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Congratulations BIG Joe! Well done, 2 years is a BIG deal!

First hint - Shes a she, not a he (Trevor) Second hint - Changes avatars all the time Third hint - Offers support, kindness, and a little bit humor to everyone here Forth hint - This place would not be the same without her Last hint - In a relationship with a dirty biker Answer - TRACEY Congratulations to Tracey who has a 2 years quit! Welcome to the upper lido deck baby. Your my quit buddy, my friend and, so much more. I would not be where I am if it wasn't for your help and support. Wishing I could be celebrating with you but hope you do celebrate in style because you deserve it! Now, about that fast speed boat! ;) xxxx

Ooops double post, my bad, please remove this one.

Thoughts and prayers to our friends in Paris. Unbelievable how sick those pieces of sh*t are to go after innocent people like that! They are just plain evil! No more negotiations with any of them, just wipe them off the face of the planet now! I would give my life to stop a terrorist from reaching his target!

Friday night = Date night! :)

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Where in the world are you? North coast of Ohio USA When and how did you quit? Oct. 24 2013 Had bad sore throat thus cold turkey and then found forum couple of days later. Did smoking affect your health that you know of? Pack a day - Smokers cough and out of breath a lot Has quitting significantly improved things? Hell ya, in all perspectives of my life! What is the last music album you bought? The Who on cd when cd's first came out i think Are you a parent? Yes, 2 goofy dogs and raised a pet rock once! Tell me an interesting fact about you? In a relationship with a pretty English woman who lives in England! What is your current (or your last) job? Card says operation manage but really the go to guy or blame it on guy!

How about getting to work 20 min.before you start and find out you only have 2 smokes left and the closest place to buy them is about 10 min. away! :o

Very powerful post with a very strong message sweetie, and sad too because this is what you are going through now in real life.

How many times were you sitting there thinking, I have to quit smoking but.... Were you scared to pull the TRIGGER? Why??? Ya, we have had the gun cocked and loaded but something is preventing us from firing and quitting this bad habit before it kills us. We are scarred of what? The power of the nicomonster in us or the power to quit! I believe that we all have that power in us to "pull the trigger" and quit smoking! We get scarred because we know we have the power and its the nicomonster is the one who is scarred, not you! You are feeling him in yourselves because we are addicted to him. When he is scarred, we feel scarred so he tricks us in to thinking we are best friends and can't live without him and behind our backs he's secretly plotting our demise for he knows we can defeat him and be rid of his unhealthy and deadly presence! This is the sad part about our addition, we give up our freedom of choice to pull the trigger. Each cigarette we smoke gives strength to this addition and the monster. The longer we smoke the stronger he gets. and as long as we feel too scarred to pull the trigger the longer he will live in us. I say, if you are scarred about quitting, that means the nicomonster is scarred so......... Pull the Trigger! After all, He's got his gun aimed at you!

The forum definitely helps the cause, but as TEW said, You are the one in charge of your quit!

Congratulations! 1 Year is awesome!

Browns didn't loose yesterday!

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Two days late so congratulations on 16 days today! You should be noticing some positive results, whiter teeth, craves are less and farther in between, extra energy! Well done!

Your on the right path P&P! Your body is still adjusting to the absence of nicotine and the mind of no cig in your hand! I went on the Sea Food diet, I see food, I eat it! Thumbs up on the Karate for exercise!

Dealing with lung cancer, throat cancer, and a lot of other cancers Recovering from your chemotherapy treatments Living without a hand or leg or other body parts Hiding your missing or brown teeth with your hand when you smile Dealing with gum disease and heart disease Keeping that oxygen bottle next to you where ever you go Sneaking a smoke at work when smoking is not allowed and then getting fired when caught Trying to find a new job but companies don't like smokers Being alienated from people and an outcast in society The panic of looking for cigarettes when the stores are closed and you have none Looking in to the eyes of loved ones watching you cough for 5 minuets Being poor as you spend your money on cigarettes and health insurance Trying to take a deep breath because your lungs are not working correctly Fighting off colds and feeling sick all the time Dealing with a sore throat every day even in the summer Clearing your throat every couple of minuets every hour every day Hiding that chimney smell from others that don't smoke Dealing with you looking older then you are Freezing your butt off to go outside to light up Making excesses for not getting it up Buying cloths to replace the ones with burn holes in them Making extra trips to the dentist for one thing or another Trying to find hotels that allow smoking Being confined to a wheel chair or bed Trying to find products to help whiten your teeth that are left Being scared to go anywhere that doesn't allow smoking Not being invited to go places with friends who don't smoke Not wanted around friends with children Missing out on a lot of things life has to offer Dying before your time Quitting smoking is not as hard as .......................

2 years! All i got to say is: Congratulations! Congratulations! Awesome! Awesome! Well Done! Well done! You rock! You rock! WTG! WTG!

Congratulations and well done!

Congratulations Dude!

Is that anything like cross dressing? Inquiring minds got to know!

YOU are walking the walk now! Congratulations!

Nope Nope Nope!

Thanks fellow window lickers! What a wild crazy ride this has been! Could not of done it with out this place and you all and especially Tracey! Well guess its time to look for a boat ;)

A lot of people try but not all of them make it! When the climbers are in base camp, they are excited, anxious, and ready to start, just like us smokers when were getting ready to quit, we are excited, anxious, and ready to start! As the climber pack up for the trip, they pack food and supplies, and maps, Us smokers pack our gum, patches, pills, and the Quit Train! Some climbers practice to get themselves acclimated to the mountain by take short day trips, Us smokers have had our practice by cutting down or by seeing how long we can go without one! Camp#1 at 19,600 feet, Some climbers are thinking can I do this as the cold is starting to set in, Us smokers day#1, Were thinking can I do this as the no cigarette in hand withdrawal is setting in! Camp#2 at 20,700 feet, Some climbers are thinking what have I got myself into, Us smokers on day#2, Were thinking don't know if I can do this as the cravings are strong! Camp#3 at 23,000 feet, Some climbers get worried as some fall to altitude sickness and go back, Us smokers on day#3 are worried as the nicotine withdrawals are to much and some go back! Camp#4 at 26,100 feet, Some climbers feel the lack of oxygen and warmth are too much to endure, Us smokers on day#4 feel there body is out of wack and the lack of nicotine are too much to endure! THE SUMMIT at 29,029 feet, The climbers who have endured all the hardships have made it, Us smokes at day#7, The ones who have endured all the cravings have made HELL WEEK! But, Unfortunately more climbers have been lost on the way down then going up, they get careless and are eager to celebrate there accomplishment and loose there footing on the way down. Us smokers can also loose our footing too and start to think that I can do this so maybe I can have just one or two and I will be able to quit again but unfortunately many have relapsed thinking this! Unfortunately some climbers suffer from frost bite and loose a finger, toe, or are scared, Unfortunately smokers can also loose some appendages, get COPD, or worse! Climbers who have made it up and down Everest safely have accomplished something that only a handful of people in the world have done. Smokers who have made it down the mountain through week two without caving in to nicotine have also done something I think is just as hard or if not harder to do, they made it though HECK WEEK! A climber now can get ready for there next mountain to conquer, But us smokers always need to be ready for the next crave! So I think being an ex-smoker is more of an accomplishment then climbing Mt. Everest!