Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.  My name is Sharon and I quit on

Wed/July 8th 2009.  I'm 42 and started smoking when I was 15. I've quit several

times, but I know this is my final quit.  I am coughing up the nastiest gunk and

it's liberating to free myself of the addiction.  Looking forward to getting to

know all of you.



Sharon/TX

Welcome Sharon,

You will be coughing up some nasty stuff in the first few days.  It is your body

trying to get rid of all that nasty gunk.  When you smoke you kill off the cilia

(the little hair cells in your lungs that sweep foreign material up and out). 

When you quit- they start to grow back.

Hang in there- you can do it!!

Sincerely,

Dave

Not one stinking butt in Six years, ten months, 11 hours, 14 minutes and 48

seconds. 37432 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,550.60. Life saved: 18 weeks, 3

days, 23 hours, 20 minutes.

--- In quitsmoking@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <srhoads02@...> wrote:

>

> Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.  My name is Sharon and I quit

on Wed/July 8th 2009.  I'm 42 and started smoking when I was 15. I've quit

several times, but I know this is my final quit.  I am coughing up the nastiest

gunk and it's liberating to free myself of the addiction.  Looking forward to

getting to know all of you.

>

> Sharon/TX

>

Welcome Sharon .... this you can do and all of us here are your support

system.  So many of us started young and went into our 50's and later to

quit.  Are you using any aids to help ?  If you are many here can help

with use, side effects and effectiveness.  Some of us went cold turkey

and can help you if this is your course.  No matter what ... drink

plenty of fluids... vary your routine as smoking is related to

patterns...phone, food ,vehicles ....  and above all... remember

cravings will go away whether you smoke or not :-)



Pete

Three years, one month, two days, 12 hours, 57 minutes and 7 seconds.

51912 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,411.23. Life saved: 25 weeks, 5

days, 6 hours, 0 minutes.





Sharon wrote:

> Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.  My name is Sharon and I quit

on Wed/July 8th 2009.  I'm 42 and started smoking when I was 15. I've quit

several times, but I know this is my final quit.  I am coughing up the nastiest

gunk and it's liberating to free myself of the addiction.  Looking forward to

getting to know all of you.

>

> Sharon/TX

>

>

>

>

>

>

I applaud you Sharon. I quit when I was 40 after being diagnosed with cancer. Do

whatever it takes to quit. I have been smoke free and cancer-free now for 8 yrs.

I'm glad you took the first step. This group is wonderful and will help you to

succeed.



Mary





--- In quitsmoking@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <srhoads02@...> wrote:

>

> Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.  My name is Sharon and I quit

on Wed/July 8th 2009.  I'm 42 and started smoking when I was 15. I've quit

several times, but I know this is my final quit.  I am coughing up the nastiest

gunk and it's liberating to free myself of the addiction.  Looking forward to

getting to know all of you.

>

> Sharon/TX

>

Hi Sharon,

I'm Gary and I quit when i was 41 after smoking since is was about 15, I also

quit several times before this became my final one, and like you i knew this was

it. I quit using patches and of course an element of will power ;-).

On July 16th i will have been free from cigarettes for 2 years, and it feels

great i can tell you.

Best of luck with your quit



--- On Fri, 10/7/09, Sharon <srhoads02@...> wrote:





From: Sharon <srhoads02@...>

Subject: [quitsmoking] Hello-my first post

To: quitsmoking@yahoogroups.com

Date: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 5:25 PM

















Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Sharon and I quit on

Wed/July 8th 2009. I'm 42 and started smoking when I was 15. I've quit several

times, but I know this is my final quit. I am coughing up the nastiest gunk and

it's liberating to free myself of the addiction. Looking forward to getting to

know all of you.



Sharon/TX

































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Good luck to you.  I started smoking when I was 14 and stopped when I

47.  I have 18 months of smoke-free living.  Jan 2008 was the last time.

If I can do it so can YOU!!!!

This message board helped me a lot.





Janice

-----Original Message-----

From: quitsmoking@yahoogroups.com [mailto:quitsmoking@yahoogroups.com]

On Behalf Of Sharon

Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 12:25 PM

To: quitsmoking@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [quitsmoking] Hello-my first post







Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Sharon and I

quit on Wed/July 8th 2009. I'm 42 and started smoking when I was 15.

I've quit several times, but I know this is my final quit. I am coughing

up the nastiest gunk and it's liberating to free myself of the

addiction. Looking forward to getting to know all of you.



Sharon/TX