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Off them 1 year next saturday

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  • 05-06-2009 8:20pm
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    ellade3
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭


    Hi all, i'll be off the cigs for a whole year next saturday. I used to smoke bout 16-20 a day for 16 years. I'm delighted never thought i'd be able to do it. It was hard at first but it does get easier. I have some days where i dont even think of them and other days where a craving will catch me off guard but i know it will pass.


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    SMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭SMK


    Thats great ellade3. I was really chuffed when I reached the 1 year mark too! I still love the smell of fresh cigarette smoke but the thoughts of inhaling it turns my stomach - thankfully!!


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    ellade3
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭ellade3


    Thanks SMK, yeah i'm the same also no matter how much i might like one sometimes i know its gonna taste horrible & not what it used to taste like. How long are you off them?


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    beertons
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    Well done!


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    #5
    SMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭SMK


    I'm off them just over two years now. I still keep my quit counter going....

    Two years, one month, three weeks, one day, 2 hours, 39 minutes and 38 seconds. 19577 cigarettes not smoked, saving €6,901.16. Life saved: 9 weeks, 4 days, 23 hours, 25 minutes.
    :)


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    peckerhead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Nice one ellade3 (and SMK!). I'll be two years off them next Wednesday week. :)

    Still get the odd stupid urge, couldn't really call it a craving as such. But I know it'll pass in no time and I know I don't want to go back on them, ever. As someone once put it to me — can you see yourself turning around in a year or two (or ten, or twenty), and saying "Dammit, I should never have/why the hell did I quit smoking?"


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    dinky earnshaw
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭dinky earnshaw


    Well done to all of you but be on guard. I was off them for 18m and started again on holidays amonth back now smoking as many as i ever did about 25 a day. Nightmare scenario on her looking for some motivation to give them up again. Dont even have one they'll suck you back in the filthy f**kers


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