One Year Today
 

Well one year today I gave up smoking and have not touched a smoke in one year. I have also convinced two friends to quit and they are smoke free for close to 5 months. I'm not posting this to toot my horn I'm just saying if we can quit so can any of you that smoke. I can't tell you that you will feel better other then breathing better and the coughing is gone but I can tell you that you won't stink like an ash tray.

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Good job kicking a horrible habit. Keep it up, man.

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Great job Firstdown! Though sadly it probably prolonged your stay on this board, I ked!

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Awesome man. Toot your horn all you want, it is deserved.

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Congrats FD. My wife gave it up Mother's Day last year and hasn't had one since.

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Good job, I quit this year too. Don't miss it at all really.

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THAT'S BIG.....not an easy task!

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F Yeah.. never had a cigarette before so props, seen so many people who couldn't kick it

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Yeah Firstdown. Great job! A year is a long time. You have more willpower than most!

Keep it going!

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One of the few times in life it's good to be a quitter!

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Good job FD!! Now put the kush down also LOL JK

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Excellent job First Down!

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Good job FD, keep it up.

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Nice job FD. One of my best friends has been a pack-a-day smoker since he was 16 (turns 33 this year). I wish so badly he'd quit, but he gets pretty defensive when I bring it up.

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[quote=GMScud;783406]Nice job FD. One of my best friends has been a pack-a-day smoker since he was 16 (turns 33 this year). I wish so badly he'd quit, but he gets pretty defensive when I bring it up.[/quote]

The only way a person will quit is when they have made up their mind to quit. I told my wife I would quit when our daughter was born and she was 3 when I finally quit. I have friends who smoke and I hade to stay away from them for months so I would not be tempted from their smoking. Now two of them are 6 months smoke free.

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Good Job FirstDown! I myself consider myself to be an ex-smoker, although through the past year since I first quit completley, last January, i have had a few slip ups. I think its common for people trying to quit to experience the occasional falling off the wagon.

You have my respect for making it a whole year. I hope that i can quit again and stay off it too. Tomorrow is planned to be my first smoke free day, starting the process over again. I fell off the wagon hard over the last 2 weeks, but I am going to give it my best shot going forward.

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Congrats, FD. Way to stick to it.

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If I can quit I know you can SS. I used Chanix for about two months which seemed to curve my desire to smoke some. You have to change your daily life that has to do with smoking. I did little things like not stopping in the morning for coffee because I get my coffee and fire up a smoke. I would go to lunch then right back to the office so I'd not smoke. I put down drinking for a few weeks and when I did start drinking I went with vodka because it does not make me want to smoke as much. I still have not drank Bourbon sense I put down the smokes because it really make me crave a sig. Its all those little things that make quitting a little easier. The main thing to do is just not smoke and remember that craving will go away as fast as they come. I also changed my thinking about smoking. Instead of seeing someone smoking and thinking boy that must taste good I would think man thats gross. Every time you see some smoking think that way and it does help. Also throw away everthing you have that is related to smoking and with them at over $5 a pack should help some.Good luck.

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Hope this doesn't cause you to start again FD, but it looks like you and Pres. Obama have one thing in common:

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110208/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_smoking]Obama has kicked smoking habit, first lady says - Yahoo! News[/url]

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^ Ha, I don't believe it.

Maybe he's quit smoking around HER.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;783549]Hope this doesn't cause you to start again FD, but it looks like you and Pres. Obama have one thing in common:

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110208/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_smoking"]Obama has kicked smoking habit, first lady says - Yahoo! News[/URL][/quote]

That's what I hear bet I out last him. Think we have had a President and now speaker of the house who smoke in the past year.

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I dont get the big deal people make about Obama and Boehner smoking, whats the big deal?


Also has anyone else smoked a e-ciggerette. I play on a kick ball team and one day this girl shows up with one. So i tried it and got a really nice buzz of it. I always thought they were fake but i they actually work. I think she said that she liked it more then regular cigs. Im a non-smoker but ocasionally ill try one.

If you ever start smoking again First you should try the e-cig.

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[quote=mlmpetert;783807]I dont get the big deal people make about Obama and Boehner smoking, whats the big deal?


Also has anyone else smoked a e-ciggerette. I play on a kick ball team and one day this girl shows up with one. So i tried it and got a really nice buzz of it. I always thought they were fake but i they actually work. I think she said that she liked it more then regular cigs. Im a non-smoker but ocasionally ill try one.

If you ever start smoking again First you should try the e-cig.[/quote]

I smoked one in the mall about 6 months ago, when the guy here was demoing them. I thought about switching to those, but i dont know what the data is on health concerns. If someone can prove they are totally safe, then i will do it.

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[quote=mlmpetert;783807]I dont get the big deal people make about Obama and Boehner smoking, whats the big deal?


Also has anyone else smoked a e-ciggerette. I play on a kick ball team and one day this girl shows up with one. So i tried it and got a really nice buzz of it. I always thought they were fake but i they actually work. I think she said that she liked it more then regular cigs. Im a non-smoker but ocasionally ill try one.

If you ever start smoking again First you should try the e-cig.[/quote]

Well Obama is fighting to reform health insurance and reducing cost and last time I checked smoking was a driving factor in health ins. cost. Its kind of like your dad with a smoke in his hand yelling at you about smoking. It also does not send a good example for children and in Obama's case the left have been attacking big tobacco for 20 some years now. I personally don't care if they smoke its their choice.

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[quote=firstdown;783834]Well Obama is fighting to reform health insurance and reducing cost and last time I checked smoking was a driving factor in health ins. cost. Its kind of like your dad with a smoke in his hand yelling at you about smoking. It also does not send a good example for children and in Obama's case the left have been attacking big tobacco for 20 some years now. I personally don't care if they smoke its their choice.[/quote]

Plus his wife's huge health campaign (that she doesn't follow herself, she's packing on the pounds as her husband chain smokes). It's more of an insult because they're not practicing what they're preaching, and trying to mandate unconstitutionally. Less about the act, more about their attitude.

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I gave up smoking in August of 2001. It was rough for about the first 2 weeks, but got much easier after that. I still have the occasional craving, but overall, I've become a bit of a anti-smoking Nazi lol... I quit cold turkey for what it's worth. I started at 15 and quit at 24.