LawnDart21 0 #1 February 26, 2002 I made a post a few days after New Year's Eve saying that I had quit smoking. Well, it's time for more shameless self promotion!! It's now been 57 days and I am still smoke free! Cold turkey, no patch, no nicorette gum, just stopped cold. Anyways, just thought I'd share my small victory with all of you guys! (My girlfriend Mary quit on New Year's Eve too, and she is also still smoke free!!! Yahoo!)"I live to EFS"Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #2 February 26, 2002 Congratulations! That is extremely tough. Good to hear that you are hanging in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 February 26, 2002 That victory isn't exactly small. You are in a minority. If I gave a shit I might quit too. I don't....so......."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E150 0 #4 February 26, 2002 Nice one. One of the best things will ever do. I had my last one on Sunday. My lungs feel like shit and I've only been smoking 15 a week!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #5 February 26, 2002 Boy, wish I could do that..._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com Yahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawnDart21 0 #6 February 26, 2002 I live in Taxachusetts, er, I mean Massachusetts, and it just got to a point after the last cigarette tax hike, that a single pack of Marlboros is like $4.50 most places. At a pack a day, 365 days a year, I figured it would cost me atleast $1642.50 to smoke this year. By quitting I'll be able to spend that same money on 86 more jumps. (you'll have to forgive me I work for a bank......LOL) Anyways, thanks for the kind words!"I live to EFS"Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #7 February 26, 2002 That's great news Tom, have you noticed that when you're out of breath from walking up a bunch of stairs or something that its a "good" out of breath? It's hard to explain but when I breathe hard it doesn't hurt anymore. It actually feels like my lungs are doing somethingI'll go to college; learn some big words; I'll talk real loud god damn right I'll be heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 4 #8 February 26, 2002 Clay, you disappeared for 5 days...Risky strategy man! AggieDave took the opportunity to pass MountainMan and is well on his way to catch up with you...Safe swoopsSangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #9 February 26, 2002 QuoteI live in Taxachusetts, er, I mean Massachusetts, and it just got to a point after the last cigarette tax hike, that a single pack of Marlboros is like $4.50 most places.Got a good friend up in Indiana who quit for the same reason. They popped a new tax on cigerettes to balance the budget and he said enough was enough. In the early 90's a pack of Marlboros was about a 1.10, 10 years later it was up to 3.40.He could never quit for his health, but he sure could quit when the state pissed him off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #10 February 26, 2002 "Clay, you disappeared for 5 days"Yeah....I don't know how many more of these business trips I can afford to take...."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lummy 4 #11 February 26, 2002 QuoteIt's now been 57 days and I am still smoke free! WOO HOO!!!!!! a Big congrats to you!!!!!Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Beachbum 0 #12 February 26, 2002 serious congrats to you both!! I did the cold turkey thing way back when ... then started dating someone who smoked like a chimney and decided (VERY dumb) that if I had to put up with it, might as well get the enjoyment too, and started again ... hasn't been nearly so easy to quit the 2nd time!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #13 February 26, 2002 QuoteClay, you disappeared for 5 days...Risky strategy man! AggieDave took the opportunity to pass MountainMan and is well on his way to catch up with you...HH, you should watch whats gonna happen next...put up a diversion in front of him with a Boobies post, pop smoke and run a flank...he'll never see it coming...oh, did I say that out loud? Crap...Either way, Spring Break is in 11 days, after jumping that Saturday, I'm going to be backpacking for about 5 days sans computer, plus drive time, so hopefully someone will pass me up then. "And who are you?""I'm...Batman..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cornholio 0 #14 February 26, 2002 Hey Tom, what date did you quit? I also quit on Jan 2nd.. WOOOOHOOO!!! Now I'm putting my money for smokes and investing it in this sport. That's like 1200-1500 a year for smokes....hell, that would pay for my AFF class and then some more jumps...Congrats!!! Let's keep it up... