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sinkingfeeling

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29. Quit smoking 3 years ago this week, after 40 years of 1 1/2 packs a day.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 05:09 PM

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What addictions have you overcome and for how long. I've been quit smoking for 3.5 years. [View all] applegrove Jan 2012 OP

I quit smoking the day of Obama's inauguration. JackBeck Jan 2012 #1

I quit smoking 7 years ago this week and my son... Tikki Jan 2012 #2

I quit my addiction to strong sugar products... One and a half years off of........ Stuart G Jan 2012 #3

I am trying to eat no snacks these days. That is going well though i would not say I am over my applegrove Jan 2012 #4

Good for you! I wish I could do that, Stuart. femmocrat Jan 2012 #13

Rock on! rbnyc Jan 2012 #25

You used to eat sweat rolls? How were they? sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #31

About Addiction and Recovery...guess what?. There is group here at DU3 for that Stuart G Jan 2012 #5

Yeah and there is a pet's forum. Sometimes I like to ask questions of the lounge to get lounge applegrove Jan 2012 #6

I was just pointing the forum out, I am not against this thread..NO...I AM FOR IT Stuart G Jan 2012 #7

Good. We are cool. applegrove Jan 2012 #8

I quit smoking in 1974 LiberalEsto Jan 2012 #9

I quit smoking in 1981 and never looked back.... pink-o Jan 2012 #10

Booze since 1984 and the smokes since 1985... WCGreen Jan 2012 #11

I quit smoking cold turkey when I was pregnant. femmocrat Jan 2012 #12

I gave up my sex addiction a few years ago. mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #14

I can't tell if you're joking or not. rbnyc Jan 2012 #24

I'm never quite sure either. mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #27

I went 2 days without masturbating once. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #15

I'll work on that one after I quit drinking. Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #16

Master of your domain? kcass1954 Jan 2012 #33

I quit smoking in 1973 while in the RVN, oneshooter Jan 2012 #17

Smoking for over a year pokerfan Jan 2012 #18

Everything: 15 years, last October 28th. Iggo Jan 2012 #19

Caffeine, about a year. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #20

Smoking, 4 years, I used the Nicorette Gum LNM Jan 2012 #21

+1 PassingFair Jan 2012 #22

Smoking: rbnyc Jan 2012 #23

Smoking, since '85. Pot, late 80's. TV, early 80's. Pickled okra - never mind. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #26

I quit drinking 5 years ago DiverDave Jan 2012 #28

You must be a pretty big guy siligut Jan 2012 #35

Thanks, I AM lucky DiverDave Jan 2012 #38

Quit smoking 3 years ago this week, after 40 years of 1 1/2 packs a day. sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #29

Feb 10 is five years since I had a cigarette. kcass1954 Jan 2012 #30

Smoking. Cold turkey April 29, 1976. ohiosmith Jan 2012 #32

I just fell off the wagon. progressoid Jan 2012 #34

quit smoking about 20 years ago, working on fitness now. Going to madmom Jan 2012 #36

I smoked for 30 years and quit 9 years ago. BiggJawn Jan 2012 #37

Quit smoking 30 years ago. Quit coke and speed about 20 years ago. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #39