Had you kept it up, you would have found a way to fit in those two packs. I was so embarrassed about it that I use to buy my cigarettes at two different stores, so that the clerks wouldn't know how much I was smoking. Now I know I am just one puff away from 3 packs a day.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 21
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 873
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $168
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35
Giving that fear the heave ho. I think that fear is what I keep referring to as paranoia.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 21
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 867
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $168
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53
I heard someone say that it only takes 21 days to break a habit. However, someone else pointed out that this is not just a habit, but an addiction.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 920
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $184
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25
I vomited, had heart palpitations, racing pulse, sweats, and gas. Am I really the only one?
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 22
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 917
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $176
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56
Secondhand smoke may not be the biggest problem with children. There was a little girl who lived next door to me, who would visit almost daily. I once told the little girl how dumb my smoking was and she was not to do it. She got really, really upset and said, My grandma smokes and she's not dumb, and then the little girl ran home. Smoking around children leads them to think that smoking is okay, especially when someone they love and admire is doing it.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 925
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $170.2
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 30 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36
I never read his book. But his health is relevant to me. It took me a year to get over the fact that many former smokers do die of lung cancer. I had the "why bother to quit" attitude. Then I remembered something that I heard a member of AA say, His real vow was not to die drunk. I think that is true for me. My father smoked the day he died of lung cancer. I don't want that for myself. When the day comes, and that may be 40 years off, I do not want to die with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth. So part of the victory for me will be how I feel about myself as I die.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 925
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $170.2
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53
I agree with you, and I live in California, one of the strictest quit smoking states. I came to the conclusion years ago the the lying is on both sides of the fence. I believe that being in a room with a smoker a lot can probably kill you, but I don't buy the argument that the secondhand smoke you pick up at a bus stop will. I'm happy I quit smoking, because it is something I did for me, but I do feel like a lot of the propaganda that states like Cali uses to get nonsmokers to intimidate smokers into quitting goes way too far. I've seen a couple of fist fights out on the streets over this bull. The biggest lie, Secondhand smoke is more dangerous than smoking. Yeah, and I'm Santa. I breathe in so much pollution each day that it is difficult to tell what exactly is causes my breathing problems, although I would argue that any pollutant I could get rid of would help. Like I told people, I do not drink, do drugs, have promiscuous sex, or drive and pollute the air with my exhaust. I smoked. Leave me alone. I will quit for me only.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 925
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $170.2
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23
Actually, Mr. Ed,
I think that some peoples' program emphasize being smoke-free and others' emphasize being nicotine-free. I've been in 12 Step programs where one or the other has been emphasize. I used CT this time, partly because I wanted this quit to be more difficult than the quit I had 17 years ago for two years where I used NRT. I did quit smoking right away, which for me was a big victory, because I didn't really believe that I could be smoke-free. This time, I wanted to remember just how freckin difficult this quit is. CT. I was really physically sick.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 928
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $170.2
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46
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