joe

this should keep the tank full :) . . . I wish for a new "garage mahal" for my toys ;)

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I just logged on after work today to see if my sister has joined the site yet. I didnt see any introduction from her, but I did notice we have 117 guest viewing the site at this time!.. that is great, only i know for a fact that some of those lurking need to join. i just talked to my sister Amey yesterday and ,though she is far from out of the woods, she has good news that the cancer hasnt spread and she is a candidate for surgery...how-ever, she is STILL having trouble completely quitting smoking..she still "needs" about 2 a day...i have tried explain how she is prolonging the withdraws, but she is still stuggling...so..I told her about our new train we have up and running and I am hopping she climbs aboard and seeks out some support...She is strong, so I know she can do this, I just think a little inter-action with this board is all that it will take to put her on the road to being 'smoke free"... . This goes out to all you people lurking....WE ARE HERE TO HELP...sometimes (or most times) its a matter of life and death...please, if you read this, sign up (its easy and this site is free and doesnt sell any of your info or anything)..it is 'owned" and run by ex -smokers...and if My sister Amey is reading this, you need to sign up and give these people a chance...Your odds will improve with support....

Nov. 20th,2013. ... yep, that's when I became known as a quitter ... :)

Leah didnt say this..lol..the new word is... . . . AND

New to you Markus ;) . . I wish at least ONE of my girls was a "gear head" ;)

faster than me

Here is what the Dr. ordered(Looks just like ya ;) ) . . I wish for the week-end to start over..i wasn't done with it yet :(

. . edited:...Sorry Tracy...your quicker ;)...see what I can grant ya:)

because

Here....I can help them put em out ;) . I wish my car was done :(

. Whats the name of your track...Ours is Fremont Speedway...(How original...lol) ..The Track that Action Built!! . here is a link...there is a photo section that shows alot of the cars..Of course the "big events" are when the WoO (world of outlaws) are in town...those boys can drive! . http://www.fremontohspeedway.com/ . Im not sure if a map is on that page, but if there is, I live just south of the track near the (Sandusky) River

This group should behave ;) . . . i wish for a week-end getaway with the whole family..

wild west

is where he first

Well said Bandito .....yep, its the same story, different author ...all our quit stories are so similar...we start young....we know we shouldnt...we know it could kill us...and a lucky few of us will quit before it DOES kill us..

