Smoke free update

6th

6th

Homer Fan Since 1985
The evenings while I sit at my computer are still extraordinarily difficult to stay away from smoking. I can, however, say that I remain cigarette free.

Update:

Non smoking time: 3M 4D 10h 38m 12s
Money saved: $424.98
Cigs not smoked: 2833
Life saved: 1W 2D 20h 5m
 
Hey 6th...

How and why did you quit?

I've tried, and I swear that these stupid things are like a security blanket for adults! I just had a biospy on my neck for what they thought may have been lymphoma (pretty scary stuff when you consider that I'm an otherwise healthy and active 25 y.o. male). Thank God that it turned out just to be a reactive lymph node- though I'm not completely out of the forest yet, I've still gotta schedule a follow up sometime later this month.

I'm looking for some thoughts and ideas that perhaps transcend the patch, gums, or the old cold-turkey mainstay... I admit that I feel like a pretty big moron when after working out for an hour+ (2 of every 3 days), that as soon as I'm finished I top it off w/ a protein shake and a couple of American Spirits.

Btw, the $ Saved is good to see as well, it's truly disheartening when you clean out your car and find reciept after reciept after reciept that all say Cigarettes: $5.00. Though I'm down from a pack a day to a pack every three days, that's still $600.00 a year that I'm paying to kill myself. Wow.

From one smoker to another: Congrats! I really don't think that people can concieve how tough this truly is until they've experienced the addiction for themselves. Though being Kings Fans, they probably have a better idea than most.
 
Congrats 6th! Stay strong...
I've never been a smoker but I have known people who have tried, both successfully and unsuccessfully, to quit and I saw how difficult it was for them. The ones who have been able to stay smoke free, even after years without smoking, still have to take it one day at a time.

We're soooooo proud of you 6th! :D
 
6th I am very proud of you!!! Just keep it up!!

I have never smoked... but know lots of people who do/did. I know that quiting must be hard, but you will be so glad you did.
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for POLLARDO! 3 of my friends quit cold-turkey.... One of them (my best friend) thought she would never be able to.... and then just stopped while she was away on holidays and has been smoke free for over 2 months now. She said that first week was hard - but she just kept distracting herself so she wouldn't think about cigs and after the first week went by, she says she had less and less desire to smoke, and now in fact she can't stand the smell of cigarettes....
I hope you manage to quite someday. Keeping my fingers crossed for you and anyone else who is trying to quit.
 
PejaHoops16 said:
i just wanna say wat you did is amazing

but how did you come up with those statistics?
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6th downloaded a Quit Meter from silkquit.org. All you do is enter your quit date & time, # of cigs smoked daily and price per pack. The progam does the rest, then sits on your taskbar as positive reinforcement. I get a kick out of watching my numbers change.


Eight months, three weeks, one day, 1 hour, 17 minutes and 24 seconds. 4770 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,025.92. Life saved: 2 weeks, 2 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes.
 
Pollardo! said:
How and why did you quit?

I've tried, and I swear that these stupid things are like a security blanket for adults! I just had a biospy on my neck for what they thought may have been lymphoma (pretty scary stuff when you consider that I'm an otherwise healthy and active 25 y.o. male). Thank God that it turned out just to be a reactive lymph node- though I'm not completely out of the forest yet, I've still gotta schedule a follow up sometime later this month.

I'm looking for some thoughts and ideas that perhaps transcend the patch, gums, or the old cold-turkey mainstay... I admit that I feel like a pretty big moron when after working out for an hour+ (2 of every 3 days), that as soon as I'm finished I top it off w/ a protein shake and a couple of American Spirits.

Btw, the $ Saved is good to see as well, it's truly disheartening when you clean out your car and find reciept after reciept after reciept that all say Cigarettes: $5.00. Though I'm down from a pack a day to a pack every three days, that's still $600.00 a year that I'm paying to kill myself. Wow.

From one smoker to another: Congrats! I really don't think that people can concieve how tough this truly is until they've experienced the addiction for themselves. Though being Kings Fans, they probably have a better idea than most.
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1st of all.....props to my good friend, arwen.

Pollardo, how and why did I quit? Well, on Jan 2nd I was driving to my 76 yr old mother's house (I am a 53 yr old female) and every time I took a drag off of my cigarette, I felt pain in my chest. NOT GOOD!! I did not smoke while visiting my mom, but about 3 hrs later, on my way home, the same thing happened. Talk about a wake up call. I just kept thinking that after smoking for 37 years, I was really asking for trouble and maybe....just maybe....the chest pain was the first sign of that trouble. Well, when I arrived home, I took my cigarettes, lighters, and ashtrays and placed them in a garbage bag and took them to my neighbors (and good friends). I asked them to get rid of all of it. I knew that if I threw it away (at my place), I would go back after it at my first really difficult moment.

Then I came online to this wonderful place and posted a thread telling everyone what I was doing. The outpouring of support was incredible. Every time it became so difficult that I didn't think I could keep it up, I remembered 2 things...........the pain...........and the love and support of my friends. That, and the prayers of many many supportive people have brought me this far. When I need a boost of confidence, I just say something here and many many people offer their love, support, and congratulations.

Is it easy? HELL NO!! I only have one piece of advice for you. You know that it may kill you one day. You can get rid of it now, or you can wait and try like I did....after 37 years of smoking. Trust me! Now is easier...though never easy.

THANKS, EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!! :D
 
6th said:
Trust me! Now is easier...though never easy.
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You got that right. Its never easy. For me, I quit on Feb 11th, 2001 (my birthday) and it still sometimes difficult but not as much.

I applaud you 6th. Keep it up!
 
So glad to here you're still smoke-free WAY TO GOOO.I smoked for 25 years and remember how hard it was to quit, I'm very proud of you.Its been almost 6 years sense I quit,and I feel so much better now,I can keep up with my kids better than ever when we go on outing now.You'll be surprised how your life will improve,hang tough..
 
That's great 6th. Keep it up. i'm a smoker and know I need to quit but liek anything else you really have to want to and I just don't have the desire to quit. I watched my dad die of lung cancer and you think that would do it, it didn't. I slowed down but that didn't last long, if anything I started smoking more. I admire your willpower and hope to have it myself one day and nice to know when I do you guys will be here to support me.
 
Heres mine since I quit.

Smober time 7y 3m 3w

Amount Saved $ 7720.92:eek:

Cigarettes Not Smoked 68630

life saved 34w 7h 10m


that was the conservative amount. I smoked between 1 to 1/2 packs a day.
 
slugking50 said:
Heres mine since I quit.

Smober time 7y 3m 3w

Amount Saved $ 7720.92:eek:

Cigarettes Not Smoked 68630

life saved 34w 7h 10m


that was the conservative amount. I smoked between 1 to 1/2 packs a day.
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Way to go, my friend! 7 yrs is a long time and those #'s are incredible. :eek:
 
Congrats 6th!! :) Keep it up, stay strong...although I don't smoke I know how hard it is to quit, my mom went through many "quitting stages" but I'm finally proud to say she's been smoke free a whole year and 6 months. Congrats to everyone who quit smoking and good luck to those of you who are trying to quit. Stay strong, you can do it!
 
My aunt was a 18-year smoker. When she decided to quit, she motivated herself by going to the doctor and having her lungs x-rayed. When the results came back and she saw firsthand how much damage she had done to herself, she quit cold turkey. And she says that even though she eventually quit (almost 20 years now smoke-free), some of the damage probably can't be reversed.
 
Money saved: $424.98

6th just start giving me the money that you would have spent on cigs from now on..........
 
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