I have now been smoke-free for six weeks.

[Taxloss]

Woo!

And no gum or patches either.

[KitchenWitch]

1. congratulations

Keep it up! :hi:

[Taxloss]

5. Thank You!

I've saved close to £200, or $400!

[Aristus]

2. Congratulations! Stick with it! We're with ya!

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Taxloss]

9. Thank you! And I'm with you, on this difficult day!

[Aristus]

11. Thanks, man. Give out some hugs for us to all the good

lefties on your side of The Pond. :grouphug:

[Taxloss]

21. We're all spitting in disgust, don't you worry.

*'s coronation led the news tonight (followed instantly by the allegations of British torture in Iraq) and Mrs Taxloss said, the instant * appeared, "Why doesn't that man just fuck off? He's always talking like he loves the world, but he's forever telling us what to do and saying he's better than us. Well, he isn't. I think I hate him."

Mrs T isn't that interested in politics and the news, so that really surprised and pleased me.

[RevolutionaryActs]

3. WOOOOOOOOT!

:yourock:

[Taxloss]

10. Thanks!

[Lex]

4. Most Excellent!

My heartfelt congratulations to you. I know how hard it is to quit.

Hang in there!

[Taxloss]

12. Thank you! I really want to quit, I hate smoke.

[Left Is Write]

6. Congratulations!

Keep it up! :thumbsup:

I quit cold turkey too.

[Taxloss]

14. Thanks! It's not as bad as I thought, I'm pleased to say!

The benefits have been so quick to appear!

[BiggJawn]

7. Good on Ya!

Been 22 months here.

[Taxloss]

15. Thank you, and good for you! Almost two years! That's great!

[BiggJawn]

23. Just don't think about smoking.

Sometimes I think "I used to have a smoke right about now", but it's a fleeting moment and I don't dwell on it. I used Zyban to deal with the cravings and withdrawl problems until the nicotine had purged itself out.

I think it's about 25% physical and 75% psychological.

Damn things DO stink, though, don't they? :-)

6 weeks is well on the way to Freedom, keep up the good work!

[Floogeldy]

8. Stay strong!

[Taxloss]

19. I'm doing my best! So far, it's a bit easier than I expected!

[patrice]

13. From someone whose sister just died of lung cancer.

Please get into all of the cancer-preventive diet, vitamins, exercise, ALL of that stuff.

[Taxloss]

16. I'm so sorry - be assured, my focus is on health now.

I eat well, but should drink less. But I'm getting married, so the focus is on the future and health. I'm so sorry about your sister.

[patrice]

20. Thank you. It was just before Christmas. She was 57 years old.

We shared a bedroom when we were teenagers, double dated.

Read all of the prevention literature. There are many many prevention things you can do. You'll have to build your life around it for a while, until it becomes more a part of how you live. It includes stuff like changing your body chemistry "environment" from acid to alkaline.

[NGU]

17. Good for you n/t

[Kurt Remarque]

18. 7 years here

don't be shy about nicotine replacement therapy if things get rough and support groups are mucho help

[Taxloss]

22. Yes, support groups have helped me.

But I want to be rid of nicotine.

[B Calm]

24. I been smoke free for 5 years and had the urge

this morning to smoke. I was standing around a bunch of guys who were all smoking and almost asked one of them for a cigerette. I knew better... It does get easier, just takes time.

[American Tragedy]

25. Congratulations Taxloss!

I'm truly happy to hear that. I absolutely hate cigarettes. I'm sorry, I know you've probably heard sob stories like this a thousand times, but my grandmother died of emphysema less than a year ago. It was slow and agonizing, and it rendered a fiercely independent woman bedridden and nearly helpless. Still had the strength to tell Republicans to go to hell even near the end, Lord love her.