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Hey, hey, hey, I know 🐫! Thanks for getting the Bonfire started tonight Mysticcat. I'm cruising through and dumping 111,150 unsmokeds Have another awesome smoke free evening everyone!
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Go To DiscussionIt’s Hump Day🐪🐫. 1/2 way till the weekend! wooohoooo! Everyone is invite so don’t be shy. Just toss your unsmoked cigarettes on the fire and let’s celebrate quitting smoking! Tonight’s self-serve to mind those fingers and toes! Congratulations to all us quitters! For those new this fire was started by our own sweet 😇Q-Angel Mary Merrey(tilletoiler) long ago as place for quitters toss unsmoked cigarettes and celebrate being quit. This is also a place where you can unload your burdens and just...
Go To DiscussionIt’s Hump Day🐪🐫. 1/2 way till the weekend! wooohoooo! Everyone is invite so don’t be shy. Just toss your unsmoked cigarettes on the fire and let’s celebrate quitting smoking! Tonight’s self-serve to mind those fingers and toes! Congratulations to all us quitters! For those new this fire was started by our own sweet 😇Q-Angel Mary Merrey(tilletoiler) long ago as place for quitters toss unsmoked cigarettes and celebrate being quit. This is also a place where you can unload your burdens and just...
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Repost: 14 years Quit – who would have thought!!!!
Here is a repost of my 14 yr ramble – Last ramble I have written.
I am living proof that a serial quitter can successfully quit.
Quitting is not easy but it is doable.
Keeping up my journey on the Freedom Road!
Now at D6218
D6287
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Hello my fellow quitters
The years are going by and every year it is harder for me to write a ramble as I feel I have already said it all. Going to...Repost: 14 years Quit – who would have thought!!!!
Here is a repost of my 14 yr ramble – Last ramble I have written.
I am living proof that a serial quitter can successfully quit.
Quitting is not easy but it is doable.
Keeping up my journey on the Freedom Road!
Now at D6218
D6287
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Hello my fellow quitters
The years are going by and every year it is harder for me to write a ramble as I feel I have already said it all. Going to keep this short and sweet.
How to create a successful quit – my experience
I never believed I could/would quit – but I did it.
Here is how:
1. Recognized I am an addict. I cannot have just one, I must have them all. Even after 14 years I know that I am and forever will be 1 puff away from a pack a day. (Tossed the 12 yr quit because I did not understand this)
2. Committed to the quitting process. Went from serial quitting to refusing to allow there to be a reason to smoke. Not easy -many tears cried and lots of foot stomping and slamming doors – but I made it.
3. Came to understand quitting is not a linear process. I struggled during my early days, started to feel better and around day 75 thought I was losing my mind. Lived in the north woods. Was on the phone for online counselling as I just could not stop crying. The smallest thing set me off. Counsellor helped. Talking about it helped. Giving myself a break helped. I made it through to the other side and realized I could get through things without a smoke. I had some struggles at 5 years quit – emotional relationship stuff and again I made it through by asking for support, pledging and following the 3 post rule – no smoking till I post and 3 people reply.
I am sure there is much else I could ramble on about but for me, this is short but sweet.
This serial with support from online quit groups is 14 years quit and has the tools she needs and learned from elders who travelled this path before her. I am planning on forever living on the Freedom Road – stress, upset and the lies of addiction will not entice me ever again to hand my power over to a white tube of poison. Smoking is not your friend – friends do not try to kill you.
Here is to another year smoke free!!
You can do it my friends!!!!!!!
KTQ
Cara
D5113
14 years
2Y 11M
Life Saved
$75,943
Money Saved
138,078
Unsmoked
Now:
D5479
15 years
3Y 1M
Life Saved
$81,363
Money Saved
147,933
Unsmoked
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Good morning all
Happy Wednesday!!!!!
Work week is winding down - but not fast enough lol. In my office again today trying to get some work completed. Smoking will not be part of my day today or any day thank you much, Saying NO to smoking and keeping on keeping on along the Freedom Road. I hold my hand out in friendship and support to the next winning quitter joining me today.
Have a great day
Cara
D6587
3Y 9M
Life Saved
$97,817
Money Saved
177,849
Unsmoked
Calvin and Hobbs catching a nap...Good morning all
Happy Wednesday!!!!!
Work week is winding down - but not fast enough lol. In my office again today trying to get some work completed. Smoking will not be part of my day today or any day thank you much, Saying NO to smoking and keeping on keeping on along the Freedom Road. I hold my hand out in friendship and support to the next winning quitter joining me today.
Have a great day
Cara
D6587
3Y 9M
Life Saved
$97,817
Money Saved
177,849
Unsmoked
Calvin and Hobbs catching a nap together
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Taco Tuesday bonfire is wonderful and I appreciate you Mysticcat Only by God's grace I'm throwing my 241,400 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!
