Hello faithfreedom. thanks for the warm welcome. where have i been????? well.... the first 3 days i was sleeping!! and then for the past 33 days im busy eating!!!(man...do i look funny as a fat man, lol). seruisly speaking i was here since day 3 of my quit. but i only reg. a few days ago. a bit about me: my name is izik and im a non smoker ( ((((WE LOVE YOU IZIK!!)))) ). i was a smoker for the past 31 years (31 idiotic years!). smoking a pack to a pack and a half a day ( 25-37 cig/a day ). and on these gambling maratons days i would smoke at least 3 packs!!(there is somthing, im not proud of).and yes, like every smoker i always said :"if i can stop,any one can!!" i was affraid i will be that guy who will die with a cigarette in his mouth. anyway to make a long story short, my girlfriend got me a copy of allen carr`s book and about 2 weeks later in the middle of the night while gambling on line i run out of smokes and thats when i made up my mind to stop smoking and gambling! i went thru hell like every one else here!!! it was very very hard for me to quit! after sleeping most of the time the first 3 days, i knew i had to do somthing or i will not last with this quit,so i "crawled" to my computer and googled some words ( honest to god i dont remember what words , i was so dizzy i barely made it to my computer which was 10 feet away). thank god i was lucky (hahaha... not like in my gambling)and i found this site on my first hit. as soon as i started reading the posts here i knew i was at home now and that i will be able to continue my quit.( hehehehehe...so many miserable people like me).i think i read just about every post here.AND YES YES YES !! THANK YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL OF YOU!!!! if you just knew how much you helped me!!! THANK YOU! TAHNK YOU! THANK YOU! so here i am after 37 days i feel much much better (belive it or not it does get better!!!!!!).i am still at war with nico the devil but i get stronger every day and nico the devil gets weaker! sorry i was selfish and i use this site without giving. i am now ready to help anyone who can use my help. i would like to write some more but im hungry again!! ( i swear to you,while writing this post i ate a big plate of spaghetti a full baggett with garlic 2 bananas 2 1-liter orange juice an

:) you are one posetive person!! and i like when you said : "We can all do this as long as it is what we want." i could have never belived that i can stop smoking for not even 1 hour! and here i am 36 days later: smoke free, stink free , addict free , poison free !! stay strong my friend! it gets easier every day! WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER! (churchill) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/19/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 36 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 992 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $297 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

Well, everyone had me so worried that today would be soo hard. Everyone said "I quit quitting i=on Day 10", "The cravings were too much to handle by Day 10", etc. Well, I'm here to let you know that it's not always that hard. If you tell yourself there's nothing to worry about, there won't be. I had myself half crazy that I would fail today, because everyone told me that I would. But I didn't. I made it through the day, and feel pretty darn good about myself. We can all do this as long as it is what we want. There is no magic day that tells us we are going to be OK, that it will be that much easier from here on out, that we have 'beaten' it. But we can make that happen for ourselves. All we have to do is say We [u]are[/u] going to be OK, It's [u]going[/u] to be easier from here on out, and we have this thing [u]beaten[/u]. Will power, and positive thinking. Don't we tell our kids (those of us who have 'em) that they can do anything they put their minds too? Well, it goes the same for us. Once we put our minds to quitting, [b][i]WE DARN WELL WILL!![/i][/b] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/15/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 9 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 243 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $74.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

Whynot: Good for you! 10 days is wonderful! Your attitude proves that attitude is everything. Post more often, would you? Your positive attitude will help everyone here. You can really help your fellow quitters. And a note to EX-IDIOT: I LOVE your name! 36 days and this is the first we've heard from you??! Where you been? Please introduce yourself so we can congratulate you and get to know you. Congrats on 36 days, by the way. Signed, another ex-idiot -- keep the faith [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/8/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 139 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,595 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1112 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 59 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50

Good for you and your great attitude ! Keep strong and stay quit :) Very proud of you ! (((((((((hugs))))))))) Monica58 [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 43 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 875 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $387 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37

why not good for you that's the spirit keep on kickin ash lynnexx [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/24/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 123 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,856 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �492 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 13 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 7 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22

This is an excellent stat that you have going Whynot. It is very encouraging to such a positive attitude. Smoking is not an option is a model that I followed as well. We find other things to do when temptation knocks.

Whynot, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Positive thinking is a powerful tool. Congrats on day 10! Danielle _______________________ The SSC Support Team