DOF Speech

What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and master Cigs
and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3 and every one
of you. I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not been able to
post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I hate and
refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what I mean).

It feels really great to not be smoking. I did a show today for a AA recovery center,
and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all the time we
were there. But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlike shows in the
past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.

Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. I do remember SMOKING, staring
off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do that today
without the huffing and puffing.

For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to relive these
moments; some interesting stuff in there.

Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. The next milestone will be DOF HOF which is
the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.

All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I will not be
able to make the party tonight.

Jsteam -
One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have gladly notsmoked
19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours to my life,
although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.

__________________________________________________ _______
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:

Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this. Maybe I
should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway, here we go.

I think I can still remember that last fag. Well, believe it or not I'd still like a
cigarette. Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I know better. I
still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'm not letting
this one go. Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, I have done
this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.

It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop smoking, and
now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still, Robin is got to
be ahead of me. At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof on Jef's site).
My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I thought I'd try
it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. I'd tried that before
but this time was going to be different. I was too painfully aware of my last quit
back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and half-hearted
attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com

I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as often and for
as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for the first week,
which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and Sue but at
that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2's with its
cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got to know
later. The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried to get some
time on my meter. New guys: try it, it will work for you too!

Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. I am saddened in
reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. I am deeply
saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. I am sorry to have missed the Chicago
meet. I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and support. I am
so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and all the new
VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.

All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and such a
life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.

Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!

888888888888 88 88
88 88 88
88 88 88
88 88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88 ,d8
88 88P' "8a "" `Y8 88P' `"8a 88 ,a8"
88 88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 88 8888[
88 88 88 88, ,88 88 88 88`"Yba,
88 88 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 88 88 88 `Y8a



8b d8
Y8, ,8P
Y8, ,8P
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`88' a8" "8a 88 88
88 8b d8 88 88
88 "8a, ,a8" "8a, ,a88
88 `"YbbdP"' `"YbbdP'Y8



db ad88888ba ad888888b,
d88b d8" "8b d8" "88
d8'`8b Y8, a8P
d8' `8b `Y8aaaaa, aad8"
d8YaaaaY8b `"""""8b, ""Y8,
d8""""""""8b `8b "8b
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d8' `8b "Y88888P" "Y888888P'

-jad
OF

__________________________________________________ ______
"On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. So you can only use the 'just
stopped' excuse with strangers.... "

HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS A LIFE-SAVER!

Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. I quit in July 1995, and later
diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn't smoke. My
mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out and get a carton
of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" (Just a joke!)

I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe, and later
ones. I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very supportive.

So I started again in January 1998. They must have found out and taken me off the
quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. And made several half-hearted
attempts since then. In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and after the
4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could send my wife
out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that first cigarette
of the day (at 4pm!). She actually thought I was unappreciative of her helping me
thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.

I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit for the first
time in 1995; it felt great, etc. I remembering thinking as the last few cigs were
disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2 packs, but
then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. So I quit.

Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the longs drags off
the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. But, within 18 hours
of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack (after my
3rd CIGAR).

So now I have to set another quit date. I have to do something death-defying. There
is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful now let's
say. (All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or after the big
gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?

A little help would be appreciated.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad you are now able to post more.

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:52:40 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftNIEH@main.com>
wrote:

>What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and master Cigs
>and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3 and every one
>of you. I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not been able to
>post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I hate and
>refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what I mean).

Yes, I do.

>
>It feels really great to not be smoking. I did a show today for a AA recovery center,
>and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all the time we
>were there. But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlike shows in the
>past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
>Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. I do remember SMOKING, staring
>off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do that today
>without the huffing and puffing.
>
>For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to relive these
>moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
>Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. The next milestone will be DOF HOF which is
>the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.

You won't this time!! We won't let you.

>
>All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I will not be
>able to make the party tonight.

What????? Weren't you the party organizer? I thought you were
bringing the beer. Now what?

>
>Jsteam -
>One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have gladly notsmoked
>19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours to my life,
>although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.

You sure were paying more for cigs than I was. I have about $7 to go
to reach $4000 savings but I've not smoked coming on to 24,000 (a
number that amazes me).
Sue

