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Offline Jude

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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #30 on: February 15, 2010, 09:04:11 am »
I remember when I was in Jr. High in Vermont, a can of dip or a pack of smokes was $0.80 and they had no problem selling them to a 12-13yo kid.  I got real mad when the price went up to an even $1.00 back in 1980.  My Dad quit smoking back in the mid-50s because it was too expensive, but that was back when they would get a 2 digit check for 2 weeks of milk production.  Back in the 40s he and his brothers smuggled bootleg cigarettes into Canada to avoid the high excise taxes.
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« Reply #31 on: March 11, 2010, 01:19:32 pm »
Just realized I've been smoke free for 2 months now ;D Definately a non-smoker now ;D
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« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2010, 01:21:42 pm »
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« Reply #33 on: March 11, 2010, 02:13:10 pm »
I started smokeing when i was 17 and quit cold when i was 23. but i still dip.
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #34 on: March 11, 2010, 02:20:06 pm »
Quote from: DanaM on March 11, 2010, 01:19:32 pm
Just realized I've been smoke free for 2 months now ;D Definately a non-smoker now ;D

Hurrah Dana!  Feels great doesn't it?  I have been quit nearly two years now and I will smell one and get a craving... It used to be tough but now it goes away pretty fast.   Congrats on hitting the two month mark, keep it up!   Tha hard part's over :)
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #35 on: March 11, 2010, 05:49:59 pm »
Dana I think it is about 50 days for me now I didnt keep up with the date i quit Good on you for keeping at it

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« Reply #36 on: March 11, 2010, 06:03:03 pm »
congrats to you too King Ron!   :)
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #37 on: March 11, 2010, 10:26:20 pm »
I am proud of you all ...thats for sure! And Jesse....the Dip is probably worse for you than the Smokes...Hope that You decide to give it up before you go through what I did...ain't no fun having Your Jaw scraped...and all of your teeth loosening up to the point that they wobble....I went through the Pain...and lucked out and the Dentist saved my Teeth too.....
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« Reply #38 on: June 29, 2010, 11:25:38 am »
Dana I hope you are still smoke free.

I am now on 15 days with out a chew now. Still struggling with it. 
Could use some good karma and support from my friends here.

This is the 4th quit attempt in as many years. Last year I made it 20 days then relapsed. Bought a can and thought I could just have one... no way. I know now that doesnt work. within a month I was chewing a can a day again.

You could say I'm an experienced quitter....
this time I was scared as crap. thought I had throat cancer. Lump in back of throat. sore throat for over 3 weeks.
Saw a throat specialist last week and she said just bad allergies and an inflamed tonsil. Never had allergies do that tho and I have had them all my life.....

Anyway, I'm done. Know now that I cant have just one.
But still struggling with it. Hard to break a 20 yr habit.

Tell - you stick with it? I didnt see you dipping when I met you at glass  buttes.

struggling,
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Offline John K

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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #39 on: June 29, 2010, 11:54:55 am »
Hang in there Wade, it's a tuff battle, but one you can win ! In January it will be 3 years for me, nicotine free  :)

Sounds like you have the right mind set to quite for good this time, just remeber you are not alone !

p.s. Dana doesnt' post here anymore
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« Reply #40 on: June 29, 2010, 12:23:38 pm »
Wade....hang in there it will get easier....I am 22 years without a Smoke....and 8 years now without a Dip...it can be done....but only You can do it....after  2 weeks....it is not physical any more....it's all psychological now...good luck...you can whoop it....
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« Reply #41 on: June 29, 2010, 04:22:26 pm »
Wade, sometimes it takes a good scare. You are past the physical part but for the rest of your life you cannot have just one. I quit smoking twice for over a year and one ciggerette got me started again both times. I have been trying to quit for the past year again and just struggling with it, I don't feel like I am committed to it as I need to be. I have a million excuses why I am letting the cigs kill me. Really mad at myself right now. Steve
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« Reply #42 on: June 29, 2010, 05:16:12 pm »
Thanks much for the support guys.
Actually I am still addicted to the nickoret gum stuff. So not entirely off the nic. trying to ween slowly off that as well.

Determined to stick with it this time tho.

Steve, you are right... I needed a really good scare. the other motivators were apparently not enough. You can do it too tho if you really want to... you already proved that to yourself sounds like. worst part is it sucks each time. dont know why I continued to put my self through that multiple times.

nice Job El D - I will be excited when I can say 1 month!. havent made it that far in 20 yrs.
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #43 on: June 29, 2010, 10:41:07 pm »
 Wade, It's been 20 some years since I was a 2 and 3 pack a day guy. I tried dipping and chewing hoping that would help me quit smoking. It doesn't. I will not touch Dip or Chew or a fine cigar because I know I won't be able to quit. I've actually woke up from a dream that I was smoking a cigarette scared that It was real.

  I like the taste and feeling too much. I gained 10 pounds when I quit  but feel a whole lot better. Now when I'm driving on long road trips, I keep some toothpicks handy. Like Mike said, now it's just a hand habit. Hang in there, Bud. You'll feel better for it, mentally and physically.
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Re: Quit Smoking Support Group
« Reply #44 on: June 30, 2010, 07:59:52 am »
Ya I quit smoking 30 years ago and really wasn't that bad,because I really wanted to,not just thought I needed to,I started chewing a few years later,then quit that for the same reason,then started dipping a couple of years after that,don't know why  ??? but still do it,I know I need to quit
but just don't want to,maybe someday. :) Good luck Wade it is a good thing for sure. :)
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