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a kennedy

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92. Ha ha, a April Fools quitter......sorry, that really didn't come out correctly.

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Tue May 1, 2018, 06:28 PM

May 2018

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Just so happy you’re off the terrible habit. Good for you.

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Ex smokers.....post your quit date. 5-2-2005. [View all] a kennedy May 2018 OP

June 2008. Almost 10 years. applegrove May 2018 #1

Congratulations..... a kennedy May 2018 #4

You too. Hardest quit I ever did. applegrove May 2018 #11

April 2006 Historic NY May 2018 #2

Good for you....... a kennedy May 2018 #5

You know that lungs do repair themselves when you have quit. But I hear applegrove May 2018 #14

I know exactly: 8/8/88! Laffy Kat May 2018 #3

What a great date....good for you. a kennedy May 2018 #6

Well, good for you TOO! Laffy Kat May 2018 #8

Me, too. Jane Austin May 2018 #23

Kind of a educated guess sharp_stick May 2018 #7

So happy you did quit, and dates don't really mean anything......it's just a kennedy May 2018 #18

August 1983... 35 years now. secondwind May 2018 #9

Hooray......and wow.....good for you a kennedy May 2018 #19

Do you ever want them again? Laffy Kat May 2018 #10

No, because if one of those damn cancer tubes touches my lips, I'd be right back a kennedy May 2018 #21

To quit, I had to tell myself that I would let myself start up again when I was 80. But 17 years Squinch May 2018 #156

I cannot remember MuseRider May 2018 #12

Don't care how many times it took you, just so proud you did. a kennedy May 2018 #22

Hey! MuseRider May 2018 #68

6/29/1998 liberalmuse May 2018 #13

Yeehaa......now that's something to be proud of...... a kennedy May 2018 #24

1/29/2006 onecaliberal May 2018 #15

Good for you...... a kennedy May 2018 #25

Thanks. It was hard as hell to quit. onecaliberal May 2018 #33

5/4/2004, Wellstone ruled May 2018 #16

Pink is such a great color...... a kennedy May 2018 #26

Thank you,it feels so good. Wellstone ruled May 2018 #32

IIRC, Thanksgiving weekend 1977 Wounded Bear May 2018 #17

Yikes, gonna be 41 years this Thanksgiving...... a kennedy May 2018 #27

October, 1984. Jane Austin May 2018 #20

I know, hardest thing I ever did...... a kennedy May 2018 #28

2003 shenmue May 2018 #29

All of them??? KT2000 May 2018 #30

February 18, 2018 iwillalwayswonderwhy May 2018 #31

Jan. 1st, 2012 Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #34

I never quit tirebiter May 2018 #35

2/13/1976...46 years and change....best decision I ever made... pbmus May 2018 #36

Post removed Post removed May 2018 #37

Wow... that's a pretty harsh statement. I've never smoked either, but I understand addiction. hlthe2b May 2018 #40

03-17-2001 madamesilverspurs May 2018 #38

I could get smokes for .27 at our VA hospital....... a kennedy May 2018 #55

1985 can't remember the month, laid the pack I had down, and thank god I never picked it up again. Canoe52 May 2018 #39

2-11-2001 Itchinjim May 2018 #41

26 years ago left-of-center2012 May 2018 #42

4/4/2014 Behind the Aegis May 2018 #43

4/1/2006 airmid May 2018 #44

Ha ha, a April Fools quitter......sorry, that really didn't come out correctly. a kennedy May 2018 #92

Great day to quit. See post 75 below KPN May 2018 #118

March 2012 LSFL May 2018 #45

November 1999 katmondoo May 2018 #46

One month today Runningdawg May 2018 #47

Keep going. Tobin S. May 2018 #52

Hang in there bluecollar2 May 2018 #53

4/9/16 Submariner May 2018 #54

We've all been there......and can only tell you, you will get passed it. a kennedy May 2018 #56

Two or three months...and in about six months you'll suddenly realize: Glorfindel May 2018 #61

Any time now. Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #67

About the smell.. Runningdawg May 2018 #69

One day at a time as they say. MuseRider May 2018 #70

Good advice for both of us liberaltrucker May 2018 #84

What helped me quit was taking 10 deep breaths when I wanted a smoke rurallib May 2018 #94

I started feeling comfortable at about 8 weeks as far as urges/desires to smoke progree May 2018 #119

After 3 or 4 months I never craved. At all. Even when I see a cigarette applegrove May 2018 #126

It helps if you take a deep breath like when you inhale when you smoked lunatica May 2018 #144

August 1981 WhiteTara May 2018 #48

7/5/12. I don't miss it at all, and stopped missing it within a couple of months of quitting. Tobin S. May 2018 #49

7/10/2010...n/t bluecollar2 May 2018 #50

Sometime in April of 1997 get the red out May 2018 #51

March 24, 1989 Trueblue Texan May 2018 #57

I hear ya.......a normal work day it was a pack and a half, get to the weekends and it was at least a kennedy May 2018 #60

April 2012 Jake Stern May 2018 #58

I don't remember the exact date, but it was summer of 1993 Glorfindel May 2018 #59