>
>_________________________________________________ ________
>On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
>
>Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this. Maybe I
>should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway, here we go.
>
>I think I can still remember that last fag. Well, believe it or not I'd still like a
>cigarette. Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I know better. I
>still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'm not letting
>this one go. Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, I have done
>this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.
>
>It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop smoking, and
>now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still, Robin is got to
>be ahead of me. At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof on Jef's site).
>My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I thought I'd try
>it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. I'd tried that before
>but this time was going to be different. I was too painfully aware of my last quit
>back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and half-hearted
>attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com
>
>I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as often and for
>as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for the first week,
>which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and Sue but at
>that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2's with its
>cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got to know
>later. The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried to get some
>time on my meter. New guys: try it, it will work for you too!
>
>Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. I am saddened in
>reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. I am deeply
>saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. I am sorry to have missed the Chicago
>meet. I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and support. I am
>so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and all the new
>VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.
>
>All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and such a
>life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.
>
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>
>888888888888 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88 ,d8
> 88 88P' "8a "" `Y8 88P' `"8a 88 ,a8"
> 88 88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 88 8888[
> 88 88 88 88, ,88 88 88 88`"Yba,
> 88 88 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 88 88 88 `Y8a
>
>
>
>8b d8
> Y8, ,8P
> Y8, ,8P
> "8aa8" ,adPPYba, 88 88
> `88' a8" "8a 88 88
> 88 8b d8 88 88
> 88 "8a, ,a8" "8a, ,a88
> 88 `"YbbdP"' `"YbbdP'Y8
>
>
>
> db ad88888ba ad888888b,
> d88b d8" "8b d8" "88
> d8'`8b Y8, a8P
> d8' `8b `Y8aaaaa, aad8"
> d8YaaaaY8b `"""""8b, ""Y8,
> d8""""""""8b `8b "8b
> d8' `8b Y8a a8P Y8, a88
>d8' `8b "Y88888P" "Y888888P'
>
>-jad
>OF
>
>_________________________________________________ _______
>"On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. So you can only use the 'just
>stopped' excuse with strangers.... "
>
> HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS A LIFE-SAVER!
>
>Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. I quit in July 1995, and later
>diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn't smoke. My
>mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out and get a carton
>of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" (Just a joke!)
>
>I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe, and later
>ones. I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very supportive.
>
>So I started again in January 1998. They must have found out and taken me off the
>quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. And made several half-hearted
>attempts since then. In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and after the
>4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could send my wife
>out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that first cigarette
>of the day (at 4pm!). She actually thought I was unappreciative of her helping me
>thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.
>
>I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit for the first
>time in 1995; it felt great, etc. I remembering thinking as the last few cigs were
>disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2 packs, but
>then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. So I quit.
>
>Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the longs drags off
>the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. But, within 18 hours
>of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack (after my
>3rd CIGAR).
>
>So now I have to set another quit date. I have to do something death-defying. There
>is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful now let's
>say. (All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or after the big
>gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?
>
>A little help would be appreciated.
>

How Wonderful JSteam!! Big Congratulations!!!!

And what Sue said. We thought you were bringing the beer tonite?

Sue <sebrady@thegrid.net> penned.wrote.stated:

: You won't this time!! We won't let you.

:>
:>All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I will not be
:>able to make the party tonight.

: What????? Weren't you the party organizer? I thought you were
: bringing the beer. Now what?

Thanks sue, I know, its along story on why I can't make it (I assume I won't make it)
as you know I have not been home for just about 2 years, I have to go to another
location tonight and I won't be able to acess the group there. Sorry!

Hi suzie, I left the beer in the fridge alsong with the hor de ouvres

msmomo2u <suzmthompson@comcast.net> penned.wrote.stated:
: How Wonderful JSteam!! Big Congratulations!!!!

: And what Sue said. We thought you were bringing the beer tonite?

Great to see you in DOF tubs John

Many Many Congrats !!

So very pleased to see you posting more, please keep on keeping on

Been trying to work out what time GMT everyone will be in chat ( you know I
struggle, so may just sit on sidelines with Sue :-)

Hugs & Love

(¯`.¸·´¯) Barbara (¯`·¸.´¯)
SFB2er®
~DOF~
Live every day with enjoyment -
we don't know what tomorrow will give us.

I have been quit for 2 Years, 3 Weeks, 1 Day, 23 hours, 2 minutes and 19
seconds (753 days). I have saved £4,222.12 by not smoking 18,848 stinky
sticks. I have saved 2 Months, 6 Days, 10 hours and 40 minutes of my life.
Quit date 22/02/2006 00:01


