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Offline Jude

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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2010, 03:39:37 am »
Yep, you gotta want it for yourself, and not just to keep other people happy, I've found.  Ten years ago, I could smoke a pack a day and still run four miles in thirty minutes, then six years ago, I got bronchitis and kept smoking right through it.  Lungs haven't been quite the same since, but I still didn't quit for good until three and a half years ago.  I finally asked myself why I was trying so hard to kill myself.  Haven't smoked since June 06.
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« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2010, 07:51:27 am »
Good stories guys but ya it has to be your choice and you have to want it :)

Never quit quitting guys:)
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2010, 10:34:52 pm »
Been wanting to quit for years now. Been smoking for 20. One of these days I suppose. The few times I did "quit", I had to stop drinking coffee as well.........to hell with the smokes, I NEED MY COFFEE IN THE MORNING  ;D
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« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2010, 08:15:10 am »
1 month today as a non-smoker ;D
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2010, 08:25:30 am »
You got it now Dana...ain't no looking back now...the Body is all over the Addiction...it's in the Mind now
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« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2010, 09:22:06 am »
What mind Mike ??? ;) :D
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« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2010, 10:04:33 am »
Good going Dana, I quit dipping 5 years ago when I quit dip was like candy now I can hardly stand the smell of it.Ron
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2010, 01:48:19 pm »
All you go to do is get it in your head that you want to not smoke more than you want to smoke.
I quit cold turkey after my fishing experience. The hardest thing was loosing that sense of ceremony that occurs when you light up. Resting from the labors of the day and smoking at the same time was a small ceremony for me. I replaced it with work, work, work, and I ended up making a lot more stuff. It was ok because I like to make stuff.
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Offline DanaM

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« Reply #23 on: February 11, 2010, 08:26:43 pm »
Thanks Ronnie :)
Grunt yer exactly right I got up one morning and decided I was a non-smoker eh :)
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2010, 10:18:46 pm »
I quit dipping yeeeeears ago...and the Smell of a Can of Copenhagen...still makes me want a Dip....but I won't do it...because I know that I would relapse as soon as I did......... :-\
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Offline wvbowhntr

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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2010, 01:09:45 am »
i quit about 4 weeks ago after smoking for 23+ years.
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2010, 08:03:32 am »
Quote from: wvbowhntr on February 13, 2010, 01:09:45 am
i quit about 4 weeks ago after smoking for 23+ years.

Feels good don't it :) Congrats
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2010, 11:24:07 am »
I grew up in east Tennessee, almost all the young men in my generation smoked. I started picking up butts on the side of the road and smoking them when I was 10 or 11, by the time I was 16 I was a pack a day smoker.

Back then there were cigarette machines everywhere and this where all us underage guys bought our smokes. When I was 16 a pack cost 25 cents. One day they raised the price to the absurd level of 27cents a pack. You would put 30 cents in the machine, it didn't make change, there would be three pennies change packaged inside the cellophane of a pack. Bet some of you young guys couldn't imagine that.

Anyway, 27 cents for a pack of smokes, totally outrageous. I got so mad about the price increase I quit buying them and actually quit smoking over a 2 cent jump in price. Believe it or not, that was a huge price increase at the time. I saw gas for sale at 17cents a gallon during the same time frame.
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2010, 11:33:31 am »
Damn you are an Old One ...Eric......... :P..I remember Premium Gas at $.36 a Gallon....Milk was $1.15 a Gallon...and a pack of Smokes was $.30 a pack...and about $2.95 a Carton....and I am 52.........but then Tennessee has about the Lowest Excise Tax on Cigarettes in the USA.....$.20 a Pack...compared to Michigan's $2.00 a pack....and Texas' $1.65 a Pack..... :o
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2010, 12:10:55 pm »
I just saw this thread.  I just quit dipping about 3 weeks ago.  Got me some mint snuff and that really helps.  It was hard about the first week but now its not to bad. But as El D said if I smell Cope it makes me want to dip. But I dont because I am done. No relapses here.

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