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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:05 AM
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31 years ago I smoked my last cigarette
8-14-'77 8:05 am
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marauding liberal Donating Member (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:07 AM
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1. Congrats! My last was 5-31-84.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:07 AM
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2. Congrats!
My last one was 11/17/07 at about 4am. Hope I can remain smoke-free as long as you.

Way to go! :thumbsup:
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:07 AM
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3. Good for you.
No regrets, right?
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:12 AM
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6. Yes one. I didn't gain any weight with doing that
I guess thats really not a regret as much as it was a hope.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:17 AM
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11. Getting that poison out of your system
was a huge plus.

I quit smoking, gained weight but managed to shed the extra pounds over time.

Smoking is nothing but killing yourself slowly but surely.

Congrats are in order.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:27 AM
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15. I guess it truly can be said I have been enjoying the true taste of food for 31 years now
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teamster633 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:08 AM
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4. Congratulations.
I'm going on 10 years myself, but I still chew the damn nicotine gum. Guess I had to cling to at least one vice since I gave up booze and herb at the same time.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:14 AM
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7. cig, booze and herb all at the same time
Now that is what I would call a strong person. Congratulations on doing that.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:10 AM
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5. Congratulations!...
:applause:

Sid
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:14 AM
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8. You can do anything!
You are a warrior!

Congratulations on conquering a challenge at which many
do not succeed.

Kudos to you. This is no small feat! :)
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:24 AM
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13. That makes me smile
:hug:
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blue cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:14 AM
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9. today
i smoked my last cigarette.
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gblady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:16 AM
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10. certainly something to celebrate....
my last was September 28, 1985...
best decision EVER!
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:22 AM
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12. I quit about 15 minutes ago.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:35 AM
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16. opps, I just started back.
Edited on Thu Aug-14-08 08:36 AM by RGBolen


But congratulations to you!
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:26 AM
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14. Congratulations!
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cyberswede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 08:47 AM
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17. almost 10 years for me
and I still have dreams where I'm in some random social situation and I light up.

I figure it's a subconscious coping mechanism - in the dream, I feel super guilty about smoking, and then I wake up and realize it was a dream, and I'm relieved.

Congrats to you!
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 09:00 AM
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18. I have read that every former smoker has some form of that dream
mine involves hiding cigarettes under the driver's seat of my red Corvair. Then when I am driving by myself, I reach under the seat and light one up. After I have rolled down all the windows in the middle of winter. The windows are down so there will be no evidence that I have fallen. Usually I wake up about then and feel mighty guilty. I used to have that dream once a month. Now it is about once a quarter or so. Still the same damned dream in nearly every detail.
For me I can't remember the day. I quit sometime in 1974 or 75.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 09:05 AM
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19. Just had a smoking dream a few nights ago...
pretty much the same. I felt bad I was smoking, too. Woke up and was relieved.
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 09:08 AM
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20. Congratulations on saving your life. It enrages me there is a legal substance
that when used as intended will slowly kill you in multitudinous ways many of which are undocumented and un-talked about ways.

My family is in the throes of a second member dying because of cigarettes.

It causes tears and pain every day, and that's just to the survivors.

My quit date was cinco di Mayo 1998.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 09:09 AM
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21. I quit last year, but...
there were occasions when I really enjoyed a good smoke.

So, someone said something about quitting and starting up again if he lived to 65. That's a bit young. I think I'll take it up again at 70.

(Or 65 if it looks like I won't make it to 70)
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 09:09 AM
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22. I hear ex-smokers have what they call "smoke" dreams,
sort of like wet dreams - but they wake up in a puddle of phlegm instead.
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