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Mockingjay

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53. I quit...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2013, 05:45 PM

Jun 2013

ten weeks ago after smoking about 47 years...just slapped a patch on one morning and just kept going with it....I also chew the gum and sometimes I puff on a e-cig for some relief for frustration. I do feel better, I think? Haven't gain weight but not losing either... I jog farther and longer and my skin is not as dry, other than that not much has changed..still divorced, no sex, still very lonely since my father died, and my kids live 600 miles away and I'm broke. Quitting was just a dent in the iceburge. Just one small very small step in a positive direction that should be good..right?

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What happens when a smoker quits [View all] Playinghardball Jun 2013 OP

Less than 18 mo's to go One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #1

5 years for me to hit 15. nt SCVDem Jun 2013 #48

Me too. My 10 year anniversary was May 17th........ TheDebbieDee Jun 2013 #56

OMGosh TheDebbieDee.....me too. a kennedy Jun 2013 #91

I also agree that cigarettes to me is like alcohol to an alcoholic....... TheDebbieDee Jun 2013 #95

Good on ya! Cha Jun 2013 #70

My son has quit smoking, for which I am duly grateful. PDJane Jun 2013 #2

I quit a year ago. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #3

You'd probably tapered down a lot before you finally ran out and quit Warpy Jun 2013 #4

No. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #5

I'll buy em' off ya. n/t A HERETIC I AM Jun 2013 #7

Haha! MrSlayer Jun 2013 #8

Of course! A HERETIC I AM Jun 2013 #10

Year old, stale butts from the bottom of a drawer? Warpy Jun 2013 #9

See above. n/t A HERETIC I AM Jun 2013 #11

Consider yourself lucky. Most of us struggle. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #83

I smoked off and on during my adult life. whenever I decided to quit, I just stopped, KG Jun 2013 #14

That's the way I smoked, too. Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #63

Not to mention the end of nagging by my wife. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #6

GOOD FOR HER! Skittles Jun 2013 #18

And, it only took her 29 years to get me to quit. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #23

I WILL KICK PROCRASTINATING Tierra_y_Libertad ass!!! Skittles Jun 2013 #26

I'm embarrassed to say I smoked for 38 years..... a kennedy Jun 2013 #92

after heaven05 Jun 2013 #12

congrats ! glad to hear it. eom littlewolf Jun 2013 #13

Wait, where's the part about gaining 50 lbs? truebrit71 Jun 2013 #15

it's OK if you gained weight, truebrit71 Skittles Jun 2013 #19

Thanks! truebrit71 Jun 2013 #31

i gained 3 or 4 lbs but took DesertFlower Jun 2013 #60

Almost four years smoke free MattBaggins Jun 2013 #16

I watched my parents smoke for decades ... littlewolf Jun 2013 #17

Two people I know were just DX'd with esophagael cancer CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #77

Started puffing on cigarettes before I started school madokie Jun 2013 #20

It's been nearly 10 years for me and my son, also.* In 5 more years I will be... Tikki Jun 2013 #21

there are alot of smokers that won't quit because of the holier than thou olddots Jun 2013 #22

15 years this April 28. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #24

Does marijuana even have the same issues as cigarettes? Mr. David Jun 2013 #25

nope... nebenaube Jun 2013 #30

Pipes and cigars don't have the same issues as cigarettes Major Nikon Jun 2013 #43

The ONE thing that NEVER happens when you quit,,,, benld74 Jun 2013 #27

Yeah, but the savings AFTER have amounted to over $21,900 ... Auggie Jun 2013 #44

i stopped in '83. they were $1.05 a pack back then. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #61

35 years since my last puff graywarrior Jun 2013 #28

38 for me rurallib Jun 2013 #50

Some of them become insufferable former sinners. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #29

More insufferable than people who smell like cigarettes all the time? Bucky Jun 2013 #38

I wouldn't know, I don't hang around either type. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #40

My 81 year old father Jenoch Jun 2013 #32

I quit 3 years ago best things I ever did for my health. Arcanetrance Jun 2013 #33

