Cristóbal's Quit Days %

[Sazerac]

 

Deep in the archives, I found another gem from, our friend, Cristóbal

 

Cristóbal's Quit Days % 

 

Some people are amazed that even though they may have several weeks or months quit, 

that they still do not feel completely "normal", and continue to miss smoking.

 

When this happens, figure your "Quit Days %" and then you will see why.

 

The way to calculate this is:

 

 

Number of Years Smoked x 365 = Smoke Days.

Number of Days Not Smoked = Quit Days.

 

 

Then, Quit Days ÷ Smoke Days = "Quit Days %".

 

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I will go first, to be the first example.

 

I smoked for about 30 years.

 

30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

 

As of today, I have not smoked for 5 years, 2 months, 7 days.

This period of times = 1904 Quit Days.

 

 

Then, 1904 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = 17.388%.

This is my "Quit Days %".

 

 

In other words, even at more than 5 years since my last cigarette, 

as of today I have been quit for only 17.388% of the total time I smoked.

 

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Now, let us take as the second example, 

a smoker who smoked for 30 years, and has been quit for just 4 months. 

These 4 months might seem like a very long time to the ex-smoker, 

but it is nothing when compared to 30 years.

 

This smoker who smoked for 30 years, has 30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

Quit time of 4 months = 120 Quit Days.

 

120 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = Quit Days % of just 1.096%, of the total time the smoker smoked. 

 

 

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Smoking had a deep impact on us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.  

A lot of the physical damage can be repaired in a time period of about 10 years, 

but some of it can never be repaired - the damage is done !!!

 

The mental, emotional, and spiritual damage can be repaired much quicker, 

since all of us at one time were never smokers. None of us started life with a cigarette in the mouth !!! 

We all know how to live life as non-smokers, we just need to remember how to do it again. 

And time is what is needed for that to happen.

 

It is my experience working with others, 

that how quickly one becomes very comfortable in these 3 areas 

depends on the person and also their understanding of nicotine addiction. 

The more a person understands the process of separation from the active addiction, 

it seems to me the quicker the good comfort levels of being a non-smoker return.

 

What is important to understand, 

is that the first year as a non-smoker will be spent confronting triggers, 

many of them that are seasonal. 

Once you arrive at your first year anniversary, 

most people can say that they are making very good progress adjusting to life as a non-smoker.

 

 

Cristóbal

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2017 by Cristóbal

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[onthemark]

I still can't believe how long I smoked: 35 years as best as I can reckon since I had some unsuccessful but long quits. Started smoking at age 14.5 and quit at age 52, so 52-14.5=37.5 ...  I've been quit for 984 days which is 2.7 years, rounded. So 2.7/35 is about 8%.

 

Yeah. It seems like an eternity... I can't believe I let that addiction rule most of my adult life.

[WeegieWoman]

Good quit on the mark 2.7 years.

 

I started at 13 but i didnt think i really 'properly' smoked till i was about 15. But im going to take from age 13 as i was smoking and the damage began from then. So thats 20 years smoking, crikey thats disgusting. So quit 139 days which is approx 0.4 of a year. So 0.4/20 = im at 2%. 

Must admit i feel very comfortable and do not miss smoking. Long may it continue. 

[Lin-quitting]

That is an interesting way to look at it, and something that I hadn't ever considered before. Food for thought. Thanks Sazerak (thanks Cristobal).

[Wayne045]

You should also count the years before you started smoking as non-smoking years, not just the quit years.  To give you a more accurate percentage of not-smoking years.

 

Going by those numbers, I have 32% non-smoking and 68% smoking

 

If you just go by years smoked and just quit I have 5%, there would never be a chance to break even.

Edited March 24, 2018 by Wayne045

[WeegieWoman]

I like that way of thinking wayne, as its now saying 67% and i sure feel 67% better not 2%. I may have done the math wrong but oh wow that feels much better thanks. 

[Wayne045]

9 minutes ago, Weegie said:

I like that way of thinking wayne, as its now saying 67% and i sure feel 67% better not 2%. I may have done the math wrong but oh wow that feels much better thanks. 

 

You have it backwards.  Using the numbers in your post, it would be 67% smoking 33% non-smoking

Edited March 24, 2018 by Wayne045

[WeegieWoman]

Ive had a few drinks lol is my math wrong

13.4/20 is 67 im confused

[Wayne045]

Just now, Weegie said:

Ive had a few drinks lol is my math wrong

 

You're still young,   You'll easily reverse those numbers.

