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Greatly



Quit Date:
September 18, 2004

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Location: Melbourne, Australia

PostPosted: February 19, 2005 7:38 AM    Post subject: Summer time, and the living is (more or less) easy. Reply with quote

Hello from sunny Australia to all my friends at the site. I have not written for a while, but you are - all of you - regularly in my thoughts and prayers.

It is with great humility and immense gratitude to yourselves that I can report my up-coming seven-month mark of smoke-free living - (July 23, 2004 - February 23, 2005.)

I don't need to tell you that it has not been easy. Every day was a struggle, some days strugglier than others!

But I am now at the stage when I think of myself as a non-smoker, not as a smoker who is not smoking. Because of my domestic circumstances, I have cigarettes continually available to me, but they are irrelevant to me and my life and my new, healthy way of thinking, and I never have the slightest inclination to touch them.

In the last couple of weeks, I have had my share of crisis and anxiety, involving my daughter giving birth to her first baby in harrowing and life-threatening circumstances. But even in the midst of all that, I had, thank god, no significant inclination to smoke. In my "old" thinking, I would have indulged incessantly - (and of course achieved nothing by doing this!)

The purpose of this post is two-fold: (1) I could not have done this without you, and I thank you most sincerely for your loving solidarity and encouragement. (2) I want it to be known that, if I can do it, anyone can. I smoked for forty years, and tried for about 38 of those years to give it up.

And therefore I say: be of good cheer, think thoughts of peace and tranquility, and refuse to contemplate the possibility of permanent failure.

With fondest love and profound appreciation

Fraternally

- Ron in Australia (aka Greatly)
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Backfist



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Posts: 340
Location: Rome, Georgia

PostPosted: February 19, 2005 8:12 AM    Post subject: woohoo Reply with quote

Hello Greatly! Congrats on that great quit you have going for you! It only gets better and better!

Dekie
2Y+
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Fightn4life



Quit Date:
October 23, 2003

Posts: 1573
Location: Loysburg, PA

PostPosted: February 19, 2005 9:53 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is wonderful to hear from you again. And that seven month quit. Wow, I knew you could do this.

It is odd when you have decided that you are ready to quit for life even the smokes that a loved one has around cannot call you back.

You are awesome for saying no to the demon even when it is right at your fingertips every day. I have been there and I am still there, it just proves again that we are so much bigger than our addictions.

We can beat the odds my friend...you are doing it.

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In the last couple of weeks, I have had my share of crisis and anxiety, involving my daughter giving birth to her first baby in harrowing and life-threatening circumstances. But even in the midst of all that, I had, thank god, no significant inclination to smoke. In my "old" thinking, I would have indulged incessantly - (and of course achieved nothing by doing this!)


This is so important to me as I am faced with a family crisis and too choose not cower to the demon. Like you said…
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that was your old thinking
. It is the ways we have chosen to change our thinking that has kept us free.

I pray you are the proud grandfather and everyone is doing well.

Thinking about you today with fondness...and sending a huge hello to Mrs Greatly. Very Happy

Sandyz
free for 486 days!
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Pamela



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PostPosted: February 19, 2005 10:46 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Cheers to both you and the Mrs!
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kannprint



Quit Date:
April 10, 2004

Posts: 4988
Location: St. Louis, MO

PostPosted: February 19, 2005 11:01 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

It' great to hear from you, Ron. I've been a little concerned about you and the Mrs.

You wrote something that made me stop and think (not always an easy thing for me to do). You wrote that you now feel like a non-smoker and no longer like a smoker who is not smoking. I, too, feel that way but hadn't really given it any thought. The idea of smoking now is very disgusting, almost sickening. Thanks for opening my eyes to the difference in the two.

Hope you and your family are doing well and that the new grandchild is thriving. Please don't be a stranger -- post often.
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PostPosted: February 19, 2005 11:37 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

good to see you, ron! congratulations on your continued freedom, and on your new grandchild (is this your first? was it a boy or a girl? c'mon, mate, we need some details)! Smile
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justdebbie



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August 1, 2004

Posts: 494
Location: iowa

PostPosted: February 19, 2005 12:09 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats Ron, on the seven months of freedom!!! Also congrats on the new grandchild!

Thanks for the post
Deb
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ms_tapestry



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Posts: 2574
Location: Seminole, TX

PostPosted: February 19, 2005 7:00 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Greatly, so good to hear from you. A new grandchild. Are they wonderful! Congrats on your first seven months of freedom!
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You must do the very thing you think you cannot do.
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Cowgirl UP!



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July 26, 2004

Posts: 5029
Location: Ala

PostPosted: February 19, 2005 7:44 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello and congrats on your great quit and new grandchild...they are so wonderful...tiring but wonderful...boy or girl, there is nothing like them!
Kay
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Leona



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Posts: 1838
Location: Alpena, Michigan

PostPosted: February 20, 2005 12:06 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron,

So nice to hear from you. I have been wonder how things are going there in Australia. So you are a grandpa. Is this a first time grandpa or is this an ongoing thing? Do you have a girl grandbaby or a boy grandbaby? WE would love to see a picture of the little tike. Tell mrs greatly hello for us and we would love to hear from her too.


You take care of yourself and congrats on 7 months.

I knew you could do this. Very Happy
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londa



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July 28, 2004

Posts: 2469
Location: new york, USA

PostPosted: February 22, 2005 11:00 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Ron! So happy to hear from you. Aren't grandchildren wonderful? Mine is visiting right now. Like Kevin says, give us details!

God Bless!

Love, Londa
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PostPosted: February 23, 2005 10:30 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Ron! Congrats on 7 months and the new grandbaby! Smile

Kris
Six months, two weeks, one day, 7 hours, 56 minutes and 42 seconds. 3986 cigarettes not smoked, saving $797.49. Life saved: 1 week, 6 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes.
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marw



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PostPosted: February 24, 2005 7:01 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Ron,
It's great to hear from you!! Congratulatins on 7 months! Very Happy

I was gone from woofmang for a while, but am now returned to the fold and am still quit, also. Like you, I perceive myself as a Non-Smoker, which is a bit like a miracle.

Congrats on the grandbaby, too! And say hello from me to Mrs. Greatly.

Friends in the Quit,
Margaret
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