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OldBaldy1701E

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36. Congrats.

Wed Oct 16, 2024, 12:32 PM

20 hrs ago

I quit tobacco (excepting the very rare cigar) about ten years ago. I will say one thing that I always remember a good friend telling me when I complimented him on being smoke free for five years. He smiled and nodded. A friend then said, "Do you ever want one?"

My friend grabbed the table edges and leaned right in towards the other person's face and savagely whispered, "Every. Fucking. Day."

Stay strong. I am pretty much over it now and don't even want one when I am having a drink, which was when I used to go full 'chimney'. Good on you for stopping.

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One year ago, today [View all] bluescribbler 22 hrs ago OP

Congratulations! niyad 22 hrs ago #1

It's the best thing I ever did for myself mountain grammy 22 hrs ago #2

I think this was a George Carlin line. Prairie_Seagull 22 hrs ago #3

Great quip with a complicated lineage Pinback 20 hrs ago #23

Outstanding, thank you. Prairie_Seagull 20 hrs ago #27

Most interesting! calimary 2 hrs ago #77

Mark Twain California Kid 19 hrs ago #47

Congrats. Xavier Breath 22 hrs ago #4

Awesome! Way to go!! Blue_Roses 22 hrs ago #5

Similar story here. My dad stopped smoking after about 50 years in 1990 and lived another 19 years..... Bengus81 20 hrs ago #31

Two points about smoking. The first has always generated an unanswered question in my mind. The second was my....... usaf-vet 19 hrs ago #38

I was thirteen when I started smoking. bluescribbler 16 hrs ago #55

One event that I remember with absolute clarity canetoad 14 hrs ago #63

My dad was in the Army during Blue_Roses 3 hrs ago #74

Great job, Congratulations wendyb-NC 21 hrs ago #6

Congratulations. I'm starting year 16, tobacco free. sinkingfeeling 21 hrs ago #7

I've read that 25 years smoke free is as good as never-smoked for the body. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #19

i would like to believe that Native 19 hrs ago #39

Yeah, I've read that too canetoad 14 hrs ago #64

I'm closing in on fifty years smoke free soldierant 9 hrs ago #72

You are a great role model on this! My mother quit smoking in her 40s and died in her 90s. Bernardo de La Paz 3 hrs ago #75

congratz OldSWODog 21 hrs ago #8

Well done... littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #9

Good work! yellerpup 21 hrs ago #10

Congratulations! I tried quitting once or twice, surfered 21 hrs ago #11

I have read most successful quitters failed at least once before. Anyone can quit Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #17

Congratulations. Even with the meds, this takes will power. SpankMe 21 hrs ago #12

super! et tu 21 hrs ago #13

Yes, believing in yourself is key. Positive outlook can be learned and is self-sustaining. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #20

Yaye Ariel! MadLinguist 21 hrs ago #14

Congratulations! LittleGirl 21 hrs ago #15

I lost count of the number of times I tried to quit and the number of methods... Native 19 hrs ago #42

The smell! That's what keeps me away LittleGirl 16 hrs ago #56

I'm the same way. Native 16 hrs ago #57

Congratulations!! 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #16

Awesome accomplishment! Hope22 21 hrs ago #18

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Trueblue Texan 21 hrs ago #21

For the record, I do not claim to have quit smoking. bluescribbler 20 hrs ago #30

Congrats! peggysue2 21 hrs ago #22

Congratulations! I tried quitting once or twice, surfered 20 hrs ago #24

Congrats! wysimdnwyg 20 hrs ago #25

Good for you! murielm99 20 hrs ago #26

That's great. Keep up the good work. OLDMDDEM 20 hrs ago #28

Congrats! Stay determined. Best thing you could do for your health and wallet judesedit 20 hrs ago #29

CONGRATS!! Question for baby boomers...How many of you NEVER smoked because of your parents smoking? Bengus81 20 hrs ago #32

I'm Gen X and had no desire because my mother TBF 20 hrs ago #37

Congrats... JT45242 20 hrs ago #33

Congratulations! n/t livetohike 20 hrs ago #34

Congratulations MustLoveBeagles 20 hrs ago #35

Congrats. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #36

Good for you, and continued success......I quit 5-2-2005. Was gonna be retiring in 2006 a kennedy 19 hrs ago #40

Congratulations! BlueKentuckyGirl 19 hrs ago #41

That's great. Hang in there. Lonestarblue 19 hrs ago #43

15 years Figarosmom 19 hrs ago #44

Good for you! pandr32 19 hrs ago #45

Dreams! bluescribbler 16 hrs ago #58

That is one BIG Step! Keep it up. Now - two words DEEP BREATHS! rurallib 19 hrs ago #46

WooHoo Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #48

Congratulations! piddyprints 18 hrs ago #49

I quit 42 years ago, C OH Dem 18 hrs ago #50

Chantix worked for me too. I thank my older brother applegrove 18 hrs ago #51

Congratulations underpants 17 hrs ago #52

Congrats! senseandsensibility 16 hrs ago #53

YES! markie 16 hrs ago #54

Good job. Griefbird 15 hrs ago #59

That's great!!! ailsagirl 15 hrs ago #60

Congratulations! beaglelover 15 hrs ago #61

Well done bluescribbler canetoad 15 hrs ago #62

Great for you Tribetime 14 hrs ago #65

Good for you! Congratulations on being smoke free! HeartsCanHope 14 hrs ago #66

03/14/1982 for me. Cold turkey. BHDem53 14 hrs ago #67

That's awesome!! Andy Canuck 13 hrs ago #68

Well done Cirsium 12 hrs ago #69

Congratulations... Tikki 12 hrs ago #70

Congratulations! evolves 9 hrs ago #71

It gets easier gay texan 8 hrs ago #73

That's Absolutely TERRIFIC!!! calimary 2 hrs ago #76

Congrats! SheltieLover 2 hrs ago #78