....I quit!!!!!

[Joods]

Thanks Min!

[Cecelia]

Good luck with never returning to cigarettes. The longer you smoke, the harder it is to quit. I was fortunate to have only smoked for about a year, before deciding to quit when I heard on the radio that smoking reduces your lifespan by 11 minutes per cigarette. I didn't have it too hard--because I was more of a social smoker, and hadn't been at it too long.

I'd estimate I only smoked about... 400 cigarettes before quitting. That's 3 days off my life for one year of smoking, and I was a light smoker. You can lose years of your life. And then end up getting congestive heart failure, have trouble breathing...

I quit about 14 years ago. Hopefully in 14 years you'll be able to say you've done the same.

[Edwardo Piet]

Necroing my own thread to give an update. As of October 21, I am 17 weeks smoke free

That's fantastic Joods!

[Joods]

Good luck with never returning to cigarettes.  The longer you smoke, the harder it is to quit.  I was fortunate to have only smoked for about a year, before deciding to quit when I heard on the radio that smoking reduces your lifespan by 11 minutes per cigarette.  I didn't have it too hard--because I was more of a social smoker, and hadn't been at it too long.  

I'd estimate I only smoked about... 400 cigarettes before quitting.  That's 3 days off my life for one year of smoking, and I was a light smoker.  You can lose years of your life.  And then end up getting congestive heart failure, have trouble breathing...

I quit about 14 years ago.  Hopefully in 14 years you'll be able to say you've done the same.

I smoked for 36 years. The only times I didn't smoke was when I was pregnant. I smoked approximately one pack per day. I'm glad I quit, but you're right - all those years of smoking came at a cost. I have to do upwards of 6 breathing treatments a day and if I have to walk a far distance, I have to use my inhaler. Oh the costs of having a habit. 

Glad I quit though. I better for it and so is the family.

[Whateverist]

To cement your new ground you might want to start becoming loudly intolerant toward people who still smoke.  You know, burn those bridges.  

[Joods]

Yeah I've already been called one of "those reformed smokers" who bitch about everyone else's smoking.

[Whateverist]

Yeah I've already been called one of "those reformed smokers" who bitch about everyone else's smoking.  

It's a great excuse for getting in touch with your inner bitch in public in a manner that the general public will support.  Milk it.

[Joods]

Gotta be careful around certain parts here. Especially the ghetto Wally world. Can't be pissin the folks off over there. They all carry. Better to just avoid the area.

[Losty]

Congrats Joods! So proud of you <3

[Minimalist]