2 Years and Counting

[kacmins]

It's been quite a journey!

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Congratulations on 2 years! Totally awesome! That's some stats you got there - 329 g of tar ... ewwwww!

[kacmins 2 Years Smoke Free in reply to Hidden]

Thank you! Yes, the number of cigarettes avoided is terrible too. Good riddance!

[Hidden in reply to kacmins]

Yeah I noticed that, nearly 22k cigs avoided ... doesn't bare thinking about ... I'm only 7.5k cigs avoided at 16 months quit. I figure you smoked a bit more than me lol

[kacmins 2 Years Smoke Free in reply to Hidden]

Yup, I used to smoke about pack and a half for last 5-6 years of my smoking career. I work from home and I smoked quite a lot while working.

[Nozmo Valued Contributor]

Congratulations kacmins, fantastic achievement! Almost 22000 cigarettes not smoked! Still can't get my head around that.

Radiation avoided is a new one on me, wasn't aware of that particular threat!

[kacmins 2 Years Smoke Free in reply to Nozmo]

Thabj you Nozmo! Yeah, it's a very scary number in just 2 years. And I smoked for 14 years...I didn't see the radiation part mentioned anywhere before (except in the app), but it makes sense and here is an article about it - cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/smok...

[Nozmo Valued Contributor in reply to kacmins]

Thanks for the link...even MORE reason to stop!

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Congratulations kacmins two years is awesome

[Putter 1000 Days Smoke Free]

Congratulations 🎉 You are quite an inspiration ❤️

[Trem 2 Years Smoke Free]

That's awesome 2 years, woohoo way to go. Would you now call yourself a non smoker? Some people say they never loose the urge and prefer ex smoker due to this

Cheers,

[kacmins 2 Years Smoke Free in reply to Trem]

Thanks Trem. I definitely wouldn't call my self a non-smoker, in fact I am not one of those people who can't imagine they ever smoked. I wish I were, though! However, I know too much now about smoking to ever maintain a 30/day habit. I rarely have urges nowadays and they are almost exclusively a response to difficult situations.

I also feel like I became a more boring person, but that probably goes hand in hand with other health decisions I made in addition to quitting.

However, there are tons of benefits to quitting that I simply do not think about because I am not bothered by smoke in any shape of form

[Trem 2 Years Smoke Free]

Yes I'm only 8weeks quit and I smoked for 35 years and the last few was smoking 40 a day

Cheers,

[kacmins 2 Years Smoke Free in reply to Trem]

Way to go, keep on quitting! The most important advice I can give is the fact that it gets better and easier. The hardest part should already be over, though!

[Trem 2 Years Smoke Free]

Till I stress out

[RoisinO1 Administrator 3 Years Smoke Free in reply to Trem]

Jenny, stress was the biggest thing I worried about in the early stages of my quit, but since I quit from the very early stages I have handled stressful situations alot better and more calmly and it has been noticed by my family and friends (there is the exception though of slow computers and stupidity of people, but lots of cursing and banging of anything around me sorts that out

[RoisinO1 Administrator 3 Years Smoke Free]

Thank you so much kacmins on sharing such success and inspiration with us. Those stats are remarkable!

It got me thinking about how much of a heavy smoker I was. I am 8 months 2 weeks smoke free and my stats are depressingly already at €3,2687 money saved and 6,538 cigarettes not smoked! All in the past now though

[Abuelajeannie 3 Years Smoke Free]

Yes these stats really shake you don't they. How much money we've smoked let alone the harm they've done. Well done on 2 years though.