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Pyromate- Day 381- How I Became "Smoke Free" PART 1


18 years ago 0 26 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I hope to help you quit smoking forever. Here is how it happened for me. I was a 2 pack a day Camel Light smoker. I smoked for 10 years..quit for another 10. I started smoking again after my divorce. 14 years went by. I think when I started smoking again for the second time...I wanted to die. I loved to find the "buy 2 get 1 free", 3 packs. I liked the hard boxes..fun to open and pack em tight. Yup...I enjoyed it...one cigarette after every meal, even after a snack. Smoked 3 for every drink of Bacardi Select on the rocks. Hard core brown fingers and stained teeth. Smelled like a cigarette butt all the time and spent countless hours outside as a reject.. smoking away. Sometimes I would worry about my smoking and smoke another because of it. My throat would become dry and sore. Eyes constantly watering and the gurgling cough if I would laugh or breath out too fast. Headaches from smoking too many cigarettes in 24 hours. How could I forget?? Better check the smoke supply before bed, so I will have 3 for FIRST THING in the morning with coffee.... and maybe 1 or 2 in the night... if I should wake up for a few minutes. It is all still too clear in my mind. Hard to believe I am now free from the grip of nicotene addiction and the burden of misery and guilt... knowing I was wasting hard earned money and killing myself to live. Been over a year now without a cigarette. I DO NOT MISS ANY OF IT! One morning I woke up and lit a cigarette with my coffee. I noticed a pain in my throat. I looked into the mirror and saw a small, visible lump showing. It was sore and painful. It hit me then. My worst fear... My God!! Do I have cancer in my throat from smoking?? I started putting ice on it...I was scared...really scared! I knew if I went to see my doctor he would tell me I must quit smoking or die! Or maybe it was to late??? My life passed before me...I was faint..I was shaking... Will I have to have sugery and have my neck sliced open and the lump removed? Will it be a malignent cancer? Would I see my 2 beautiful daughters smile and hug me...ever again?? How could I tell them I was going to die soon? I decided at that moment. IT WAS TIME TO QUIT SMOKING. I WANTED TO LIVE! I wanted to live and breath the sweet mountain air. I wanted to spend time with my fa
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18 years ago 0 160 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Please don't keep us in suspense too long!!!!!!!!! Congrats on being a "quitter"....... G :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/6/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 395 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,912 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1382.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 54 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 58 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11
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18 years ago 0 208 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Waiting on Part II Great Quit going there!!!!! Brenna [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/2/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 399 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,991 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1795.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 46 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25
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