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16 years ago 0 1904 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hey Mr Quitter, you provide a good answer to the discussion above, in this forum, "Your Guide to Quitting..."

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 96
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,688
Amount Saved: $1,075.20
Life Gained:
Days: 10 Hrs: 13 Mins: 11 Seconds: 1

16 years ago 0 303 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I can see that.  I mean in your first year it's all about the challange of making it to the next day but after the second year you've had so much time to adjust. 
 
I also believe the length of the struggle depends on how you view smoking.  Back when I viewed smoking as a great thing that I was giving up I could have gone for years and still wanted one because I thought I was missing out.  This time around I viewed smoking for what it was, a drug that put my brain off balance so I would have to inhale nicotine to make myself feel balanced.  Now that I have figured that out this time around wasn't near as much of a struggle as my other attempts because I knew that all I had to do was wait it out and eventually the nicotine receptors would die and the normal receptors would return and I would be normal again.  Well as normal as I can be I guess.  lol.  Just food for thought.
 
I do believe that perception is key here.
 
Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 366
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 8,784
Amount Saved: $2,745.00
Life Gained:
Days: 40 Hrs: 19 Mins: 45 Seconds: 45

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Agreed! Great post Brenda.
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