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for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 1128

So very true.. thanks Golferman [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 11 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 256 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $112.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 32 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 213

Golferman: Excellant post. Thank you! Navigator. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/16/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 36 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 727 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $129.6 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 3368

Anyone want to kick some ash? Follow the advice in the above post. *thumbsup* [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 70 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,129 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $280 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 43

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$54,813.60

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45678

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137,034

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for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 1070

Thanks, Joe! Great Post! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 68 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,360 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $306 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 2614

Awesome post. Very inspirational. Your voice is a great addition here in the SSC it provides balance and power. Thank You. Phillip [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 155 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,108 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1162.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 25 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 2364

[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f190/cuddlebug230/Comic20Thumbs20Up.jpg[/IMG] Cuddles It's better to be a non-smoker with an occasional desire for a cig than a smoker with a constant desire to quit...... [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/22/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 90 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,819 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $324 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 5195

Nice post Joe. There are many quitters who you have helped to leave that old smoking world behind. You have educated so many of us and given us the knowledge we needed to succeed in beating this horrible addiction. Without you a lot of us wouldn't have had the courage to rise about those ashes of the past. Thank you for all you have done to lead us to be stonger and better than ever. It is leaders like you that help the quitter that is ready to give up the strength necessary to stand and fight another day. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 385 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,719 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1347.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 34 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 388

Excellent post Joe, as always extremely informative. [IMG]http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6451/sweetpea8bk.jpg[/IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/29/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 327 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,925 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1468.23 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 39 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 47

~Sweetpea~

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 563

Jacques Anatole Fran�ois Thibault, pen name, Anatole France, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921, is credited with the following: [b][color=blue]All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.[/color][/b] What a powerful statement. When a smoker decides to quit, they change their life. Little do most quitters know or realize what extent those changes will truly entail. Here, Anatole tells of dying to one life before we can enter another. I have often advised new quitters that they need to accept their addiction and learn how to live a new, smoke free life. However, based on many posts I see here, many struggle with that concept. They want to somehow hold onto that old life, either out of fear or lack of courage to accept changes to their lives. Many also fight their changes and are never satisfied with their lot in life as a non smoker. Those often relapse due to still wanting to live the life of a smoker, a life they knew all so well, even though they know inside it�s really a hideous addiction. Here is the key. [b][color=black]�[/color][color=blue]we must die to one life before we can enter another.[/color][color=black]�[/color][/b] The death of a smoker. Casting off that which is no longer a part of ones life must occur before we can fully enter into the life of a non smoker. There in lies the mind set of the successful quitter, as I see it. The long term quitter has discarded their old life. It is no longer even remotely a part of their life. It has died. When the funeral was is unique to each long term quitter, but there is a moment when it happens. At that moment they step through the passage into their new, non smoking life. Do not fear change. Do not fear the death of the smoker. Like the proverbial Phoenix that rose from the ashes, the non smoker rises from the ashes of their past, stronger and better than ever. [b][color=Purple]Be Strong. Be Smart. Be Quit[/color] [color=black]Joe[/color] [size=3][color=Blue]Knowledge Replaces Fear[/color][/size] [size=2][color=purple]Hoping for success without hard work is like trying to harvest without planting.[/color][/size] [size=2][color=b

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$36,542.40

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Days: 9391 Hours: 21

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45678

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365,424

Cigarettes Not Smoked

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 2027

Great post, Joe. Good to see you again. I agree about so many fighting the very changes they are trying to make, not realizing that one must lead to another, that it is all part of a "system" so to speak. [quote]The long term quitter has discarded their old life.[/quote]That is so true. The new life may have aspects of the old (i.e., same job, same spouse/partner, same hobbies, etc.), but even they will be affected to some degree. Acceptance of the new life is a key to a successful (and peaceful) quit. Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 425 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,508 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1615 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 79 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

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