STILL A NON-SMOKER!

[Th1onein]

Ten days (or is it eleven?). I did not smoke yesterday. And I woke up this morning without my smoker's cough! Sucked in a nice, deep lungful of air, and didn't cough!

This is fucking unbelievable.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Light up and celebrate!

:evilgrin:

[Th1onein]

4. Go fuck yerself, asshole.

eom

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. OK and I'll edit out the applause I gave you, too.

eom

[Th1onein]

12. Why bother editing it? You ALREADY cancelled it out with your first comment.

I don't need your kind of "support." Thanks anyway, now take a hike.

[SheilaT]

2. WONDERFUL!

As one of the tribe on Never Smoked, I want to ask: during all the years you had that smoker's cough, what did you think of it? Did you fully understand it was from the smoking? Did it seem like a trivial price to pay?

[Th1onein]

5. I thought it was from the smoking and a trivial price to pay.

What gets me is that, after forty years of smoking, it took just ten days to get rid of it. And I was a heavy smoker.

I think I'm gonna make it, guys! I think I'm gonna actually be successful. I've never had this much hope against these fucking cigarettes before! Every day....every day that I gain on these fuckers, makes me more and more likely to be a winner.

[Sal Minella]

19. You just need to make it through today.

I made it through yesterday. And I'll probably make it through today.

And that's been going on for seventeen years.

[billybob537]

3. Every day is a little better.

Keep up the good work.

[patrice]

6. Way to go!! {Crowd cheers} "Th - 1one - in! Th - 1one - in!!!" Yay!!!!!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. Congrats!!

I've got a small smoking habit (1.5 packs per week), but I'm trying like hell to fight it and losing miserably. I'm just mostly hoping not to have it expand any further. I wish you the best of luck! Stay strong!

[keith the dem]

8. Keep it going!

As I type this, a coworker who smokes, it having one of his unending coughing fits.

[zanne]

10. Just wait until your circulation improves!

I had a happy discovery after a few months when my circulation improved--you can guess what it was!

[Bonhomme Richard]

11. Hang in there. I found the cravings got worse about 2-1/2 months

after I quit cold turkey. I went that long without cheating once and then I started waking up in the middle of the night craving a smoke. Crazy I know because the nicotine was long out of my system. Purely psychological.
I guess I'm not that strong because it wasn't long before I said "screw it, this is nuts" and started smoking again.

Unfortunately I still smoke.
Hang in there. You are probably stronger than I am.

[Sal Minella]

18. The addiction is "cunning, baffling and powerful" as someone smarter than me has said.

I found those "psychological" urges to be strong but BRIEF --

The absolute weirdest was several weeks after achieving non-smoker status, when putting gas in the car, The Addiction Voice in my head said (WHILE THE GAS PUMP WAS RUNNING!!!) "You need to light a cigarette now -- you know you always light up a cigarette while you're pumping gas."

Just insane. That was the last urge I had. If you expect the urge or thought to come back occasionally, you can say "Go away. I knew you were coming. Now go away." And it goes away.

Now seventeen years smokeless and counting.
(Was three-packs-a-day for decades.)

[tandot]

13. Congrats, Th1onein! You CAN do it!

I quit 14 years ago and haven't touched a cigarette since. Here are some of the reasons that I kept in mind whenever I had a craving:

Top 10 Reasons to Quit Smoking

1. I will reduce my chances of having a heart attack or stroke.

2. I will reduce my chances of getting lung cancer, emphysema, and other lung diseases.

3. I will have better smelling clothes, hair, breath, home, and car.

4. I will climb stairs and walk without getting out of breath.

5. I will have fewer wrinkles.

6. I will be free of my morning cough.

7. I will reduce the number of coughs, colds, and earaches my child will have.

8. I will have more energy to pursue physical activities I enjoy.

9. I will treat myself to new books or music with the money I save from not buying cigarettes.

10. I will have more control over my life.

:hi:

edit to add link: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/prevent/q_smoke/top_ten.htm

[blueknight]

14. you will notice,

your food will start to taste a lot better! congrats and keep it up!

[cosmik debris]

15. Hang on to that feeling

That's the one that makes you an ex-smoker! That's the beginning of the end of your habit.

(At least that's my experience. I hope it works for you!)

[WildClarySage]

16. What a wonderful gift you are giving yourself

and to all the people who care about you. WTG!!! Fantastic!!!

I lost my dad to lung cancer in July. It was a horrible way to go, and very hard for us to see him go thru that. Be strong, and when you're sore tempted, think what you're giving the people who love you.

[Night_Nurse]

17. Congrats!!!

Keep up the good work!

Not only are you doing something good for your health, you are paying less $$$ to the gov't in taxes!

:yourock:


PS: You may already know this, but it only takes 72 hours for nicotine to completely clear your body - so you have survived the physical withdrawal. From here on out, you are battling your psychological addiction - which is pretty powerful, but you can do it!

[SheilaT]

22. Only 72 hours? Wow. I would have said

it was much longer, just based on how hard it is for most people to quit.

Learn something new.

[uppityperson]

20. Congrats on a tough struggle!

The first couple wks is hard, your lungs start to feel again and feel like crap. Then it gets just hard.

Congratulations and am glad you are hanging in there. Nice to breathe, isn't it?

[ellenfl]

21. CONGRATULATIONS! i am a year and a half free and my

pocketbook SO-O-O thanks me. :hi: just think of: all the money you will save; not having to find a place where you can smoke . . . that's not too hot/cold; not being ostracized; not having your clothes and house and car smell; being able to breathe . . . what have i left out?

you will be so glad you did this. keep up the good work!

ellen fl

[Warpy]

23. Good beans!

You're finally beginning to understand just why you put yourself through the special hell called quitting smoking.

Wait until you run up a flight of stairs without having to stop halfway to gasp.

[antigop]

24. Congratulations! n/t