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I took the approach that I was dying for the day I was born, I might as well be "happy" while i was here cos I was gunna die anyway. I kid you not my health had nothing to do with quitting. I still can't pin why I quit probably money but more resentment that the smokes were in control not me.

unfortunately....the fear of death and dying would make an addicted smoker...smoke more! That's what I did...until I was truly ready When the student is ready....the teacher appears

I am on another forum (nothing to do with smoking or not) but someone brought up how coffins just seemed like a waste of money, too much of a luxury for a corpse. Anyways I mentioned not wanting to know any details of my own death. I am mid 40's and when I was 38, my mom died. That was kind of something that made me realize that death means business. When I threw away my last cigarette in Oct 2017, one thing I had recurring thoughts of before I quit was, "What if this really does kill me early than I would like to die? I mean my breath rattled at night, I could not laugh without coughing, everything stank of smoke, blood pressure was a little high... I honest to God thought I would be dead by age 60 if I kept smoking. That is a little early. I would like to make it to at least age 75. I just wonder if it's common for people in their 40's to start having recurring thoughts of death. If so, why would anyone this age or older STILL puff away on those cancer sticks? Some of these young smokers do not think about death of course but they will someday. Think about this - most forums lose members because they got banned over something, or maybe they got mad and just left. Forums like this sometimes lose members because their respiratory problems got the best of them. At what age though do smokers say, "Hmm, I would rather live a few more years than smoke this piece of crap cigarette". Sometimes I still want a cigarette but I am not dieing for one.

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NOPE - I don't smoke anymore.

"We're all gonna die from something...what are you gonna do?" That and: "I could quit smoking and live longer, but where's the fun in that?" I was an addict. Any acknowledgement that my addiction was going to kill me was masked by denial and delusion. Throw in a bit of gallows humor and I was ready to totally ignore the realities and consequences of my decision to continue smoking. I was so delusional while smoking, I convinced myself that cigarettes were such an integral part of an enjoyable life that the risks involved with smoking were worth it. Addiction breeds delusional thinking. Delusional thinking shapes your perception. Your perception becomes your reality.

The fact is the addiction always over road what the consequences were going to be. I feared dying from smoking but also feared not smoking. It wasn't until some kindhearted, caring people stood beside me and guided me to the other side. I never thought I was strong enough to do it. They showed me differently. For that I will always be grateful and hope that I can help others.

Smoking takes all the fear of dying away... Last year I watched my best friend take her last breath hours after her last cigarette..... Thankfully I had the strength to quit ,when I got my health scare...me and my feet have had over 5 years more together..and God willing many more...

Oh yaaaa.....I'm gonna practice our love song !!!!

All my peeps are on holiday so we'll have to go with this for the tidy-up

'...The memory of her last few months haunts me. She was in so much pain and couldn't breathe. Watching your loved one go through something like this is heartbreaking and if this email stops just one person from taking a puff, then I feel that it's worth it.' https://whyquit.com/whyquit/Memorial.html Not only would you die early, chances are you'd put your loved ones up with awfull memories. Ten times worse than just dying if you ask me. These stories are actually real.

Smokers only fear that they might succeed in quitting. It was years before I could tell myself that cigarettes were killing me. If you are talking to someone about quitting, start by telling them not to be afraid.

I was in deep denial over health issues attributed to smoking and if I ever thought about them, I didn't care. Health was not a factor in my quitting. My freedom was the main impetus. I don't really have a fear of dying. I still think I am going to live forever, lol.

Really I remember my life pretty well before smoking -- school, sports, running around with friends and going thru the high school life and all that came with that. I did not start smoking until I went into the Army, smoking was part of the Army life then and it was so cheap to buy cigs. Even got free cigs then with the c-rations at that time, so sad!!!

I had a great childhood. Tadpoles, trees, horses for a spell. We moved around every year or two and I LOVED that. I remember at twelve or so, flying by myself somewhere. (we didn't have to be chaperoned back then) The ticket agent asked me, 'smoking or non-smoking' I said, 'smoking' because that's where all the hip people were. I am thinking somewhere from 14-16, I was smoking. Started hanging out with dealers, poets, musicians and pimps, I was in such a hurry to be an adult.

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I started smoking at 11...rebelled... Started hanging out with older kids ..and tried to keep up ... From a early age I was sent to Ballet school....so most of my days were spent there...I was on blocks at the age of ten... My life was a strict schedule... Hence the rebellion... My mother was obsessed ... That rebellion cost me 52 years of my life ... I would have loved to play in the mud and catch frogs ...

I grew up doing similar stuff in my neighborhood, @Linda Thomas! Oh, how I loved catching pollywogs and watching them transform into baby frogs! I did not start until 18 either....and didn't learn how to "inhale" until probably 19! I regret all the time I wasted and the damage it caused my body but am grateful that I have had the last 2 years to get myself into a good place both physically and mentally since quitting.

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I remember feeling very mortal early in my quit and actually still to this day. As a smoker I felt invinsible I suppose. Too busy smoking, too much in denial to see what's really happening. But it was a lung cancer diagnosis that prompted my quit. And that young mum that got diagnosed did die shortly after diagnosis. Her getting diagnosed just clicked something in me. She wasn't old. She was young. Had a wonderful husband...children. I dinny want that to me and seen for the first time ever that it could be. So yes I think the thought of death is absolutely enough to make people quit. And it's really pretty straight forward once you realise these fags will kill you. Other quit reasons in previous quits, those quits were hard for me and I never managed longer than 22 days.

