June 16, 2002-2009

vivfox · #1 06-15-2009, 11:30 PM

Happy Anniversary to me! Today I am nicotine free for 7 years!!! It was very hard to quit. I quit cold turkey and had cravings everyday for 11 months, but I waged a war against my body and I won!

tuigirl · #2 06-15-2009, 11:37 PM

yay!! Well done you

keep going.

paleshadow · #3 06-15-2009, 11:40 PM

Congratulations. Never smoked so I can only imagine how hard it must be to quit!

**mylittledemon** · #4 06-15-2009, 11:41 PM

Superb. Well done!

tuigirl · #5 06-15-2009, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by paleshadow

Congratulations. Never smoked so I can only imagine how hard it must be to quit!

No, neither have I and it does make me wonder, how people DO manage to quit, as it's so addictive. I'm of the "well, it's better not to start really " brigade. I must say I never had a problem saying no, to anyone who offered me one, so maybe thats the answer...saying No right at the start and sticking to ur guns..I dunno.My parents smoked and that put me right off!

vivfox · #6 06-16-2009, 12:00 AM

When I quit cigs were $4.50 a pack and now they currently sell for $8.00 a pack. I feel real sorry for the smokers of today.

**mylittledemon** · #7 06-16-2009, 12:32 AM

Did you move on to some other vice? I replaced smokes with sugary things. Gummy bears, etc.

rubytuesday · #8 06-16-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by vivfox

When I quit cigs were $4.50 a pack and now they currently sell for $8.00 a pack. I feel real sorry for the smokers of today.

Wow they're about $15 here!

paleshadow · #9 06-16-2009, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tuigirl

No, neither have I and it does make me wonder, how people DO manage to quit, as it's so addictive. I'm of the "well, it's better not to start really " brigade. I must say I never had a problem saying no, to anyone who offered me one, so maybe thats the answer...saying No right at the start and sticking to ur guns..I dunno.My parents smoked and that put me right off!

I don't know how people who smoke can watch the current commercials they show, like the one with the woman who had the tips of her fingers amputated, the man who can't swim because he'd drown if water got into the hole they had to make in his throat, or the one with them removing the fatty artery deposit I just saw, and not quit, or at least try to. My mother smoked and growing up, my sister and I always thought it was gross. My sister started smoking at 19 though. She tried to quit several times, but didn't manage it until after my mom passed away at 56 all from complications due to smoking. It's gotta be really hard like you said. I think people who can quit probably can do anything they set their mind to.

LukeA · #10 06-16-2009, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by paleshadow

I don't know how people who smoke can watch the current commercials they show, like the one with the woman who had the tips of her fingers amputated, the man who can't swim because he'd drown if water got into the hole they had to make in his throat, or the one with them removing the fatty artery deposit I just saw, and not quit, or at least try to.

Because its "cool".

Duh.

vivfox · #11 06-16-2009, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by paleshadow

I don't know how people who smoke can watch the current commercials they show, like the one with the woman who had the tips of her fingers amputated, the man who can't swim because he'd drown if water got into the hole they had to make in his throat, or the one with them removing the fatty artery deposit I just saw, and not quit, or at least try to. My mother smoked and growing up, my sister and I always thought it was gross. My sister started smoking at 19 though. She tried to quit several times, but didn't manage it until after my mom passed away at 56 all from complications due to smoking. It's gotta be really hard like you said. I think people who can quit probably can do anything they set their mind to.

Wow, I've never seen any of these commercials. For me the penalty was getting sleep apnea which means I have to sleep with a mask on my face every night which is connected by a tube to a breathing machine so I won't stop breathing in the middle of the night. And I must do this for the rest of my life. There was nothing more scarier than waking up suddenly and realizing I couldn't breathe. For many years I was terrified to go to bed.