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Why I don't Smoke


18 years ago 0 175 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi - I posted this to another thread but after I read it, it really meant something to me. I thought I'd share my sincere thoughts with new quitters or folks who are just having a bad day. This is what I think everytime I want to smoke... I think that if I take just one puff, for whatever lame reason that my pea-brain can come up with, I will be at a pack or two a day in less than a few days. At that point, I will decide to smoke the rest of my life, which should be over real soon because I will probaby die of a smoking-related heart attack or stroke in the next few years. Then I think that even if I survive the heart attack or stroke, I'll be dragging an oxygen tank around with me the rest of my miserable life. That's why I don't smoke. Because I'm an addict and that's where one more puff will take me. -- 2tone [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/26/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 16 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 471 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $88 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57
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18 years ago 0 983 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Printing this and putting it in my girls weekend bag...excellent post, Sometimes we just have to be honest. I forget about the stroke risk with smoking...I've been so focuesed on the lungs, and COPD and Lung Cancer...But a stroke can leave you disabled, in a wheel chair...drooling and wearing diapers. NOPE....not worth the puff! Kaiti [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/7/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 66 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,461 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $363 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 55 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24
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it works for me. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/29/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 139 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $65 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18

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