On Jul 23, 9:17=EF=BF=BDpm, "sisyphus" <NORMOREROCK> wrote:
> On July 22, 1998 at 11:31 pm I put out my last cigarette and went to
bed.
> Woke up on July 23 and began my new life as a non-smoker. =EF=BF=BD 10
ye=
ars ago =EF=BF=BDI
> was watching the seconds drag by on my quit meter thinking that time
woul=
d
> never pass.
>
> But time has passed ... and Quickly at that. =EF=BF=BD Hah.
=EF=BF=BDEasy=
to say now.
>
> I read and re-read ALL of the posts on AS3 and spent day after day deep
i=
n
> brain fog for what seemed like an eternity. =EF=BF=BDBut it wasn't an
ete=
rnity and
> the days that I have been free of the nicodemon far out number the days
I
> spent breaking free. =EF=BF=BDIt has been SO worth it.
>
> So for all the new (and maybe not so new) quitters =EF=BF=BDHang in
There=
! =EF=BF=BD It gets
> easier. =EF=BF=BDIt does pass.
> Smoking is NOT a reasonable response.
>
> Debbie
> July 98 Firecracker
>
> I have been quit for 10 Years, 22 hours, 44 minutes and 51 seconds
(3,653
> days). I have saved more than $18,269.73 by not smoking 146,157
cigarette=
s.
> I have saved 1 Year, 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 11 hours and 45 minutes
o=
f
> my life. My Quit Date: 7/22/1998 11:31 PM
Debbie, first of all, congratulations on your 10 year mark. You have
prevailed over the worst addiction in the world of addictive
behaviour. Each of your steps, I stepped too, so I know how much it
took for you to prevail.
I would love to give you a parade up and down Fifh Avenue. Hey,
kiddo, that's the parade of heros and you are hero.
I take great pride that my beloved geriatric Mrs. Mimi Katz, has never
lived in a smoking home. She is an old lady cat now, while I am still
not smoking and still not taking note of that. It's just a way of
life.
Tomorrow I will be entertaining for a week an old friend from long
ago, back when I smoked two packs and then some every day. I don't
think she smokes. Maybe she never has. But when she called and said
that she would like to visit me in NYC, I was all for it. We have
been plotting out the art galleries, restaurants, shopping places she
would liketo visit. I am not sure, but I think t hat New York City
has enacted some pretty stringent laws about smoking in public.I
I am so glad that I did not have to wait for the city to make up my
mind to quit.
I give thanks to this group and all the brave quitters who hang out
here.
Joyce
10 years and a whole lot more
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