AS3 Quit List as of July 11, 2008

Q U I T L I S T
of
A l t. S u p p o r t. S t o p - S m o k i n g (AS3)

AS3 Quit List as of July 11, 2008

The Quit List is comprised of six different lists. These are: 1st
Year
Quit List (One year quit from the current day), Old Fogies (between
1-2 years quit), Double Old Fogies (between 2-3 years quit), Very Old
Fogies (between 3-5 years quit), Olympian Old Fogies (between 5-10
years quit) and Titanic Old Fogies (over 10 years quit).

This posting and the following five postings represent the most
current edition of the AS3 Quit List. Please ensure YOUR information
is correct. Please send any additions, deletions, or corrections to
as3quitlist AT hotmail DOT com.

AS3 Quit List Policy: Alt.Support.Stop-Smoking (AS3) maintains, for
the benefit of its members, this Quit List. The Quit List, posted
each
week, highlights AS3 subscriber quit dates. Anyone wishing to be
placed on the Quit List is welcome! All you need to do is quit
smoking
and send your information to as3quitlist AT hotmail DOT com.

Provide your name as you’d like it posted, email address, and quit
date. The Quit List was last verified April 2008. If your name was
removed from the quit list due to an email address change, please
resubmit your information to as3quitlist AT hotmail DOT com. Please
realize
that human error is quite possible and be understanding if you have
been removed in error! Thank you!

FlatironMike
QuitList Moderator
1Y+

Less than OF

June 24 2008 … HappyPolarBear …carmenskAS3hotmail.com

May 27 2008 ... Sal ...sallymatthewsAS3blueyonder.co.uk

May 20 2008 … Tony … ohynot.tonyAS3gmail.com

Apr 1 2008 … fowlstack … mahayAS3earthlink.net

Apr 1 2008 … Ian … leahysAS3flash.net

Mar 30 2008 … Karen S … sendkarenAS3hotmail.com

Mar 26 2008 … Rob Frazier … billybobfAS3hotmail.com

Mar 26 2008 … Sunder … sunder.rangarajanAS3gmail.com

Mar 11 2008 … Judy Rigby … judy.rigbyAS3bludeyonder.co.uk

Feb 07 2008 … EagleJimi … eaglejimiAS3hotmail.com

Feb 01 2008 ... Angie ...agwinslowAS3cox.net

Jan 28 2008 … CCY … carolinayuAS3gmail.com

Jan 22 2008 … Bill … co10AS3hotmail.co.uk

Jan 22 2008 … Susan H. … shmoozinAS3comcast.net

Jan 21 2008 ... NormS ...normsAS3strato.net

Jan 19 2008 … Kathy … kd60504AS3sbcglobal.net

Jan 01 2008 … Cindy …. crog234AS3maine.rr.com

Jan 01 2008 … Stefano B. … hermada1916AS3yahoo.it

Dec 31 2007 ... molly ...molly2838AS3sbcglobal.net

Dec 27 2007 … Sue R … writingAS3mystory.co.za

Dec 27 2007 … Tim W. ... tim.whittinghamAS3virgin.net

Dec 16 2007 … MsMomo2u … suzmthompsonAS3comcast.net

Dec 10 2007 … Annette (Grace Note) … augustaglennAS3AOL.com

Dec 01 2007 … Shae TheCyberAlien...shaelazAS3brainerd.net

Nov 29 2007 … Mad Monk … madmonk17AS3yahoo.com

Nov 15 2007 ... jamffer ...jamfferAS3hotmail.com

Nov 11 2007 … SEWARD ... seward2005AS3gmail.com

Sep 01 2007 ... HeatherHLP ...heatherknudsonAS3hotmail.com

Aug 28 2007 ... Randy ...crmartin1AS3gmail.com

Aug 10 2007 ... PreciousKittyKat ...PreciousKittyKatAS3gmail.com

Aug 06 2007 ... Pike ...pearce.kilgourAS3gmail.com

Aug 06 2007 ... DavidL ...dvd716AS3gmail.com

Aug 04 2007 ... Wayne ...loansarrangerAS3cox.net

Yippeee I am on the list and I am planning to stay there.

