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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I have a friend who says that he is a smoker who does not smoke even after Irving up smoking 20 years ago.
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I do the very same thing. If you look at my posts, nowhere do I say that I 'quit.' I say that I smoked my last cigarette 14 years ago. Having tried to 'quit' dozens of times and failed, I realized I needed something stronger. Something 'proven.' That 'something' was AA. "One day at a time." I didn't smoke yesterday, I'm not going to smoke today, and I pray that I won't smoke tomorrow. ODAT.
I realized that once I think that I've actually 'quit,' I'd be tempted to try to 'just smoke one.' The fact is, I don't want to smoke just one. I want to live the same life I lived for over 40 years with my 'friends.' They filled time for me. They calmed me down when I was excited. They were with me through thick and thin. (The fact that they were killing me was irrelevant.) And now they are gone, and although I miss them, I pray they stay gone. ODAT.
Fourteen years, one day, 4 hours, 2 minutes and 34 seconds.
153455 cigarettes not smoked, saving $38,363.76.
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