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Jeremy A
03-07-2001, 11:22 AM
Sorry to all the guys and ladies that is gives cravings to...
I said I would tone down my updates, but Since I am ##### happy with myself, and I have been asked here is the deal.
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Three weeks, two days, 13 hours, 20 minutes and 15 seconds. 942 cigarettes not smoked, saving $164.89. Life saved: 3 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes.
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No more welbutrin for me since last friday, I am standing on my own 2 feet, smoke free, and starting to think about working out. now that is scary
EyeBoy
03-07-2001, 12:01 PM
WHOA!!!
Drive on!
ON-PLANE!!!TOM
mnjimcarp
03-07-2001, 12:21 PM
dude, you have made some great progress. good job!!!
Backwater Eddy
03-07-2001, 12:56 PM
One day at a time, you can do it!
Backwater Eddy
TBO/MN
03-07-2001, 01:07 PM
WELL DONE!!!
Good Fishin'
TBO/MN
MedicineMan
03-07-2001, 03:23 PM
Attaboy!
Terry
03-07-2001, 05:34 PM
Congratulations. After 38 years, I quit cold turkey 2 years ago. I was smoking 4 to 5 packs a day for the last few years. Gained 25 lbs. after I quit, but my grand kids said they would rather have a fat grandpa than a smoking one. Keep up the good work.
Jeremy======Thats great news,now just
don't let yourself think,
of you know what.
ddt.
Airwave(OH)
03-08-2001, 04:25 AM
Great job Jeremy. Now I think we all ought to gang up on JULS and get her to quit...Sorry Juls I relentless.Waht do you say guys .think we can put the pressure on enough to do the job...:)
Yer Doin Great Jeremy! Keep it up. Say Juls smokes? Geeeze Juls, you're supposed to set an example in here. Boooooooooo! :-( ;-)
WAeyes
03-08-2001, 04:55 AM
Congratulations Jeremy! Now go make your lungs do some work. It will keep reminding you there is no room for smoke in there.
RIP-ONE
03-08-2001, 05:35 AM
JEREMY A: YOU GOT BA##S - Your Environmental Green again. They had you on the drug and you threw the hook - the stink is gone, your health is headed for max and the World is a better place !!
Forever !!!!
Someday
03-08-2001, 03:36 PM
I have 20 smokeless hours so far
buzzer IA
03-08-2001, 04:12 PM
Hey Someday,
20 hours is great!!!Now turn that into 2 or 3 days, then a week, then a month, and you're going strong!!!KEEP IT UP!!!!
Juls, YOU ARE NEXT!!!!
Walley Guide
03-08-2001, 05:02 PM
Congrats on working to be smoke free. My hat is off to all of you who face fighting the cancer sticks....been there with the smokless stuff.....don't plan on starting back after 5 years with out it!!!
Walley
jeremy A
03-08-2001, 06:35 PM
Somday...
Do it an hour at time...
Trust me when I say each one gets easer
Gumby
03-08-2001, 07:23 PM
Good for you, man! Keep it up! You say you live in the Sioux Falls area? I took a good look in the mirror the other day and decided I would tone down the belly some, might get the boat to run a lttle faster with less of me in it.(lol) If you do live in the SF area, give me a call, I'll work out with ya. I'll keep you from smoking, and you can drive me to loose a few #'s.
Gumby
Jeremy A
03-09-2001, 05:33 AM
Gumby, yep, I am in SF...
The belly is my next goal, my daughter things I have Winnie the Poo in there ;)
RANGER
03-09-2001, 09:06 AM
Jeremy,
Excellent, man!! Keep going strong, this coming Monday (3/12) it will be 5 MONTHS for me! I don't have the slightest interst in smoking anymore even after 2 Sportsmen Bashes! And that is saying something 'cause my buds still smoke and were with me!
RANGER
"KEEP YOUR LINES WET, YOUR POWDER DRY and THE BEER COLD"
Jeremy A
03-09-2001, 09:09 AM
nice going ranger
I have been being carful to not spend alot of time with smokers, but not to be cut off from friends and family at the same time.
Can be a little tricky sometimes
RANGER
03-09-2001, 09:40 AM
Sure can!! But I figure that I am going to have to face it in the boat, cars etc. and I might as well harden my resolve. I feel I am far enough along to begin. It's working!
Funny thing, for me - What I have noticed about quitting is not my sense of taste (food tastes better, enjoy it more, more flavorful, etc.) it is my sense of smell!! It has probably quadrupled, and I mean it! The most offensive smell to me now is car exhausts and the smell of the catalytic converter which I didn't know existed before I quit! It is NOT smokers! Weird!
RANGER
"KEEP YOUR LINES WET, YOUR POWDER DRY and THE BEER COLD"
Jeremy A
03-09-2001, 12:04 PM
I am still a bit of a smoker, I like the way they smell.
But yes I can smell more too, Smell more food, food that tasts better, its all just a crule circle. Dont smoke, smell food, eat food, get fatter, sleep, rinse repeat.
LOL, just kidding, I love the smell of spring time, allways have. and can't wait for this years spring, it will be extra special.
Riceburner
03-09-2001, 05:03 PM
I thought long about not posting this--but if it helps one person quit or not start smoking, it will be GREAT...My Mother smoked for 50 years, until she had part of a lung removed for lung cancer, 5 years ago. That cancer was removed, and since then, another different lung cancer has shown up--non-operable, and has spread to her kidney, liver, and other organs. The years of smoking has also given her COPD(emphasyma). She is currently on oxygen 100% of the time, gets breathing treatments every 4 hours, and is in a care facility--NOT a pretty picture. Let's be honest--the nicotine is VERY addicting. It is up to each of us to decide on our future, as far as injesting drugs and alcohol--but PLEASE SUPPORT anyone who is trying to quit, or deciding whether or not to start---it's a terrible way to die. Good luck--see you on the water!!
Last Boat Off
03-09-2001, 07:10 PM
When I was a teenager willing to try anything, my first girlfriend told me that kissing a smoker would be like licking an ashtray. I never tried smoking anymore with that thought in mind. I don't know where that first girl is today, but I would not be married to the beautiful babe I have today if I ever had started. My wife is a health nut and a good influence on me too. She is 43 but still looks 29. Amazing how one wrong immature decision to smoke back then could have adversely affected my whole life. Stay off the smokes, you will be rewarded many times more. Good luck.
Jeremy A
03-11-2001, 10:49 PM
Thank you Rice burner...
that sounds like a hard thing to share. But I am glad that you did. please give your mom my best wishes (& an hug and kiss if need be), her story hardens my resolve.
EyeJacker
03-12-2001, 06:26 AM
Congrats! It can be done as I am LIVING proof! On October 14, 1978 I abandoned a three(3) pack a day habit (more if I was partying). How many added days of life have I harvested? In all probability, I would not be here now. Good Goin'
Jack
hopeful
03-12-2001, 08:16 AM
i have had almost all the bad habits a person can have and kicked them all(with the love and support of my family) but i never started smoking cigarettes thank god. society is so down on drug abuse, it cracks me up to hear an old drunk tobbaco smokin fool pass judgement on other drug users. oh by the way good for you i hope you can stick to it
fishinnut
03-12-2001, 09:22 AM
Keep at it; It gets easier. I quit on 06Jan01; My tally is 66days at 2 packs a day; 2640 cigarettes; 132 packs at 3.50=$594;
That's alot of bait. Good luck