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Saphire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 06:37 AM
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After 32 years of smoking......I finally quit 6 weeks ago today.
Edited on Tue May-04-10 06:38 AM by Saphire
I must say I've never felt better :). Yeah me!!!

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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 06:46 AM
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1. Congratulations.
I've been smoking a bit longer than that. I therefore can appreciate what it took.

Good for you! Seriously!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 07:24 AM
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2. Good for you!
Congrats! :bounce::toast:
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 07:37 AM
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3. Glad to hear it! :hug: nt
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 07:58 AM
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4. Yay!!
:applause:
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:11 AM
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5. WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!
Can you taste food again? That was one of the first things I noticed was how many wonderful flavors I had missed.
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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:34 AM
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6. Congratulations
It only gets better from here on out.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:41 AM
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7. Excellent!
Congratulations and keep it up! :)
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:45 AM
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8. You started smoking...
.
...when you were TWO YEARS OLD!?!?!?
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Congratulations!! Stay strong and keep thinking about how you
don't want to go through that initial quitting stage again.
.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 09:14 AM
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9. Nice...
YAY...you are amazing...

I love, love, love ∞ being a nonsmoker...it just gets better and better ∞ .

Tikki ...six years nonsmoking.
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 09:24 AM
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10. Stay with it ...
I surrendered 25 years ago in June, after 20 years of it. I still feel good.
You will too.
dc
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 09:33 AM
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11. Congratulations!
I quit in January - so I know what you mean. :toast:
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 09:34 AM
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12. Good for you!!
Edited on Tue May-04-10 09:35 AM by alfredo
I've been clean since 1973.

I started smoking at age 10.
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Saphire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 06:13 PM
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13. Thanks, everyone.
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Ahpook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 07:15 PM
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14. Doing better than me:)
I tried and eventually moved to a pipe from the cigs:) Looks strange but certainly feel better. These stories are always an inspiration to stop all of it.

Weed? That one will take more an effort:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOEgjkfuMOg&feature=related

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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:49 PM
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15. Six weeks is still really early in your quit. You will feel better and better. CONGRATS!!!
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khawkings09 Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:52 PM
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16. quite an accomplishment. congrats
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 08:56 PM
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17. yeah...
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 09:01 PM
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18. Physically, you're in the clear. Now don't get cocky!
That was my downfall a couple times before I finally quit about 8 years ago. I figured I was clean and could handle cheating now and then. I couldn't. My advice is to convince yourself that if you're ever going to cheat, it has to be after a full year. That doesn't mean you
SHOULD cheat in a year :-)
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 09:02 PM
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19. Congrats!!
You should buy yourself something nice with the money you've saved not buying cigarettes!

I'm still trying...I went from 2 packs a day..to 1 pack a day..to 10 cigs a day..and I've been stuck at 5 or 6 a day for about a year now. :-(
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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 09:07 PM
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20. Congratulations! Six weeks is absolutely great.
:toast:
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 10:53 PM
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21. Well done!
Keep going! Yay you indeed :-)
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FLyellowdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-10 01:49 AM
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22. Good on you! nt
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-10 01:52 AM
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23. way to go.....
Yeah You!!
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-10 02:51 AM
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24. Getting closer to my 3rd year of non-smoking
after 35 years of smoking and I don't miss it one iota.

Big HUGE CONGRATULATIONS and (((HUGS))) Yeah You Alright:bounce:
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 09:25 PM
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25. I forgot to mention the quitnet. A website to go to if you ever feel weak. They'll get ya back
on track right away with all their support.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 09:36 PM
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26. Stick with it and congratulations.
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tandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 11:14 PM
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27. What a great accomplishment
I quit 15 years ago. Very hard thing to do...even harder to not pick it up again.

After about a year I tried to smoke again...I got physically ill. I am now absolutely disgusted by the smell of cigarettes.
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