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TEB6363 0 #15 February 26, 2002 Great Job. I quit chewing Tobacco on November 2nd, 2001. I did need the gum, than the patch, and it was still the worst thing I have had to do (chewing for 22 years off-and-on, 9 years straight since I started up again). Now I have to get rid of 8 more pounds that I gained (15 total).Again, great job. Keep Going!!!:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jessica 0 #16 February 26, 2002 Me too Tom, HELL FUCKING YEAH.I quit on Jan. 4. No looking back. It's the best favor I ever did for myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #17 February 26, 2002 Yea, you guys!!Free beer to anyone who stops smoking! But, you have to come down to Deland to collect.AndreaThe brave may not live forever, but the timid may not live at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SpeedRacer 1 #18 February 26, 2002 Quote. I quit chewing Tobacco on November 2nd, 2001. I did need the gum, than the patch, and it was still the worst thing I have had to do (chewing for 22 years off-and-on, 9 years straight since I started up again). Nasty nasty nasty. I used to work at the Dana Farber Cancer institute. chewing tobacco causes squamous cell carcinoma that can actually rot your face. I knew a guy that actually lost a large part of his lower jaw from that shit. If you saw some of the photos I saw at Dana Farber, you would probably never touch chewing tobacco again. Speed Racer"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lippy 775 #19 February 26, 2002 It'll be 3 weeks tomorrow since I quit, and it was all of the posts in here about quitting that made me decide to finally do it. Also the fact that pretty soon smokes are going to be over $8 a pack in Alberta, but I learned that a week after I stopped. Now it's just all the more motivation to keep off of them. Live To Jump, Pull To Live,Lippy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LawnDart21 0 #20 February 26, 2002 Thanks everybody for your positive feedback, I feel great these days. It's funny last season I had a system where I would jump, smoke a cigarette, and then pack. I would repeat that process all day long. Of all the things i have had to change about my habits, this was the weirdest. Each time I walk back to the hanger after a jump, I reach for my pocket to pull out a smoke.....lol......now I'm pulling out Certs instead of smokes.....LOL Problem solved! Cornholio, I quit New Years Eve day, on 12/31. Not much withdrawl, never got the shakes, or moody, I just put on 20 pounds in 2 months.......From 180lbs, to 200lbs. Thank God I started back at the gym the same day........LOL Otherwise I'd be a balloon, atleast now it's all muscle!!! My waist size actually went down from a 35 to a 33.5 since then.... YAHOO!!!"I live to EFS"Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TEB6363 0 #21 February 26, 2002 Quoteyou would probably never touch chewing tobacco againThat's the plan:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StevieBoy 0 #22 February 27, 2002 I smoke 1 1/2 packs a day (30),just started freefly, MAN that takes some serious input, will be training from now on instead of smoking & drinking,If you have given up, THEN TOTAL RESPECT, I strive to be as strong as you."Skydiving's a source, it'll change your life, swear to God" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #23 February 27, 2002 ok. i havent read this post(skimmed) i just wanna say congrats to all of you who quit smoking. i quit 2.5 years ago so i know how hard it is(was.) but it gets really ez if you can pass the first few months like most of you have. (sorry but ill read this later) just in for a few mintues and hadda see this postgetting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dmddave 0 #24 February 27, 2002 I quit smoking eight years ago and after, spent most of my extra money on road bikes and especially mountain bikes. Now the bikes are collecting dust in the garage I'm blowing too much $$ on skydiving. Well worth it though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #25 February 27, 2002 one of my friends (that still lives in NY. $5/pack) just started smoking after her father died of cancer. how ridiculous is that. she quit for 4 years then went back b/c she was stressed out!.i told her that she was totally out of line(i didnt letcure her though) but i asked what she was thinking. no good answer came out. so i broke out the old abacus in my head and did the math for her and showed her how she is smoking her kids college funds away...she sounded convinced, but you cant force someone to quit! anyway dont do anything moronic like that! it would be totally foolish to start up again now. buy a new rig or something ! have fungetting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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freeflir29 0 #10 February 26, 2002 "Clay, you disappeared for 5 days"Yeah....I don't know how many more of these business trips I can afford to take...."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #11 February 26, 2002 QuoteIt's now been 57 days and I am still smoke free! WOO HOO!!!!!! a Big congrats to you!!!!!Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 0 #12 February 26, 2002 serious congrats to you both!! I did the cold turkey thing way back when ... then started dating someone who smoked like a chimney and decided (VERY dumb) that if I had to put up with it, might as well get the enjoyment too, and started again ... hasn't been nearly so easy to quit the 2nd time!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 February 26, 2002 QuoteClay, you disappeared for 5 days...Risky strategy man! AggieDave took the opportunity to pass MountainMan and is well on his way to catch up with you...HH, you should watch whats gonna happen next...put up a diversion in front of him with a Boobies post, pop smoke and run a flank...he'll never see it coming...oh, did I say that out loud? Crap...Either way, Spring Break is in 11 days, after jumping that Saturday, I'm going to be backpacking for about 5 days sans computer, plus drive time, so hopefully someone will pass me up then. "And who are you?""I'm...Batman..