Quit Smoking How Long Has It Been For You?

Ron The Plumber

My Stats

I have been quit for 2 Years, 8 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 20 hours, 39 minutes and 36 seconds (983 days). I have saved $1,475.78 by not smoking 7,870 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 7 hours and 50 minutes of my life.

Tscarborough

How many dogs have you kicked?

Ron The Plumber

Quit cold turkey, 1st month was hell.

dirt diggler

keep it up Ron

I tried about 10 times --- finally was able to stay quit for about 6 months. Cold turkey too

Oddly enough, it was easy the first month for me --- it wasn't until like the 3rd month that it got rough.

Then, one day, I really wanted one, but kept telling myself not to. Then, not but 5 seconds later almost got hit head on by a concrete truck.

My next spoken words were at a gas station 2 miles up the road on the left: "yeah, uh, pack of Marlboro Lights please"

(oh and a frappucino)

Melissa

So, you quit Dirt, or only for 6 months?


Yeah, I've been wondering about all of our members who have quit recently. Peladu had some secret that he wasn't going to share until he was sure it worked, and Patty had to quit for medical reasons....

Teetorbilt

I don't remember when I posted and I should have picked a specific date but I've had a few slips (ALL involved drinking). I'm now considered an irritant to my still smoking friends. ("How do you smoke ONE a day?!!!) Steppenwolf,"It ain't easy".

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dougchips

Stay so drunk that you can not find your butts to smoke, or just get one of those kid proof lighters.

Ron The Plumber

I had to quit for medical reason, if only I could get my better-half to stop, I don't to this day crave a cig, I know what happen if I ever start again, my doc back then said cause of my health, asthma, and got pneumonia, I might not pull out of it, so it was quit, or take the wrong road.

joasis

As most of you know, I lost my Mom to smoking related cancer just last week...and damned if I still haven't quit...bet less then a pack a day now, and maybe by the end of the weekend, I will be there...my teeth hurt from all the gum I am chewing.

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Melissa

I smoke just one every once in a while, when I'm at work- 3 days per week (and stressed out!) or whenever I'm around someone having a smoke, like my sister. Honestly though, it's weird, I don't need one more often then that, I don't get addicted.

dirt diggler

yeah but then almost got hit by a concrete truck (driving down the road)

ill quit one day ...

A.W.Davis

Its been 5 years for me since I quit.......I used to smoke 2 packs a day.

I used the Nicoderm C.Q. it worked great......I almost strangled my boss a few times but survived!! Whats funny is now I have really bad asthma which I never had before

Richard

Over 5 years for me.
Cold turkey.
No gum/patches/blahblahblah.
Watched my grandfather die cause of it.
Made a decision, and did it.
It's will power.
I dont have cravings.
I never smoked because of stress.
Smoking was never linked with drinking.
I smoked 2 packs per day for years.
Saw it's effects, took them serious, did something about it.

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Dave Mac

Something like seven months now i really dont think about it, the thuoght a cig disgust me now

hauoli63

Quit eight months ago .... one week after my grandaughter was born ... still occassionally have dreams about smoking ....

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Melissa

Dirt, You might want to stop driving on the wrong side of the road! No really, how did that happen? Did he run a red light or something?

Peladu

Oh, it works ... give me a couple weeks though and I will let you know..

It also worked on a guy that smoked 3.5 packs a day for years ... four weeks so far, not one cigarette.

If there was anyone that I thought would never quit, it was him...

Another close friend, smoked 2.5 a day, yep .... he's done, and he's a cop, more stressful job than ours, he's going on his fourth week also.

Once they saw me do it, they knew it would work for them...

It's not the smartest way to quit, and I never thought I would do what I have been doing, but so far, it's 3 for 3....

..but like I said, give me a couple weeks, if I am not around here, then email me through my profile and ask ... in a couple weeks.

EDITED TO ADD: 3 for 3 and NONE of the three quit smoking due to illness! We were all just really tired of smoking...

Patty

Ooops! Melissa, Was I suppose to quit smoking?

Yikes! Now ya tell me!

I've been a very, very bad girl.

Melissa

Okay, Patty posted this approx 8 minutes ago, and I'm really surprised no one made one comment about her last statement! You guys are loosing your touch!! So, it'll have to be me.

Okay, Patty, am I going to have to fly all the way to Chicagoland to spank you?!!

You love those smokes- what kind do you smoke anyway, maybe I should try them!

Patty

No offense, Melissa, but could I pick someone else to spank me? You're not really my type!

Bwahahaha!!!!

Oh, and I smoke Virgina Slims Menthol Lights! (Love Em!)