brent, Nice to see you back and congrats on 500+ days! This is an amazing milestone and we thank you for sharing your journey and reward with us :) This is a memory your son won't forget :) Josie _____________________ The SSC Support Team.

Thanks for sharing- you are an inspiration to people like me! Dupe [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/11/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 51 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 772 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $163.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

Mad Englishman here......with a few moments. Listen, you can hear a faint rumbling in the distance. The desk starts to shake gently. The noise increases, gaining in intensity and volume..........as all the older and wiser members of the SSC start running to hide from my sense of humour and shambolic ramblings! We have been back from the annual ski trip over easter for a couple of weeks now. Nothing particularly remarkable about this year. Snow was a bit sparse in the second week.....I'm falling even further behind my fourteen year old son down the blacks and reds.......the scenery was great in the French and Swiss Alps.......... Scenery? What scenery I would have said two years ago. I wouldn't have noticed the scenery because I would have been wondering how I was going to get the next fix. I wouldn't have be able to ski for a couple of days alone with my son. That would have meant that I couldn't smoke. I wouldn't have stopped on the top of a mountain, taken a deep breath and thought how good the clean air is. Well I wouldn't have had any breath to spare! I wouldn't have been able to ski as much as I did.....I was not fit enough and got short of breath at altitude. I might not even have been able to afford to go in the first place.....cigars were expensive and my health was not always good as a result of smoking. I might not get back here much these days because I have stopped thinking about smoking all the time. Just occasionaly I wonder why I did it for all those years. Just occasionaly I feel guilty about not posting and supporting others as much as they supported me. But I guess we move on. Not smoking becomes normal. So for all you at the beginning of tyhe journey, I hope to give you hope, because I was the world's worst giver upper. If I can do it, then anyone can. Some pieces of advice...for what they are worth...... Don't give up smoking! You STOP smoking, you do not "give" anything up! Give up what? Lung cancer, bad breath, ill health, no sense of smell, no money........ Knowledge is power. Understand what you are dealing with. It is simply a drug addiction. Deal with it as such and you will succeed. 72 hours of physical withdrawal and the rest is in your head. Read up on it, look through this site and others for i

[quote]72 hours of physical withdrawal and the rest is in your head.[/quote] Amen, brother. If that doesn't sum it up, nothing does. x T [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 121 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,797 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �665.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37

Amazing stats! Can't wait to get there. Thanks for the story. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 62 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,565 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $310 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 47

brentw1, What a wonderful story...thanks for sharing. You have amazing stats and the attitude to go with them. :) Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/28/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 94 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,782 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1316 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 49 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49