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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 21 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 15 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 12 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
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