"Jsteam" <fftNIEH@main.com> wrote in message
news:frk4r8$mhg$2@joe.rice.edu...
> What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and
> master Cigs
> and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3
> and every one
> of you. I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not
> been able to
> post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I
> hate and
> refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what
> I mean).
>
> It feels really great to not be smoking. I did a show today for a AA
> recovery center,
> and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all
> the time we
> were there. But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlike
> shows in the
> past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
> Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. I do remember
> SMOKING, staring
> off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do
> that today
> without the huffing and puffing.
>
> For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to
> relive these
> moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
> Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. The next milestone will be DOF
> HOF which is
> the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.
>
> All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I
> will not be
> able to make the party tonight.
>
> Jsteam -
> One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have
> gladly notsmoked
> 19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours
> to my life,
> although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.
>
> __________________________________________________ _______
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
>
> Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this.
> Maybe I
> should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway,
> here we go.
>
> I think I can still remember that last fag. Well, believe it or not I'd
> still like a
> cigarette. Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I know
> better. I
> still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'm
> not letting
> this one go. Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, I
> have done
> this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.
>
> It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop
> smoking, and
> now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still,
> Robin is got to
> be ahead of me. At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof on
> Jef's site).
> My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I
> thought I'd try
> it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. I'd tried
> that before
> but this time was going to be different. I was too painfully aware of my
> last quit
> back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and
> half-hearted
> attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com
>
> I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as
> often and for
> as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for the
> first week,
> which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and
> Sue but at
> that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2's
> with its
> cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got
> to know
> later. The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried
> to get some
> time on my meter. New guys: try it, it will work for you too!
>
> Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. I am
> saddened in
> reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. I am
> deeply
> saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. I am sorry to have missed
> the Chicago
> meet. I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and
> support. I am
> so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and
> all the new
> VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.
>
> All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and such
> a
> life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.
>
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>
> 888888888888 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88 ,d8
> 88 88P' "8a "" `Y8 88P' `"8a 88 ,a8"
> 88 88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 88 8888[
> 88 88 88 88, ,88 88 88 88`"Yba,
> 88 88 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 88 88 88 `Y8a
>
>
>
> 8b d8
> Y8, ,8P
> Y8, ,8P
> "8aa8" ,adPPYba, 88 88
> `88' a8" "8a 88 88
> 88 8b d8 88 88
> 88 "8a, ,a8" "8a, ,a88
> 88 `"YbbdP"' `"YbbdP'Y8
>
>
>
> db ad88888ba ad888888b,
> d88b d8" "8b d8" "88
> d8'`8b Y8, a8P
> d8' `8b `Y8aaaaa, aad8"
> d8YaaaaY8b `"""""8b, ""Y8,
> d8""""""""8b `8b "8b
> d8' `8b Y8a a8P Y8, a88
> d8' `8b "Y88888P" "Y888888P'
>
> -jad
> OF
>
> __________________________________________________ ______
> "On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. So you can only use
> the 'just
> stopped' excuse with strangers.... "
>
> HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS A LIFE-SAVER!
>
> Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. I quit in July 1995,
> and later
> diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn't
> smoke. My
> mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out and
> get a carton
> of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" (Just a joke!)
>
> I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe,
> and later
> ones. I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very
> supportive.
>
> So I started again in January 1998. They must have found out and taken me
> off the
> quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. And made several
> half-hearted
> attempts since then. In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and
> after the
> 4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could
> send my wife
> out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that first
> cigarette
> of the day (at 4pm!). She actually thought I was unappreciative of her
> helping me
> thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.
>
> I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit
> for the first
> time in 1995; it felt great, etc. I remembering thinking as the last few
> cigs were
> disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2
> packs, but
> then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. So I
> quit.
>
> Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the
> longs drags off
> the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. But,
> within 18 hours
> of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack
> (after my
> 3rd CIGAR).
>
> So now I have to set another quit date. I have to do something
> death-defying. There
> is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful
> now let's
> say. (All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or
> after the big
> gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?
>
> A little help would be appreciated.
>
>

Woo Hoo Jad! I was glad to see your name jump over into the DOF list
this week and am glad to see you posting! I do look foward to seeing
you get to DOF HOF and beat that mark to make this quit your longest.
I have to get past 3+ years to say that, but I do know one day at a
time I am getting there.

Now, do sit back and enjoy as the Original Yodeling Gnomes are heading
your way with Horace the Huffing Hogg to sing songs of smobriety to
help you celebrate this milestone!

FlatironMike
One year, one month, five days, 20 hours, 41 minutes and 1 second.
7997 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,398.92. Life saved: 3 weeks, 6
days, 18 hours, 25 minutes.

DOF looks good on ya!!!! Congratulations.


---
Wayne Baker
Cold Turkey Quit Date: August 4, 2007
Nicotine Free: 7M 1w 5d 7h 53m
Not Smoked: 6,539
Money Better Spent: $1,078.94





Jsteam <fftNIEH@main.com> wrote in news:frk4r8$mhg$2@joe.rice.edu:

> What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend
> and master Cigs and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have
> done it without AS3 and every one of you. I guess I'll make a
> specific notice to everyone since I have not been able to post this
> last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I hate
and
> refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you
know
> what I mean).
>
> It feels really great to not be smoking. I did a show today for a
AA
> recovery center, and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily
> sucking on cigarettes all the time we were there. But it felt great
> not really wanting one this time, unlike shows in the past when I
was
> ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
> Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. I do remember
> SMOKING, staring off in the distance and just collecting my
thoughts,
> but I can still do that today without the huffing and puffing.
>
> For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to
> relive these moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
> Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. The next milestone will be
> DOF HOF which is the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets
> keep going.
>
> All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks
> like I will not be able to make the party tonight.
>
> Jsteam -
> One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I
have
> gladly notsmoked 19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding
> 65 Days and 23 Hours to my life, although it should possibly be more
> since it's a non-linear function.
>

