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bluescribbler

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Wed Oct 16, 2024, 09:58 AM Oct 2024

One year ago, today [View all]

When I woke up that morning, I had one cigarette left in the pack. I smoked that cigarette at about 9:00 and decided not to go to the store for another pack. I still have not bought any more cigarettes, nor have I smoked any cigarettes. I still get tempted now and then, but I continue to decide not to buy cigarettes. I don't take credit for this; all credit goes to a counsellor at the VA named Ariel, a drug called Chantix, and Susan's love. One year smoke free!!

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One year ago, today [View all] bluescribbler Oct 2024 OP
Congratulations! niyad Oct 2024 #1
It's the best thing I ever did for myself mountain grammy Oct 2024 #2
I think this was a George Carlin line. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #3
Great quip with a complicated lineage Pinback Oct 2024 #23
Outstanding, thank you. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #27
Most interesting! calimary Oct 2024 #77
Mark Twain California Kid Oct 2024 #47
Congrats. Xavier Breath Oct 2024 #4
Awesome! Way to go!! Blue_Roses Oct 2024 #5
Similar story here. My dad stopped smoking after about 50 years in 1990 and lived another 19 years..... Bengus81 Oct 2024 #31
Two points about smoking. The first has always generated an unanswered question in my mind. The second was my....... usaf-vet Oct 2024 #38
I was thirteen when I started smoking. bluescribbler Oct 2024 #55
One event that I remember with absolute clarity canetoad Oct 2024 #63
My dad was in the Army during Blue_Roses Oct 2024 #74
Great job, Congratulations wendyb-NC Oct 2024 #6
Congratulations. I'm starting year 16, tobacco free. sinkingfeeling Oct 2024 #7
I've read that 25 years smoke free is as good as never-smoked for the body. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #19
i would like to believe that Native Oct 2024 #39
Yeah, I've read that too canetoad Oct 2024 #64
I'm closing in on fifty years smoke free soldierant Oct 2024 #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 Oct 2024 #75
congratz OldSWODog Oct 2024 #8
Well done... littlemissmartypants Oct 2024 #9
Good work! yellerpup Oct 2024 #10
Congratulations! I tried quitting once or twice, surfered Oct 2024 #11
I have read most successful quitters failed at least once before. Anyone can quit Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #17
Congratulations. Even with the meds, this takes will power. SpankMe Oct 2024 #12
super! et tu Oct 2024 #13
Yes, believing in yourself is key. Positive outlook can be learned and is self-sustaining. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #20
Yaye Ariel! MadLinguist Oct 2024 #14
Congratulations! LittleGirl Oct 2024 #15
I lost count of the number of times I tried to quit and the number of methods... Native Oct 2024 #42
The smell! That's what keeps me away LittleGirl Oct 2024 #56
I'm the same way. Native Oct 2024 #57
Congratulations!! 2naSalit Oct 2024 #16
Awesome accomplishment! Hope22 Oct 2024 #18
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Trueblue Texan Oct 2024 #21
For the record, I do not claim to have quit smoking. bluescribbler Oct 2024 #30
Congrats! peggysue2 Oct 2024 #22
Congratulations! I tried quitting once or twice, surfered Oct 2024 #24
Congrats! wysimdnwyg Oct 2024 #25
Good for you! murielm99 Oct 2024 #26
That's great. Keep up the good work. OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #28
Congrats! Stay determined. Best thing you could do for your health and wallet judesedit Oct 2024 #29
CONGRATS!! Question for baby boomers...How many of you NEVER smoked because of your parents smoking? Bengus81 Oct 2024 #32
I'm Gen X and had no desire because my mother TBF Oct 2024 #37
Congrats... JT45242 Oct 2024 #33
Congratulations! n/t livetohike Oct 2024 #34
Congratulations MustLoveBeagles Oct 2024 #35
Congrats. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #36
Good for you, and continued success......I quit 5-2-2005. Was gonna be retiring in 2006 a kennedy Oct 2024 #40
Congratulations! BlueKentuckyGirl Oct 2024 #41
That's great. Hang in there. Lonestarblue Oct 2024 #43
15 years Figarosmom Oct 2024 #44
Good for you! pandr32 Oct 2024 #45
Dreams! bluescribbler Oct 2024 #58
That is one BIG Step! Keep it up. Now - two words DEEP BREATHS! rurallib Oct 2024 #46
WooHoo Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #48
Congratulations! piddyprints Oct 2024 #49
I quit 42 years ago, C OH Dem Oct 2024 #50
Chantix worked for me too. I thank my older brother applegrove Oct 2024 #51
Congratulations underpants Oct 2024 #52
Congrats! senseandsensibility Oct 2024 #53
YES! markie Oct 2024 #54
Good job. Griefbird Oct 2024 #59
That's great!!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #60
Congratulations! beaglelover Oct 2024 #61
Well done bluescribbler canetoad Oct 2024 #62
Great for you Tribetime Oct 2024 #65
Good for you! Congratulations on being smoke free! HeartsCanHope Oct 2024 #66
03/14/1982 for me. Cold turkey. BHDem53 Oct 2024 #67
That's awesome!! Andy Canuck Oct 2024 #68
Well done Cirsium Oct 2024 #69
Congratulations... Tikki Oct 2024 #70
Congratulations! evolves Oct 2024 #71
It gets easier gay texan Oct 2024 #73
That's Absolutely TERRIFIC!!! calimary Oct 2024 #76
Congrats! SheltieLover Oct 2024 #78
About 4 1/2 months. bluescribbler Oct 2024 #79
Good for you! SheltieLover Oct 2024 #81
YOU. ARE. AWESOME. GaYellowDawg Oct 2024 #80
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