My perception of death or debilitating disease as a result of smoking was one thing when I was a smoker but is now completely different as a non-smoker.

I think that most smokers figure out at some time that cigarettes are in fact compromising their quality of life and in fact may even die due to smoking. That is when the fear might set in -- fear of no longer having a "lifelong friend" or dying to a enemy that they themselves have created (kind of a fear of their own stupidity). These are thoughts that do not come up when we begin smoking but at some point this idea slaps us in the face, then we have to face what indeed is comfortable to us -- for me it was quitting!!!!

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Cigarettes are just so addictive that even dying people can't stop smoking them. I used to think people cared more about smoking than themselves and their families when they chose them over life. I even used to say I would rather live two years less and smoke than have the extra two years and be miserable without smoking. Babs is spot on in that fear keeps smokers smoking more - even when they could die. I think it was Reci who recently said something that sums this addiction up for me. He said something on the lines of the transition from non smoker to smoker is so easy but smoker to non smoker is not so easy. That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

Some people don't value life like we do. They flat out dont care. My mother got a health scare when she couldn't breathe and quit, why wait till we get that scare? Most of us do, i have sinus issues and i would always buy advil cold and sinus pills to open me back up instead of quitting... Took me years but after i quit i don't need the pills anymore . My good friend quit and it was after we were on the phone and we were laughing and he was choking he quit and went back, when i asked him why he went back he got upset so i stopped. Same goes for drinking, eating healthy. People get defensive and lash back at you when you try to help. When they ask i offer help now and i love that "When the student is ready....the teacher appears". Dead on... I like that one

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I can remember my life before smoking. I was more a girly girl so no tree climbing for me. I would be more likely to be brushing my dolls hair or having a tea party for all my teddies.

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So... last year he started the 2 year recliner tradition but I have heard rumours that you blokes are going to turn this years Lido party for @Boo's anni is going to be an improptu bucks night seeing as its his last one as a non-married man. That's right boys and girls our Boo has his big 3 Lido party in 4 more sleeps... get your glad rags ready because this is gunna go off like a frog in a sock (or should that be a toad?). You need any had getting stuff ship shape Reci, and don't forget Lyn Q has her 2 year tomorrow.

Hi everyone, I was thinking about what I did before I started smoking cigarettes. I basically know what I did; I was an average kid who climbed trees, went to school, etc... But I was trying to remember what I loved, what made me happy before smoking. I started smoking when I was 11, so I'm having to think pretty far back in the past. Do you have memories of your life prior to smoking?

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It says: all hands on deck. Why does Doreen keep grabbing my... I didn't say stop.

I ordered some special balloons...

Kids today do not know what it is like to play in the mud or use their imaginations.

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@catlover is on laundry duty And @Icanhike is vacuuming the halls

The toilets were a mess from the last party, so I have them working on those.

CBDave is getting prepped for the cooking!

Memories...! Building lots and lots of mysterious lego constructions, reading under the blankets with a flashlight, four years of ice skating(for which I lacked total talent), more reading, also catching tadpoles and watch them grow. I once went cleaning the bowl they were in and dropped it. We found dried mini frogs all year. I spent so much time with my younger sister, we did everything together. From annoying our parents to comforting eachother when they were having another one of their awfull fights. I stole my first cigaret when I was 13, didnt have a clue how to light it. I almost choked and swore I would never start doing that, even pledged it in my diary. I recall writing something about vomiting and death, happy cheerfull kid that I was. One year later I was occasionaly having smokes with some of the badass neighbour kids and at 15 I spent my paper route money on Luckies. Which became John Player Special, Chesterfield, Gauloises, roll your owns Drum and later on Javaanse jongens 3/4.

Oh sugar ! Now is the time for sweaty delights ! It's Carnival time !

I dable with water colours...

You are both very brave and strong ladies @Rozuki and @Linda Thomas

Like many, I started around 17 years old as a result of hanging around a buddy who also started at the same time - it was the cool, grown up thing to do in those days. Before then I was just a regular kid doing regular kid things. The conversion from non smoker to smoker was seamless. The conversion from smoker back to non smoker ........ not so much ?

I had three brothers to keep up with. We climbed trees, caught poly wogs in the creek near our home and made forts. All the kids in the neighborhood played together. I never saw that kind of togetherness in any neighborhood after my childhood. I did not start until I was 18. I had a very strict upbringing and would not dare defy my parents. My smoking was me busting into adulthood. I still can feel that moment I coughed through my first cigarette and felt so cool. I am sure I looked very foolish.

That says it all about the addiction. We smoke even with the scare of death. I actually smoked through radiation for breast cancer. Now that I have quit, I just shudder to think about how foolish that was. I am so grateful to be a nonsmoker!

I had my last poison stick right after the doctor at urgent care told me I had a stroke. Imagine this, crazy as it sounds - my friend was bringing me to the emergency room and I told him I was not getting into his truck until I smoked one last poison stick....cuz I knew it would be the last one I would ever have!!!! That was over 2 years ago now!!!! I am so happy I no longer smoke......