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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1521

Harley, Great post, wonderful advice. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences here with us. Keep up the great work, you have a lot to be proud of! Take Care, Melanie __________________________ The SSC Support Team

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 87

Harley, I am so grateful you took the time to put your experience into words. Thank you, thank you! You are right on the money about so many things. Great inspiration for me, just into my 6th day of my FINAL quit! And Congratulations to you, too! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/29/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 5 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 81 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $20 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 160

Ditto everyone here...Good stuff! Looks like we have a few 1 yr. birthdays here on this thread. Happy 1 yr. to all of you! gpw [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/14/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 20 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 308 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $80 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 32

way to go [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 33 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,502 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $231 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 28 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1079

Thanks for your wise words and experience. Also congrats on your 1 year Anniversary. You should be very proud. [color=Red]redrosie[/color] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 33 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 801 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $273.9 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 711

Supurb post and a huge acheivement. Brent [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 57 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 402 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �285 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 563

Harley, [b][COLOR=red][SIZE=4]CONGRATULATIONS ON ONE (1) YEAR QUIT!!![/SIZE][/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=blue][SIZE=3]I'm very happy for you!!!![/SIZE][/COLOR][/b] [b][color=Purple]Be Strong. Be Smart. Be Quit[/color] [color=black]Joe[/color] [size=3][color=Blue]Knowledge Replaces Fear[/color][/size] [size=2][color=black]Illegitimus non carborundum est[/color][/size][/b] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 264 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,611 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $646.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 46 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 191

Great post Harley. I need a little Re-focusing now, just having some stupid thoughts of " just one" . Think I'll make it, but, damn. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/17/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 323 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 12,940 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1938 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 53 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1

I first visited this site a year ago yesterday. I had just decided to start a new page in my life and walk away from nicotine. I was nervous, unsteady, unsure, afraid to fail - all the same things you are feeling if you just made your own decision. I was embarrassed to tell anyone, including my immediate family, because I tried and failed four times before. After 36 years addicted to this poison, the one thing I was sure of is this was going to be a lousy experience. This time a year ago, I had gone through my first 24 hours without a smoke. I was shaky, irrascible, irritated, distracted, no fun to be around. I remember clearly being very close to chucking the whole idea. After all, it's MY life. I had a right to decide how I live it. Who the hell were these do-gooders to tell me I can't enjoy a smoke if I want to? I used the same rationalization we all use to reach for our favorite crutch. Then a funny thing happened. Call it an epiphany. For the first time, I actually started to LISTEN to my internal dialogue. It's my life. Oh, yeah? How much was it really my life if some marketing genius was using the power of advertising and media solicitation to control my actons? How much was it really my life if I allowed this poison to drag me out of a warm room every half hour to stand outside in the cold and rain like a pariah? How much was it my life if a worldwide business caused me to put family members and grandchildren at risk because I became addicted? No matter how you rationaliize it, a Madison Avenue firm and a highly funded and motivated industry was pulling my strings like a puppet. They were yanking my chain. Bad idea. Please believe me when I tell you this. That became a turning point in my journey. Once I fully realized and appreciated how much I had been manipulated over the years, I got really, really angry. To this day, when I see some dimwitted Hollywood movie star or pop singer with a cigarette in their mouth, I think of the tens of thousands of impressionable teenagers getting suckled in, just like I was at their age. There is nothing more gullible than a teenager. From that time onward, I used that anger every time I got a craving. Was the process easy? No, it sucked. Did I backslide? Yes, twice in the first two weeks. I skipped th

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 160

Great post Harley and Congrats on your 1 year anniversary! Doesn't it feel good to be a non smoker? Keep up the good work! G ;) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/6/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 362 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,249 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1267 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 49 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 43 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

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$43,560.00

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