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smoke free 2 years
06/09/10 at 05:48:28

2 Years and still not smoking...WhoooHoooo..I do believe I have earned bragging rights.
Don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge the ones of you that smoke.
I just am happy with myself for the will power I have had to draw on especially since the accident. Believe me their have been times when I thought I was going to go completly crazy. I thouht of smoking a cigarette and knew that would only bring on breathing problems and more Dr's..
I also realized that today is the 9th and I quit on June 7, 2008. So now I have started my 3rd year being smoke free... Wink

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Re: smoke free 2 years
Reply #1 - 06/09/10 at 06:05:18

Rock n' roll kim! Cool

Currently I'm at 7 months and counting and all is going
well, no cravings at all; I guess all this is something only
an ex-smoker can understand, these things are nasty
but at the time oh so enjoyable and socially accepted
so it's pretty tough to quit. I had actually already quit
about 10 years ago for a good 2 years and then tragedy
struck, bummer. Either way this was a small step for
stimpy, but a great leap for stimpy's future. Good luck.

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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: smoke free 2 years Reply #2 - 06/09/10 at 07:48:09 Congratulations Kim, 10 months for me and I still crave one at least once a day. My three kids quite the same day I did. I don't want to ruin it for them,or I suspect them for me.
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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: smoke free 2 years Reply #3 - 06/09/10 at 08:41:25 I smoked a pipe in college -- gave it up during basic training 1970. I really don't miss it, but every now and then I get a whiff of some fresh, moist pipe tobacco, or maybe one of the better blends alight and the memory is darned near visceral! Keep on fighting the good fight -- your body will thank you down the road!
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: smoke free 2 years Reply #4 - 06/09/10 at 10:13:55 Thanks guys. I also have to thank our Wa.State Governor. She signed in effect to raise the cigarette tax another $1.00 per pack. Some brands are between $8 and $9 per pack now. I would rather put that money into my bike Keep up the good work yourselves. I await to read your 1 year free post... Kim
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Tanker2Biker Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 231 Spring, TX (north of Houston) Gender:	Re: smoke free 2 years Reply #5 - 06/09/10 at 11:01:37 Congratulations!! Keep it up! You have my admiration, I know how tough it is, I watched both my parents struggle with it. They were smart and tough enough to keep me & my brother from ever starting, so we wouldn't have that problem. It is just one of the many things I thank their memories for every day.
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Re: smoke free 2 years
Reply #6 - 06/09/10 at 11:30:32

Tanker2Biker wrote on 06/09/10 at 11:01:37:

Congratulations!! Keep it up!

You have my admiration, I know how tough it is, I watched both my parents struggle with it. They were smart and tough enough to keep me & my brother from ever starting, so we wouldn't have that problem. It is just one of the many things I thank their memories for every day.

thanks tanker,both my parents smoked My mum smoked until she died age 56, my Dad still smoking age 95 he has out lived my mum and his second wife,and working on his 3rd ,he still drinks a little JD as well, we have all stopped asking him to quit,even his doctor says "Heck at his age who cares",he is down to 10 smokes a day now.
A poor example ,but he is still a great Dad.

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BurnPgh Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1732	Re: smoke free 2 years Reply #7 - 06/09/10 at 11:39:35 YOur dad smokes non-filters right? I cant help but notice that the only people that smoke non-filters (excluding myself) are the same guys that seem to love talking about the great depression.
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Re: smoke free 2 years
Reply #8 - 06/09/10 at 13:05:50

BurnPgh wrote on 06/09/10 at 11:39:35:

YOur dad smokes non-filters right? I cant help but notice that the only people that smoke non-filters (excluding myself) are the same guys that seem to love talking about the great depression.

he lived in England until he was 40, if the great depression affected England he has never mentioned it,he smokes pall mall red,non filter.
has for 70 years ,before that he smoked woodbines also non filter.

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Re: smoke free 2 years
Reply #9 - 06/09/10 at 14:47:31

Woohoo, congratulations! Smiley

You have definitely earned bragging rights.

I've been tobacco free for a little over a month now. I only picked it up again last fall, been on and off a couple times over the years. This time, quitting was pretty easy; I didn't find myself wanting to chew peoples heads off at work! Grin

The temptation is still there, but like you said, I just think of what the money will buy for the bike. Even the $6 a week or so I spent adds up after a while. Wink

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Re: smoke free 2 years
Reply #10 - 06/09/10 at 14:52:53

kimchris1 wrote on 06/09/10 at 05:48:28:

2 Years and still not smoking...WhoooHoooo..I do believe I have earned bragging rights.
Don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge the ones of you that smoke. ...

My brother from AA say "The best of everything is getting well", and that Alcoholics Anonymous claim that once a person is an alcoholic, he always is an alcoholic. After 20 years sober he still keeps antabuse.

Likewise I tell that I am not a ex-smoker, I am just not smoking for a while. Since 22 Sept 1986. I do like the aroma of a good cigar.

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tldk1678 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 73	Re: smoke free 2 years Reply #11 - 06/09/10 at 14:53:34 I quit when packs went from $1.00 to $1.25. I was going to quit at $1.00 a pack but i didn't "have my mind right". It's been a while.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: smoke free 2 years Reply #12 - 06/09/10 at 15:02:29 My wife smoked her last cigarettes july 23,1987 the day she died.I've haven't smoked my last yet.
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Re: smoke free 2 years
Reply #13 - 06/09/10 at 15:35:16

a couple days before the tail of the dragon trip will make 9 years for me. I still get a craving every now and then, but then someone will light one up and the smell makes me wonder what i was thinking. I don't preach to anyone about smoking except my daughter. i give her heII every time I see her.

Congratulations to all of you quitters.

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Re: smoke free 2 years
Reply #14 - 06/09/10 at 16:25:25

Congratulations - I know you can do it. Having worked with an ENT for 10 years, I can tell you throat, mouth and tongue cancers are not nice. (Which for Dr. Harvys and i are the great risk for pipe smokers), ciggies also get lung cancer to work with.
If tobacco wan't one of the earliest wealth producers here in the US, it probably wouldn't be so intrenched.

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