[Jryan19982]

If counting time before I started to smoke i have 20 years smoke free and 15 years smoking.  If NOT counting time before i started smoking I have 2 years quit 15 years smoking 13.33% 

[Sazerac]

On 3/24/2018 at 12:34 PM, Sazerac said:

 

Deep in the archives, I found another gem from, our friend, Cristóbal

 

Cristóbal's Quit Days % 

 

Some people are amazed that even though they may have several weeks or months quit, 

that they still do not feel completely "normal", and continue to miss smoking.

 

When this happens, figure your "Quit Days %" and then you will see why.

 

The way to calculate this is:

 

 

Number of Years Smoked x 365 = Smoke Days.

Number of Days Not Smoked = Quit Days.

 

 

Then, Quit Days ÷ Smoke Days = "Quit Days %".

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I will go first, to be the first example.

 

I smoked for about 30 years.

 

30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

 

As of today, I have not smoked for 5 years, 2 months, 7 days.

This period of times = 1904 Quit Days.

 

 

Then, 1904 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = 17.388%.

This is my "Quit Days %".

 

 

In other words, even at more than 5 years since my last cigarette, 

as of today I have been quit for only 17.388% of the total time I smoked.

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

Now, let us take as the second example, 

a smoker who smoked for 30 years, and has been quit for just 4 months. 

These 4 months might seem like a very long time to the ex-smoker, 

but it is nothing when compared to 30 years.

 

This smoker who smoked for 30 years, has 30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

Quit time of 4 months = 120 Quit Days.

 

120 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = Quit Days % of just 1.096%, of the total time the smoker smoked. 

 

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Smoking had a deep impact on us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.  

A lot of the physical damage can be repaired in a time period of about 10 years, 

but some of it can never be repaired - the damage is done !!!

 

The mental, emotional, and spiritual damage can be repaired much quicker, 

since all of us at one time were never smokers. None of us started life with a cigarette in the mouth !!! 

We all know how to live life as non-smokers, we just need to remember how to do it again. 

And time is what is needed for that to happen.

 

It is my experience working with others, 

that how quickly one becomes very comfortable in these 3 areas 

depends on the person and also their understanding of nicotine addiction. 

The more a person understands the process of separation from the active addiction, 

it seems to me the quicker the good comfort levels of being a non-smoker return.

 

What is important to understand, 

is that the first year as a non-smoker will be spent confronting triggers, 

many of them that are seasonal. 

Once you arrive at your first year anniversary, 

most people can say that they are making very good progress adjusting to life as a non-smoker.

 

 

Cristóbal

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2017 by Cristóbal

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for all the mathematical wizards out there 

[notsmokinjo]

OH I likey.... but I prefer Christobal's formula of not including the days before your smoked.... for the simple reason you were not an addict now... so those years don't count because you didn't have nicotine receptors...... Its a quit percentage, not a not smoking percentage... so the period of time before you started smoking... there was nothing to quit...

 

So... doing the maths (and deducting the ears in between when I didn't smoke with my first quit and pregnancy/feeding)... I have a quit percentage of 5.39% ... srill a ways to go but I will reverse that figure.

[Doreensfree]

You lost me at Hi...lol...

[c9jane29]

2 hours ago, Doreensfree said:

You lost me at Hi...lol...

Meeee toooo!! I'm a smairly fart lady, but this made me feel dumb

 

20 yrs= 7300 days ÷

Quit 1yr 5mos= 515 days = 14.17% quit?

 

 

[Cristóbal]

3 hours ago, c9jane29 said:

Meeee toooo!! I'm a smairly fart lady, but this made me feel dumb

 

20 yrs= 7300 days ÷

Quit 1yr 5mos= 515 days = 14.17% quit?

 

 

 

Hi C9Jane29,

 

You figure your quit "Days %" like this:

 

Quit Days ÷ Smoke Days = "Quit Days %".

 

So, for you it is 515 days quit ÷ 7300 smoke days =  7.05%. This is your Quit Days %.

 

Always remember to compare: how long you have quit ÷ how long you smoked.

 

You will need to have a quit for 20 years, for your "Quit Days %" = 100%.

 

 

Cristóbal

 

[Sazerac]

On 3/24/2018 at 12:34 PM, Sazerac said:

 

Deep in the archives, I found another gem from, our friend, Cristóbal

 

Cristóbal's Quit Days % 

 

Some people are amazed that even though they may have several weeks or months quit, 

that they still do not feel completely "normal", and continue to miss smoking.

 

When this happens, figure your "Quit Days %" and then you will see why.

 

The way to calculate this is:

 

 

Number of Years Smoked x 365 = Smoke Days.

Number of Days Not Smoked = Quit Days.

 

 

Then, Quit Days ÷ Smoke Days = "Quit Days %".

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I will go first, to be the first example.

 

I smoked for about 30 years.

 

30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

 

As of today, I have not smoked for 5 years, 2 months, 7 days.

