Everyone who hasn't smoked today is awesome.

[WilliamPitt]

Especially if they pledged to quit for New Year's.

Me = 32 days and counting.

It can be done.

Go.

:toast:

On edit: this post was not meant to denigrate smokers. I was one for 20 years, my wife still is, most of my friends are, and so is my mom. This post was aimed at people who chose today to quit. My FB page is blowing up with posts from the newly-quitted...one of whom, btw, is a fellow named Matcom. :)

[Heidi]

1. And many people who did smoke today are also awesome.

I'm hella proud of you, Will, and am more glad than you know that you're extending your presence in the world. But let's not discount the fact that there are many achievements equal to not smoking.

:thumbsup:

ETA: The veterinarian who (on the day before New Year's Eve) worked on his vacation to euthanize the 15-year-old feral cat we were helping (Little Old Man was in the last stages of FIV and disabled by total hearing loss in both ears, glaucoma in his right eye) is a smoker. His practice is on the first floor of a villa in Locarno and he lives on the upper floors; when I open the door to his office, cigarette smoke rolls out. I hate it; it makes my hair and clothes stink like hell. But he's one of the most awesome, kind, compassionate human beings I've ever been privileged to know. He smoked today, and he's awesome.

[WilliamPitt]

4. See my edit

:)

[hippywife]

8. I am so sorry, Heidi.

Thank you for taking care of him and giving him security and warmth the last couple of weeks of his life. Wish he could have enjoyed it a little longer. :cry:

[Flaxbee]

9. oh damn, Heidi ... I'm so sorry to hear about LOM

(don't mean to hijack your thread, Will).

I'm glad Little Old Man had a comfy bed and nutritious food and ample love his last few days/weeks. :hug:

[safeinOhio]

2. Oct 15 2009

last smoke at age 60. If you haven't stopped yet, keep trying.

also lost 40 pounds.

Hard not to smile today.

[Tom_Foolery]

3. I haven't smoked in 34 years...

I was 16 and didn't even finish the pack. I realized that it wasn't for me. Good luck to everyone who is trying to quit.

[Tikki]

5. Jan 19th start of my seventh year...my son quit that year on Jan 1st and I..

WTG....YAY for you...

thought...oh, I'll wait a week or two to see if he starts again...he didn't and I absolutely
knew this was the time in my life to quit.

We are both smoke free since January 2004.

Tikki

[kentauros]

6. And I never took up smoking to begin with

:P

That's great for you and keep up the counting. It's working! :thumbsup:

[Brother Buzz]

7. .

[JonLP24]

10. I smoked E-Cigarettes today

am I awesome? :)

[elocs]

11. My goddaughter is smoking an e-cigarette as I type this.

So far, so good.

[WilliamPitt]

18. You are.

How was it?

[JonLP24]

24. I love the flavors

Huge variety. I'm currently using cotton candy. It is alright. I like blueberry and strawberry/banana the best. There are still hundreds of flavors I've yet to try though.

[femmocrat]

12. I quit when I was pregnant. Long time ago.

I just quit. Just like that.

But I still want a cigarette!

[MiddleFingerMom]

13. I worked with a single woman long ago that I was really sweet on...

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Midwestern farmgirl cute. Wicked laugh. Mischievous grin. Long, silky light brown hair.
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Fucking DIMPLES!!!!
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...but then she got pregnant...
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Emotional shrinkage, to be sure (and not the pregnancy part, neither.)
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Lost all my desire and most of my respect for her.
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[tigereye]

14. it's been 16 years for me - best of luck to you!

:thumbsup:

[kwassa]

15. I smoked 2.5 packs a day of Marlboros for 14 years, and have now quit for 26 years.

hardest and best thing I have ever done.

You have already done it, and can do it forever. Congratulations. If you can do it this long, you can do it infinitely.

[LynneSin]

16. If you were smoking today that 2.5 packs would be about $10-$25 dollars a day

depending on where you live.

I have never smoked but seeing what the cost is today for cigerettes would be the biggest incentive for me to quit.

Here in Delaware it's about $5.50 a pack which is over $2000 a year to maintain that habit. I do not have a spare $2000 to spend on soemthing like that. That's also have the reason why I cut way back on drinking. I will have a glass of red wine 4-5 times a week but I use to blow about $50-100 a weekend partying and I just don't have that kind of cash anymore.

[Yavin4]

19. In NYC, Cigarettes Are $12/pack

So, that 2.5 packs would be about $30 per day or $10,950 a year.

[LynneSin]

20. How anyone smokes in NYC stuns me unless they are buying out-of-state

Not only is the rent too damn high but so are the smokes!

[kwassa]

21. Cigarettes cost about $.90 a pack when I quit, and I thought that was outrageous

I could remember when they were half that price.

Back when gas was $.37 a gallon.

[meegbear]

17. Congrats! Have a cigar!

[BlueIris]

22. Ah, matcom. I knew him well, Horatio, I mean Will.

SMOKING SUCKS.

So, yes, everyone who has beaten the beast is awesome.

[hfojvt]

23. matcom?

I thought they disappeared him.