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Hope
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Posted: August 25, 2004 10:00 AM Post subject: Great things about giving up... |
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OK, lets ignore all the difficult things about quitting for a while and advertise the great day to day improvements in our lives - things about not smoking that make us happy.
Some of these things we might not have thought about until having stopped smoking, and some might sound daft, but make us happy ....I'll start, lets build a big list:
* Being able to take a teeny weeny dainty handbag out with me when I go out for an evening - no need to try and squeeze a big pack of marlboros and a lighter in there anymore! |
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bake10
Quit Date: October 20, 2004
Posts: 407 Location: Michigan
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Posted: August 25, 2004 10:04 AM Post subject: |
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great post, also to add to the list you can go to a party, and not worry about what you going to do if you run out of cigs, you don't have to scope people out and ask them if you can bum 1 2 3 4... cigs from them. If you go to New your or one of those states that ban smoking in public places you dont have to stand in the cold to go an smoke the killer drug. |
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law_girl_1969
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Posts: 626 Location: Freeburg, Illinois
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Posted: August 25, 2004 10:31 AM Post subject: |
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Smelling my kids shampoo in their hair. I know it sounds silly, but I get so many more hugs from them these days and I could breathe in that kid shampoo smell for hours if they'd let me _________________
Lynn
"There are those who think they can and those who think they can't and they are both right." Henry Ford |
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Ben's Mom
Quit Date: July 6, 2004
Posts: 322 Location: Paradise, California
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Posted: August 25, 2004 12:15 PM Post subject: |
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Not worrying about running into any of my friends or work associates and stinking like a cigarette!
I am more sociable and hugable...and happier now that I don't have to run to the bathroom to try and cover up the smell of smoke or avoid people who are non-smokers.
Yes....it is a good life _________________
I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.
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jlynn931
Quit Date: September 22, 2016
Posts: 785 Location: MA
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Posted: August 25, 2004 12:42 PM Post subject: |
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my boyfriend sleeps near me now that i don't smell like smoke!!
jen |
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kevin Site Admin
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Posts: 9538 Location: cincinnati, oh
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Posted: August 25, 2004 1:27 PM Post subject: |
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being able to breathe. _________________
keep choosing life!
kevin
the zen of the quit |
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Cowgirl UP!
Quit Date: July 26, 2004
Posts: 5029 Location: Ala
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Posted: August 25, 2004 5:59 PM Post subject: |
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Feeling good about myself and having grandkids want to give me lots of kisses! _________________
All with a little help from my friends, COWGIRL UP |
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justdebbie
Quit Date: August 1, 2004
Posts: 494 Location: iowa
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Posted: August 25, 2004 7:37 PM Post subject: |
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Not having to run around the house when you leave to make sure all the butts are out. Now the only think I worry bout leaving on in the morning is my curling iron when I leave for work, |
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Fightn4life
Quit Date: October 23, 2003
Posts: 1573 Location: Loysburg, PA
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Posted: August 26, 2004 2:34 AM Post subject: |
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Feeling the pride of becoming a non smoker. New meaning to being free. I love the journey now that my mind is finding peace with my choice to never take another puff.
Meeting some of the most wonderful people I have ever met. There was a time I had felt the human race was losing sight of what is important in life. Love and caring about others. This journey has proved me wrong. I love it when I am not always right.
Knowing someone is always watching over us..we are never alone.
Sandyz
10 months breathing free _________________
"Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living."
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ms_tapestry
Quit Date: October 21, 2009
Posts: 2574 Location: Seminole, TX
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Posted: August 26, 2004 7:05 AM Post subject: |
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White teeth and finger nails. _________________
Tonya
You must do the very thing you think you cannot do.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Hope
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Posted: August 26, 2004 7:36 AM Post subject: |
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cheaper life insurance!
not being embarassed if you cough.
not spending quite so much time in the local shop.... |
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Marigrrl
Quit Date: December 1, 2010
Posts: 894 Location: New York
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Posted: August 26, 2004 12:42 PM Post subject: |
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Being a good role model to younger impressionable kids! _________________
Follow Your Bliss |
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ms_tapestry
Quit Date: October 21, 2009
Posts: 2574 Location: Seminole, TX
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Posted: August 26, 2004 7:11 PM Post subject: |
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No more snoring. _________________
Tonya
You must do the very thing you think you cannot do.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Seabrez
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Posted: August 26, 2004 9:16 PM Post subject: |
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My cats won't give me that "evil look" when they're at the desk with me.
The taste you get when you light the wrong end of the cigarette.
I won't ever have to hear my husband or kids say that they wished I didn't smoke! (The best reason, family!!!!!)
Deb _________________
Living in Freedom
Deb
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corn 5:17 NASB |
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Zatkins
Quit Date: August 1, 2004
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Posted: August 27, 2004 9:10 PM Post subject: |
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Being able to put chapstick or lipstick in your purse and not get all those tobacco crumbs stuck on the cap... I hate that.
That was my 2 week gift to myself... a new purse! |
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