I took Wellbutrin, really helped with the anxiety....... a kennedy May 2018 #62

Chantix is wellbutrin lunatica May 2018 #145

Damn right it worked..... a kennedy May 2018 #146

Actually, Chantix is not Wellbutrin. blue neen May 2018 #153

Thanks for the correction lunatica May 2018 #154

April 2003... ADX May 2018 #63

January 15th, 2004 Tikki May 2018 #64

December 1987 MaryMagdaline May 2018 #65

1984 Bayard May 2018 #66

3/26/2018 liberaltrucker May 2018 #71

Holy crap liberaltrucker......ya gotta hang in there....you're only a rookie on a kennedy May 2018 #74

I plan to liberaltrucker May 2018 #75

I've only got 2 weeks on you Runningdawg May 2018 #80

I used Scope breath spray. justgamma May 2018 #81

Thanks for the tip! liberaltrucker May 2018 #83

You can do it. It only takes a short time till the worst of it is over. Hang in there. Squinch May 2018 #157

04/29/76 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo May 2018 #72

Spring of 2013 or 2014 Kaleva May 2018 #73

September of1988 dameatball May 2018 #76

Sometime in '73 or '74. BarbaRosa May 2018 #77

April 1, 1978 ... KPN May 2018 #78

Good for you.....and what a fun day to quit.....you could always fall back on it and say.... a kennedy May 2018 #88

Thanks. Same to you. KPN May 2018 #117

3/16/18 Nictuku May 2018 #79

Quit last year.. NWmountainman May 2018 #82

Good for you, best thing you could ever have done for your body, family and friends. a kennedy May 2018 #91

Six years on and I still occasionally crave a smoke Jake Stern May 2018 #98

Over 50 years. My aunt gave me one to "try" when HeartachesNhangovers May 2018 #85

So glad you didn't get hooked.......I know it was that buzz that got me...... a kennedy May 2018 #89

April 16, 2002 Gidney N Cloyd May 2018 #86

2002 ploppy May 2018 #87

Three years ago Worried senior May 2018 #90

and one of the best decisions you've ever made. a kennedy May 2018 #93

Some time in 1974 rurallib May 2018 #95

10-18-97 (20 1/2 years) progree May 2018 #96

1996, upon being diagnosed with cardiac/whatever. UTUSN May 2018 #97

Cardiac/whatever??? I hope you're ok..... a kennedy May 2018 #100

Hah!1 Well, I'm 71 & still here, quitting smoking helped, thanks!1 UTUSN May 2018 #114

October 1988 bluestarone May 2018 #99

Good for your success in quitting.....have said before who cares how many times...... a kennedy May 2018 #101

TY bluestarone May 2018 #102

January 1, 1980. hay rick May 2018 #103

An original New Year's resolution quit.......awesome.... a kennedy May 2018 #105

Interesting thing about this thread... hay rick May 2018 #116

Last and final time-- 1993. Hoyt May 2018 #104

Woohoo.....and it took. Congratulations a kennedy May 2018 #106

9/18/2001 lkinwi May 2018 #107

OMGOSH....I damn near started again on 9-11...... a kennedy May 2018 #131

May 17, 2003! I used hypnosis and I would recommend it to EVERYONE before TheDebbieDee May 2018 #108

I did hypnosis too, but it didn't help me......but i've heard it does. a kennedy May 2018 #129

Dec. 7, 1995. Used pneumonia to quit. Wouldn't recommend it. Sampan May 2018 #109

7-13-84 voteearlyvoteoften May 2018 #110

9/1/1990 wryter2000 May 2018 #111

May 14, 2003. Date of my coronary. WheelWalker May 2018 #112

OMGOSH WheelWalker........ a kennedy May 2018 #136

November 22,1981 nt doc03 May 2018 #113

August 31, 2014 BlueSpot May 2018 #115

I quit 20 years ago. zanana1 May 2018 #120

1/24/2007 Luciferous May 2018 #121

April 9th,1984. argyl May 2018 #122

May of 1987 Homer Wells May 2018 #123

Summer of 1993 ailsagirl May 2018 #124

September or October 1986 Cairycat May 2018 #125

That's the hardest part...nicotine, plus all the other crap tobacco companies have put in a kennedy May 2018 #135

April 5, 2009 mindem May 2018 #127

1985 or '86 emulatorloo May 2018 #128

1997 whathehell May 2018 #130

August 1988 comradebillyboy May 2018 #132

4/18/18 deek May 2018 #133

A rookie quitter...... a kennedy May 2018 #137

It's Groundhog's Day! The Polack MSgt May 2018 #134

Congratulations on finally quitting....... a kennedy May 2018 #138

4/20 2003 OriginalGeek May 2018 #139

and oh my on the famous 4-20 smoke day too......... a kennedy May 2018 #140

lol, yep OriginalGeek May 2018 #141

December 8, 2016 mokawanis May 2018 #142

Wow......surgery will probably do it for a lot of smokers...... a kennedy May 2018 #150

March 1995 lunatica May 2018 #143

Really?? A double blind study?? Wow... a kennedy May 2018 #149

Almost 32 yrs ago Duppers May 2018 #147

I think it was January 3, 1985. It was twenty below, and I thought "am I going to go outside and Kashkakat v.2.0 May 2018 #148

Hey, thanks for sharing your reason for quitting. a kennedy May 2018 #151

I done know the exact date. Jan-2016 Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #152

June 21, 2001. Squinch May 2018 #155

11/15/2013 meow2u3 May 2018 #158

Good for you......and if your quitting is the goal, good luck. a kennedy May 2018 #159