Whooooooooooooooooooo and Hoooooooooooooooooooooo!
Way to go!
Glad to see you back on the newsgroups.
With hope and heart,.
Kathleen

"Jsteam" <fftNIEH@main.com> wrote in message
news:frk4r8$mhg$2@joe.rice.edu...
> What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and
> master Cigs
> and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3
> and every one
> of you. I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not
> been able to
> post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I
> hate and
> refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what
> I mean).
>
> It feels really great to not be smoking. I did a show today for a AA
> recovery center,
> and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all
> the time we
> were there. But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlike
> shows in the
> past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
> Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. I do remember
> SMOKING, staring
> off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do
> that today
> without the huffing and puffing.
>
> For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to
> relive these
> moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
> Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. The next milestone will be DOF
> HOF which is
> the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.
>
> All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I
> will not be
> able to make the party tonight.
>
> Jsteam -
> One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have
> gladly notsmoked
> 19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours
> to my life,
> although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.
>
> __________________________________________________ _______
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
>
> Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this.
> Maybe I
> should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway,
> here we go.
>
> I think I can still remember that last fag. Well, believe it or not I'd
> still like a
> cigarette. Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I know
> better. I
> still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'm
> not letting
> this one go. Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, I
> have done
> this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.
>
> It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop
> smoking, and
> now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still,
> Robin is got to
> be ahead of me. At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof on
> Jef's site).
> My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I
> thought I'd try
> it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. I'd tried
> that before
> but this time was going to be different. I was too painfully aware of my
> last quit
> back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and
> half-hearted
> attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com
>
> I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as
> often and for
> as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for the
> first week,
> which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and
> Sue but at
> that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2's
> with its
> cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got
> to know
> later. The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried
> to get some
> time on my meter. New guys: try it, it will work for you too!
>
> Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. I am
> saddened in
> reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. I am
> deeply
> saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. I am sorry to have missed
> the Chicago
> meet. I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and
> support. I am
> so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and
> all the new
> VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.
>
> All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and such
> a
> life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.
>
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>
> 888888888888 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88 ,d8
> 88 88P' "8a "" `Y8 88P' `"8a 88 ,a8"
> 88 88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 88 8888[
> 88 88 88 88, ,88 88 88 88`"Yba,
> 88 88 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 88 88 88 `Y8a
>
>
>
> 8b d8
> Y8, ,8P
> Y8, ,8P
> "8aa8" ,adPPYba, 88 88
> `88' a8" "8a 88 88
> 88 8b d8 88 88
> 88 "8a, ,a8" "8a, ,a88
> 88 `"YbbdP"' `"YbbdP'Y8
>
>
>
> db ad88888ba ad888888b,
> d88b d8" "8b d8" "88
> d8'`8b Y8, a8P
> d8' `8b `Y8aaaaa, aad8"
> d8YaaaaY8b `"""""8b, ""Y8,
> d8""""""""8b `8b "8b
> d8' `8b Y8a a8P Y8, a88
> d8' `8b "Y88888P" "Y888888P'
>
> -jad
> OF
>
> __________________________________________________ ______
> "On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. So you can only use
> the 'just
> stopped' excuse with strangers.... "
>
> HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS A LIFE-SAVER!
>
> Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. I quit in July 1995,
> and later
> diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn't
> smoke. My
> mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out and
> get a carton
> of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" (Just a joke!)
>
> I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe,
> and later
> ones. I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very
> supportive.
>
> So I started again in January 1998. They must have found out and taken me
> off the
> quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. And made several
> half-hearted
> attempts since then. In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and
> after the
> 4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could
> send my wife
> out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that first
> cigarette
> of the day (at 4pm!). She actually thought I was unappreciative of her
> helping me
> thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.
>
> I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit
> for the first
> time in 1995; it felt great, etc. I remembering thinking as the last few
> cigs were
> disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2
> packs, but
> then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. So I
> quit.
>
> Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the
> longs drags off
> the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. But,
> within 18 hours
> of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack
> (after my
> 3rd CIGAR).
>
> So now I have to set another quit date. I have to do something
> death-defying. There
> is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful
> now let's
> say. (All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or
> after the big
> gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?
>
> A little help would be appreciated.
>
>

I'm thrilled for you, Jad! Mazeltov!

