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Posted: 2/2/2006 5:47:07 PM EDT
Last cigarrette was Dec. 31st, 2004. Never looked back, never felt better, never been in better shape. Just up and up quit, cold turkey. IMHO addiction to smoking is a farce. It's all mental.
I can't believe I purposely breathed in all those lung-eating chemicals for several years. 
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Posted: 2/2/2006 10:44:13 PM EDT
[#1]
I quit mid february of 05. It has been hard, but gets easier with time.
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Posted: 2/2/2006 10:46:32 PM EDT
[#2]
quit October 02'
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Posted: 2/2/2006 10:58:17 PM EDT
[#3]
Quit March 1985.
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Posted: 2/2/2006 11:02:45 PM EDT
[#4]
quit feb 04 and gained about 65lbs, best health of my life my ass
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Posted: 2/2/2006 11:05:19 PM EDT
[#5]
quit june of '05, but have been cheating....I suck. been averaging about a smoke a day, sometimes a week or so without them, sometimes 3-4 a day, sometimes a month without.
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Posted: 2/2/2006 11:46:11 PM EDT
[#6]
It helps if you work out. 
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Posted: 2/2/2006 11:57:33 PM EDT
[#7]
9 years this January (after 32 years of smoking), did it cold turkey. I still miss it sometimes but will NEVER go back.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 3:45:26 PM EDT
[#8]
quit may 03, smoked for eight years ,gained 20 lbs, feel great keep it up!
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Posted: 2/3/2006 3:55:47 PM EDT
[#9]
Quit April 26, 1999. Spent the money on 1911's.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 3:58:47 PM EDT
[#10]
I quit smoking July of '81
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:06:59 PM EDT
[#11]
Last one was Jan 04 after nearly 20 years, quit cold turkey and was easier than I thought. Still fighting the extra weight gain too.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:11:57 PM EDT
[#12]
I quit June 14th, 2000.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:17:19 PM EDT
[#13]
December 31, 1990. Ran out of cigarettes and never bought any more.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:19:22 PM EDT
[#14]
Quit in March, 1986.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:20:27 PM EDT
[#15]
quit cold turkey 12/6/2004
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:24:51 PM EDT
[#16]
Thanksgiving Day 2002.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:26:43 PM EDT
[#17]
I quit May 05.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:26:46 PM EDT
[#18]
No cigarettes for 1 year, 5 months, 24 days, 11 hours and 26 minutes.
Quit Counter - cool little program |
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:52:55 PM EDT
[#19]
Quit Dec. 24, 1995 - 10 Years Baby
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:03:18 PM EDT
[#20]
Quit 7/10/2005
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:10:16 PM EDT
[#21]
I had just returned from a hard run when I was in the Army. I was hurtin' for certain. I took one look at the pack of cigarettes I had and tossed them in the trash. That was 1990. I haven't touched another one since.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:11:22 PM EDT
[#22]
Congratulations Shadow One. It gets better as time goes on. The money you used to spend on smokes,can now go towards a new firearm and ammo.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:14:42 PM EDT
[#23]
+1000000 10 years of that evil filth in my lungs quit for good about 8 years ago i wish i could go back to when i started at age 18 and kick myself in the balls |
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:15:12 PM EDT
[#24]
better than nothing |
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:16:57 PM EDT
[#25]
Christmas '03
caught a nasty stomach virus, couldn't didn't want to eat or smoke for a few days...caved in on the eating part. Haven't had a smoke since...
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:22:51 PM EDT
[#26]
I hear the worst non-smokers are ex-smokers. We gripe a lot more about people smoking than those who never touched the stuff.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:31:24 PM EDT
[#27]
Oct. 98
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:32:33 PM EDT
[#28]
Jan 5th of this year..the worst part is done though.
