On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:48:34 -0500, Andy q wrote:

said...


Congratulations, Andy! Someone years ago used to use a "calculator"
as his sig line xxx days smoke free, xx days added to my life. I'm
sure it's still found somewhere on the internet and I bet you'd enjoy
seeing the totals add up.


I tried it. Minutes added to life, money, etc. Interesting for a while.

What's the URL?


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In article , Andy q says...
Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004, 10:00 AM.

I finished my last cigarette, cold turkey.

Three years smoke-free!

Cigarettes, give 'em up!!!

Andy


That's fantastic news. It's funny, we just had an intern who is only 20
years old. He's a really nice kid, funny as all hell, but smokes like a
chimney. I tried to encourage him to quit and I think he will one day.

Andy wrote:
Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004, 10:00 AM.

I finished my last cigarette, cold turkey.

Three years smoke-free!

Way to go, Andy. Stay with it.

April 6, 1987 here.

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Chuck (in SC) wrote:
On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 16:44:42 +0100, "Ophelia" wrote:

Andy wrote:
Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004, 10:00 AM.

I finished my last cigarette, cold turkey.

Three years smoke-free!

Cigarettes, give 'em up!!!

Huge hugs and congratulations Andy)))))))))))

Well done)


Congrats!


me:
I've not BEEN FORCED to smoke a cigarette in One year, six months, two
weeks, one day, 3 hours, 54 minutes and 21 seconds. 22446 cigarettes
not smoked, Money NOT paid to RJ Reynolds $3,030.05. Life saved: 11
weeks, 22 hours, 30 minutes.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.
If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
John Wayne 1907-1979

Chuck (in SC)

Well done)))

Andy

Praise given where due but any words from of wisdom from your Nearest
and Dearest as to how they go through it ? 'er Indoors is approaching
the end of Wk9 and I am at my wits end as to what to say/not say !

Steve



Andy wrote:
said...

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:28:45 -0500, Andy q wrote:

Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004, 10:00 AM.

I finished my last cigarette, cold turkey.

Three years smoke-free!

Cigarettes, give 'em up!!!

Congratulations, Andy! Someone years ago used to use a "calculator"
as his sig line xxx days smoke free, xx days added to my life. I'm
sure it's still found somewhere on the internet and I bet you'd enjoy
seeing the totals add up.


I tried it. Minutes added to life, money, etc. Interesting for a while.

Andy

"T" wrote in message
. ..
In article , Andy q says...
Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004, 10:00 AM.

I finished my last cigarette, cold turkey.

Three years smoke-free!

Cigarettes, give 'em up!!!

Andy


That's fantastic news. It's funny, we just had an intern who is only 20
years old. He's a really nice kid, funny as all hell, but smokes like a
chimney. I tried to encourage him to quit and I think he will one day.

Everyone quits some day! Sooner is definitely better than later, but it has
to be when your ready!

Sarah

Goomba38D wrote:
Sharon Chilson wrote:
I quit in 1983. Two reasons. I got tired of that elephant sitting on my
chest every morning. And the price of a carton of cigarettes had hit $5
and I thought it ws highway robbery.

And another bonus for you is that you won't look old before your time.
Women get scary fugly when they smoke a lot. Smoking does a number on a
woman's face (because of the vasoconstriction on the minute blood
vessels) that should be a deterrent enough if they could see into the
future, eh?

Men don't look at a women's face... I bet your hubby can't say with
certainty the color of your eyes... so long as smoking has no ill
effect on women's breasts. Since the beginning of time men have had
every millimeter of a women's mammaries minutely mapped; every bump,
every pore, every follicle... men don't need directions for tittie
topography.. And I bet you thought GPS was something new... they
don't call it Globular Positioning System for nothing. hehe

Sheldon Garmin

Sarah said...


"T" wrote in message
. ..
In article , Andy q says...
Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004, 10:00 AM.

I finished my last cigarette, cold turkey.

Three years smoke-free!

Cigarettes, give 'em up!!!

Andy


That's fantastic news. It's funny, we just had an intern who is only 20
years old. He's a really nice kid, funny as all hell, but smokes like a
chimney. I tried to encourage him to quit and I think he will one day.