HappyPolarBear
proudly announces the following:
two weeks, four days, 3 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds. 181 cigarettes not
smoked, saving $74.44.
--
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
I will not fail. I will prove that Bipolars can
stay quit too


"FlatIronMike" <FlatironMikeNYC@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:447b6464-df9e-42f0-b6e0-ae7dbeb3243e@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Q U I T L I S T
> of
> A l t. S u p p o r t. S t o p - S m o k i n g (AS3)
>
> AS3 Quit List as of July 11, 2008
>
> The Quit List is comprised of six different lists. These are: 1st
> Year
> Quit List (One year quit from the current day), Old Fogies (between
> 1-2 years quit), Double Old Fogies (between 2-3 years quit), Very Old
> Fogies (between 3-5 years quit), Olympian Old Fogies (between 5-10
> years quit) and Titanic Old Fogies (over 10 years quit).
>
> This posting and the following five postings represent the most
> current edition of the AS3 Quit List. Please ensure YOUR information
> is correct. Please send any additions, deletions, or corrections to
> as3quitlist AT hotmail DOT com.
>
> AS3 Quit List Policy: Alt.Support.Stop-Smoking (AS3) maintains, for
> the benefit of its members, this Quit List. The Quit List, posted
> each
> week, highlights AS3 subscriber quit dates. Anyone wishing to be
> placed on the Quit List is welcome! All you need to do is quit
> smoking
> and send your information to as3quitlist AT hotmail DOT com.
>
> Provide your name as you’d like it posted, email address, and quit
> date. The Quit List was last verified April 2008. If your name was
> removed from the quit list due to an email address change, please
> resubmit your information to as3quitlist AT hotmail DOT com. Please
> realize
> that human error is quite possible and be understanding if you have
> been removed in error! Thank you!
>
> FlatironMike
> QuitList Moderator
> 1Y+
>
> Less than OF
>
> June 24 2008 … HappyPolarBear …carmenskAS3hotmail.com
>
> May 27 2008 ... Sal ...sallymatthewsAS3blueyonder.co.uk
>
> May 20 2008 … Tony … ohynot.tonyAS3gmail.com
>
> Apr 1 2008 … fowlstack … mahayAS3earthlink.net
>
> Apr 1 2008 … Ian … leahysAS3flash.net
>
> Mar 30 2008 … Karen S … sendkarenAS3hotmail.com
>
> Mar 26 2008 … Rob Frazier … billybobfAS3hotmail.com
>
> Mar 26 2008 … Sunder … sunder.rangarajanAS3gmail.com
>
> Mar 11 2008 … Judy Rigby … judy.rigbyAS3bludeyonder.co.uk
>
> Feb 07 2008 … EagleJimi … eaglejimiAS3hotmail.com
>
> Feb 01 2008 ... Angie ...agwinslowAS3cox.net
>
> Jan 28 2008 … CCY … carolinayuAS3gmail.com
>
> Jan 22 2008 … Bill … co10AS3hotmail.co.uk
>
> Jan 22 2008 … Susan H. … shmoozinAS3comcast.net
>
> Jan 21 2008 ... NormS ...normsAS3strato.net
>
> Jan 19 2008 … Kathy … kd60504AS3sbcglobal.net
>
> Jan 01 2008 … Cindy …. crog234AS3maine.rr.com
>
> Jan 01 2008 … Stefano B. … hermada1916AS3yahoo.it
>
> Dec 31 2007 ... molly ...molly2838AS3sbcglobal.net
>
> Dec 27 2007 … Sue R … writingAS3mystory.co.za
>
> Dec 27 2007 … Tim W. ... tim.whittinghamAS3virgin.net
>
> Dec 16 2007 … MsMomo2u … suzmthompsonAS3comcast.net
>
> Dec 10 2007 … Annette (Grace Note) … augustaglennAS3AOL.com
>
> Dec 01 2007 … Shae TheCyberAlien...shaelazAS3brainerd.net
>
> Nov 29 2007 … Mad Monk … madmonk17AS3yahoo.com
>
> Nov 15 2007 ... jamffer ...jamfferAS3hotmail.com
>
> Nov 11 2007 … SEWARD ... seward2005AS3gmail.com
>
> Sep 01 2007 ... HeatherHLP ...heatherknudsonAS3hotmail.com
>
> Aug 28 2007 ... Randy ...crmartin1AS3gmail.com
>
> Aug 10 2007 ... PreciousKittyKat ...PreciousKittyKatAS3gmail.com
>
> Aug 06 2007 ... Pike ...pearce.kilgourAS3gmail.com
>
> Aug 06 2007 ... DavidL ...dvd716AS3gmail.com
>
> Aug 04 2007 ... Wayne ...loansarrangerAS3cox.net
>

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:16:24 -0400, "PolarBear" <carmensk@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Yippeee I am on the list and I am planning to stay there.
>
>HappyPolarBear
>proudly announces the following:
>two weeks, four days, 3 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds. 181 cigarettes not
>smoked, saving $74.44.

