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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 8:27 pm
Most Excellent numbers, LL!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 8:42 pm
That's great, LL!!! Congratulations!
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 9:49 pm
Way to Go LL !! Or your new name . . Moneybags ! lol
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 8:13 am
Congrats, Llkool!! Wow, you are healthy and wealthy! Here's to a lifetime of clean air and health! <raising my coffee mug in a toast to LL and all the TVCH quitters> 
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 8:49 am
Congrats LL and to all the other quitters!
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 9:14 am
Just checking in to see how everyone is doing, I am doing great, closing in on 90 days which is 900 dollars. Hope every new quitter is still in this thing with me.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 9:30 am
Day 17 ( I'm thinking in weeks , like 2 1/2 weeks now ) Good days , bad days, but all sans ciggies. I like the extra $$ .
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 9:36 am
Wow, I am impressed with all the new quitters. Skimming through this thread, it looks like you all have a very good handle on things. Hang in there! It does get easier and easier to shake off those vicious cravings.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 12:25 pm
Still hanging in here. Hi, Lum!!!! Where ya been?? Good to see you!! Most of the people that know I quit are surprised. They never expected me to quit, but are very happy about it.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 5:11 pm
Still doing alright Ll...but I have to admit...the last couple of days its been hard. The hardest since I quit. Like every 2 or 3 hours its WHAM!WHAM!WHAM...like a damn hammer coming down on me. That on top of this chest cold/lung clearing thing and the cough is not the typical cough...it's like this deep, almost to the soul type of cough. Funny how I used to think a smoke while I was sick would soothe my chest. I've been able to get through it...but man. Going on 10 weeks. Nearly 3 months. Three months is the litmus test for me. Every other time I've quit...I made it three months and that was it.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 5:12 pm
Don't think about that, Nickovtyme. You're doing great! Keep up the good work. If I can do it, you can do it. It's been 12 years for me.

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 8:09 pm
Yay, that everybody is still not smoking!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 11:03 pm
Nick, just think about how totally miserable you were the first 3 days of quitting. Now, do you really want to go through that again? That is what will keep me from ever smoking again. Plus, I just like the idea of being a non smoker. I'm glad my grandbaby is young enough that she will never know me as a smoker who smells yucky.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 9:03 am
Ah, the infamous threes, Nick. It seems many of us have hit rough spots on the third day, the third week and the third month after quitting (don't know about the third year yet). It will pass, hang tough! That lovely little brood of yours needs you around for a long time to come. Hey, Twinks! It's wonderful news to see that you, too have taken the plunge, and doing so well, too, yay!!!! You kick butt, girl! So, LL how are you gonna spend that sizable bundle of loonies you've been collecting? Slothkitten, you show 'em! Before you know it, those weeks will turn into months.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 12:18 pm
Lumbele, thank you so much for the props ! Nick, you are hanging so tough !! When the wham whams won't leave you alone that means they are dying and desperate ( I think ) . . . you can make it ! This will pass and the wham whams ( such a apt phrase you made ) will give up and go away again. Sometimes I think this thread is the only thing that keeps me straight .
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 4:45 pm
Lum, I'm so happy you are back!! Sloth, I agree. This thread helps me a lot.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 4:51 pm
I'm so proud of all of you!!

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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 6:14 pm
Love the gif!!! Thanks, Vac!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 7:15 pm
You quitters are all awesome.. Nick.. go for FOUR... 
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Monday, March 12, 2007 - 7:06 am
Thanks for the support, Vac ! And you also, Seamonkey ! That pic is so funny . . They look like they are doing the UBangy Stomp on those cigs ,lol.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Monday, March 12, 2007 - 10:56 am
Congrats to all of you!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, March 12, 2007 - 8:53 pm
You quitters are all doing so great! I'm so proud of you all. I found this article and though of you. This is one more incentive/reason to keep quitting. Surprise: Smoking may Cause Blindness HEALTH NEWS BYTE Saturday, March 3, 2007 With the wealth of anti-smoking ads blanketing radio airwaves, TV stations and outdoor billboards, you'd think most of us would have gotten the message. However, one new study warns that while the basic idea may have gotten through, many teens and young adults remain unaware of the blindness risk associated with smoking. Published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the study was based on a survey of 260 respondents between the ages of 16 and 18. While nearly one-third of respondents were able to identify smoking as a risk factor for heart disease, only 5% also expressed awareness that cigarettes raise the risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). The study's authors called for more specific, targeted anti-smoking messaging which calls attention to eye health issues. Link Keep up the good work.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, March 12, 2007 - 9:47 pm
Wow, thanks Chilli. I didn't know that. I had to call my doc's office today about a script and told the office girl that I'm going on 3 weeks quitting and she started yelling to the other office girls and nurses. They were all so excited about me quitting. LOL I've been going there for almost 12 years so they all know me well and were amazed I actually quit.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 12:47 am
I wanted to point out that .. you know how we lost that hour over the weekend? Well you all still get credit for that houar of non-smoking.. just because.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 6:56 am
I did not know about the blindness link either. Yay Twinkie and Slothkitten and LL and Nick!!! Keep up the good work. Twinks, I am so glad you are doing so well. I was really worried you would have a very rough time, and you seem to be weathering the bad times just fine.
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