This period of times = 1904 Quit Days.

 

 

Then, 1904 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = 17.388%.

This is my "Quit Days %".

 

 

In other words, even at more than 5 years since my last cigarette, 

as of today I have been quit for only 17.388% of the total time I smoked.

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

Now, let us take as the second example, 

a smoker who smoked for 30 years, and has been quit for just 4 months. 

These 4 months might seem like a very long time to the ex-smoker, 

but it is nothing when compared to 30 years.

 

This smoker who smoked for 30 years, has 30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

Quit time of 4 months = 120 Quit Days.

 

120 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = Quit Days % of just 1.096%, of the total time the smoker smoked. 

 

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Smoking had a deep impact on us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.  

A lot of the physical damage can be repaired in a time period of about 10 years, 

but some of it can never be repaired - the damage is done !!!

 

The mental, emotional, and spiritual damage can be repaired much quicker, 

since all of us at one time were never smokers. None of us started life with a cigarette in the mouth !!! 

We all know how to live life as non-smokers, we just need to remember how to do it again. 

And time is what is needed for that to happen.

 

It is my experience working with others, 

that how quickly one becomes very comfortable in these 3 areas 

depends on the person and also their understanding of nicotine addiction. 

The more a person understands the process of separation from the active addiction, 

it seems to me the quicker the good comfort levels of being a non-smoker return.

 

What is important to understand, 

is that the first year as a non-smoker will be spent confronting triggers, 

many of them that are seasonal. 

Once you arrive at your first year anniversary, 

most people can say that they are making very good progress adjusting to life as a non-smoker.

 

 

Cristóbal

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2017 by Cristóbal

 1

 

 

 

 

 

bumpity bump bump

[Sazerac]

On 3/24/2018 at 12:34 PM, Sazerac said:

 

Deep in the archives, I found another gem from, our friend, Cristóbal

 

Cristóbal's Quit Days % 

 

Some people are amazed that even though they may have several weeks or months quit, 

that they still do not feel completely "normal", and continue to miss smoking.

 

When this happens, figure your "Quit Days %" and then you will see why.

 

The way to calculate this is:

 

 

Number of Years Smoked x 365 = Smoke Days.

Number of Days Not Smoked = Quit Days.

 

 

Then, Quit Days ÷ Smoke Days = "Quit Days %".

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I will go first, to be the first example.

 

I smoked for about 30 years.

 

30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

 

As of today, I have not smoked for 5 years, 2 months, 7 days.

This period of times = 1904 Quit Days.

 

 

Then, 1904 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = 17.388%.

This is my "Quit Days %".

 

 

In other words, even at more than 5 years since my last cigarette, 

as of today I have been quit for only 17.388% of the total time I smoked.

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

Now, let us take as the second example, 

a smoker who smoked for 30 years, and has been quit for just 4 months. 

These 4 months might seem like a very long time to the ex-smoker, 

but it is nothing when compared to 30 years.

 

This smoker who smoked for 30 years, has 30 years x 365 = 10,950 Smoke Days.

 

Quit time of 4 months = 120 Quit Days.

 

120 Quit Days ÷ 10,950 Smoke Days = Quit Days % of just 1.096%, of the total time the smoker smoked. 

 

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Smoking had a deep impact on us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.  

A lot of the physical damage can be repaired in a time period of about 10 years, 

but some of it can never be repaired - the damage is done !!!

 

The mental, emotional, and spiritual damage can be repaired much quicker, 

since all of us at one time were never smokers. None of us started life with a cigarette in the mouth !!! 

We all know how to live life as non-smokers, we just need to remember how to do it again. 

And time is what is needed for that to happen.

 

It is my experience working with others, 

that how quickly one becomes very comfortable in these 3 areas 

depends on the person and also their understanding of nicotine addiction. 

The more a person understands the process of separation from the active addiction, 

it seems to me the quicker the good comfort levels of being a non-smoker return.

 

What is important to understand, 

is that the first year as a non-smoker will be spent confronting triggers, 

many of them that are seasonal. 

Once you arrive at your first year anniversary, 

most people can say that they are making very good progress adjusting to life as a non-smoker.

 

 

Cristóbal

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2017 by Cristóbal

 1

 

 

 

 

[Boo]

Bumping this one as a reminder to be patient with the process.

 

We spent years feeding our addiction and conditioning our minds with cigarettes.

 

The good news is: I don't even remember the last time I craved a cigarette.  Not smoking is no longer a challenge.  Smoking a cigarette is unimaginable at this point in my quit.  And my "Quit Day %" is only around twenty-percent now.

 

Viewed in the proper perspective, we can undo decades of damage in a comparatively short amount of time.