6 Years....

Just wanted to say that I'm going to celebrate tonight. Tomorrow (the 19th)is my birthday, but even more importantly, today marks my 6th anniversary of being tobacco free. I think I'll stop off on the way home from work to have a few pints at my local smoke free public drinking establishment.....

Mark

Congratulations, Mark!!!

Great job! :gj:

:fest2::banana::fest2::colbert2::partyon::party::clap::fest2::fest2:
I have been smoke free for three years and it was perhaps the most difficult accomplishment to date!! Great job!! You absolutely have every reason to celebrate!!!!

Congrats

wooohoo lets celebrate! *hands you a cigarette*....

oh... :oops:

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Originally Posted by starmom

:fest2::banana::fest2::colbert2::partyon::party::clap::fest2::fest2:
I have been smoke free for three years and it was perhaps the most difficult accomplishment to date!! Great job!! You absolutely have every reason to celebrate!!!!

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I believe he said Tobacoo free, Not smoke free! LOL!!

Happy birthday Mark.. And congrats on the 6 years!

Congrats Mark on the birthday and being TOBACCO free. :carouse:

EDIT - I had to correct the smoke -> tobacco before Mr. Smartypants corrected it for me. :neener:

Dang you lucky sob!!!

I've tried quitting. The last time I tried I was comitted. And lasted 7 hours.

It sucks so bad. I start grinding my teeth and got a horrible headache. Within those 7 hours!!!

I wanna quit. Its hard. :(



Happy birthday!

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Congrats Mark on the birthday and being TOBACCO free. :carouse:

EDIT - I had to correct the smoke -> tobacco before Mr. Smartypants corrected it for me. :neener:

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POP!:rofl:

Very cool, congrats!

im currently in the quitting process.... i went 18 hours without a smoke,tried going cold turkey, then i had a freakout and told the wife i was gonna kill her lol, went and bought a pack, im gonna try again next week, but im going to get nicotine replacement, patch or gum

Congrats! I'm just in the early stages of quitting but doing pretty good. You definitely have a reason to celebrate kicking the bucket so to speak!

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Originally Posted by JASBALLS

POP!:rofl:

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Thanks. :blowkiss:

Congratulations! Anybody who's quit/tried to quit knows how difficult that is.

Isn't it amazing how beer tastes like crap w/o smokes at first, then before too long tastes way better? :)

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Originally Posted by MarkS

Just wanted to say that I'm going to celebrate tonight. Tomorrow (the 19th)is my birthday, but even more importantly, today marks my 6th anniversary of being tobacco free. I think I'll stop off on the way home from work to have a few pints at my local smoke free public drinking establishment.....

Mark

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Congrats Mark :gj:

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Originally Posted by JASBALLS

I believe he said Tobacoo free, Not smoke free! LOL!!

Happy birthday Mark.. And congrats on the 6 years!

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Oooops, my bad...jeez, shoulda known Jas would pop me on that one :rofl:

Congrats!! I quit smoking about a year ago. I feel much better. I smoked 1/2 - 1 pack of smokes a day for 9 years. :cool:

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Originally Posted by jeffjr464

im currently in the quitting process.... i went 18 hours without a smoke,tried going cold turkey, then i had a freakout and told the wife i was gonna kill her lol, went and bought a pack, im gonna try again next week, but im going to get nicotine replacement, patch or gum

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Try chantix or whatever it is called. I know a few people who have used it, and they said that it works. Hope this helps...

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Try chantix or whatever it is called. I know a few people who have used it, and they said that it works. Hope this helps...

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Gotta be careful with that, I quit on it 8 months ago but I got extremely violent and miserable while I was taking it. I had to stop taking it after 3 weeks. It definitely works though if thats any consolation. Obviously it effects everyone differently, but wanted to share my experience. Anyway, congrats Mark and happy b-day :gj:

I've got a script for that Chantix stuff. But insurance doesn't cover it.

And its like 80 plus smackers for a month supply of it. And it takes a few months if I remember right.

I heard its the best stuff out there right now. I also heard a girl I know is on it and puking her guts out.

Anyone else tried it? I may give it a shot if yall have good stuff to say about it.

Check my previous post, you can take it up to 6 months I believe. I honestly didn't want a cig after about a week it was more habitual than actual need, although I wanted to murder people I didn't want to smoke :D

Congrats Mark!

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

.... I also heard a girl I know is on it and puking her guts out.

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That is what happened to me. I had to quit taking it after about 3 weeks. (and 10 lbs)

[not giving up, not giving up, NOT giving up!....]

Thats awesome Mark!

6 years is a looong time!

I was 14 when you quit smoking LOL!

Glad I only dabbled in smoking and got out of it fairly quick.


Mike

happy b day

Maaaannnnn....... CONGRATS!!!!! :bow::bow::bow:

The hub and I are patching it as of the new year.... :rage: I've cheated a total of 9 times!?!?! (Being around smokers) :oops: But almost 2 months of not buying ANY..... I was a 1 packer a day, Rob was 1 1/2- 2 ..... I have an awful rash on my arm... horrible dreams... NO FINGERNAILS....BUT I feel SO much better!!!!! Except the fact that my belly has decided to expand.... :rolleyes: BLAH! Anyway.... I give you the highest props! Hopefully one day I'll have the same bragging rights! :)

congrats on the achievement!

Thank you all for the well wishes. I smoked for over 30 years, and tried to quit several times per year for the last 15 years of that time. I tried the nicotine gum, nicotine patches, gradual reduction filters (they were long plastic filters that made me look like some kind of old time movie star), hypnosis, behavior modification classes, group therapy, keeping journals, snapping rubber bands around my wrist, depression medication, exercise plans, herbal remedies, and plain old fashioned cold turkey. The hardest part of the whole thing was constantly dealing with the failure of not being able to quit. But you have to remember, you can fail thousands of times, you just have to be successful once.

Mark

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

Dang you lucky sob!!!

I've tried quitting. The last time I tried I was comitted. And lasted 7 hours.

It sucks so bad. I start grinding my teeth and got a horrible headache. Within those 7 hours!!!

I wanna quit. Its hard. :(



Happy birthday!

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Hey, its a start! try chewing the gum or something, but you cant expect to not to have headaches the first few days and even weeks. Start off slow, and work your way up. Its not easy at all and giveing up after a few hours of withdraw will not solve anything.

Congrates mark:gj: