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Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free.
Posted March 24, 2018
Deep in the archives, I found another gem from, our friend, Cristóbal
Cristóbal's Quit Days %
Some people are amazed that even though they may have several weeks or months quit,
that they still do not feel completely "normal", and continue to miss smoking.
When this happens, figure your "Quit Days %" and then you will see why.
The way to calculate this is:
Number of Years Smoked x 365 = Smoke Days.
Number of Days Not Smoked = Quit Days.
Then, Quit Days ÷ Smoke Days = "Quit Days %".
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I will go first, to be the first example.
I smoked for about 30 years.
30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.
As of today, I have not smoked for 5 years, 2 months, 7 days.
This period of times = 1904 Quit Days.
Then, 1904 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = 17.388%.
This is my "Quit Days %".
In other words, even at more than 5 years since my last cigarette,
as of today I have been quit for only 17.388% of the total time I smoked.
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Now, let us take as the second example,
a smoker who smoked for 30 years, and has been quit for just 4 months.
These 4 months might seem like a very long time to the ex-smoker,
but it is nothing when compared to 30 years.
This smoker who smoked for 30 years, has 30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.
Quit time of 4 months = 120 Quit Days.
120 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = Quit Days % of just 1.096%, of the total time the smoker smoked.
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Smoking had a deep impact on us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
A lot of the physical damage can be repaired in a time period of about 10 years,
but some of it can never be repaired - the damage is done !!!
The mental, emotional, and spiritual damage can be repaired much quicker,
since all of us at one time were never smokers. None of us started life with a cigarette in the mouth !!!
We all know how to live life as non-smokers, we just need to remember how to do it again.
And time is what is needed for that to happen.
It is my experience working with others,
that how quickly one becomes very comfortable in these 3 areas
depends on the person and also their understanding of nicotine addiction.
The more a person understands the process of separation from the active addiction,
it seems to me the quicker the good comfort levels of being a non-smoker return.
What is important to understand,
is that the first year as a non-smoker will be spent confronting triggers,
many of them that are seasonal.
Once you arrive at your first year anniversary,
most people can say that they are making very good progress adjusting to life as a non-smoker.
Cristóbal
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