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| | From:  DarkShadow41 (Original Message) | Sent: 11/22/2008 1:02 AM |
I have what may seem like a dumb question seeing that I should know the answer but does anyone here remember what year it was that I quit smoking. I know it was on December 20th but for the life of me I can not remember how many years it's been. Shadow-Dan |
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Try to think of something 'special' that happened to you over the years, and if you were still smoking at the time. I know I will always remember the year I quit since I was very ill and in the hospital with Salmonella D/Typhoid and they didn't think I was going to 'make it' through. THAT will make anyone remember....lol. Whenever it was, Dan....be happy that you did quit!! Good for you! Dee |
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haven't any idea but good for you that you quit!!! I've been a non smoker now for 11 years. I was a chain smoker, 3 to 4 packs a day for 36 years. I can't believe how much I missed by running my life by where and when I could smoke. its great isn't it? Hope you have a really good day. lots of love gramanan |
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Not a dumb question at all my friend. If memory serves me right and I have not let too much time slip by, I believe it's two years now. But it might be three, but somehow two sticks in my mind. LOL, I remember how hard it was on you too! But you were so determined and I was really rooting for you and was just happy as a lark you were able to do what I couldn't manage to do myself. Yep, I am still sucking on the ends of coffin nails, but I might take another try now that I am away from so many other smokers. Now that I live by myself, it might be easier. I just haven't quite commited to it yet, I am waiting for a bit of life to settle down. I am a little short in the nerve department yet. So maybe in time as I heal more, I may get to where I have more energy for such things. LOL, in God's time I suppose, in God's time. That is the best time. |
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Thank all of you for you kind words. I'm thinking it's closer to 4 years though, not two or three. It's not really a big deal as long as I stay smoke free but for some reason the doctors really want to know. Shadow-Dan |
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Can you check some random posts back about 4 years to see if you can find it. I sometimes rely on old posts, not my memory. I'll be lost when MSN is gone. |
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Hey Dan, don't discount yourself that way! You should be proud of quitting and just like anything else, you should remember and celebrate your successes! They say nicotene is the hardest of all addictions to break. I believe it too because it's the one thing I haven't been able to do. I don't even get withdrawls from all the pain meds. But cigs are another story so as I say my dear, celebrate it. Now it could be four years, but time to me blurs by, so much has happened I always seem to be doing something or have to be somewhere. Kind of a crazy life I have, but never boring! So you just make sure you have a celebration party and make sure to invite everyone to it too! LOL, it could be worse I suppose, I could chew instead of smoke lol! |
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darkshadow: funny you should ask (nor really funny at all..). i happen to remember the exact date of my stopping: january 11, 1964! after 18 years and 2 1/2 packs a day of smoking, that's the date the surgeon-general's report on smoking and your health was published. i actually read enough of it to realize that i was a fool to smoke and threw out my last half of a pack in the trash and never smoked again. did i have withdrawal, you ask? not that i understood at the time. i just gained 60 pounds over the next 60days with constant eating and eating and eating. it took me more than a year to lose that weight but i finally stopped yoyo'ing my weight after about 6 or 7 years. my wife, at the time i stopped, was pregnant with our first child and i decided i didn't want to subject my children to the smell and taste of tobacco so i just stopped. i think that fear of withdrawal is the biggest thing holding folks from stopping smoking. i had NO physiological withdrawal symptoms and if i had understood that i would have needed something to keep in my mouth (i guess that makes me "oral), i might not have gained so much weight. good luck! |
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