3m 1w 1d 0:14 smoke-free, 3,500 cigs not smoked, $682.50 saved, 1w 5d 3:40 life saved ( Read more... )

I've been discussing this with my fellow non-smokers at the savingourlives community: I think there should be one day every year when people who quit smoking should be honored. After all, it is a mighty thing we have done, and there are no Betty Ford clinics for cigarette smokers. You do it alone ( Read more... )

2m 3w 3d 21:29 smoke-free, 3,007 cigs not smoked, $586.37 saved, 1w 3d 10:35 life saved ( Read more... )

1m 3w 3:08 smoke-free, 1,792 cigs not smoked, $349.44 saved, 6d 5:20 life saved7 weeks and one big-ass fight later, and I am still not smoking; amazing ( Read more... )

1m 2w 5d 0:36 smoke-free, 1,716 cigs not smoked, $334.62 saved, 5d 23:00 life savedI realize that I'm just wasting time patting myself on the back for the non-smoking stuff, since no one cares, but I keep doing it anyway. Just like I keep looking forward to Christmas Eve, even though I know Jess would rather be anywhere else but here (if it weren ( Read more... )

1m 2w 1d 5:35 smoke-free, 1,588 cigs not smoked, $309.66 saved, 5d 12:20 life saved

GREAT BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Please note my QuitMeter at the top of the page; see how it says that it's been 1 month, 2 weeks, and 1 day (+ several hours) since I quit? Well, today is the day that I broke my longest record for quitting ( Read more... )

1m 1w 4d 11:33 smoke-free, 1,462 cigs not smoked, $285.09 saved, 5d 1:50 life saved

I was reading Esh's LJ today; she was asking for "drabbles" as gifts. At first I thought, WTF is a drabble? After reading the comments, I was able to figure out that a drabble is like a mini story. So, I decided to gift Esh with a Buffy drabble. I thought it was ( Read more... )

1m 1w 3d 11:13 smoke-free, 1,427 cigs not smoked, $278.27 saved, 4d 22:55 life savedDave never told me that he was waiting until Christmas to tell his mom that we'd quit smoking, so I inadvertantly spilled the beans to her last night. The woman was overjoyed. Made me feel pretty good, too ( Read more... )

1m 6d 6:34 smoke-free, 1,275 cigs not smoked, $248.63 saved, 4d 10:15 life saved

This is my official QuitMeter: it indicates that I have been a non-smoker for 1 month, 6 days, 6 hours, and 34 minutes. I have not smoked 1,275 cigarettes; have saved $248.63; and I have saved 4 days, 10 hours and 15 minutes of my life by not smoking. Finally ( Read more... )

Non-Smoker 5 weeks tomorrow!

What a good day! (For the most part.) Managed to get in a good conversation with Tra (oh, every conversation with Tra is good!), and while I was on the phone with her, Cameron randomly showed up at my door! Two good friends, two good conversations. That's three times as much fun as I usually have. It could only be ( Read more... )