Carmen, you are doing such a super job!! I read of your problems with
tech support. The other night I came home to no Internet access due
to no dial tone. At first I thought I'd not paid my phone bill (the
check had been written but I couldn't find that it had cleared). Long
story and never mind, but I ended up trying to get a hold of a human
being at the phone company (using my cell phone which I never use) -
damn AT&T. Of course, there was no way to talk to a real person -
just press button one, press button two and give answers to that
impersonal voice thingy which I abhor. I got so damned frustrated I
started yelling in the phone, swearing, damned near through the cell
phone across the room. I never got any satisfaction but finally
figured out that my Tivo had taken over the phone line. After it was
all over I took a bath, and while relaxing in the tub it occurred to
me that not once did it even cross my mind to smoke. Wow! What a
place to be in. You'll be there, too. Be strong in your quit.
Take care, dear Carmen.
Sue

Carmen! I am GLAD to have you back on the QuitList and I want to see
you snake down from the top to the bottom of the list and then jump
over to the OF list in another 49 weeks.

You can do this and I'm glad to track it!!!

FlatironMike
One year, five months, two days, 3 hours, 5 minutes and 52 seconds.
10362 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3,108.52. Life saved: 5 weeks, 23
hours, 30 minutes.

that's why they invented answer machines and before we get to talk to
someone a nice voice tells us "please note that the conversation maybe
recorded... "

HappyPolarBear
--
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
I will not fail. I will prove that Bipolars can
stay quit too


"Sue" <sebrady@thegrid.net> wrote in message
news:vv3j74lplndkivsmo6b78bgoha7cvm9mng@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:16:24 -0400, "PolarBear" <carmensk@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Yippeee I am on the list and I am planning to stay there.
>>
>>HappyPolarBear
>>proudly announces the following:
>>two weeks, four days, 3 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds. 181 cigarettes
>>not
>>smoked, saving $74.44.
>
> Carmen, you are doing such a super job!! I read of your problems with
> tech support. The other night I came home to no Internet access due
> to no dial tone. At first I thought I'd not paid my phone bill (the
> check had been written but I couldn't find that it had cleared). Long
> story and never mind, but I ended up trying to get a hold of a human
> being at the phone company (using my cell phone which I never use) -
> damn AT&T. Of course, there was no way to talk to a real person -
> just press button one, press button two and give answers to that
> impersonal voice thingy which I abhor. I got so damned frustrated I
> started yelling in the phone, swearing, damned near through the cell
> phone across the room. I never got any satisfaction but finally
> figured out that my Tivo had taken over the phone line. After it was
> all over I took a bath, and while relaxing in the tub it occurred to
> me that not once did it even cross my mind to smoke. Wow! What a
> place to be in. You'll be there, too. Be strong in your quit.
> Take care, dear Carmen.
> Sue

PolarBear wrote:
> Yippeee I am on the list and I am planning to stay there.
>
> HappyPolarBear
> proudly announces the following:
> two weeks, four days, 3 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds. 181 cigarettes
> not smoked, saving $74.44.

You bloody well better. I'll drive up to Canada and kick your ass if
you don't. Congratulations on almost three weeks Carmen. Now that
you're close to 3W, remember the terrible threes: 3D, 3W, 3M. Around
the third week is when you wonder if it'll EVER get over with... just
keep plodding through no matter how much you think:

- You're not ready this time
- What's the point?
- Smoking wasn't THAT bad after all
- This is never going to end, I'm going to suffer like this the rest of
my life

They're all lies. All. Once you get to the other side of the fire and
your needs and passions for smoking cool a little, you'll find yourself
feeling more confident and understanding that it all was just a lie.
We'll deal with three months when the time comes.

Be prepared, and keep going.