- Jaime


"Jsteam" <fftNIEH@main.com> wrote in message
news:frk4r8$mhg$2@joe.rice.edu...
> What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and
> master Cigs
> and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3
> and every one
> of you. I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not
> been able to
> post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I
> hate and
> refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what
> I mean).
>
> It feels really great to not be smoking. I did a show today for a AA
> recovery center,
> and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all
> the time we
> were there. But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlike
> shows in the
> past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
> Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. I do remember
> SMOKING, staring
> off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do
> that today
> without the huffing and puffing.
>
> For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to
> relive these
> moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
> Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. The next milestone will be DOF
> HOF which is
> the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.
>
> All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I
> will not be
> able to make the party tonight.
>
> Jsteam -
> One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have
> gladly notsmoked
> 19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours
> to my life,
> although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.
>
> __________________________________________________ _______
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
>
> Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this.
> Maybe I
> should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway,
> here we go.
>
> I think I can still remember that last fag. Well, believe it or not I'd
> still like a
> cigarette. Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I know
> better. I
> still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'm
> not letting
> this one go. Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, I
> have done
> this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.
>
> It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop
> smoking, and
> now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still,
> Robin is got to
> be ahead of me. At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof on
> Jef's site).
> My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I
> thought I'd try
> it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. I'd tried
> that before
> but this time was going to be different. I was too painfully aware of my
> last quit
> back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and
> half-hearted
> attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com
>
> I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as
> often and for
> as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for the
> first week,
> which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and
> Sue but at
> that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2's
> with its
> cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got
> to know
> later. The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried
> to get some
> time on my meter. New guys: try it, it will work for you too!
>
> Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. I am
> saddened in
> reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. I am
> deeply
> saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. I am sorry to have missed
> the Chicago
> meet. I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and
> support. I am
> so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and
> all the new
> VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.
>
> All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and such
> a
> life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.
>
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go
> AS3! Go AS3!
> Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>
> 888888888888 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88 ,d8
> 88 88P' "8a "" `Y8 88P' `"8a 88 ,a8"
> 88 88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 88 8888[
> 88 88 88 88, ,88 88 88 88`"Yba,
> 88 88 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 88 88 88 `Y8a
>
>
>
> 8b d8
> Y8, ,8P
> Y8, ,8P
> "8aa8" ,adPPYba, 88 88
> `88' a8" "8a 88 88
> 88 8b d8 88 88
> 88 "8a, ,a8" "8a, ,a88
> 88 `"YbbdP"' `"YbbdP'Y8
>
>
>
> db ad88888ba ad888888b,
> d88b d8" "8b d8" "88
> d8'`8b Y8, a8P
> d8' `8b `Y8aaaaa, aad8"
> d8YaaaaY8b `"""""8b, ""Y8,
> d8""""""""8b `8b "8b
> d8' `8b Y8a a8P Y8, a88
> d8' `8b "Y88888P" "Y888888P'
>
> -jad
> OF
>
> __________________________________________________ ______
> "On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. So you can only use
> the 'just
> stopped' excuse with strangers.... "
>
> HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS A LIFE-SAVER!
>
> Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. I quit in July 1995,
> and later
> diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn't
> smoke. My
> mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out and
> get a carton
> of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" (Just a joke!)
>
> I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe,
> and later
> ones. I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very
> supportive.
>
> So I started again in January 1998. They must have found out and taken me
> off the
> quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. And made several
> half-hearted
> attempts since then. In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and
> after the
> 4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could
> send my wife
> out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that first
> cigarette
> of the day (at 4pm!). She actually thought I was unappreciative of her
> helping me
> thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.
>
> I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit
> for the first
> time in 1995; it felt great, etc. I remembering thinking as the last few
> cigs were
> disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2
> packs, but
> then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. So I
> quit.
>
> Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the
> longs drags off
> the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. But,
> within 18 hours
> of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack
> (after my
> 3rd CIGAR).
>
> So now I have to set another quit date. I have to do something
> death-defying. There
> is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful
> now let's
> say. (All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or
> after the big
> gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?
>
> A little help would be appreciated.
>
>

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


"Jsteam" <fftNIEH@main.com> wrote in message
news:frk4r8$mhg$2@joe.rice.edu...
> What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and
> master Cigs
> and Nick?

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:52:40 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftNIEH@main.com>
wrote:

>What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and master Cigs
>and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3 and every one
>of you. I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not been able to
>post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I hate and
>refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what I mean).
>
snip
>A little help would be appreciated.
>
Yay Jsteam!
Great milestone.
Fred

Congrats, John. I'm really proud of you!

JimBob

http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org
2 weeks, 6 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes and 9 seconds.



