I am still rolling strong. Just over 7 months. I just need my vapor nicotine sometimes if I'm with friends having a few beers or at tailgates, camping, road trips and such.
I'm 100% done with cigs though. No interest in them at all. My brother in law is having a bunch of reconstruction surgery and taking out a bunch of his face to hopefully get "all" the cancer and give him a 50/50 shot.
Awesome SPEEDY!! Incidentally, Feb.20, was one year free from that disgusting habit! Now I just gotta quit smoking weed again. Lol ahh but it was fun for whole it lasted..
I am still rolling strong. Just over 7 months. I just need my vapor nicotine sometimes if I'm with friends having a few beers or at tailgates, camping, road trips and such.
I'm 100% done with cigs though. No interest in them at all. My brother in law is having a bunch of reconstruction surgery and taking out a bunch of his face to hopefully get "all" the cancer and give him a 50/50 shot.
Man, I am sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. My f-i-l died 5 years ago. He smoked cigars for years and drank vodka routinely. The docs said the combo set up " a field of cancerization". Rotten shit. I hope things turn out well for your family.
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Prayers to you and your family @MayDay10. And I'm so glad to hear everyone's success stories!! It is really awesome how much better I feel! And it's so not worth the risks!
Prayers to you and your family @MayDay10. And I'm so glad to hear everyone's success stories!! It is really awesome how much better I feel! And it's so not worth the risks!
Ditto this.Best wishes and Good thoughts your way.
My point wasn't trying to dredge up sympathy as much just to point out how it really woke me up. I do not want to get some sort of news in a doctor's office and realize that I was totally complicit. Don't know if I could take it.
He was diagnosed a month or 2 after I decided to quit. Just seeing what he has gone through. Chemo/Rad, lost all of his weight. Cant eat. Constantly in pain. Found out cancer is back... And now terrified he has to have pieces of his leg grafted to create jawbone and tongue, on a limited budget. Ugh. It has completely shut me off of any possibility of relapse... and if nothing else, his pain has and will lead me to take a different path.
My point wasn't trying to dredge up sympathy as much just to point out how it really woke me up. I do not want to get some sort of news in a doctor's office and realize that I was totally complicit. Don't know if I could take it.
He was diagnosed a month or 2 after I decided to quit. Just seeing what he has gone through. Chemo/Rad, lost all of his weight. Cant eat. Constantly in pain. Found out cancer is back... And now terrified he has to have pieces of his leg grafted to create jawbone and tongue, on a limited budget. Ugh. It has completely shut me off of any possibility of relapse... and if nothing else, his pain has and will lead me to take a different path.
Despite the circumstances it took to give you your wake up call, we're all very happy that we'll have you around to put your two cents in around here.
I wish I could get my mom to quit. She's smoked all of her adult life and is currently 63. My dad died at age 56 of cardiovascular disease. She's been alone since. She has health issues. I don't know what will wake her up.
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I smoked bout 10 years. I quit 11/2012. I pretty much think about cigarettes everyday. No slip ups because I quit to have my first baby and now I'm prego with #2. I loved smoking. I always hated the smell but I don't wake up vigorously coughing anymore and I obviously breathe so much better and I don't get sick all the time anymore and overall I'm happier. Lol sorry that was kind of running along together but I'm too lazy to go back and clean it up
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I wish I could get my mom to quit. She's smoked all of her adult life and is currently 63. My dad died at age 56 of cardiovascular disease. She's been alone since. She has health issues. I don't know what will wake her up.
I wish you could too Jen. I also have a friend who has had multiple cancer scares/surgeries (breast/skin) and she still smokes a lot. She even tried the e-cig. There is no stopping her. My f-i-l finally stopped when he realized how serious the cancer was. He went through chemo and radiation. The tumor was still too big to attempt any surgical removal. It's a damn shame, but there was no convincing him before it was too late. Good for you FoxyRedLa, and good for your babies too!
And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
I smoked bout 10 years. I quit 11/2012. I pretty much think about cigarettes everyday. No slip ups because I quit to have my first baby and now I'm prego with #2. I loved smoking. I always hated the smell but I don't wake up vigorously coughing anymore and I obviously breathe so much better and I don't get sick all the time anymore and overall I'm happier. Lol sorry that was kind of running along together but I'm too lazy to go back and clean it up
I smoked bout 10 years. I quit 11/2012. I pretty much think about cigarettes everyday. No slip ups because I quit to have my first baby and now I'm prego with #2. I loved smoking. I always hated the smell but I don't wake up vigorously coughing anymore and I obviously breathe so much better and I don't get sick all the time anymore and overall I'm happier. Lol sorry that was kind of running along together but I'm too lazy to go back and clean it up
Your not alone, the first time I quit I missed it for the entire 11 years and now it's been since November 2014 and I still miss it. I don't want to smoke but there is nothing better than a smoke and a beer on the back deck in the summer *sigh*. Congrats on quitting and staying off of them and congrats on your second wee bundle.
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I'm happy to read all your success stories...I've never smoked...I'm highly allergic to cigarette smoke, gives me terrible migraines...so I avoid it like the plague...
I had a dear friend though who smoked for years and then quit, and hadn't touched a cigarette in 30 years...and she passed away from lung cancer that spread into her stomach a year and a half ago...
I share this, not to be a downer...but just to remind you all...to take care of yourselves! And get checked out regularly, because damage is done...if you catch it in time, you can beat it...she didn't catch her's in time...and the world is less an amazing person...and I would hate for anything to happen to any of you!!!
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Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I'm 100% done with cigs though. No interest in them at all. My brother in law is having a bunch of reconstruction surgery and taking out a bunch of his face to hopefully get "all" the cancer and give him a 50/50 shot.
My point wasn't trying to dredge up sympathy as much just to point out how it really woke me up. I do not want to get some sort of news in a doctor's office and realize that I was totally complicit. Don't know if I could take it.
He was diagnosed a month or 2 after I decided to quit. Just seeing what he has gone through. Chemo/Rad, lost all of his weight. Cant eat. Constantly in pain. Found out cancer is back... And now terrified he has to have pieces of his leg grafted to create jawbone and tongue, on a limited budget. Ugh. It has completely shut me off of any possibility of relapse... and if nothing else, his pain has and will lead me to take a different path.
6/19/95 Red Rocks
9/11/98 MSG
11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 New York City
4/16/16 Greenville 4/28/16 Philly 1 4/29/16 Philly 2 5/1/16 MSG 1 5/2/16 MSG 2 8/7/16 Fenway 2 8/20/16 Wrigley 1
4/7/17 RRHOF New York City
9/02/18 Fenway 1 9/04/2018 Fenway 2
9/18/21 Asbury Park
9/11/22 New York City
9/14/22 Camden
Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
You never really had to begin with.
Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
I had a dear friend though who smoked for years and then quit, and hadn't touched a cigarette in 30 years...and she passed away from lung cancer that spread into her stomach a year and a half ago...
I share this, not to be a downer...but just to remind you all...to take care of yourselves! And get checked out regularly, because damage is done...if you catch it in time, you can beat it...she didn't catch her's in time...and the world is less an amazing person...and I would hate for anything to happen to any of you!!!
Tattooed Dissident!
Those that can be trusted can change their mind.