:) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/8/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 284 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,260 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,192.80 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 26 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57

Wow. That's all I have to say. Wow. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]9/19/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 30 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $243.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51

Ariell, Thank you for sharing your story with us and congratulations on two fantastic years! We wish you continued success! Danielle, Bilingual Support Specialist

Congratulations 2 years Good Job :) Tresa [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]8/8/2002 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1898 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 37,960 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $6,643.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 267 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11

Arielle, So good to hear from you and what a deal you made with your dad. Congratulations on your 2 years (feels good doesn't it?). AWESOME job well done and I loved reading your story. Many of us from a couple of years ago aren't around anymore. It's nice when others check in and announce they are still quit. What a success group we are!!! Congratulations again!!! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 840 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 16,800 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,940.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 75 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16

Two years ago, I was not able to envision the place I'm at now. All I could do was get through the next 5 minutes without a cigarette. Now when I have a crave (and they DO show up once in a blue moon), the though of how disgusting it would taste now...nevermind going through Hell Week again...is all that's needed for the crave to vanish. Those of you just quitting, hang in there...it DOES get easier. Those of you quit for a while, never get complacent lest Ol'Nic creep up on ya from behind. This is what started it for me: Oct. 17th, 2005 51 Cigarettes left As expected, on my recent visit with my family, the "Stop Smoking Nazis" made yet another move. Although THIS time, it came from the grassy knoll. I hadn't even gotten out of the airport and MY FATHER nailed me with a stop smoking pitch. My pack-a-day father who has smoked for many, many years.....though ironically enough had quit during most of my childhood. That sonuva***** (I hope you're reading this Dad!) nailed me with surely THE one thing that would motivate me....."I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." Now my Dad is getting on in years and there is a family history of heart disease. His mother, my grandmother has heart disease. And now my father is having heart problems. If I'm honest with myself, I know it's likely that I will too....and it will probably show up sooner than later. Wow, those were 7 pretty damn powerful words he cold cocked me with. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." And cold cock me he did. I was TOTALLY unprepared for it. Perhaps if he had given me some warning.....some time to consider it....I might have agreed to start the fight against cigarettes with him during my visit. But I was not there. I simply wasn't ready. Add that to my Mother's endless harping about enlisting me to get Dad to quit...and-by-the-way-you-should-quit-too. Mom is the Queen of the Stop Smoking Nazis. I tuned her out. I also tuned out my not-so-vehement-about-it brother on the subject as well. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." Geez Dad. I had just bought 3 cartons of cigarettes before I left for Connecticut. I smoke a weird imported cigarette that you just can't get at the convenience store, so I buy them online. I started to form the idea.....what if I make these my last cigarettes. I tried to get my head around the idea. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." I watched my supply dwindle down. Gods, can I do this? Do I really want to? Will it really help my Dad quit too? I've been worried about my health of late. Unspoken things. Things you don't want to acknowledge yourself, nevermind tell anyone else. If I quit now, I will increase the odds of my living more than only 13 more years by 50%. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." My mother took me shopping during my visit for some new clothes. I really like the things she helped me pick out. Since my cigarettes have cloves as well as tobacco in them, they tend to drop ashes and the occasional hot cherry. A lot of my clothes have those little tiny burn holes. I've been real careful to watch and keep my new clothes from the same fate. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." Had to clean off my mouse and mouse cord the other day. All those ashes are constantly scattered all over my desk. Wiped off my monitor and saw the yellow tar film on the tissue. Eewwww. Saw a burn hole in an old invoice which needed to be filed. Wasn't watching what I was doing this morning reading the news, drinking my coffee, and smoking that first cigarette. Burned a hole in my favorite snuggly flannel nightgown. Damn it! "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." I mentioned quitting smoking to someone else for the first time...yesterday....I think. I signed up on a stop smoking website today. Cigarettes are as addicting as heroin. I've been smoking (save for a scattered year or two) since I was 15 years old. I am now 45. I have spent FAR more of my life as smoker than not. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." I have 51 cigarettes left. That's 2 1/2 packs....or 2 1/2 days, on good days anyway. That looks like Thursday will be the last one. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." I have friends and family who I know will support me....and likely forgive me if I become a beast (likely) during the withdrawal. Think of the money I'll save too. "I'll quit smoking if you quit smoking." So Dad, if you're reading this, I have just one thing to say to you. Are you going to put your money where your mouth is? Or were you just blowing smoke up my ass? Time to pay your marker. I will quit smoking. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]10/19/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 730 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 14,600 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,482.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 77 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42