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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, March 02, 2007 - 7:58 pm
I just don't choose to tell people until I can say I quit a month ago. Then they can go WOW!!! LOL
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 11:47 am
Miz - to answer your question I quit 2/3/03 so it's 4 years for me. I smoked 44 years. I now hate the smell of cig smoke and can't stand being around smokers--not because I want a cig, just can't stand the smell and don't want to breathe in their secondhand smoke. Can't believe I used to smell like that. Yuck! Congrats to all the quitters. Just do whatever works for you. The important thing is to stay quitters.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 12:14 pm
Wow Retired, that's AWESOME!! I don't like the smell of smoke but I can tolerate it (Couldn't during my pregnancy though! Made me want to vomit!) to see my smoker friends. They do stink, especially once they come inside after having a smoke. I too can't believe how awful I must have smelled!! lol Your comment "The important thing is to stay quitters." made me laugh; I mean how often do you hear that? lol YAY FOR US QUITTERS!! ROFLMAO
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 12:28 pm
Yay, I'm a quitter . lol Seamonkey had a good one too . . . Stoppers !
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 12:33 pm
Well, I guess the cat will be out of the bag tonight. We're going out to dinner with friends and they will certainly notice I don't run out for a smoke the minute I'm through eating. But I'm not going to tell them, I'm just going to let them notice for themselves. BTW, this really is getting easier everyday. I have absolutely no desire for a cigarette most of the time and the times I do it passes quickly. The worst is definitely over I think.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 12:53 pm
Yay Twinkie!!!
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 1:02 pm
That's great to hear Twinkie!! Have fun tonight!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 1:04 pm
You are all SMOKELESS SUPER STOPPERS!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 1:33 pm
This will be my only time to quit, just so ya'll know, because I'm never going through this again. I'm never going to forget how hard those first few days were so I'll never be tempted to pick up another cig as long as I live.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 1:47 pm
So glad to hear it's getting easier, Twinkie ! Triple Sssss . . . Superstars !
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 1:57 pm
YAY, you GUYS! I am so happy for you and so proud of you for all of the hard work you are putting into becoming SMOKELESS SUPER STOPPERS!!! Ya'll are doing a mighty fine job! Just remember one day at a time! You can do it!!!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 5:22 pm
Twinkie, I had to quit twice. The first time I quit for about 3 weeks and was doing great. Then my MIL came and stayed for the whole summer. Nuf said.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 8:49 pm
Yep, that'd do it. Did you get my email?
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 5:27 am
Twinkie, I am waiting to see if your friends noticed.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 9:56 am
Check the RN thread.. they didn't but they were supportive and happy..
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 11:49 am
LL, when we finished eating we all went outside to walk next door to the mall and they said we'll wait with you out here while you smoke. I said there's no need to because I quit. They were thrilled! Thanks for asking! It gets a little easier each day. It still takes a minute to realize that there is nothing to do after eating. You eat and you're done. But that passes quickly. I just have to start thinking like non-smokers. There's nothing I need to do after eating. Mornings don't bother me at all anymore.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 11:57 am
Yay Twinkie! Glad to hear it. Hope everyone else is doing OK.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 4:20 pm
I'm still chugging along. I've had a cold for the past couple of weeks that I just can't get over. I don't know if my lungs are just trying to clear up or what...but I have been feeling terrible. Keep up the good fight...Sloth, LL, Twinks and all the others! 9 weeks here! Oh and Twinks...I agree about the suddenly being able to smell everything. For the first few weeks I swore I smelled a dirty dishrag every where I went. That or..umm....funkykooc..well, I smelled all the bad smells amplified as well.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 4:50 pm
LOL, Nickovtyme. That's exactly what I told Twinkie about when we talked on the phone. After I quit smoking, my sense of smell became intense. I could barely stand being near the meat dept at the store. It goes away after a while though. Do some deep breathing if you can. It will help clear the toxins out of your lungs. Keep up the excellent work.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 6:01 pm
LOL Nick. I told Chilli I can smell the pipes down the bathroom sink. I'm not liking this part too well. LOL
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 6:45 pm
Nick, it may be your system but lots of us non-smokers have been hacking up a lung with the crud that is going around..
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 6:55 pm
YAY Nick . . . . 9 WEEKS ! Hope you get over the crud soon and feel better. I'm hacking, too ( bet it would be horrible x 2 if I were puffing ).
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, March 05, 2007 - 11:17 pm
Yay, Quitters!!! 
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 2:12 pm
Congrats all for the good work!
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 8:21 pm
Tomorrow is 85 days for me that is 12 weeks smokefree and 850 dollars in the box for me too lol.
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