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i did it!!!!!!

ameriskinameriskin Member Posts: 1,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
i finally quit smoking! i've smoked for about 20 years and i finally kicked it. jaw breakers and spending my so much time at the range with my 22 are what did it for me. cold turkey. woohoo! cody
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Welcome to the 'non smokers who use to be smokers' Hall of Fame! I hope you realize how much better you feel and dont go back to it, good job!

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • Mr. LoboMr. Lobo Member Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    140 days and counting for me. I still feel the need. Keep strong. Don't slip. Great Job you will never regret your decision!

    Jim
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    FANTASTIC! Keep your lungs healthy. My grandfather and father all died from lung cancer as a direct result of smoking all their lives.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congrats ameriskin, I stopped smoking slightly over 2 years ago, and I still can't believe how great I feel. Now, take it a step further, when you lay down for bed, take 5 VERY DEEP breaths, holding them for a second and releasing them, my MD said its the best thing you can do, helps repair the damage, and cleans toxins out of your lungs too. -Ralph

    Nothing very, very good or very, very bad lasts for very, very long.
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  • jax18421jax18421 Member Posts: 138 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ameriskin, Great going. Now for the times you may feel like smoking again and for all those still smoking here is something to think about. I am an ex-smoker but I quit to late. I am on supplemental oxygen 24/7 and awaiting a lung transplant. Now try this. Take a deep breath and only exhale halfway then inhale again and keep breathing that way. That is how it feels to have emphysema. You will be extremely happy you quit. GOOD LUCK
    JAX
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,503 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congrats, a great accomplishment and a difficult one...Keep it up

    Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Liberals....
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Keep up the good work.........You will feel much better I bet....
    I never smoked but my wife does.......She tried several times, with the patch and others.......I think you really want to have to quit to quit...

    CELEBRATE AND BUY A NEW TOY.........................

    *

    We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
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  • ameriskinameriskin Member Posts: 1,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    still goin strong, my damn jaw hurts from eating a pound of jaw breakers, lol. i'd rather have a sore jaw than tumors. i've lost alot of family to cancer, and i don't wanna be on that bandwagon. thanks for the support everyone, and congrats to the rest of you who have been lucky enough to save your lives. i tried the emph breathing exercise, sucks! i like breathing, i'm gonna keep doin it til i die, lol. cody
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    more power to you!someday you will REALLY appreciate what you've accomplished.
    barto

    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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  • treedawgtreedawg Member Posts: 321 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    friday was 5 weeks for me. i still have the urge and i guess i always will. keep up the good work. it ain't easy, but i guess it was hard to smoke the 1st one without coughing and looking silly in front of your buddys. i guess that was 20 yrs ago.
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  • alchemistalchemist Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A big congrats to you!!!! I love smoking and even after years of not smoking i still crave it. So yeah i've gone back to it several times. I was working a stressful job and started smoking again after not smoking for 20 years. The breathing sugestions given above do really work, but i do like smoking and wish it wasn't so bad for your health. I have heard that pure tobacco if smoked on occasion isn't bad. I guess its all the additives and pesticides in the tobacco and in the paper that makes it really bad for you.
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  • bullelkbullelk Member Posts: 679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congratulations,
    You just did yourself the biggest favor that anyone could have done for you. Buy plenty of life savers, and get addicted to them.
    Good luck.

    bullelk
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  • squeakycsqueakyc Member Posts: 204 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good for you, and keep up the good work. You going to feel better with each days passing. I've never smoked but friends that have quit tell me that it's wonderful to be able to really taste food again, and how much their smell improved. When I say smell I don't mean they were stinky, but as one friend told me it was the first time he could smell fresh cut grass in 20 years after 45 years of smoking.
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  • UnbatolocoUnbatoloco Member Posts: 110 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bullelk -Your lifesaver theory is alright for some . I asked my cousin how she gave up smoking . She said that everytime she felt like a cigarette , she sucked on a lifesaver . My sister replied "Its OK for you , you live near the beach !!


    24 HOURS IN A DAY ,24 CANS OF BEER IN A CASE !!COINCIDENCE??
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  • homer4homer4 Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congratulations...it's a tough addiction to quit. 3 yrs for me and still, the urge hits me at times.

    "...Abby someone""Abby who"..."Abby Normal"
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just over 4 months for me so far, I STILL want one! Oh well, I do feel a LOT better.

    Keep it up ameriskin, you're not alone!

    G36



    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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