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Today is my one year anniversary. I have and still maintain "not one puff ever", and I think about cigarettes maybe once a month. I NEVER crave one, though. Seriously. I'm done with them. Most of my thoughts are when I'm going through something, or what used to be a trigger has passed, I'll think, "when I was a smoker, I'd have been puffing away right now", but I never think "I wish I had a cigarette right now". Last weekend, we had to put our cat to sleep. For 18 hours, we didn't know if he wa… Continue

On this my 9th month anniversary (I could have had a baby, eeeek!!!), let's play the "let's compare scars game". In this game you list all the reasons in your past life that you could have, or might have made you feel justified to smoke, but chose not to, because you knew it wouldn't make anything better. Let's see who has the best, and they will get pies. I'll start. 1. 3 weeks after I quit, Hurricane Ike rolled through and dropped a tree on my house, knocking the ceiling sheetrock onto… Continue

This poem has helped me through some rough times of my life. I share it in the spirit with which it helped me. Don't Quit When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're traveling seems all uphill, When funds are low and debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When cares are pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must...but don't you quit. Life is hard with it's twist and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns. And many a person turns about, When t… Continue

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$5.09!!! That is crazy! That also doesn't include the tax which would probably put a pack just under $6.00. I smoked a pack and a half a day on average. I would feel so guilty for spending that kind of money on dirty air. With nothing to show for it but stinky breath and tarry lungs. Whew! So glad I don't have to quit again!!!