1 Year Annivesrary

jahozer · Wed, March 3rd, 2004, 11:47 PM

Of Quiting Cigarettes. quit on 03/03/03. Smoked for 20 years. I have not to smoked for 1 Year 3 Hours 16 Minutes 5 Seconds.

In the 20 years that I smoked I smoked 168,545 cigarettes. The time it took me to smoke all of them was 3 years 2 months 6 days @10 minutes a smoke. If it was all one cigarette it would be 8.51 miles long! My out of pocket cost was $35,538.56 (probably less considering smokes were cheaper) If I saved that money and got 5% interest I would have $58,253.98

In the last year I would have smoked 9153 cigarettes. I have saved $1931.34 I wish I put that money in a jar and bought a Fender Cyber Twin AND a 65 Black Face. But I am buying a house so I have to do the right thing. I did buy an AnalogMan Silver Mod 808 Tube Screamer though... awesome pedal. (sorry, I am a musician)
Pretty damned proud of myself right now!... :sun:
Now about this gut...

Debujanai · Thu, March 4th, 2004, 12:00 AM

That is totally awesome

When you put it into numbers it does show how outrageous smoking can be to your health and your wallet. Have fun with your new toys! I'm holding off buying any new video games until I get to 90 kg.

With that kind of willpower, I'm sure losing your gut will be a piece of cake!

mmm...cake

jahozer · Thu, March 4th, 2004, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Debujanai

That is totally awesome

When you put it into numbers it does show how outrageous smoking can be to your health and your wallet. Have fun with your new toys! I'm holding off buying any new video games until I get to 90 kg.

With that kind of willpower, I'm sure losing your gut will be a piece of cake!

mmm...cake

thanks man...

Gurre · Thu, March 4th, 2004, 06:54 AM

Congratulations!

Keep it up like that and watch out for risks of getting hooked again. Even if one year is a long time, it does not take much to get hooked again. The reason I am saying this is that I have been in your situation myself and allthough I felt great about not smoking, started again.

Going on and off for a few years, I am now again off and feel great about it.

My lesson, to myself, is to stay 100% away from it or else I end up smoking again without even noticing it!

Anyway again congratulation to your freedom and good luck in staying smoke free.

Regards Mattias

jahozer · Thu, March 4th, 2004, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Gurre

Congratulations!
My lesson, to myself, is to stay 100% away from it or else I end up smoking again without even noticing it!
Regards Mattias

I hear ya Gurre. My wife still smokes, but not in the house. I can be around smokers and not be tempted. I do know, however, that I can NEVER EVER have another puff. I went cold turkey and used no replacement therapy. Once it is out of your system completely it stops talking to you. sorta.
You are right in that it is always lurking and waiting for a weak moment. It is very powerful...but then again so am I

Gurre · Fri, March 5th, 2004, 07:34 AM

jahozer,
My wife is still smoking to but she does it standing with an open window inside. It kinda pisses me off but also motivates me since I feel it stink like crazy! When I get some strange things about maby having a cigarette again(not off for that long) I try to go running. The feeling of breathing really easy when running make me remember how it was before when running and how crappy that was. When I come back from a hard run like that I could puke when I see or breathe a cigarette and I am safe again!

I wich I could figure out how to get my wife to quit too though. Anyone got a tip?

Mattias

Skipernicus · Fri, March 5th, 2004, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jahozer

Of Quiting Cigarettes. quit on 03/03/03. Smoked for 20 years. I have not to smoked for 1 Year 3 Hours 16 Minutes 5 Seconds.

Congratulations!

I've been off the smokes for at least 3 years now, and the recently I had one. Well, okay, I attempted to have one.

As a smoker, I'm sure you're aware of how stress can make you want one more - and I was having a pressure cooker of a month, and while talking to a friend who was having a smoke, he offered me one. Something in th eback of my mind said "this wil help".

Well, muscle memory being what it is, I light it and took a huge draw - a deep experienced smoker sort of inhale - and that was it. It tasted horrible. It hurt my throat. It made me lightheaded in an unpleasant way, and it made my stomach hurt.

So that was it - I had one big puff. And the funny thing is that this was exactly the same brand of cigarette thatIi used to smoke 20 or more a day of.

By the way, it didn't reduce my stress on bit. But if anything positive can be said of this experience it is that I am *definitely* not a smoker anymore!

Stay the course, buddy! You're winning!

jahozer · Wed, March 10th, 2004, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Skipernicus

Congratulations!

I've been off the smokes for at least 3 years now, and the recently I had one. Well, okay, I attempted to have one.

By the way, it didn't reduce my stress on bit. But if anything positive can be said of this experience it is that I am *definitely* not a smoker anymore!

Stay the course, buddy! You're winning!

Skip
Thanks for the encouragement! Let me offer you a little as well. Do not conduct this experiment anymore. It could get easier for you the next time
I was a stress smoker. That is how I started. You are correct in that the smoke did not ease your stress. The stress was still there. Just smokier. Chalk it up and stay the course too bro.