10th anniversary

May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.

And so the years passed.

Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
stop smoking.

It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.

That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.

Thanks, AS3.

Drake

GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!GoDrake!!
--
Les Stewart 7y+
Beaumont, TX 30ºN 94ºW

<ekardek-as3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181432548.296266.208340@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>

It's nice to know things haven't changed much because this place still works
great!
Congrats on the 10Y's Drake!
:-p~~~~~~~ Keven OOF
Don't ever forget why you quit.


<ekardek-as3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181432548.296266.208340@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:42:28 -0700, ekardek-as3@yahoo.com wrote:

>May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
>wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
>right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
>And so the years passed.
>
>Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
>of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
>quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
>up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
>stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
>tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
>other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
>people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
>people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
>stop smoking.
>
>It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
>that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
>read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
>have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
>issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
>so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
>wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
>That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
>Thanks, AS3.
>
>Drake

What a beautiful post. 10 years!!! Wow. That is truly impressive.
If I hadn't waited so long to quit *I* might see 10 years, too. )
Sue
One year, two months, two weeks, five days, 20 hours, 30 minutes and
15 seconds. 14713 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,449.75. Life saved:
7 weeks, 2 days, 2 hours, 5 minutes.

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:42:28 -0700, ekardek-as3@yahoo.com wrote:

>May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary.

Congratulations on your Titanic accomplishment!!!! You've reached the
milestone I'm looking forward to most. I don't know why, but Titanic
Old Fogey just seems like it will fit me well. It looks totally
awesome on you!

LeslieB
Two years, eight months, one week, four days, 4 hours, 43 minutes and
14 seconds. 58991 cigarettes not smoked, saving $7,373.97. Life saved:
29 weeks, 1 day, 19 hours, 55 minutes. My quit date and time is
September 29, 2004 @ 3:00PM.

--
LeslieB
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

All I can say is , WOW!!!
Debbie


ekardek-as3@yahoo.com wrote:
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>

Welcome to Titanic Old Fogeydom, Drake!

I remember those early days.

Some of us are still here today. Some of us aren't.

Thanks for stopping by to share your HUGE milestone. What a wonderful
accomplishment.

DDJacque
TOF

On 2007-06-09 19:42:28 -0400, ekardek-as3@yahoo.com said:

> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake


--

Excellent post Drake! Marvelous meter!!
I am a 1 year newbie here and I can tell you that it appears AS3 is the
same according to your last anniversary date!! There are so many
different people here with different rants, raves, every continent
partaking, and thats why I love to come here to give my 2 cents worth, to
make someone laugh and to piss off a few trolls.
I feed them then I leave them...

Have a great year!
Anita quit the addiction :
One year, one week, two days, 2 hours, 44 minutes and 14 seconds. 11223
cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,402.93. Life saved: 5 weeks, 3 days, 23
hours, 15 minutes.

congratulations Drake ! ! ! ! !

10 years! amazing!

congrautlations

kate

<ekardek-as3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181432548.296266.208340@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>

<ekardek-as3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181432548.296266.208340@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>

Congratulations Drake! It worked the same way for me, and after I had some
time under my belt I knew I could not post that dreaded "I slipped" post. I
would not be quit today if not for this group.

GregB
7 years + some

Drake,

Thanks for sharing the wonderful post.
Congrats on the 10 years! Y A Y ! ! !

jacks, VOF

On 10 Jun, 00:42, ekardek-...@yahoo.com wrote:
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake

Hi
Nice one Drake !! Well done !! Nice post !! Thanks for popping back.
Ten years !! Top man.
Chris

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:42:28 -0700 tikte dan wel citeerde
ekardek-as3@yahoo.com:

>It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
>that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
>read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
>have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
>issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
>so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
>wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
>That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
>Thanks, AS3.
>
>Drake

Hey Drake! I remember you running after me (quit date may 9, 1997).
Isn't it great having ten years!

--
Christa

TEN YEARS!! Congratulations Drake! What a wonderful post...thanks for
sharing it with us.

--
Lots of love
Summer (007) -- 4M+
_________________________________________________

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http://www.babycrowd.com/jr/online/s...e/welcome.html
"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."
_________________________________________________


<ekardek-as3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181432548.296266.208340@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>

Congratulations on 10 years of freedom, Drake!!!

Cheers!
Cat



<ekardek-as3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181432548.296266.208340@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>

<ekardek-as3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181432548.296266.208340@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>
Thanks for sharing your TOF with us Drake! It's wonderful to see someone
with 10 years under their belt! Congratulations!!

Sarah
--
Sarah and Steve
Octonobutts
Seven months, four weeks, one day, 14 hours, 8 minutes and 43 seconds. 6039
cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,415.89. Life saved: 2 weeks, 6 days, 23
hours, 15 minutes.

Shared pain is lessened; shared joy increased - thus do we refute entropy.
- Callahan's Law

Congrats Drake and thanks for dropping in to celebrate your milestone
with us. And thanks for taking the time to share your quit story with us.
All the best,
Robin.

--
Batman: "You're far from mod, Robin. And many hippies are older than you
are."
-
<> schreef in bericht ...
> May 26 2007 was my 10th stop-smoking anniversary. For years I had
> wanted to stop, thought that someday somehow I would stop. Just not
> right now. Too much to deal with now. But someday.
>
> And so the years passed.
>
> Then on May 26 1997 I stumbled across AS3. I read story after story
> of people who had quit. People who had quit for years, people who had
> quit for days, people who had quit for hours, people who were gearing
> up to quit, people who had started smoking again, people who had
> stopped again, people on the patch, people going cold turkey, people
> tapering down, people arguing about how to quit, people praising each
> other, people mocking each other, kind people, sarcastic people, sad
> people, happy people, angry people, calm people. A whole universe of
> people, all very different from each other, but all with one goal, to
> stop smoking.
>
> It was the variety, the honesty, the cussed humanity of this group
> that tipped me over the edge from "someday" to "right now". As I
> read I got excited. These are just ordinary people, yet many of them
> have actually done it. And every last one of them is confronting this
> issue not someday, but right here and right now. If they can do it,
> so can I. So I threw away my cigarettes, threw away my lighters,
> wrote my first post, and jumped into the fray.
>
> That was ten years ago. I've had no cigarette since then.
>
> Thanks, AS3.
>
> Drake
>