Everyone quits some day! Sooner is definitely better than later, but it
has to be when your ready!

Sarah


I agree. I only bug one smoker, my best friend, about giving up cigarettes.
I told him I'm celebrating my 3rd smoke-free anniversary and after
congrats, he sighed and said and in those same three years I've been
smoking.

Two things I did for ME the day I gave up cigarettes:

1. I didn't use the word "quit." I gave them up. Quitting has a negative
connotation. I gave up smoking sounds a lot better than I quit smoking.
Talk to a psychologist with any questions.

2. I didn't tell ANYONE that I'd given up smoking. Didn't discuss it before
or after the "ground-zero" hour.

I was just sitting in my La-Z-Boy swivel-rocker-recliner and finished the
last cigarette in the pack and decided "that's it!", and I just happened to
glance at the wall clock and it was 10:00 AM on the dot.

Side-effects included going through the motions of mindlessly reaching for
a pack of cigs that weren't there. That lasted for more than a month. And
of course, the reasoning that one won't hurt. Cold turkey can be a bitch,
can't it?

All the best,

Andy

Steve Y said...

Andy

Praise given where due but any words from of wisdom from your Nearest
and Dearest as to how they go through it ? 'er Indoors is approaching
the end of Wk9 and I am at my wits end as to what to say/not say !

Steve


I can't advise you on how to help someone else. I just gave it up. It was a
cost-saving measure that also amounted to an increase of living bonus.

Visit post for a better explanation.

All the best,

Andy

Andy wrote:

I was just sitting in my La-Z-Boy swivel-rocker-recliner and finished the
last cigarette in the pack and decided "that's it!", and I just happened to
glance at the wall clock and it was 10:00 AM on the dot.

Side-effects included going through the motions of mindlessly reaching for
a pack of cigs that weren't there. That lasted for more than a month. And
of course, the reasoning that one won't hurt. Cold turkey can be a bitch,
can't it?

All the best,

Andy

Congrats! It has been several years since I quit. I waited until I was
ill, that made it easier. After a week of feeling like I wanted to die,
I went to the doctor. I had bacterial meningitis. I would have seen the
doctor sooner, but I thought I had the flu; fever, chills, headache,
stiff neck. I lived over it, I quit smoking, all is well.

Becca



Becca

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:42:57 -0400, "Chuck (in SC)" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:15:37 -0700, sf wrote:

What's the URL?

http://www.silkquit.org/sqmmiv/meter.aspx


Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.
If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
John Wayne 1907-1979

Chuck (in SC)

thanks!


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Ham and eggs.
A day's work for the chicken, a lifetime commitment for the pig.

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:39:13 -0400, "Chuck (in SC)" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:47:18 -0700, sf wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:42:57 -0400, "Chuck (in SC)" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:15:37 -0700, sf wrote:

What's the URL?

http://www.silkquit.org/sqmmiv/meter.aspx

snip

thanks!

See.. I'm pretty nice for an asshole!

LOL! I take it all back.

friends?


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Ham and eggs.
A day's work for the chicken, a lifetime commitment for the pig.

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

My husband quit about 6 months ago and he claims that he thinks cigarette
smoke stinks, now, too. Isn't that funny?

kili

Not surprising at all...
The people that tend to be the least tolerant of ciggy smoke seem to be
people that gave it up. :-)
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Omelet said...

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

My husband quit about 6 months ago and he claims that he thinks
cigarette
smoke stinks, now, too. Isn't that funny?

kili

Not surprising at all...
The people that tend to be the least tolerant of ciggy smoke seem to be
people that gave it up. :-)


Yeah, what Om said!

As far as giving up smoking is concerned, cold turkey is the ONLY WAY to
go!

Imho,

Andy

I was actually wondering how your N+D survived you giving up rather than
how you got on.

Andy wrote:
Steve Y said...

Andy

Praise given where due but any words from of wisdom from your Nearest
and Dearest as to how they go through it ? 'er Indoors is approaching
the end of Wk9 and I am at my wits end as to what to say/not say !

Steve


I can't advise you on how to help someone else. I just gave it up. It was a
cost-saving measure that also amounted to an increase of living bonus.

Visit post for a better explanation.

All the best,

Andy