MarylandQuitter

Since you've come very close to smoking, sounds like you might need to stop resisting posting here and start again. :) No need to have such close brushes with smoking.

Great news! A few more days and you've got that crucial year under your belt! :)

Glad to see a happy ending to this! Lots of bad shit in the world and even in our lives at times. It happens to ALL of us, those who've never smoked, those who've smoked but quit and those who smoke. Smoking changes nothing except an accelerated path to poor health and an early grave. Perhaps tuning out from all of the crap on the news for a bit might help. Take a break from it. Everybody does, don't you know? Stay strong! :)

I lost a quit in in 2013 after being quit for 9 or 10 months. I remember being so pissed off that blew my quit for one pack of cigarettes. Don't let it define you. You relapsed and lost your quit over two cigarettes and all it takes is one puff. Guess what? You're quit again and not one of the people who relapse and then try to quit again 10 or 15 years later. You made a mistake but corrected it immediately and for that, hold your head high! :)

Beautiful pictures!! Thanks for sharing them. :)

Congratulations! Not on the win (Steelers), but on 3 years smoke-free!!

Thanks, folks!!! That shuffling video brings back memories. hahahahaha

Thank you!!!!! I can't believe I'm already 22 years old today!

Happy birthday!!!!

Stop Smoking Benefits Timetable Welcome and glad you're staying strong!! Don't ever give an inch to this horrible addiction. As time goes, it get's easier and easier. :)

Right up your alley! Next month, TWD!!!!!!!!

Awesome!!

I smoked one pack after being smoke-free for 9 months and reset my ticker. One puff means you failed to keep your quit. NOPE! Not one puff, ever! Relapsing is depressing but only for as long as you let it. You took a puff and to be honest with this support group, you should reset your ticker. I'm not saying that you have to, but in all fairness to the group and those not yet here, you should. That ticker is actually accountability not only to yourself, but also to others. When you make a public statement it holds you accountable. You're not the only one here who has relapsed. I could be coming up on 3 years instead of 2 years quit over 20 cigarettes which I didn't even enjoy one single puff from any of them. It is what it is. I can look at my ticker and know that I have not taken a single puff in that amount of time. Should I Reset My Quit Meter? Video stresses the importance of drawing a clear line in the sand regarding the issue of whether a person should reset their quit meter if they ever take a puff off of a cigarette, or really deliver nicotine via any tobacco product or other nicotine containing device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfzV-Gmshk You Mean You Haven't Had A Single Puff Of A Cigarette? This video discusses the danger of other people or former smokers themselves in making an arbitrary distinction between the ingestion of a smaller dosage of nicotine in contrast to some larger amount. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvve35Z3ArY&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB&index=48

NOPE!!!!!!!!

I love that I didn't have to stop at a convenience store to buy smokes today.

Odd factoid about me. My first name is Maryland. Middle name is Bernard. Last name is Quitter. Maryland Bernard Quitter. Oddly enough, I live in Maryland and when I quit smoking, I just used my name as my display name. For this is the first time in my life that my name actually makes sense!

Death in the West” is considered to be one of the finest documentaries ever made. It was originally produced for British television and vigorously suppressed by tobacco interests....revealing interviews with the stark reality of six smoking cowboys, all dying of smoking-induced illnesses. http://quittrainblog.com/video/the-marlboro-story/

I'm part way through it and so far, I love it. :)

NOPE!

Today I love knowing my body is healing. :)

"The Hunter"

Oh Yay!! Let's put Buffy on debit cards! Whoop. :read:

NOPE

Happy birthday, Tracey!!!!

Welcome, Gypsy! Smoking doesn't relieve stress, it causes it. Whether it's a pack a week or a pack a day, it's too much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEyGdqwjmQ I Smoke Because I Like Smoking Video discusses how people who often say the smoke because they like smoking can come to realize that they really smoke because they don't like not smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCkt_ajgTQE