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #14 February 26, 2002 Hey Tom, what date did you quit? I also quit on Jan 2nd.. WOOOOHOOO!!! Now I'm putting my money for smokes and investing it in this sport. That's like 1200-1500 a year for smokes....hell, that would pay for my AFF class and then some more jumps...Congrats!!! Let's keep it up... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #15 February 26, 2002 Great Job. I quit chewing Tobacco on November 2nd, 2001. I did need the gum, than the patch, and it was still the worst thing I have had to do (chewing for 22 years off-and-on, 9 years straight since I started up again). Now I have to get rid of 8 more pounds that I gained (15 total).Again, great job. Keep Going!!!:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #16 February 26, 2002 Me too Tom, HELL FUCKING YEAH.I quit on Jan. 4. No looking back. It's the best favor I ever did for myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #17 February 26, 2002 Yea, you guys!!Free beer to anyone who stops smoking! But, you have to come down to Deland to collect.AndreaThe brave may not live forever, but the timid may not live at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #18 February 26, 2002 Quote. I quit chewing Tobacco on November 2nd, 2001. I did need the gum, than the patch, and it was still the worst thing I have had to do (chewing for 22 years off-and-on, 9 years straight since I started up again). Nasty nasty nasty. I used to work at the Dana Farber Cancer institute. chewing tobacco causes squamous cell carcinoma that can actually rot your face. I knew a guy that actually lost a large part of his lower jaw from that shit. If you saw some of the photos I saw at Dana Farber, you would probably never touch chewing tobacco again. Speed Racer"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 775 #19 February 26, 2002 It'll be 3 weeks tomorrow since I quit, and it was all of the posts in here about quitting that made me decide to finally do it. Also the fact that pretty soon smokes are going to be over $8 a pack in Alberta, but I learned that a week after I stopped. Now it's just all the more motivation to keep off of them. Live To Jump, Pull To Live,Lippy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawnDart21 0 #20 February 26, 2002 Thanks everybody for your positive feedback, I feel great these days. It's funny last season I had a system where I would jump, smoke a cigarette, and then pack. I would repeat that process all day long. Of all the things i have had to change about my habits, this was the weirdest. Each time I walk back to the hanger after a jump, I reach for my pocket to pull out a smoke.....lol......now I'm pulling out Certs instead of smokes.....LOL Problem solved! Cornholio, I quit New Years Eve day, on 12/31. Not much withdrawl, never got the shakes, or moody, I just put on 20 pounds in 2 months.......From 180lbs, to 200lbs. Thank God I started back at the gym the same day........LOL Otherwise I'd be a balloon, atleast now it's all muscle!!! My waist size actually went down from a 35 to a 33.5 since then.... YAHOO!!!"I live to EFS"Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #21 February 26, 2002 Quoteyou would probably never touch chewing tobacco againThat's the plan:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevieBoy 0 #22 February 27, 2002 I smoke 1 1/2 packs a day (30),just started freefly, MAN that takes some serious input, will be training from now on instead of smoking & drinking,If you have given up, THEN TOTAL RESPECT, I strive to be as strong as you."Skydiving's a source, it'll change your life, swear to God" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #23 February 27, 2002 ok. i havent read this post(skimmed) i just wanna say congrats to all of you who quit smoking. i quit 2.5 years ago so i know how hard it is(was.) but it gets really ez if you can pass the first few months like most of you have. (sorry but ill read this later) just in for a few mintues and hadda see this postgetting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmddave 0 #24 February 27, 2002 I quit smoking eight years ago and after, spent most of my extra money on road bikes and especially mountain bikes. Now the bikes are collecting dust in the garage I'm blowing too much $$ on skydiving. Well worth it though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #25 February 27, 2002 one of my friends (that still lives in NY. $5/pack) just started smoking after her father died of cancer. how ridiculous is that. she quit for 4 years then went back b/c she was stressed out!.i told her that she was totally out of line(i didnt letcure her though) but i asked what she was thinking. no good answer came out. so i broke out the old abacus in my head and did the math for her and showed her how she is smoking her kids college funds away...she sounded convinced, but you cant force someone to quit! anyway dont do anything moronic like that! it would be totally foolish to start up again now. buy a new rig or something ! have fungetting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