On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:52:40 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftNIEH@main.com>
wrote:

>What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and master Cigs
>and Nick? Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3 and every one
>of you. I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not been able to
>post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I hate and
>refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what I mean).
>
>It feels really great to not be smoking. I did a show today for a AA recovery center,
>and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all the time we
>were there. But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlike shows in the
>past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
>Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. I do remember SMOKING, staring
>off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do that today
>without the huffing and puffing.
>
>For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to relive these
>moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
>Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. The next milestone will be DOF HOF which is
>the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.
>
>All the best to all of you. I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I will not be
>able to make the party tonight.
>
>Jsteam -
>One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have gladly notsmoked
>19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours to my life,
>although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.
>
>_________________________________________________ ________
>On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
>
>Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this. Maybe I
>should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway, here we go.
>
>I think I can still remember that last fag. Well, believe it or not I'd still like a
>cigarette. Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I know better. I
>still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'm not letting
>this one go. Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, I have done
>this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.
>
>It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop smoking, and
>now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still, Robin is got to
>be ahead of me. At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof on Jef's site).
>My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I thought I'd try
>it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. I'd tried that before
>but this time was going to be different. I was too painfully aware of my last quit
>back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and half-hearted
>attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com
>
>I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as often and for
>as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for the first week,
>which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and Sue but at
>that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2's with its
>cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got to know
>later. The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried to get some
>time on my meter. New guys: try it, it will work for you too!
>
>Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. I am saddened in
>reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. I am deeply
>saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. I am sorry to have missed the Chicago
>meet. I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and support. I am
>so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and all the new
>VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.
>
>All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and such a
>life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.
>
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>Go AS3! Go AS3! Go AS3!
>
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> 88 88 88
> 88 88 88
> 88 88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88 ,d8
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> 88 88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 88 8888[
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>
>
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>
>-jad
>OF
>
>_________________________________________________ _______
>"On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. So you can only use the 'just
>stopped' excuse with strangers.... "
>
> HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS A LIFE-SAVER!
>
>Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. I quit in July 1995, and later
>diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn't smoke. My
>mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out and get a carton
>of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" (Just a joke!)
>
>I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe, and later
>ones. I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very supportive.
>
>So I started again in January 1998. They must have found out and taken me off the
>quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. And made several half-hearted
>attempts since then. In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and after the
>4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could send my wife
>out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that first cigarette
>of the day (at 4pm!). She actually thought I was unappreciative of her helping me
>thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.
>
>I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit for the first
>time in 1995; it felt great, etc. I remembering thinking as the last few cigs were
>disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2 packs, but
>then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. So I quit.
>
>Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the longs drags off
>the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. But, within 18 hours
>of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack (after my
>3rd CIGAR).
>
>So now I have to set another quit date. I have to do something death-defying. There
>is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful now let's
>say. (All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or after the big
>gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?
>
>A little help would be appreciated.
>

On Mar 16, 5:51*pm, Sue <sebr...@thegrid.net> wrote:
> Congratulations!!!!!!!!! *I'm so glad you are now able to post more.
>
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:52:40 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com>
> wrote:
>
> >What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and master Cigs
> >and Nick? *Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3and every one
> >of you. *I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not been able to
> >post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I hate and
> >refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know what I mean).
>
> Yes, I do.
>
>
>
> >It feels really great to not be smoking. *I did a show today for a AA recovery center,
> >and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all the time we
> >were there. *But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlikeshows in the
