Inspirational and funny enough to remember. You've got me looking forward to next friday too. I think I'll have a vicarious party. Would plum pudding and crackers be appropriate? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/19/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 12 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 126 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 58 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35

How do I quit??? "You stop sticking those tubes (you know the ones, the ones with a fire at one end and a fool at the other) in your mouth." You rock, congratulations!!! Keep posting, you'll make us ALL have a better day!! K ;) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/9/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 53 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 428 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $182.85 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6

Great post Brent and congratulations. I remember you from when I quit in late december last year on here and then I slipped up three months later. Smoked for about 5-6 months and now back with a new name and meter and, hopefully, a more mature outlook on this thing. Never to go back again. QM [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/16/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 45 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 905 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $180 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 59 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

Brent, When you first came here, you started referring to yourself as the mad englishman before you ever proved that name to be true! :p I remember thinking, "why does he think he's crazy? I don't think so!" And then you started to warm up to the boards and the true "you" came out. That "you" gave us so many amazing posts that only a mad englishman could write. My favorite will always be the one about the Lord of the Rings, although picking a favorite is not an easy task. You have brought laughter to these boards time and time again, but more importantly, you have made us think. You call things as you see them and post very frankly, and yet in such a hilarious way that nobody could possibly get offended or upset by what you say, for it's the truth, brought to light in the most unique way possible. I remember when you smoked those cigars out at the bar one night. I was FLOORED, but it brought to life your human side, and it made me realize that even somebody who I adored could still screw up. See, you were the first person that I actually really, truly looked up to that I saw "slip" (for a lack of a better word) or relapse and what I realized that day was that even after your incident, I didn't adore or respect you any less. It gave me hope that others would not think badly of me for what I had done, since I had, at that time, just come back from my third and final stupid mistake. I thought "if he can rise above his mistake, then so can I!" And I respected your decision to reset your meter (oh, how I wish I'd done that after my first one!) and then carry on with the quit as though it never happened, looking back only to see where you lost your footing so as not to make the same mistake, but without agonizing over it. You are the epidomy as to how to elegantly come back from a stupid mistake and be a successful quitter! Brent, you hold a very special place here on these boards. Nobody could EVER do what you manage to do time after time after time. Thank you for each and every one of your posts. They are truly brilliant, and this one is definitely no exception. A HUGE congratulations on 1 year! You are magnificent! And so is your quit! Crave the Quit! Pam [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[

Another great post from the famous Mad Englishman. Brilliant as always! Thanks for sharing and congrats on your first smoke free year! Danielle ________________________ The SSC Support Team

Brent, Thanks. and I'll be looking out for you next Friday!! Mr Ed :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 291 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,748 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �2182.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 48 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 41

Bumped as today is the day!!!!!! Grab a load of that quit meter!!!!!!! Whoopeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! And I went to the pub last night and ate peanuts instead of cigars......... But I still have a sore head this morning............................... And I'm fat.........well fatter..........do I care......nope!!!!!!! How large are my butt browsers boils???????? Enormous!!!!!!!! Whoooooopeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! Mad Englishman [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 365 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,556 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �1825 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 60 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

What a journey and what a lot of weird and wonderful people that I have met along the way in the world that is SSC! A year (nearly) ago, I despaired of ever being able to stop smoking. In my 30 plus years of poisoning myself, I had tried the lot! Patches, cold turkey, books and willpower, just to mention a few of the main ones. I had a couple of periods when I managed to last weeks or months without the drug��.. but I always found an excuse to return to the addiction. Then it struck me����������.it was so simple��������� You simply stop. You stop sticking those tubes (you know the ones, the ones with a fire at one end and a fool at the other) in your mouth. So what was different this time, what can give those who are still struggling some hope and encouragement�������.what have I learnt in the past year? Duffis is actually 816 years old and is also known as Gandalf. Anyone with his vast amount of insight and inspiration cannot be a mere mortal! His performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy will go down in movie history. Knowledge is all. Without truly understanding that I had a drug addiction, and treating it as such, I would have simply failed again. That knowledge comes from the people on this site and on others. A simple search on the dreaded Google will produce loads of reading matter. If you don�t behave and become a slipper������.the bogeyman will get you! Slippers are things that you wear on your feet by the fire in winter as far as the Golferman is concerned. The master of tough love will give it to you straight����but before you condemn him as an insensitive soul, read his posts������..because he would stop for you if he could. Stop trying to nail the jelly to the ceiling! Those of you who are wondering if I have lost the plot������see the post �A foolproof way to an easy quit�. I�m not clever enough to stick a link in I�m afraid, so you will just have to find it if you have not seen it. There is no easy way. You stop when the desire to stop outweighs the desire to smoke. What you can do is increase the desire to stop by understanding what you are dealing with. Don�t ever refer to the queen of SSC as �an old stalwart�! It just is not worth it. The humiliation!!!!! The grovelling!!!!! The feather stroking!!!!! (well act

[img]http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4789/smileyfrogdn7.gif[/img] [color=blue][font=Tahoma]All the best~[/color] [img]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6922/n3us.gif[/img][size=3][color=blue]2[/color][/size][img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2344/k6ob.gif[/img][/color] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 469 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 10,338 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2345 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 44 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44

Congratulations,Brent, one year is such a huge accomplishment and you are SO funny. lol.........what will you do to reward yourself? NOPE, Janet [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 496 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,930 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2480 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 65 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 19