Posted on 09/05/2015 11:29:09 AM PDT by djf
Today IS MY ANNIVERSARY!!
And I am excited!!!
I'll bet every one who reads this is wondering "Of what? His marriage? (No, sadly my wife passed years ago). His FReeperdom-ness? (Nope. I think that one is in October). His job? (well, almost. Sept 27 will be 18 years).
Nope. It's none of that. But it is important.
I QUIT SMOKING A YEAR AGO!!!
Well, I use E-cigs now, but that's another story.
Hurray! In celebration of me quitting, I am making a $50 donation to FReerepublic, and encourage everyone else so inclined to do the same!
If you have a similar story, please let us know!
Great willpower, and you can beat this permanently. I quit on my 30th birthday nearly 34 years ago and never looked back.
Mark Twain (from memory):
Oh...and I use a machine, and store bought tubes...you can get 200 (a carton) for 4 bucks, so that is 16 bucks plus 14-17 dollars a pound for tobacco and that’s makes four cartons or 800 smokes.
I “quit” in 1983. Actually, I had an asthma attack that damn-near killed me. I couldn’t make myself smoke after that, it hurt too much. I still have cravings.
Congratulations, you did it the hard way.
yeah.....that is so true...
Congratulations!
Congrats!! I quit about 3 years ago.
I have COPD. I wised up a few years back when I realized every time I smoked, I had to hit the albuterol inhaler, and I still couldn’t breathe for two days. No more. I stuffed my own as it seems that what they used to make the cigarettes fire-safe made things way worse. Finally said to hell with it.
Congratulations. Never been a smoker, never desired cigarettes, but we all have our demons to conquer. Good on you.
I made the mistake of not documenting the day that I quit. It was some time in 1983 or 1984. Oh well, no anniversary celebration for me.
If anybody wonders I did it cold turkey, with bubble gum for a diversion.
Congrats!
I had my first cigarette when I was nine years old - at one point I quit for 15 years - then I started up again - because I always loved the taste of a cigarette. The e-cigs have been a blessing to me. I don’t know if I could have given up the tobacco ones without the electronic ones.
So many flavors! Tanks that match my outfits! What’s not to like!
15-20% is an incredibly wide range, and far beyond the success rate for any other method. I’ve only seen 100% success rate from the 22 people I’ve gotten off cigarettes with vaporizers. I don’t even try with those things that look like cigarettes.
Well, the 15-20% were people who were able to vape - for 30 days!
All the others went back to smoking after about 30 days.
Online supplies? Link?
I get mine at a local store...but here is a online that someone just sent me..
https://www.smokersoutletonline.com/
That was in 1971. I also quit drinking alcohol shortly after leaving the military a couple of years later. Best thing I ever did for my health.
I quit cold turkey too, in 1971. See my comment #37 on this thread. I started running to occupy my mind and body. I was a marathoner and 10k racer for the next 20 years. And I ran daily 6-8 miles daily for another 20 years just for exercise. Not exactly a compatible pastime with cigarette smoking. :-)
quit 29 years ago, best thing I ever did.
Still could pick them up, but I don’t.
Life is good and best of luck
Thanks!
To you and to all who have wished me well!
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