After >45 years, NO MORE SLOW SUICIDE!

[Sir_Winston54]

I suppose I really should wait until Friday to post this (30 days), but I'm so freakin' proud of myself, I can't wait any more. I started smoking in 1960, at the age of 10. By the middle of my 12th year (age of 11; 1961), I was smoking a pack a day or more, and have done so ever since, until 11:52 p.m., April 22nd, when I lit and smoked my last cigarette. I've tried before, and come close, but this time, I feel strongly that I'm going to succeed, because I don't want to smoke any more!

 

[midwestyankee]

Good for you. Now you're starting into the hardest part of the whole deal: maintaining your new habits and resolve to stay away from the old bad one. It may not get easy for a long time, but you've got one foot going ahead of the other on your way up the mountain.

All the best for continued success.

 

[Netzach]

I suppose I really should wait until Friday to post this (30 days), but I'm so freakin' proud of myself, I can't wait any more. I started smoking in 1960, at the age of 10. By the middle of my 12th year (age of 11; 1961), I was smoking a pack a day or more, and have done so ever since, until 11:52 p.m., April 22nd, when I lit and smoked my last cigarette. I've tried before, and come close, but this time, I feel strongly that I'm going to succeed, because I don't want to smoke any more!

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Freaking awesome.

I've hung in there for a number of quits on M's part. I hope one of them holds. I know from him this has to be the hardest freaking habit on earth to ditch.

 

[graceanne]

Hooray!

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[Yasashii_Kaze]

HOORAY!!!

 

[Shankara20]

Outstanding!!!

 

[eastern sun]

As they say, harder to quit than heroin. Congratulations, Sir Winston.

Do something nice for yourself. You deserve it.


(I gave myself singing lessons when I quit smoking, and ended up in an opera!)

 

[sinnocence]

Congratulations SW!!! Great job.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

Congrats!

Wow. You started smoking at 10? And a pack a day at 11?

That is unfathomable nowadays.

And just think, after a year you will have saved almost $2000 dollars.

 

[Kajira Callista]

I suppose I really should wait until Friday to post this (30 days), but I'm so freakin' proud of myself, I can't wait any more. I started smoking in 1960, at the age of 10. By the middle of my 12th year (age of 11; 1961), I was smoking a pack a day or more, and have done so ever since, until 11:52 p.m., April 22nd, when I lit and smoked my last cigarette. I've tried before, and come close, but this time, I feel strongly that I'm going to succeed, because I don't want to smoke any more!

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WOW, I remember you being there with me through my quitting....ringing in every hour then day then week then month for me.
I feel very proud of you for finding what I knew you needed to find to succeed.
I'm here if you need to bitch, moan, groan, or complain as always and I can tell by your "tone of post" that you will be able to do it.

 

[Ladythunder]

Awesome job!

I'm working on 31 days and apparently 22 hours according to your banner program, I know it can be hard but you can keep it up! this long, you have the hard part over, just the occasional mind game remains

Best of luck!

 

[graceanne]

Congrats!

Wow. You started smoking at 10? And a pack a day at 11?

That is unfathomable nowadays.

And just think, after a year you will have saved almost $2000 dollars.

Kenny (who's 40) started smoking at 12. My ten year old daughter has a twelve year old acquaintance that my sister has seen smoking.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Thank you, everyone, for the encouragement and plaudits. I only wish I had done it (quit) a bit earlier... like, oh, say 48 years ago?

In today's dollars, if I'd quit 20 years ago (as far back as the quitmeter will register, LOL!), at a (conservative) pack a day for that time, I'd have not spent almost $25,000 on the nasty things by now... so 48 years ago = $25,000 x 2.4 = $60,000. Enough to buy a new car! A nice one.

ETA: Oh, yeah... anyone else who's quitting (Ladythunder), you can get the same quitmeter at this site. I'm probably going to leave mine in my sig line until 6 months or so, maybe a year. Then it won't be news any more - except to people who have known me in r/l since the 60's.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

Kenny (who's 40) started smoking at 12. My ten year old daughter has a twelve year old acquaintance that my sister has seen smoking.

Wow. That's not child neglect/endangering the welfare of a child?

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Congrats!

Wow. You started smoking at 10? And a pack a day at 11?

That is unfathomable nowadays.

