hand. Well when I saw this post It reminded me about this because I haven't touched them in probably 1 3/4 years. Just checked at I still have 12 cigarettes left in my drawer and I've been quit over 2 years quit. They were no fun to smoke when I ever tried them and I realized very soon in my quit that smoking was no fun at all.

Ron

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 6/17/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 752
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 13,536
Amount Saved: $4,737.60
Life Gained:
Days: 117 Hrs: 4 Mins: 21 Seconds: 3

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 672

"I seriously spent 20 years labelling myself as a 'type A personality' - always in a hurry, feeling a need to overachieve to be satisfied, easy to anger, easy to upset, you name it - like negative emotions on full volume. I felt such huge stress about everything and I thought it was just me. It wasn't me at all - I am a completely different person now. I let things slide, I choose my battles and find it's becoming the norm to be able to logically defend myself without getting really upset. I can walk away from people obviously trying to push my buttons"

"I confront and clear up, I no longer shout and storm off. Or clam up, stew and become bitter. I can identify and better yet walk away from a no win situation".

These here are some monumental posts, even a non-smoker would love to experience some of that !

Smokers / Browsers print out Todash's post out & stick it on your fridge. It should be your soul motivation to stop smoking....this is freedom ! Simply put & the plain truth, not sugar coated, marketed or manipulated to pull you in.

I see plenty of smokers & never-smokers running around at work like headless chooks.... stressing & freaking out & then there's me........ just sitting there chilling. Come to think of it this explains why the ex-smokers at work i know always seem so relaxed.

Always learning !

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2005
Smoke-Free Days: 2015
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 70,525
Amount Saved: $18,336.50
Life Gained:
Days: 292 Hrs: 2 Mins: 46 Seconds: 37

Quit Meter

$15,452.52

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 786 Hours: 12

Minutes: 23 Seconds: 43

Life Gained
Quit Meter

4222

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

63,330

Cigarettes Not Smoked

16 років тому 0 +0 / -0 984

Great post, stickin.

I raise my hand in agreeing with everything here. Especially if we've smoked for a very long time, in particular started in our teens when our emotions were all over the map to begin with. I seriously spent 20 years labelling myself as a 'type A personality' - always in a hurry, feeling a need to overachieve to be satisfied, easy to anger, easy to upset, you name it - like negative emotions on full volume. I felt such huge stress about everything and I thought it was just me. It wasn't me at all - I am a completely different person now. I let things slide, I choose my battles and find it's becoming the norm to be able to logically defend myself without getting really upset. I can walk away from people obviously trying to push my buttons. I don't automatically think 'what have I done to be put here / to make you treat me this way?' I think 'I don't deserve your irrationality; you are clearly not understanding my point, let me re-word it for you'. I confront and clear up, I no longer shout and storm off. Or clam up, stew and become bitter. I can identify and better yet walk away from a no win situation. That's what I wish every new quitter or person afraid to take the next step could fast forward to. It's not you at all, it's an addiction that has taken you over.

As long as cigarettes are easy to buy and are not classed as an illicit drug, people will fail to realise the power of the addiction to nicotine. 'If it's legal it mustn't be that bad' they say. Pity. And that nonchalance compounds the stress of a quitter, not only thinking they're giving up something they 'like' to do but in utter shock at how traumatic the early days can be. ('I knew it would be hard, but this is worse than HORRIBLE') That is a coating of withdrawal symptoms wrapped around and masking the root cause of what needs fixing - the emotional state, the ability to be calm and reasoned and rational. It's like an M&M - you have to wait to get through the outer coating before you reach the nice chocolate-y bit inside.

To be strong without that drug that defined us for so long is like being stripped bare and sent into the wilderness. But we are not Bear Grylls. We are naked and alone and being reborn into the life we should have had before we became addicts. Addict is such a harsh word and folks don't want to apply it to something perfectly legal. But this is nothing more than total denial. 'If it's legal it mustn't be that bad.' Oh. My.

So to answer your question, stickin - what's it to me? A past I'm so proud to have left behind me.

x T

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1285
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 29,555
Amount Saved: �8,127.63
Life Gained:
Days: 114 Hrs: 15 Mins: 14 Seconds: 34

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