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My Mom asked me today if I ever thought about how much money I have saved...I told her I could look it up...over $14,000! The first year I bought lots of things as rewards...an expensive brand of purse and other things I never would have spoiled myself with. I took Bakon's advice seriously...first week a magazine, then a special hair brush or something I would never have spent money on. I even ordered a bracelet that says NOPE at 3 months. Now I just notice I do not have to budget so much...breathing room for dinners out or trips!

Well at this point I have not been in the quit long enough to have huge savings but I am seeing a definite financial benefit. Since I am retired and on the so called "fixed" income I am now seeing money still in the bank at the end of the month since quitting. Out here cigarettes are $8.30 a pack so there is significant savings there. At the rate I smoked it is almost a $300.00 savings per month. If I can save enough I may take some kind of trip at my one year mark. With your post it is something I am going to strongly look at.

NOPE!

NOPE!!!!!!!

Still says 98 percentage Yes I trust you to wipe horney toad. Wipe it all and fast. Works best fast and entirety. But let me post my panties

At this point in my quit I cannot understand how I or anyone else would pay this much money only to make our lives worst, what addiction can do to you while under the influence. Just another reason to enforce saying NOPE everyday.

NOPE!!!

I have my cat doing an interweb search for him/her! We're on it!!

A mighty day to say NOPE!

Been playing around...try it now !!!!.....I can do more if you want..... I feel privileged you trust the I pad numpty...!!!!...or did you ?????...lol..

NOPE! Having fun at the pool instead!

Can't help you ............ they don't trust me with the key to this place

I cleaned up my attachments yesterday. Posted in Chicks or Sticks, added a photo, then edited said post and erased the image. There's probably a more efficient way of doing that, but it worked for me. Having finite photo capacity forces one to become more judicious with their content. So from now on I vow that I will only post the finest babes and boner jokes.

says I Posted 98 percent and won't let me mess with anyone. Can one of the window lickers in charge erase my shit so I can post more shit?

People are often offering the noobs advice, one being to read a lot on here. Reading doesn't do much good unless you read between the lines. I have been off cigarettes for like four months or something. I remember when I first was planning an actual quit, I was thinking, "I wonder if I will make it a solid month" and somehow I did. I did not think I would last, honestly. But about reading between the lines, I see several join up, are so hardcore about quitting, pledge NOPE or whatever, then relapse. Of course at that point they sometimes just vanish with their tails between their legs. Even though no one is judging, they feel shame etc. For my own fight, the first three days were a bit tough but I did it. It was not until the third month hit that I started getting bad craves. I thought, "No one will know, I can just go buy some, smoke outside so no one smells it on me, and kind of hide it. I can smoke maybe one or two a day". But I never actually went to buy them. There is only one cigarette that would do anyways and though I REALLY miss them sometimes, I figure this - Do I want to be walking around with MY tail between my legs because I gave in to the nicotine addiction? So many come in, talk a big talk, but cannot walk the walk for long. I do not want to be one of those. I came in, talked big, and figured I will look REAL dumb if I cave. Bakon might even call me a Window Licker if I relapsed. There are also those stories of people suffering serious health problems as a result of smoking. I do not want to end up with cancer or have to walk around with oxygen. I can see it now... person on street - "So how exactly did this happen? (talking about my oxygen tank) me - "Cause i smoked, I didn't listen to the people on Quit Train forum back in the 2010's. " person on street - "WELLLL you dumb old twat, that was sure smart..." I know what you are thinking - "Oh right, I bet she relapsed!" No, I did not, you can come to my house and smell the place if you want. the only thing you will smell is my room mate farting a lot. she would kill me if she knew i said that. TLDR - One should learn from others' mistakes.

That's great M5! For sure see if you can put something aside to do something special at your 1 year mark! A trip would be a great idea. Smokes were $12.50 a pack of 25 when I quit last year. I don't know what they are now but I KNOW they have gone up. Probably around $14.00 for a pack of 25? I believe in Australia they are like $25.00 a pack or more. I can't even imagine

Using your witchcraft again?

Everthing is better with cats. Damn box shitters are cute as ****.

Good job Doreen! I had no idea how to do that!

18 Muaha on our way to a good spanking!

Doorbell will work on it for a few days...it will take me days to clear your crap whahaha....

What? Are you chicks like vampires? Come out in force after dark 12

The strange part is that it wasn't even that hard for me to quit. The struggle did not start til three months in. I doubt there have been any solid studies on this but sometimes i wonder if maybe those who just cannot quit maybe smoked much stronger cigarettes than I did. I used to get my own tubes and this pipe tobacco called "Gambler" to make my own. TBH I am not even sure they contained any nicotine. They were some sorry-ass excuses for a smoke but come time to quit, it just didn't seem that hard. So part of it is - I figure I had an easy start to quitting, why throw it away? Someone on here told me also that each time someone relapses and tries to quit again, it is harder. It is weird also because when I first made a solid plan to quit (wean off over three days) I honest to God did not think I would last. Most of what I plan to do in life tends to not happen, I start and never finish. Maybe I am just too lazy and cheap to buy cigarettes. Sometimes I want a smoke like a country boy wants an inflatable sheep but no screw that. I will probably already have a heart attack from all the junk food I eat, no need to rush the process with smoking.

Plus in real life when I smell that someone has been smoking, the horrid smell, I think, "Do I want to be so fragrant again?"

Thanks for this post Jet, gives me a lot to think about and what I have been thinking. I have found on this forum I have to talk the talk and in turn that makes me want to walk the walk. The main reason that is successful for quitting is usually that we want to quit for ourselves not for others and I feel that is true. But we do need others along the way to help us see that it can be done -- those that understand us and the feelings, craves and the roller coaster that we go on -- That is why I come to this forum, It helps me keep going.

Nice one. You GET IT!! Now, just keep doing it (Bakon will still call you a window licker - lol)

Backtosmokin you are a typical Window licker. We all have licked a window so don't take it bad. Only one piece of advice. Wipe your ass with the rest of the videos and advice. I promise you it is best. If you got the guts and can push through......sorry form the long windup.... NOPE. That simple. Say it a hundred times an hour at first.