I have stopped SMOKING!

“hmmmm.... suddenly I'm imagining her in leather with a whip...hmmmmm....”

“Haha! Bison's my biatch!!!”

“(Whap!)Thank you maam, may I have another...”

“Damn! the cravings this morning are horrendous! I haven't had a cigarette in days... I'dve expected to have it mostly outta my system, but DAMN! I NEED ONE! GIMME NICOTINE YOU BASTARDS!

Man, this is gettin' hard, even the lozenges aren't having as much affect this mornin' still need a smoke :(”

“Bison, hang in there babe. It has been 1 week today!!! Great job!”

“I'm holdin' on but it's really bad today.”

“it's getting worse next week, then...ahhhhhh...it's getting better.

hang in there”

“I have quit again. This time since christmas. It sucks and every now then after a good meal while drinking a cup of coffee I want one. Other than that the cravings have pretty much gone away.”

“Good job hizarlow, I still get the occassional craving and its been two years. They arent as powerful anynore...Keep it up. Aint nothin to it but to do it.”

“well my wife really gives me good support. W/O her I don't even think I would have tried to quit.”

“wtg!! congrats on quitting... prolly the best thing you could do for yourself...

its all about choice.... dont give in to the temptation...

almost 10 months for me...”

“hmmm...how are you doing Bison?
still not smoking??
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“I quit smoking 13 months ago...after 30 years! keep up the great work!
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“Still not smoking, it's gettin' a little bit better.”

“NO butts about it, Bison?”

“Bison, you rock!”

“He hikes like a maniac too!

He's right straight out of his mind!

Just stick to smokin' the trail.”

“ok, so no more smoking partner on the trail now. What we gonna do while we wait for the others to catch up Bison?”

“Oh! No! Y2s gonna be smokin' while were waitin' for the slowpokes. I'm gonna want one bad :(”

“Yeah...what they all say...you rock!
Y2... i forgot that you smoke.”

“Y2, you just gotta quit too!

And BTW, if you recall, I was right up there with Y2 and Bison in Shenandoah. I will keep you in line, Bison.”

“Just thought I brag a little:

Quit Date is:Sunday, June 01, 2003 at 1:35:00 AM
Time Smoke-Free:670 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes and 39 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked:20108
Lifetime Saved:5 months, 3 days, 14 hours
Money Saved:$2,311.50


Almost 2 years!!!!!”

“Interesting facts Gem!

Gotta love that money saved spot”

“congrats Gem

now show us how much gear you have bought with that much money $ 2311.50”

“Nice job Gem!

I'm at 1 year and 78 days. There have been times when I'd have loved to have a cigarette. I'm so glad I haven't.”

“Woo-hoo!”

“With that money saved, what are you going to buy me?”

“thank you.
you wanna see gear...lets' see..
there would be the black diamond lighthouse..
then...

please...you really think I would have problems finding the gear I bought totalling $2,300??

Congrats Sass!! I never knew you smoked.
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“Lets see... 4 years and 36 1/2 days. Only get the urge if I've had a few to drink.”

“really I don't get the urge too much. Maybe when I drink? not sure...never really paid attention. It's not much though.

Where is Bison? What's up with him? Still a quiter?”

“Good question. Haven't heard from him in a while.”

“quit smoking on this date April Fool's Day 1996

3 packs a day sometimes 4”

“congrats sticks!!! best date to quit. aprils fools. really cool!

I quit one day before I turned 40. Thought that's memorbale [however you spell that]”

“135 days.

Watch out Gem, I'm going to catch up to you.”

“Congrats Gem. Clean lungs are their own reward.

I saw a guy fork over two 20s for a carton yesterday and get a few ones in change.”

“question to all the quiters: what were your reasons quiting?

just curious...

oviously most of us out of health reasons...

family preasure maybe?
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“Health, and it was too hard getting up to the pass.”

“I saw a guy fork over two 20s for a carton yesterday and get a few ones in change

Hey Geo, try 3 twentys up here, man I have to quit!”

“Try Wellburtrin!”

“congrats!!!

Now if I could get you to talk to my wife . . .

(somehow I think its a bit of my version of Dante's hell, a militant anti-smoker that ends up marrying a smoker; at least she follows the house rules of going outside to puff.)”

“Joel...my husband don't smoke either. He sure wasn't the reason though why I quit. He married me as a smoker...so deal with it. LOL

I quit because...well...one of the kids came home crying one day. They showed him a picture of a smokers lung. Took me a while to quit, but him coming home that day stuck in my mind.

Maybe I quit for health reasons, but I feel we all gonna die sooner or later...I just hope I die quick and painless. So Health wasn't a mature reason. (hmm...yeah I know depending on a oxygen tank and lung cancer isn't really painless) I know that.

Other reasons: smell (now that I have already tried to quit a couple years ago I know what I smell like after I smoked a cigarette)

Yeah I have a couple vain reasons too.”

“Yay for you Gem!

Bison is on week 4, I think? The lozenges have really helped him.”

“cool. I think it'll be easier for him after you guys move together, both non-smokers...yeah...it'll be much easier.”

“Congratulations Gemini!”

“Heehee, I smoked for 13 years Gem. Birch told me today it's actually been 2 years and 77 days. Time flies I guess.”

“Been 2 years, 3 months and some odd days for me.

Although the other night I had a drag. But it was nasty. I do that from time to time. I never get past one puff tho. It's just too gross now!”

“Congratulations to all of you who have quit!”

“And stuck with it.”

“2 days smoke free so far... hopefully the rest of my life to come.”

“good luck”