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a kennedy

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135. That's the hardest part...nicotine, plus all the other crap tobacco companies have put in

Thu May 3, 2018, 11:40 AM

May 2018

cigarettes to keep us addicted....to get out of our bodies. Withdrawal from all those drugs was the hardest part to get over. So proud of you for quitting. About that biopsy......how’d that work out??

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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