Today, I'm one year cigarette-free.

[zanana]

I still want a cigarette, but that's beside the point. Maybe in ten years, the smell of cigarette smoke won't tempt me. (And it's done alot for my attitude, hasn't it?) Anybody else out there close to an anniversary of something?

[comradebillyboy]

1. good job

i quit 16 years ago, but for the first 10 years i would have dreams about smoking. you have a huge accomplishment, but remember to treat nicotine like the highly addictive drug it is and don't think you can have just one.

one year cig free- give yourself a treat, you deserve it.

[zanana]

4. The first TEN years?!!!!

Holy crap! When I quit drinking I only had alcohol dreams for six months! I'm so weak...

[blondeatlast]

2. My mom quit when they found the big LC. It has been incredibly tough for

her, but that was over 10 years ago (she still struggles occasionally).

Congratulations! The struggle will be well worth it. :toast:

[zanana]

5. Your mom recovered from lung cancer?

That's incredible. I've never heard of anyone recovering from it. Good for her! (and you)!

[blondeatlast]

7. They still say she is in remission . . .

The tumor was very, very small, and only discovered because her brother (my beloved uncle) had just died from LC and my cousins urged her to get checked out when she went for the funeral.

[joeybee12]

3. Well done! That's probably the toughest habit to break, so pat yourself

on the back!

[mourningdove92]

6. 10 years sobriety next month.

Still haven't licked the cigarettes yet. How did you do it? Congratulations!

[zanana]

14. I have heart disease...

So, it was either quit smoking or drop dead. I guess a lack of choice compelled me to quit smoking more than anything else. It was different with drinking (congratulations, by the way)! I was very young (this was 25 years ago), and I found myself truly in a pit, with no hope for the future. I figured I couldn't feel any worse, so I might as well quit. But I thought that if I could quit drinking like that, then quitting smoking would be a breeze. So, I have nothing but admiration for people who've quit smoking and are still smokeless after years of self-denial. Sometimes, when I get an urge to smoke, I have to tell myself I don't NEED it anymore. I still WANT it, but I don't HAVE to smoke or have a nicotine fit. The patch is one of the best inventions ever, by the way. It really did help.

[BiggJawn]

8. Good for YOU!

It will be one year for me this March.
Funny, but my reactions to smoke go from "Yuk, *I* smelled like that???" to "Get that stinkin' POS AWAY from me!"

I don't miss 'em.

[radwriter0555]

9. Isn't it GREAT????? I'm 18 months cigarette free, and realized a few

months ago that I don't WANT them anymore. I'm still INTERESTED from habit, and sometimes the smell is appealing, so I just stand downwind and laugh at myself and get real real real real real real proud that I don't smoke anymore, and never will again.

Seems that EVERYTIME I see a smoker in a car, I always say to myself and my kid, "I am SOOOO Glad I don't smoke anymore..."

She tells me how proud she is of me too. Best thing I ever did for myself and for her. I figure I've saved several thousand dollars too.

Congrats to you and EVERYONE who has kicked that nasty, disgusting, revolting, smelly, murdering habit.

[underpants]

10. Congrats

Good for you

[prolesunited]

11. Has it already been a year?!?!?!

Congratulations! I know it's been a long, hard struggle, but you have to admit that you do feel better overall. I knew you could make it! :-)

[zanana]

15. Thanks, prolesunited!

Your encouragement was really helpful, so pat yourself on the back, too. You must be two years+ now, right?

[prolesunited]

16. It will be two years

in May. It means a lot to me to know that I was able to help in some way. Keep up the great work!

What are you doing for yourself to celebrate your achievement?

[Wickerman]

12. Good for you!

4 myself and and know where you come from. Sometimes I still crave one, but it is diminishing - one day at a time!

[Limbought]

13. Congratulations To You & Anyone Else ........

that can kick the habit. I find that quitting smoking is not that hard, but starting again is even easier.

[Skittles]

17. OUTSTANDING, ZANANA

my date is Oct 25, 2001. LOL, I remember people telling me that after a while the smell of cig smoke would repel me - not so; I love that smell and always will. So, I try to avoid it. Luckily I am rarely around people who smoke.

Even so, last night I went to see Monster at the movie theater and when I left I saw a whole cigarette on the ground - I was surprised by how strong the momentary feeling was to smoke a cigarette. It was strong on New Years Eve too, when I drank a few. But I have learned that these cravings are very fleeting - they pass quickly. And I am still smoke free. :D

[MaineDem]

18. Congratulations!

It's hard work. Be proud of yourself.

Going on thirty for me! (I was a child when I quit. ) :)

[Liberal Christian]

19. Congrats on your one-year anniversary

When I quit smoking nearly 14 years ago, someone told me to "remember the threes": three days to detox from nicotine, three weeks to get past minor cravings, three months to remember that a single cigarette can plunge you right back to smoking, and (I would add) three years before I really believes that I was a non-smoker.

I get the urge for a cigarette once or twice a year still. I know that if I wait five minutes, it will pass into utter oblivion. So I wait. Maybe I'll start smoking again on my 95th birthday, who knows.

[mitchum]

20. Congratulations!

[UrbScotty]

21. Congratulations! (nt)

[arwalden]

22. FANTASTIC NEWS!!! You should definitely...

Be proud of yourself and brag, brag, brag!!! I'm proud of you!!!

Good news! It gets easier! I'm fast approaching 2 years (in June). Never EVER go back. Not even once. (If you start up again, you'll just have to quit all over again... why would you want to do that to yourself? If you have "just one" then you'll have to reset your bragging-clock back to zero days since the last cigarette.)

Hang in there!! You're doing great!

-- Allen

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[Mrs. Venation]

23. Congratulations!

I quit in September, 1989. There was no nicotine patch back then, but I did use the nicotine gum, and I think that was of great assistance to me.

Do something good for yourself; you've overcome an extremely difficult habit and you should be proud!

[veganwitch]

24. Congrats!!

I havent had a cigarette since the January 5. And plurality has quit too.