> >past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
> >Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. *I do remember SMOKING, staring
> >off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do that today
> >without the huffing and puffing.
>
> >For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to relive these
> >moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
> >Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. *The next milestone will be DOFHOF which is
> >the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.
>
> You won't this time!! *We won't let you.
>
>
>
> >All the best to all of you. *I;m posting a bit early since it looks like I will not be
> >able to make the party tonight.
>
> What????? *Weren't you the party organizer? *I thought you were
> bringing the beer. *Now what?
>
>
>
> >Jsteam -
> >One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have gladly notsmoked
> >19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours to my life,
> >although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.
>
> You sure were paying more for cigs than I was. *I have about $7 to go
> to reach $4000 savings but I've not smoked coming on to 24,000 (a
> number that amazes me).
> Sue
>
>
>
>
>
> >_________________________________________________ ________
> >On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
>
> >Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this. *Maybe I
> >should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway, here we go. *
>
> >I think I can still remember that last fag. *Well, believe it or not I'd still like a
> >cigarette. *Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I knowbetter. *I
> >still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'mnot letting
> >this one go. *Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, I have done
> >this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.
>
> >It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop smoking, and
> >now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still, Robin is got to
> >be ahead of me. *At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof onJef's site). *
> >My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I thought I'd try
> >it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. *I'd tried that before
> >but this time was going to be different. *I was too painfully aware of my last quit
> >back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and half-hearted
> >attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com
>
> >I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as often and for
> >as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for the first week,
> >which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and Sue but at
> >that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2'swith its
> >cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got to know
> >later. *The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried to get some
> >time on my meter. *New guys: try it, it will work for you too!
>
> >Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. *I am saddened in
> >reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. *I am deeply
> >saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. *I am sorry to have missed the Chicago
> >meet. *I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and support. *I am
> >so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and all the new
> >VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.
>
> >All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and such a
> >life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.
>
> >Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *GoAS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *
> >Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *GoAS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *
> >Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3!
> >Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *GoAS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *
> >Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *GoAS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *
> >Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3!
> >Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3!
>
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> > * * 88 * * * 88 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *88 * * * *
> > * * 88 * * * 88 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *88 * * * *
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> > * * 88 * * * 88P' * *"8a *"" * * `Y8 *88P' * `"8a *88 ,a8" * *
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>
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>
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> > * * *d88b * * * d8" * * "8b *d8" * * "88 *
> > * * d8'`8b * * *Y8, * * * * * * * * *a8P *
> > * *d8' *`8b * * `Y8aaaaa, * * * * aad8" *
> > * d8YaaaaY8b * * *`"""""8b, * * * ""Y8, *
> > *d8""""""""8b * * * * * `8b * * * * *"8b *
> > d8' * * * *`8b *Y8a * * a8P *Y8, * * a88 *
> >d8' * * * * *`8b *"Y88888P" * *"Y888888P' *
>
> >-jad
> >OF
>
> >_________________________________________________ _______
> >"On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. *So you can only use the *'just
> >stopped' excuse with strangers.... "
>
> > * * * * * * * * * *HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS A LIFE-SAVER!
>
> >Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. *I quit in July 1995, and later
> >diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn't smoke. *My
> >mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out andget a carton
> >of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" *(Just a joke!)
>
> >I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe, and later
> >ones. *I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very supportive.
>
> >So I started again in January 1998. *They must have found out and takenme off the
> >quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. *And made several half-hearted
> >attempts since then. *In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and after the
> >4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could send my wife
> >out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that first cigarette
> >of the day (at 4pm!). *She actually thought I was unappreciative of herhelping me
> >thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.
>
> >I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit for the first
> >time in 1995; it felt great, etc. *I remembering thinking as the last few cigs were
> >disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2 packs, but
> >then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. *So I quit.
>
> >Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the longs drags off
> >the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. *But, within 18 hours
> >of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack(after my
> >3rd CIGAR).
>
> >So now I have to set another quit date. *I have to do something death-defying. *There
> >is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful now let's
> >say. *(All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or after the big
> >gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?
>
> >A little help would be appreciated.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That was a real treat.
I'm glad you're still/back around.

