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    I just wanted to say 'Thank You' for making my world a little more smoke-free!!! Keep up the good work!!!

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    Good for you, RE! (And I like your avatar! ) Sucks that you can't knit, though.
    At least I don't leave slime trails.
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    Go you RadicalEdward...you're doing brilliantly at a week away from your last cig.

    It's been 14months for me and I am the example of what happens when you don't give up in time. A 30 some yr smoker I've ended up at 47yrs old with 50% lung function. You don't want to end up there...really you don't.

    Have you done it cold turkey or have you taken advantage of the many sorts of nicotine replacement therapies out there?

    Malkin...oddly I did the drinking straw thing until my friend bought me one of those plastic inhalator thingies. It was quite adequate for the twiddle factor.

    Keep the no-smoking faith RE and don't give up giving up.
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    I am so impressed with you and all the former smokers out there! Good luck, you're an inspiration already.
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    ((RadicalEdward)) We're proud of you! Keep it up!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Doo View Post

    It's been 14months for me and I am the example of what happens when you don't give up in time. A 30 some yr smoker I've ended up at 47yrs old with 50% lung function. You don't want to end up there...really you don't.
    Woohoo!! I did a little dance for you that is awesome!! 14 months!!!
    I've been told the first twelve months is when 90% of quitters pick them back up - after that there's an exponentially less chance you'll go back

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Doo View Post

    Have you done it cold turkey or have you taken advantage of the many sorts of nicotine replacement therapies out there?
    I haven't used any nicotine replacements, but I have used a couple of different techniques to get over the hand/mouth fixation
    The best one while I'm at work has actually been brushing my teeth :P
    ~which was a suggestion from withm in this thread!!
    It means I'm still walking away from my desk, going downstairs, spending about 5 minutes away from my work, and then coming back
    I just smell minty-fresh

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    Quote Originally Posted by RadicalEdward View Post
    The best one while I'm at work has actually been brushing my teeth :P
    ~which was a suggestion from withm in this thread!!
    It means I'm still walking away from my desk, going downstairs, spending about 5 minutes away from my work, and then coming back
    I just smell minty-fresh
    Ha ha! I was reading this and thought - "hey, that's how I quit smoking!" Then I read the next line. You know, it cured me of drinking soft drinks too - a coke tastes awful right after toothpaste. To this day - almost 35 years later - I have not smoked, and if I drink more than 5 cokes a year I'd be surprised.

    Good luck to you. I know it isn't easy. Keep up the good work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RadicalEdward View Post
    Woohoo!! I did a little dance for you that is awesome!! 14 months!!!
    I've been told the first twelve months is when 90% of quitters pick them back up - after that there's an exponentially less chance you'll go back
    Ta ever so. I do a little dance every day because I'm a non-smoker for another day. I seem have become that ex-smokers that so many smokers hate; I'm a little evangelical about the benefits of giving up.



    Quote Originally Posted by RadicalEdward View Post
    I haven't used any nicotine replacements, but I have used a couple of different techniques to get over the hand/mouth fixation
    The best one while I'm at work has actually been brushing my teeth :P
    ~which was a suggestion from withm in this thread!!
    It means I'm still walking away from my desk, going downstairs, spending about 5 minutes away from my work, and then coming back
    I just smell minty-fresh
    Wow! Go you x2 doing it without nicotine replacement. I took the pill Champix to give myself the best chance of giving up...I'm dreadfully weak-willed in such matters...hence I'm so impressed you're managing to do it without anything.

    The brushing teeth idea is great.

    I started a giving up smoking thread on another website and posted pretty much every day. Somehow putting it out there in 'public' made me even more determined not to fail.

    Keep the no-smoking faith and don't give up giving up.


 

 

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