Otter

1000otter@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> CbyneOrne jebgr:
> > Lvccrrr V nz ba gur yvfg naq V nz cynaavat gb fgnl gurer.
> >
> > UncclCbyneOrne
> > cebhqyl naabhaprf gur sbyybjvat:
> > gjb jrrxf, sbhe qnlf, 3 ubhef, 45 zvahgrf naq 56 frpbaqf. 181 pvtnerggrf
> > abg fzbxrq, fnivat $74.44.
>
> Lbh oybbql jryy orggre. V'yy qevir hc gb Pnanqn naq xvpx lbhe nff vs
> lbh qba'g. Pbatenghyngvbaf ba nyzbfg guerr jrrxf Pnezra. Abj gung
> lbh'er pybfr gb 3J, erzrzore gur greevoyr guerrf: 3Q, 3J, 3Z. Nebhaq
> gur guveq jrrx vf jura lbh jbaqre vs vg'yy RIRE trg bire jvgu... whfg
> xrrc cybqqvat guebhtu ab znggre ubj zhpu lbh guvax:
>
> - Lbh'er abg ernql guvf gvzr
> - Jung'f gur cbvag?
> - Fzbxvat jnfa'g GUNG onq nsgre nyy
> - Guvf vf arire tbvat gb raq, V'z tbvat gb fhssre yvxr guvf gur erfg bs
> zl yvsr
>
> Gurl'er nyy yvrf. Nyy. Bapr lbh trg gb gur bgure fvqr bs gur sver naq
> lbhe arrqf naq cnffvbaf sbe fzbxvat pbby n yvggyr, lbh'yy svaq lbhefrys
> srryvat zber pbasvqrag naq haqrefgnaqvat gung vg nyy jnf whfg n yvr.
> Jr'yy qrny jvgu guerr zbaguf jura gur gvzr pbzrf.
>
> Or cercnerq, naq xrrc tbvat.
>
> Bggre

I for one can happily confirm all that! Tomorrow it'll be 15 - 14?
weeks of not breathing in smoke, and it didn't kill me, or drive me
insane. Bit more short tempered maybe, but then I always was; never
could suffer fools gladly and all that.
So, P Bear, go on and make that 1 month mark - I guarantee you, in 2
more months ' time, you'll be wondering, as I am, why the hell did I
ever find it necessary to set fire to dried up leaves and inhale the
smoke forty - sixty timesa day? Was I crazy? Stupid? Brainwashed?
And, finally, if I can kick the tobacco demon out of my house, after 48
years of being in his grip, well, you surely can too!
And BTW I can see from your posts that giving up nicotine is far harder
for you than it was for me, since I don't thank Gawd suffer this bipolar
thing (which I'm vague about but suspect it is clinical depression.
This is like putting lead weights on a sprinter while other runners are free
of this handicap.
--
Ian
(no longer coughing up awful stuff every day)

This is like putting lead weights on a sprinter while other runners are free
> of this handicap

Ian, I like that comparison. I will keep that in mind next time depression
hits me and I feel like I can't do it anymore. Cause a sprinter carrying
extra weight will still be able to reach the end, just has to work a bit
harder; has to go an extra mile.

HappyPolarBear
proudly announces the following:
two weeks, four days, 16 hours, 35 minutes and 41 seconds. 186 cigarettes
not smoked, saved to pay for her Vii $76.63.

--
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
I will not fail. I will prove that Bipolars can
stay quit too