Oh. ananda Jun 2013 #34

10 years, two months, 5 days! Walk away Jun 2013 #35

10 years, 5 months Auggie Jun 2013 #37

I never actually believed I could quit until the day I stopped. Walk away Jun 2013 #64

Thanks. You too. Auggie Jun 2013 #68

6 years, two months, 5 days!! Best thing I ever did. Greybnk48 Jun 2013 #42

I had an incredible surgeon take care of me through cancer as well... Walk away Jun 2013 #65

wow! I love this story! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2013 #84

quit 3 yrs, 5 months and 1 day ago eom LittleGirl Jun 2013 #36

He annoys other smokers lame54 Jun 2013 #39

I hit my 1 year quitter mark last month. fasttense Jun 2013 #41

I'm trying to remember where I read Rozlee Jun 2013 #45

Tobacco Companies have been nickeling & diming us To DEATH!! Don't give 'em another dollar!! hue Jun 2013 #46

Twenty years of having kicked the habit! randome Jun 2013 #47

You may smoke outside SCVDem Jun 2013 #49

Three weeks of Welbutrin and I quit.....me too.... a kennedy Jun 2013 #93

Nothing when you have smoked 20, 30, 40, HockeyMom Jun 2013 #51

I quit after 38 years, and I'm really just waiting for the cancer diagnosis..... a kennedy Jun 2013 #94

I should be DEAD decades ago HockeyMom Jun 2013 #96

Thanks, it's incentive . orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #52

I quit... Mockingjay Jun 2013 #53

I'm proud of your accomplishment! SCVDem Jun 2013 #55

Where is the "first week---better chance of killing someone" Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #54

It's been 20+ years since I quit rustydog Jun 2013 #57

i'll be celebrating 30 years clean DesertFlower Jun 2013 #58

I finally did it Nightjock Jun 2013 #59

50 years of never smoking. Auntie Bush Jun 2013 #62

Thanks for this! Just Saying Jun 2013 #66

Awesome! So so proud of you! yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #102

I'm 16 weeks smoke-free. TransitJohn Jun 2013 #67

Good on you, too, TJ You're a Cha Jun 2013 #71

Thank you for this, Play. I freaking hate Cha Jun 2013 #69

I've found that when I quit smoking, the people around me become very stupid Recursion Jun 2013 #72

Cold Turkey after 4 packs of unfiltered Camels... meaculpa2011 Jun 2013 #73

My GOD how did you do 4 packs a day? Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #97

Thanks for the info burnodo Jun 2013 #74

However, Justice Jun 2013 #75

my husband quit about 5 years ago. i quit when i was pregnant with my oldest ejpoeta Jun 2013 #76

I'm going on 5 years without a smoke. mindem Jun 2013 #78

I was lucky enough to be able to quit cold turkey also southmost Jun 2013 #79

Stopped smoking a pack of unfiltered Camels a day in 1981. pangaia Jun 2013 #80

I think I am at about timdog44 Jun 2013 #81

Almost to the 5 year mark for me. Literally got allergic to the smoke Blaukraut Jun 2013 #82

22 years and counting! BillyRibs Jun 2013 #85

Two years free thanks to Allen Carr's system Babel_17 Jun 2013 #86

The above is a copy of several posts I made in the past Babel_17 Jun 2013 #87

That timeline left out from 12hours to 2 weeks-- TexasProgresive Jun 2013 #88

Myself and many others felt some euphoria Babel_17 Jun 2013 #89

That stage never seemed to end for me Mariana Jun 2013 #90

Great thread, deserves a kick Babel_17 Oct 2015 #98

You're welcome... Playinghardball Oct 2015 #99

Yup Babel_17 Oct 2015 #100

He punishes all living things within 100 miles of him. To start randys1 Oct 2015 #101

You got that right!! Playinghardball Oct 2015 #103

I was at a high school reunion this past weekend. My 50th. SheilaT Oct 2015 #104