BUMP :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 364 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,110 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2912 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 60 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 59 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

"Knowing that we are now better than we were." Bump :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 129 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,599 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $967.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 21 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

What a wonderful post. Unfortunately not many of us remember back that far. Fortunately we ALL have the power to redefine who and what we are. So maybe we don't know who we could have become if we hadn't been sidetracked by this addiction. We CAN and DO have control over what we WILL become. Lets just hope we havn't learned this too late. ps...I believe you r quote is called The Woman's Moto (although it works for both). I've always heard it said, "...but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body throughly used up, totaly worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" peace be in your heart. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/5/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 30 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 464 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $135 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

Now there is a testomony to make you do some serious "sit back in the chair" thinking! How did I miss it the first time around?! Thanks for that one, Bob! I'd agree with the required reading bit. :8o: Bob [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/18/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 76 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,072 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $684 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 12 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13

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Phew! that is certainly something to think about! I think that in many things it takes a special event for us to 'see the light'. Thanks for sharing, it is definitely N.O.P.E. from now on. :8|: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/6/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 17 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 208 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �42.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 54

Great post Bypass i am also a 38 year smoker Smoky

I am an nicotine addict. I have been for thirty-eight years but did not realize it until recently. From what I have learned recently, the length of addiction is not of any consequence when it comes to ridding one's self from it. There had always been pleasure associated with smoking because of the relaxation I received. I believed that all the bad stuff said of smoking came from people who were just feeling sorry for themselves and I swore not to succumb to that. I accept full responsibility for my actions. I watched my my Grandfather die of heart disease, my Grandmother and remaining Grandfather of cancer, then my Father of cancer, and still believed I was 'bulletproof'. A quadruple bypass only stopped my smoking for a few months, until I began to feel 'normal' again. I have for a long time tried to follow a prescription for life that I read awhile back. I don't know where it came from, but here it is: Life is not a journey to the grave with the intension of arriving safetly in a pretty and well preserved body, But rather to Skid in Broadside Thoroughly USED UP, Totally WORN OUT and loudly proclaiming WOW What a Ride!! I viewed smoking as a means to this end, enjoying the pleasures of life (including smoking) to its fullest, even if it killed me... after all, In my youth the saying was 'If it feels good, do it!!' I had a heart stress test this last January. My cardiologist spoke plainly to me, 'There are many who do not get a second chance at life. Some are born with defective hearts that can't keep their bodies alive for a year. You have, for whatever reason, been granted a second chance... and you're blowing it!" The look he gave me as he delivered those few words changed my outlook on life. How stupid is it to believe that smoking will do anything for you except hasten your arrival at the grave? Until you recognize and acknowledge the addiction's hold, the truth will remain obscured to you. You will 'rationalize' the negative information about smoking and create even stronger bonds with the addiction. My 'true' self was lost to this addiction sometime around my eighteenth year and I am now faced with the task of finding who I was before my life was altered by this addiction. For all those who have no

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