Go To DiscussionWelcome to the self serve Taco Tuesday Bonfire. Yum!!! It’s toss your own unsmokeds and create your own tacos with all the fixings you can ask for. 🌮🔥 Sven has concocted some Yummy refreshments to go with your tacos. So enjoy the night!!! For those new this fire was started by our own sweet 😇Q-Angel Mary Merrey(tilletoiler) long ago as place for quitters toss unsmoked cigarettes and celebrate being quit. This is also a place where you can unload your burdens and just have fun. Find Mary’s...
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Repost: Lucky 13 years quit.
Now 6217
Now 6586
Lucky 13 years! But my quit did not happen by luck!
Wow – here I am at 13 years quit – not since I was a child have I been quit this long as I started smoking at age 12.
I debated writing a ramble this year because I thought what else can I write so I asked DH for suggestions and he said for me to teach, tell people what can happen if they do not quit. I will try not to be preachy, but still keep it real.
When I quit 13 years ago it had to be...Repost: Lucky 13 years quit.
Now 6217
Now 6586
Lucky 13 years! But my quit did not happen by luck!
Wow – here I am at 13 years quit – not since I was a child have I been quit this long as I started smoking at age 12.
I debated writing a ramble this year because I thought what else can I write so I asked DH for suggestions and he said for me to teach, tell people what can happen if they do not quit. I will try not to be preachy, but still keep it real.
When I quit 13 years ago it had to be after more than a year of the doctor nagging me before the heart attack, I might not live to quit after.
I could not breathe when I walked any distance or at a fast pace. I could not climb a flight of stairs or walk up a hill without using an inhaler. I still remember the summer I had pneumonia. I smoked less but still smoked. I remember having to go into the hospital to have a breathing treatment because I had the beginning of COPD. I thought it was Asthma; I walked out of the hospital and had a smoke, how crazy was I.
Not crazy, addicted and my drug was impacting my ability to breathe and let’s be honest if you can’t breath you can’t live let alone do activities that you enjoy that require movement.
Quitting was not easy.
Messed with my depression, impacted my sleep but with this final quit, I finally quit playing with quitting and got down to it. I would quit for hours, days, weeks on previous attempts and make an excuse to smoke. Still unable to breathe well, but kept coming up with the excuses to smoke.
There is never a reason to smoke folks. Addiction is lying to you, as I say you have to get past the smoke screen to see the lies of addiction. We cannot romance the smoke; the smoke has never given us anything. It tries to take credit for all you do for yourself. You do not love smoking, you love the relief you feel when you smoke and I have to keep it real. Smoking causes smoking. You crave because you smoked not because you quit, period.
As many know, my DH lost his right leg due to a diabetic related infection. I am proud to say that not once during this time have I thought of smoking. Thankfully, he has never smoked because if he did the problems, he has would be so much worse. While he was in the hospital, I overheard a doctor speaking to a patient. He was telling them if they kept smoking, they were likely to lose a leg. It was just another thing in the long list of what smoking gives us, none of it good. Asthma, COPD, cancer, stroke, heart attacks, artery problems and I am sure many other things as well as poor to no quality of life. I would not want to be out hiking with an oxygen tank attached to me.
I want to be honest. I do not think I would be alive today if I had not quit smoking 13 years ago.
We suffer; I suffered when quitting because we smoked not because we quit. We were not born with a sickerette in our mouths and it is addiction that makes it hard to quit. I can walk upstairs, I can walk for miles up and down hills hiking. I can exercise and even when sick, I seldom require an inhaler anymore.
Quitting is not easy – I admit that – but I do not imagine dying is either and for most of us smoking is a death sentence. The price of us dying is paid not only by us, but also those we love, as they will have to watch us die.
Join me on the Freedom Road. Life is not perfect there but it is so much better than being tied to a sickerette that is killing us. Quitting is doable. We can all quit! Shout out a big HELL NO to smoking today and get it done. You will in time, be happy you did.
Loud and proud at 13 years
Cara
D4748
2Y 11M
Life saved
$71,220
Money saved
142,440
Unsmoked
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Good morning all
Happy Tuesday!!!!
One day done and moving on to day 2 of this 4 day work week. I ended up hitting a centre yesterday and I am off to the office today. Saying NO to smoking today and keeping myself moving forward along the Freedom Road. I offer my hand in friendship and support to the next winning quitter joining me today.
Have a terrific Tuesday!
Cara
D6586
3Y 9M
Life Saved
$97,802
Money Saved
177,822
Unsmoked
Heading towards the mountains
Hello and good evening Mysticcat, that sounds like a lovely way to ring in Spring. Thanks for lighting the Bonfire! I'm dumping 111,100 unsmokeds tonight. Enjoy another most excellent smoke free evening everyone!
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