"Ian" <sum1@flashy.nut> wrote in message
news:20080713.0952.7015snz@flashy.nut...
> 1000otter@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>> CbyneOrne jebgr:
>> > Lvccrrr V nz ba gur yvfg naq V nz cynaavat gb fgnl gurer.
>> >
>> > UncclCbyneOrne
>> > cebhqyl naabhaprf gur sbyybjvat:
>> > gjb jrrxf, sbhe qnlf, 3 ubhef, 45 zvahgrf naq 56 frpbaqf. 181
>> > pvtnerggrf
>> > abg fzbxrq, fnivat $74.44.
>>
>> Lbh oybbql jryy orggre. V'yy qevir hc gb Pnanqn naq xvpx lbhe nff vs
>> lbh qba'g. Pbatenghyngvbaf ba nyzbfg guerr jrrxf Pnezra. Abj gung
>> lbh'er pybfr gb 3J, erzrzore gur greevoyr guerrf: 3Q, 3J, 3Z. Nebhaq
>> gur guveq jrrx vf jura lbh jbaqre vs vg'yy RIRE trg bire jvgu... whfg
>> xrrc cybqqvat guebhtu ab znggre ubj zhpu lbh guvax:
>>
>> - Lbh'er abg ernql guvf gvzr
>> - Jung'f gur cbvag?
>> - Fzbxvat jnfa'g GUNG onq nsgre nyy
>> - Guvf vf arire tbvat gb raq, V'z tbvat gb fhssre yvxr guvf gur erfg bs
>> zl yvsr
>>
>> Gurl'er nyy yvrf. Nyy. Bapr lbh trg gb gur bgure fvqr bs gur sver naq
>> lbhe arrqf naq cnffvbaf sbe fzbxvat pbby n yvggyr, lbh'yy svaq lbhefrys
>> srryvat zber pbasvqrag naq haqrefgnaqvat gung vg nyy jnf whfg n yvr.
>> Jr'yy qrny jvgu guerr zbaguf jura gur gvzr pbzrf.
>>
>> Or cercnerq, naq xrrc tbvat.
>>
>> Bggre
>
> I for one can happily confirm all that! Tomorrow it'll be 15 - 14?
> weeks of not breathing in smoke, and it didn't kill me, or drive me
> insane. Bit more short tempered maybe, but then I always was; never
> could suffer fools gladly and all that.
> So, P Bear, go on and make that 1 month mark - I guarantee you, in 2
> more months ' time, you'll be wondering, as I am, why the hell did I
> ever find it necessary to set fire to dried up leaves and inhale the
> smoke forty - sixty timesa day? Was I crazy? Stupid? Brainwashed?
> And, finally, if I can kick the tobacco demon out of my house, after 48
> years of being in his grip, well, you surely can too!
> And BTW I can see from your posts that giving up nicotine is far harder
> for you than it was for me, since I don't thank Gawd suffer this bipolar
> thing (which I'm vague about but suspect it is clinical depression.
> This is like putting lead weights on a sprinter while other runners are
> free
> of this handicap.
> --
> Ian
> (no longer coughing up awful stuff every day)

You bloody well better. I'll drive up to Canada and kick your ass...

autch, I can't even hide because you know where I am.

/me better don't smoke so she can't get her ass kicked.

HappyPolarBear
proudly announces the following:
two weeks, four days, 16 hours, 41 minutes and 10 seconds. 186 cigarettes
not smoked, saved $76.65 to pay for her Vii.
--
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
I will not fail. I will prove that Bipolars can
stay quit too


"Otter" <1000otter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:Ycpek.32330$ZE5.17846@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
> PolarBear wrote:
>> Yippeee I am on the list and I am planning to stay there.
>>
>> HappyPolarBear
>> proudly announces the following:
>> two weeks, four days, 3 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds. 181 cigarettes
>> not smoked, saving $74.44.
>
> You bloody well better. I'll drive up to Canada and kick your ass if you
> don't. Congratulations on almost three weeks Carmen. Now that you're
> close to 3W, remember the terrible threes: 3D, 3W, 3M. Around the third
> week is when you wonder if it'll EVER get over with... just keep plodding
> through no matter how much you think:
>
> - You're not ready this time
> - What's the point?
> - Smoking wasn't THAT bad after all
> - This is never going to end, I'm going to suffer like this the rest of my
> life
>
> They're all lies. All. Once you get to the other side of the fire and
> your needs and passions for smoking cool a little, you'll find yourself
> feeling more confident and understanding that it all was just a lie. We'll
> deal with three months when the time comes.
>
> Be prepared, and keep going.
>
> Otter

carmensk@hotmail.com wrote:

> This is like putting lead weights on a sprinter while other runners are free
> > of this handicap
>
> Ian, I like that comparison. I will keep that in mind next time depression
> hits me and I feel like I can't do it anymore. Cause a sprinter carrying
> extra weight will still be able to reach the end, just has to work a bit
> harder; has to go an extra mile.
>
> HappyPolarBear
> proudly announces the following:
> two weeks, four days, 16 hours, 35 minutes and 41 seconds. 186 cigarettes

Yep, you I'm afraid just have to put more effort into it than I did -
you can do it, in my estimate, and win through and deserve all the
applause you get!
my quit was - except maybe the first two weeks - surprisingly easy; for
others, it may be, it is almost impossible, everyone is different.
(By God, there's a profound statement!)
I wonder if those saddled with depression and similar conditions know
how difficult it is for those like me, who are blessed with the ability
to laugh at almost anything, not excepting myself! We live in two really
different worlds, really, and can only dimly perceive how it is in the
other one.
That's quite enough serious stuff for one afternoon.. maybe I'll post a
Sixties Reminisce and bore everyone half to death, just for the hell of it.
--
Ian
Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die