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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:40 PM Original message |
Has anyone here successfully quit smoking cigarettes? |
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Lovecrafty (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Many times! :) |
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zapp (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I did |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Welcome zapp |
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theKnave (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I quit smoking as a bet... |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. I quit in the anniversary of my discharge from the Navy |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. The financial aspect |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Holey Cow |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. I quit sixteen months ago...................... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 08:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
69. Um, not to be nitpicky or anything.... |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
83. I meant sixteen months as of September 17th of this year. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Oh ok...sorry. It was ambiguous. |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I quit |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep. I quit. |
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Cartooner (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. I quit by telling myself they were poison... over and over |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wish it was longer ago... |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Good luck!!! |
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ezee (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. I quit after 30yrs |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. I feel so much better and I never crave anymore. |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. I quit 17 years ago. |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I never smoke in the house |
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fknobbit (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. I quit |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. There's a fucking reality check... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. I quit cold turkey about 15 years ago... |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. 10 Years and Counting |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. First I cut way down to two a day |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. See post #23 |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes - 30 years ago after many tries |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Welcome rurallib |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bronchitis. Couldn't breathe. Hard to smoke when you can't breathe. |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Quit in 1985 |
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scarlet_owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. It will be three years in December that I have been smoke-free. |
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PoiBoy (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. I promised my kids that I would quit for them... |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. I'm holding her right now |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. learned to meditate, and did a visual meditation with each craving... |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. i don't call it quit |
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TA (349 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yep 38 years ago so I would say it's be a success |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Quit eight years ago |
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Buck Turgidson (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hypnosis... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm clean for 3 years now. For a long time I had switched to super ultra |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. BTW, I STILL want one on occasion, I really do.. But I won't let myself |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. I can only assume it's the Wellbutrin |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
74. I always assumed it was because you're as stubborn as a goddamn mule. |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. "I could've been wise as an owl |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Yet another reason to hate Garrison Keillor. |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. It wasn't him, asshat |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Plink yourself, knob. |
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ocean girl (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. I quit over 10 years ago and the way I did it was |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. Took me six times... |
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bogey18 (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Quit 2 years ago after trying seriously 3 or 4 times |
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Cookie wookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've quit more times than I can count |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. I quit cold turkey 15 years ago. It wasn't easy , it was well worth it! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. 6 years so far. I could start tomorrow so I don't consider it "over" |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
46. I was on a camping trip for 3 days |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
47. Although I dont smoke... I know people who have (or tried)... |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Pot is noy physically addictive |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
49. I quit twice |
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WINEWOMAN7 (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
50. Quitting Cigarettes |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
51. I quite cold turkey 8 years ago |
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Barad Simith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
52. quit cold turkey, July 24, 1998 |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
53. We quit in 1967 so we could afford to buy a car. |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
54. i'm not a quitter nt |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
55. I quit from 1992 to 2000, then from New Years 2002 til now... |
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trigz (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
56. I quit and haven't had any problems at all |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 03:43 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. That's because it costs a ZILLION Krona in Norway for a pack of smokes. |
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trigz (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Yeah, but the roll-ups taste like arse juice, though (nt) |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:52 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Depends on what you roll up. |
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trigz (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 08:52 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. True, true. (nt) |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
58. I just put them dowm.I had had bronchitis, and said, I don't want to do |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
59. I have tried three times and failed |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. keep trying, Rhiannon12866 |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
60. I quit cold turkey twenty years ago.At the time it was the only way that |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
61. Yes, after several unsuccessful attempts |
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ze_dscherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
62. I quit at the birth of my son 11 years ago |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
63. No, but 2 family members did. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
64. I did it. St. Paddy's Day, 2003 was my last smoke. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
66. How much would you be willing to suffer |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
68. 10 years this November and I still miss it.... |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
70. if you can't quit for your daughter |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
72. I quit--oh jeez--in November 1989. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
73. Quit many times, but patches finally worked. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
75. Twice |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
76. Yep. Two packs a day of Marlboro 100's for five years. |
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Emboldened Chimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. Yes, I've done it... |
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japple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
82. I finally got it right 3 years ago |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yes, I've successfully quit. Cravings diminish... but may never end. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
86. .... |
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Merrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
87. I quit for a year - overdose yourself the night before |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
88. Yep, here's how I did it |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
89. I quit on November 19,1981. After having a bout with Bronchitis |
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