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kevin Site Admin
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Posted: November 1, 2007 10:57 AM Post subject: what made you finally do it? |
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if you had to pick the one thing that finally pushed you over the edge and made you quit smoking for good, what would it be? _________________
keep choosing life!
kevin
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kannprint
Quit Date: April 10, 2004
Posts: 4988 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: November 1, 2007 12:03 PM Post subject: |
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I quit primarily for my health. However, since quitting, I've discovered many, many benefits of being free.
This is a great "sticky," Kevin. I'll be watching it closely to learn all the reasons for quitting. _________________
LIVE WELL, LAUGH OFTEN, LOVE MUCH.
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jlynn931
Quit Date: September 22, 2016
Posts: 785 Location: MA
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Posted: November 1, 2007 1:03 PM Post subject: |
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i have to admit that my main reason this time and most of the other times that i have quit has been money. the other benefits of quitting are great and are definitely a part of it, but money is the main motivation here.
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jahunta
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Posts: 1129 Location: Silicon(e) Valley, CA
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Posted: November 1, 2007 1:26 PM Post subject: |
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Couldn't take in enough breath to sing a 4-bar phrase in Bach's b-minor mass. _________________
Quitting is Living!!!
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luceze
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Posts: 20 Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Posted: November 1, 2007 1:27 PM Post subject: |
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Initially it was because my wife wanted us to quit. We have a young son, she just quit her job, and money was tight. We had talked for several months about quitting (how easy it is to put it off), and finally set a quit date.
I figured that I needed to get prepared for my upcoming fight and wandered upon WhyQuit Dot Com. After reading ALL of Joel's articles, I ended up quitting a day earlier than my quit date. My reason for quitting immediately turned to staying alive!
So I guess that my primary reason for quitting is for my own personal health. Being around to watch my son progress through life is a close second. You would think that my son would come first but you have to quit for yourself not anyone else.
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kevin Site Admin
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Posts: 9538 Location: cincinnati, oh
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Posted: November 1, 2007 2:49 PM Post subject: |
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nita wrote: |
Couldn't take in enough breath to sing a 4-bar phrase in Bach's b-minor mass. |
of course you couldn't; non-smokers have trouble with that piece (which is really more like a string quintet with words; the man had no concept of singers needing to breathe - the melismas in the gratia agimus alone are enough to kill weaker singers)...
i was once paid $125 an hour to sing the mass in b minor with 15 other singers (i was the bass section leader); looking back, i should've demanded $250...
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kevin
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pinkpearl
Quit Date: June 30, 2007
Posts: 1667 Location: Illinois
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Posted: November 1, 2007 8:36 PM Post subject: |
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because I felt like sh!t!
Health, I would say, secondly
for my granddaughter..... |
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Seabrez
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Posts: 4458 Location: Gulf Coast
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Posted: November 1, 2007 8:49 PM Post subject: |
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Tired of being so controlled and tied down to it. It seemed I couldn't do anything without smoking or having to interrupt what I was doing to take a cigarette break. It had become an idol in my life and an attachment that had taken over my life....and I had come to realize that and I didn't like what I saw.....complete bondage and slavery!
Hugs _________________
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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Nosmoex
Quit Date: July 4, 2007
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Posted: November 1, 2007 9:16 PM Post subject: |
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I did not like it anymore. Try and try as I might, I could no longer find a reason for ME to smoke. I found out early in my quit that smokers are smokers and quitters are quitters, and I DECIDED to be with the quitters. I am married. I have a mortgage. I have car payments. I have a child. I have loans. I have this. I have that. Cigarettes just kept falling lower and lower on my list of things to NEED. Boy, am I glad that I quit smoking before smoking quit me. |
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jahunta
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Posted: November 1, 2007 10:32 PM Post subject: |
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Kevin,
You darned right you should have asked for more. That's a hell of a piece for 15 voices. And yes, Bach was NOT thinking of the voice when composing that thing. AT ALL!!
J _________________
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Patty129
Quit Date: February 18, 2007
Posts: 828 Location: Saginaw, MI
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Posted: November 2, 2007 6:34 AM Post subject: |
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I know I wouldn't have quit if I had been breathing even semi-normally that Sunday morning last February.....so health and not being able to live a full life without stopping.....two months with pneumonia was a real wake up call (DUH!!!) for me......and would you believe I actually got better and got rid of the pneumonia when I stopped smoking!!!!!!!!!!!
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nichole
Quit Date: April 14, 2007
Posts: 455 Location: So Cal
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Posted: November 3, 2007 12:42 AM Post subject: |
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My daughter asked me if I was going to die because I smoked. That was enough for me! _________________
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Mary Dude
Quit Date: June 15, 2004
Posts: 4803 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Posted: November 4, 2007 3:40 AM Post subject: |
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for me...it was time to try to quit. I didn't start out wanting to quit - but knowing it was time to try. I think it was a bit of divine intervention - a study, a postcard, a seed that was planted, a lot of support and education and wow....nearly 3.5 years later! It was time for me to quit. _________________
Mary D.
Smoke-free one day at a time!
Worry doesn't help tomorrow's troubles, but it does ruin today's happiness! |
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vinllo
Quit Date: September 20, 2007
Posts: 21 Location: Missouri
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Posted: November 4, 2007 3:28 PM Post subject: |
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i told my wife that i had a cold and if it turn into bronchitis. i would be done with smoking. well guess what!! it turned into bronchitis. 45 days later lol lmao and happy as a lark
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Jim Kwitter
Quit Date: August 26, 2007
Posts: 42 Location: South Florida
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Posted: November 7, 2007 11:00 AM Post subject: |
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I'd been thinking about quitting for about a year before I actually did it. What really tipped me over the edge was my best friend of 35 years being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and given about 15 - 30 days to live. My wife & I went to see them & help him get started on chemo etc. and I quit as soon as we returned home. I can't help him at all but I can save myself. The only way I'll ever smoke again is if I get the same 15 - 30 day prognosis.
Chemo and radiation has kept my buddy alive for the last 4 months but I just got the call yesterday, he's down to 120 lbs & sick and tired of being sick and tired and the pain is getting worse. He's decided to stop all treatments except for the pain meds and just ride out the last days at home.
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