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Posted: 2/3/2006 9:59:50 PM EDT
[#29]
I agree. The smell is kinda putrid to me now. I spend a lot of my free time in Vegas casinos and, while I don't complain openly about it, I make it obvious with physical gestures that I don't want it around me. I'm also always warning my friends about the grim survival stats of lung cancer. As an ex-smoker, I feel my words can caryr more weight. |
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Posted: 2/3/2006 10:01:52 PM EDT
[#30]
34 days and counting....
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Posted: 2/3/2006 11:11:54 PM EDT
[#31]
Not looking to start an argument, but I disagree with you on that point. Regardless, congratulations!! 
That’s the same month and year I successfully quit (there were lots of earlier unsuccessful attempts).  For various health-related reasons, there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that if I hadn’t stopped I wouldn’t be around now. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 7:39:57 PM EDT
[#32]
Congrats, keep it up. It only gets easier. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 7:43:23 PM EDT
[#33]
April 2005...one of the smartest things I've ever done
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Posted: 2/6/2006 7:44:21 PM EDT
[#34]
March 2005 to present.
getting close. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 7:46:35 PM EDT
[#35]
Over a year here too. I started jogging again last week. Feeling better and better every day. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 8:03:34 PM EDT
[#36]
Quit for the third and final time Dec 31 2004 havent looked back --first week was rough, couple of patches got me through. Told my wife last week that I felt really good for the first time in as long as I can seem to remember. Getting ready to start back running this year and lose the weight I put on when I quit. In 1996 I ran the Peachtree in 48min flat ,last year I couldnot go up the basement stairs without wheezing. Its nice to breathe agian easilly. 2 side effects I always thought were due to stress and not smoking --migriane headaches --have not had one in about 9 months and for some reason I have stopped snoring/restless sleep like I used to. I have endeavored to NOT become a nazi ex-smoker and it seems to be working out --each smoker out there neeeds to quit when THEY are ready and when they are they will, I think I smoked for a few extra years becuase of the a*****e ex-smokers badgering me all the time. congrats to those of you who have sucessfully made it --think of all the extra ammo and toys you can buy withthat money instead, and for those of you thinking of quitting --you wont regret it.
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Posted: 2/6/2006 8:12:48 PM EDT
[#37]
Quit in January of 1989 after about 10 years of a pack to a pack and half a day.
Quitting is a sure thing if you can follow one simple rule: You can't have the first one. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 8:31:27 PM EDT
[#38]
November 1991. Yep...it was a little miserable for a couple weeks. 27 year habits are hard to break. The one thing I heard that helped me through 'that urge' was "If you don't pick up a cigarette, you won't have to go through the withdrawl again." Then it was $20 a carton. Now it is around $40!
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Posted: 2/6/2006 8:42:45 PM EDT
[#39]
April 11, 1998.
A 3 1/2 pack a day habit of Reds for 30 years. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 8:46:40 PM EDT
[#40]
And makes ya say shit like "I can't believe I purposely breathed in all those lung-eating chemicals for several years".  Ex Camel driver (4/99) |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 8:52:55 PM EDT
[#41]
6 years now....
 Camel Full Flavor and Luckies w/ no filters were my favorite |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 8:54:11 PM EDT
[#42]
Beat you by 1 year. Dec. 31 2003. I used the ptch for a little over 5 months to get over it. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 9:02:00 PM EDT
[#43]
I'm 6'4" 220lbs not a fat ass and went to the beach for the 4th of july 2004 and with the heat and all ,my legs swelled up ( not the middle one LOL!)at the ankles bad enough I had to sit around all day, freaked me out when I called a friend nurse and they told me it could be a heart condition, always been healthy with no problems till then and then it went away .
Then my Dad quickly died of cancer 6months later which he was also a smoker! Got to see the poor guy go from being a robust ,stout guy, 60 years old, contractor, dwindle to look like a WWII jew in a starve camp, he had to wear diapers at the end. It was time to hang it up! the shit just aint good! Just plain suicide! 
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Posted: 2/6/2006 9:13:30 PM EDT
[#44]
Whoa, good luck man. That's a lot of damage. Better late than never. |
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