Dear AS3 friends!
As some of you already pointed out, I have celebrated a whole year
smoke free last Friday. Unfortunately, I could not have posted when I
wanted to. It's been an *extremely* busy five days!
Shall I tell you how great the First Eucharist went on Sunday, or how
we were busy getting ready on Saturday? Or how we impulsively went to
Split to buy us a safety main door, and had *great* fun? Or how I
boldly went on to install them yesterday (I still have not finished!)?
Oh, did I tell you that we had so much rain yesterday that the
supermarket door was flooded, preventing my wife to start her ****ft at
2 PM, while her colleagues from the first ****ft pushed the door from
inside so water wouldn't get in. It was so badly flooded that we got
stuck, the car turned off, I tried opening the door, only to let the
water ru****ng in :-) Maybe I should continue bragging how I exited the
car through the rear door, and pulled it to safety etc. etc. etc. Oh
it was a wild ride these days! Oh, I should not miss that today I lost
100 pounds! The man that charged me on court pulled back all charges
and we managed to agree out of court. Tonight I will sleep like a baby
after many many months.
No, I will not tell you about all that, sorry. It is already 7 PM and
at 4 AM I am driving 6 hours back to work.
So far this must be the most boring egocentric post ever on AS3 :-)
My thoughts are still settling down, so please allow me to say
something about quitting smoking while I still have your attention :-)
I was a *heavy* smoker. I smoked a lot, whenever I wanted. For 20
years. I thought I was such a heavy smoker I would never quit. I
thought that I wanted to smoke, that I enjoyed it. Just like many of
you that are still hooked on the lie, I was hooked too. I tried to
quit several years ago, for half a dozen times. It did not work. Last
time, I even lurked AS3. Well, whether it is dues to reading and
posting in AS3 or not, I can not tell you for sure, but fact is that
it worked this time, and I like to think I have AS3 to thank, and all
the great majestic people in it!
Quitting smoking is the single greatest thing I have done for myself,
and it is the single greatest thing that you, the reluctant lurker,
will do for yourself. It will not be easy. But it's damn well worth
it, and then some!
Over this year, most of you have become so much more than fellow
posters on a Usenet newsgroup. Maybe family is too strong a word for
it, but you all certainly are more than friends to me. Reading AS3
stirs all kinds of emotions in me: happiness, sadness, compassion,
hope, winning against odds. And what a truly remarkable bunch of
people! I would have nothing against being stranded on some island
with you! :-)
I love you all!
I have been quit for 1 Year, 5 Days, 19 hours, 27 minutes and 38
seconds (371 days). I have saved 5.205,33 kn by not smoking 13.013
cigarettes. I have saved 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 4 hours and 25
minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 30.5.2007 1:00
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Tihomir 1Y, Knin, HR 44°N 16°E
http://www.quitbuddies.org
.... Beta ba****ng - a way of life for demented people
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