behavior he/she was

Just thought I would share ...In a nut shell, quitting smoking isnt as hard as you may think....its all about knowledge and commitment...the first step is quitting...... Looking back on my smoking "career" I wish I knew then what I know now....I CAN quit smoking! I think from the first cigarette i smoked as a 15 year old kid I knew that I shouldnt be doing this and that it would eventually kill me.(I think we all knew this)..how-ever, at the time everyone I hung out with smoked, so I HAD to also. My friends changed as I grew up...and most of my new friends didnt smoke...but...now, I HAD to. In my early 20's my Mother was diagnosed with Lung Cancer..I told myself that I should quit....but, I also knew I couldnt!...so why try. I continued to smoke. I met my wife and in '84 we were married (30 years coming up :) ) We now have 4 daughters..i dont, nor ever did smoke in their presents. I always smoked in the detached garage while working on my old mustang...(I spent alot of time in that garage :( ).So now, with daughters of my own...and my mother dying as a result of smoking, I really should quit....but..i heard it was hard, so I dont think I can..better not even try. 10/29/1990 My Mother dies (49 years old)...I should quit smoking but, again, I dont think I can.No sense in trying...maybe some other day. . 06/09/2000 My father dies (59years old) from a blood clot after minor surgery. I think to myself, that I should quit smoking so my girls dont have to lose either of their parents at a young age...Wont quit today, but I will think about it...(I heard its almost impossible) . I should note, both of my parents were smokers... :( . Fastforward a lot of years. My girls have all graduated high school, 3 of them have gone on to graduate college...2 with a masters degree and the 3rd working on hers. The 4th daughter chose to raise a family instaed and so now I am about 50 years old 3 of my daughters are married and I then had 4 granddaughters..Non of my girls smoke and I am SOOO happy for that. I tried their whole life to not smoke around them...I didnt hide the fact that I smoked, instead I let them know I was embarresed that I did and it would some day kill me and i didnt want them to ever start.... I really should quit... . move forward to the fall of 2013 and I have made the descision to retire from my job.. I have the time in i need to start to draw a pension, so I make plans to retire effective Jan.1st ,2014...(I am too young to totally retire (52 years old) I plan on getting another job, and re-investing my retirement check each month)..At this time, I am not officially retired, but I do have about 2 months worth of vacation accumulated that i need to use before the end of the year..so, The months of Nov. and Dec. i spend "on vacation" (sitting at home)...before I retire, I have a few 'medical" concerns I want to get answers for so i make an appointment...nothing major, as it turn out I am getting old and arthritis is my biggest problem...While at the drs. office the "normal" questions include "do I smoke'..of course I say yes ..and he asks if i ever thought about quitting? DUH...doesnt EVERY smoker THINK about it? He perscribes Chantix and an injection in my shoulder to help with the old age crap...lol...When I get home, I consider filling the perscription, but want to know more about the side effects....so I get online and start reading...one page leads to another....alot of side effects that concern me...I dont think i am going to fill this perscription...but I DO continue to read...thankfully . i " stumble" onto whyquit.com... click on different links and find myself watch Joels Library for 1/2 a day...or more...In the middle of a video, the dogs start "bugging" me, so I figure it would be a good time to take them for a walk...besides, I "needed" a cigarette anyway... . As soon as we hit the back yard, I reach into my front coat pocket and pull out my pack of smokes and light up...but, damn!..i only have 2 left...gonna have to go get some.....wait.........I have an idea.......why dont I just QUIT NOW!...what a concept! . I worked with some guys that I always said that they worked HARDER at avoiding work than they would have if they just did their job...so, I adapted that way of thinking to my quit...instead of quitting being hard, I was going to make smoking hard...for the next couple weeks, i spent as much time in areas i didnt smoke as I could...in my house....my wifes car...out to eat...shopping....in the shower (I was REALLY clean ;) ) ...sleeping...I was making it hard to smoke.. . That was Nov.20,2013....the day i smoked my last cigarette...I look back at the last 35+ years and realize that I was making quit smoking harder than what it was...once I got in the frame of mind that in order to quit, all I had to do was....quit.....it became easy!.. . A few weeks after my Drs. visit, my wife was headed to the drug store and asked if I wanted her to fill my Chantix perscripition....I told her no....she asked if I descided to not quit smoking....i had to inform her that I quit nearly a week earlier :) ..cold turkey......and they said it couldnt be done ;) . Dont get me wrong...we all know there was cravings and withdrawls, but i found with the knowledge i gained from my reading and Joels videos i knew how to deal with them..the biggest hurdle is ACTUALLY QUITTING...just stop...period...NTAP....NOPE.. . On Nov.29th my 5th granddaughter was born and sometime after the first of the year (daughter#2) informed us of granddaughter #6 joining us in May...who knows...maybe I will stick around to see them grow up...somebody has to screen the boys they will want to date.... . And on a sad note, my younger sister was diagnosed with lung cancer in Jan of 2014...She has endured Chemo and radiation trreatments the whole month of March...she is strong and has a good spirit... . my daughters all live a few hours away, so they were not around to pat me on the shoulder (dont get me wrong..they are extremely happy I quit)..and my wife works a strange schedule (12hr shifts and every other week-end), so I didnt get a bunch of support at home....so when i found a message board for support to help stop smoking, it was a huge help...imagine, a (virtual) room full of others who was also starting out in their quit...its like they knew what i was going through....lol...I firstt joind when i was 2 1/2 months quit, and came to THIS board in my 4th month.... . So...any newbie who has endured my suspect writing skills and read this to the end, i would encourage you to make the descision to quit and use the resorces here to experiance the freedom you can feel by finally quit smoking......

Hmm. in my FF settings, the "check spelling as i type" is checked and i dont see any other options that may pertain to this....oh well...thanks for trying to help. I guess I need to control my fat fingers a little better so i wont have to rely on that as much..lol

just got back here "T"...thanks..i will look at my browser settings..I am using FF