I could not say it better NOPE Carlos [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/10/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 21 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

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I can feel the emotion in her post Joe. Man I tell ya, the consequences of an oxygen tank stapped to my side is even more frightening to me than a quick death. Everyday I am thankful to have seen the realities of smoking before it was too late. -- If you are new to this SSC and you think of smoking as a habit I encourage you to research the topic in detail. Waking up to the fact that smoking is an 'addiction' was helpful to me when I was trying to find the courage to quit. ~all the best N2k [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 172 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,805 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $860 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 16 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25

Joe, It still amazes me that smoking had such control over my life and I didn't even see it. How can that be? I have heard more about the affects of quitting since I quit that I have in my entire life. This has got to be the most deadly addiction that exists. You shared a story simular to the one above when I first quit about a lady and her husband, who was on oxygen, and they were both still smoking away because they couldn't help it. That story helped me focus on where I did not want to be. This story above makes me glad I quit when I did although I still wish I had done it sooner. If you are struggling, read some stories about people who were not fortunate enough to quit in time. It sheds a whole new light on reasons to quit. Thanks for another great post Joe. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 223 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,473 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $780.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 3 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37

This is a post from another smoking cessasion site. The writer posted this after about 3 months quit. She is now over 2 years quit. Please read and [b][color=red]THINK[/color][/b] [b][color=black]I never thought of myself as an addict of anything. I knew I was an emotional eater but never an addict. Never even seen heroin and really never knew anyone who used it. I have seen what alcohol can do to a person and family. I learned that an alcoholic could never have that first drink. Alcoholism had been on one side of my family and for years I would check myself to make sure it didn't have it's hold on me. As years went by my family noticed I was giving out of breath walking or doing anything. They knew I had smoked almost all of my life but didn't really try to get me to quit. I think they knew they would be wasting their breath. To make a long story short 5 years ago I was in the hospital in ICU for 72 days and most of that time on a ventilator. Came home with my oxygen tank and it has been my side kick every since. Well since that time I have learned that I am a Nicotine Addict. I can not have "a puff" or "a draw". Joel Spitzer says, "The goal of any ex-smoker is to avoid returning to the nicotine addiction. When you encounter situations that seem to warrant having a cigarette, take a minute to reflect back on what it meant to be a drug addict. Coughing, wheezing, sore throats and shortness of breath. Constant threats by your doctor of "quit smoking or else." Bad breath and smelly clothes and hair. Headaches, exhaustion, and just generally feeling miserable on days when you oversmoked. Always worrying that you may have left a cigarette burning in your home or office. That panicky feeling when you realized you ran out of cigarettes. Being unwelcome in the homes of family and friends while smoking. Spending hundreds or thousands of dollars a year on cigarettes and clothes and furniture which needed to be replaced because of cigarette burns. Nagging from children or parents to quit. Being the only person at a party smoking and feeling like a social misfit. Being totally controlled by cigarettes. Not a pretty picture, is it? So next time you feel like you need or "deserve" a cigarette, consider the consequences. There is no such thing as cheating, sl