And just think, after a year you will have saved almost $2000 dollars.

Yeah. I was precocious about a number of things It was easy to jack my dad's and mom's cigarettes, and to walk into the PX (Post Exchange) and buy cigarettes with the ration coupons they didn't use. We were in Europe at the time - the military gave smoking members and their dependents a set of coupons to buy cigarettes with, but supposedly not enough to sell American cigarettes to the "natives." Dad smoked close to 2 packs a day, mom close to 1, and they never came close to using up all his ration coupons. I used to hijack a few each week to go buy my own $0.12 a pack smokes. The PX workers assumed that a kid with ration coupons was getting them for a parent. My parents were oblivious to the fact that they were "losing" about 30 packs' worth of coupons each month.

 

[Keroin]

I quitters.

I'd hug you but I only give out six e-hugs per year and you've had two in the last fortnight!

This is good news indeed and you sound very serious. My grandma chain smoked into her late seventies then just up and quit, cold turkey, one day and never looked back. When you're ready, you're ready.

Oh fuck it...

*Squeeze*

 

[graceanne]

Wow. That's not child neglect/endangering the welfare of a child?

Only if the parents are allowing it. Miss told them and they've got her a babysitter. Technically, though, you can leave a twelve year old home alone while you're at work. Her mom is a single parent and works about 50 hours a week.

But, K's parents knew he was smoking, and tried to make him stop. Heck, he was using drugs and drinking, too. He was a horrible teenager, always sneaking out and stuff. But he was in Jr. High and was able to get [fill in the blanks] without their consent. After kids get to a certain age, if they really wanna do something you can't stop them short of quitting your job and staying home with them and homeschooling. And that's not an option for a lot of families.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I suppose I really should wait until Friday to post this (30 days), but I'm so freakin' proud of myself, I can't wait any more. I started smoking in 1960, at the age of 10. By the middle of my 12th year (age of 11; 1961), I was smoking a pack a day or more, and have done so ever since, until 11:52 p.m., April 22nd, when I lit and smoked my last cigarette. I've tried before, and come close, but this time, I feel strongly that I'm going to succeed, because I don't want to smoke any more!

That's awesome!!!! The key is the not wanting to smoke any more. That's what it took for me to quit.

 

[graceanne]

That's awesome!!!! The key is the not wanting to smoke any more. That's what it took for me to quit.

That's what my mom said (she had a two and a half pack a day for about thirty years). And I think it's true, just like I think that's why K hasn't quit. He doesn't want to.

 

[RawHumor]

Congrats.

I'm currently working on losing weight and quitting biting my nails.

Oddly enough, the former is easier for me than the latter... it's just a physical habit, with no chemical addiction, so it shouldn't be that difficult, should it?

 

[graceanne]

Congrats.

I'm currently working on losing weight and quitting biting my nails.

Oddly enough, the former is easier for me than the latter... it's just a physical habit, with no chemical addiction, so it shouldn't be that difficult, should it?

Well, I never quit smoking, but I did quit biting my nails and it's really hard, because it's something you can do on accident. You can't smoke on accident, because you have to go out, buy the smokes, light them, and inhale. But you can be on the computer, absorbed in what you're reading and chewing your nails and not know until you chew to the quick.

I used that bad tasting nail polish. It worked for me.

 

[chauderlos]

Congratulations, SW.

The money spent on cigarettes is unbelievable.

I did quit earlier this year, but a "life accident" happened , and I'd smoking again. I'll try later...

 

[VelvetDarkness]

Congrats Sr W! No more playing russian roulette with your health any more!

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And just think, after a year you will have saved almost $2000 dollars.

This is a major and satisfying incentive. Open a savings account or fill a jar with the cash you would have spent on cigarettes and watch it pile up. Then you can get yourself a real treat as a reward.

 

[VelvetDarkness]

Congratulations, SW.

The money spent on cigarettes is unbelievable.

I did quit earlier this year, but a "life accident" happened , and I'd smoking again. I'll try later...

You're in France, right? I have to say, that must be one of the worst places to quit smoking. It's much more socially acceptable there than in the UK or USA.

Bon chance mon ami.

 

[WriterDom]

90 days of hell, but if you can get that far, chances are you'll never smoke again. I quit about 234,000 smokes ago when I was 19 and so glad I did.