John!

Well done My Friend and many heartfelt congratulations!!!

You are remarkable and I wish you all the best.

Cheers and High-Fives and Man-Hugs,
Marvin

On Mar 16, 5:52*pm, Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
> What do you say when its been two years without our old best friend and master Cigs
> and Nick? *Not too much except that I couldn't have done it without AS3 and every one
> of you. *I guess I'll make a specific notice to everyone since I have not been able to
> post this last year, I wanted to but couldn't, except on Google which I hate and
> refuse to use, its like taking a bath with your socks on (if you know whatI mean).
>
> It feels really great to not be smoking. *I did a show today for a AA recovery center,
> and as usual there were a lot of AA's steadily sucking on cigarettes all the time we
> were there. *But it felt great not really wanting one this time, unlike shows in the
> past when I was ready to sneak off in a minute and go smoke.
>
> Oh, and I can't remember the last cigarette any more. *I do remember SMOKING, staring
> off in the distance and just collecting my thoughts, but I can still do that today
> without the huffing and puffing.
>
> For your benefit I will repost some old speeches in case you care to relive these
> moments; some interesting stuff in there.
>
> Thank you guys, and keep on hanging on. *The next milestone will be DOF HOF which is
> the point I resumed smoking back in 1998, so lets keep going.
>
> All the best to all of you. *I;m posting a bit early since it looks likeI will not be
> able to make the party tonight.
>
> Jsteam -
> One Year, Eleven Months, Thirty Days, 20 Hours and 48 Minutes; I have gladly notsmoked
> 19003 cings, saving more than $4,896.22, and adding 65 Days and 23 Hours to my life,
> although it should possibly be more since it's a non-linear function.
>
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:07 +0000 (UTC), Jsteam <fftN...@main.com> wrote:
>
> Like Chef Paul, I had to wait for the exact moment I quit to post this. *Maybe I
> should have done it half hour later when the first crave came, but anyway,here we go. *
>
> I think I can still remember that last fag. *Well, believe it or not I'dstill like a
> cigarette. *Or, Keven, at least that's what part of me says, but I know better. *I
> still get slammed by dreams and the odd crave every now and then, but I'm not letting
> this one go. *Its a humbling thing to drive (not smoking) to the tubs, Ihave done
> this before, but this time the stakes are much higher.
>
> It was a year ago today that I decided to give it another try and stop smoking, and
> now Cat says I was the top poster for 2006 (somehow I doubt it still, Robin is got to
> be ahead of me. *At least I never got flamed, but I did make a spoof on Jef's site). *
> My family was out of town, in Spain, just like they are this year so I thought I'd try
> it and get the withdrawal out of the way while they were gone. *I'd tried that before
> but this time was going to be different. *I was too painfully aware of my last quit
> back in '95 using AS3, which lasted 2 1/2 years, and some ill-fated and half-hearted
> attempts back in 2003 which you can read about on dejanews.com
>
> I'd made the decision that I would read and post no matter what and as often and for
> as long as it took and what expense it would take, and that I did, for thefirst week,
> which started the LTOW club, which PC, Astrog and and Steph were in, and Sue but at
> that time I didn't know it, which morphed over the months into the SFB2's with its
> cast of dozens, which were sometimes cheered on by the SFB's whom we got to know
> later. *The posting continued throughout the entire 2006 period as I tried to get some
> time on my meter. *New guys: try it, it will work for you too!
>
> Thanks to eveyone here who made this such a successsful quit. *I am saddened in
> reviewing the posts from back then to see who is no longer around. *I amdeeply
> saddened at the loss of my best quitbuddy ever. *I am sorry to have missed the Chicago
> meet. *I am grateful to everyone's humor and patience and ranting and support. *I am
> so happy to see the octonobutts and the 007's and the new Feburaries and all the new
> VOF's taking such a commanding role in the group at this time.
>
> All of you know who you are, the ones that made this so enjoyable and sucha
> life-giving place to be for so long, please accept my thanks.
>
> Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *
> Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *
> Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3!
> Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *
> Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *
> Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3! Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3!
> Go AS3! *Go AS3! *Go AS3!
>
> 888888888888 *88 * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * *88 * * * *
> * * *88 * * * 88 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *88 * * * *
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> * * *88 * * * 88P' * *"8a *"" * * `Y8 *88P' * `"8a *88 ,a8" * *
> * * *88 * * * 88 * * * 88 *,adPPPPP88 *88 * * * 88 *8888[ * * *
> * * *88 * * * 88 * * * 88 *88, * *,88 *88 * * * 88 *88`"Yba, *
> * * *88 * * * 88 * * * 88 *`"8bbdP"Y8 *88 * * * 88 *88 * `Y8a *
>
> 8b * * * *d8 * * * * * * * * * * * *
> *Y8, * *,8P * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * Y8, *,8P * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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> * * `88' *a8" * * "8a *88 * * * 88 *
> * * *88 * 8b * * * d8 *88 * * * 88 *
> * * *88 * "8a, * ,a8" *"8a, * ,a88 *
> * * *88 * *`"YbbdP"' * *`"YbbdP'Y8 *
>
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> * * * d88b * * * d8" * * "8b *d8" * * "88 *
> * * *d8'`8b * * *Y8, * * * * * * * * *a8P *
> * * d8' *`8b * * `Y8aaaaa, * * * * aad8" *
> * *d8YaaaaY8b * * *`"""""8b, * * * ""Y8, *
> * d8""""""""8b * * * * * `8b * * * * *"8b *
> *d8' * * * *`8b *Y8a * * a8P *Y8, * * a88 *
> d8' * * * * *`8b *"Y88888P" * *"Y888888P' *
>
> -jad
> OF
>
> __________________________________________________ ______
> "On top of everything else I was hiding my smoking. *So you can only usethe *'just
> stopped' excuse with strangers.... "
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * HANG IN THIS GROUP IT IS ALIFE-SAVER!
>
> Well, its been since 1995 that I was in this group. *I quit in July 1995, and later
> diagnosed with CLL in 1996 (see Leukemia support groups), and still didn'tsmoke. *My
> mom (TOF), had just been Dx'd with Athsma, and we joked, "lets go out and get a carton
> of cigarettes and smoke 'em!" *(Just a joke!)
>
> I wrote to the group my agonizing experiences at the 3-month timeframe, and later
> ones. *I corresponded with several of you now OF's and it was very supportive.
>
> So I started again in January 1998. *They must have found out and taken me off the
> quitlist but you can still find it on dejanews. *And made several half-hearted
> attempts since then. *In 2002 I underwent 6 months chemo for the CLL, and after the
> 4-day long 9-hour infusions, I just couldn't wait to get home so I could send my wife
> out on some contrived trip to the store so I could FINALLY have that firstcigarette
> of the day (at 4pm!). *She actually thought I was unappreciative of her helping me
> thru chemo, I was just dying for a cigarette, that's all.
>
> I stopped again in July 2003 in the mountains of new mexico where I quit for the first
> time in 1995; it felt great, etc. *I remembering thinking as the last few cigs were
> disappearing that I could go to the store (a 2-hour excursion) and get 2 packs, but
> then I thought I could get 10 packs, or I could get 1000 packs. *So I quit.
>
> Taking long drags off my little wooden stick was helpful, as were the longs drags off
> the long screw I also had, for a little more oral stimulation. *But, within 18 hours
> of back in the hustle bustle traffic mess in Houston, I got my first pack (after my
> 3rd CIGAR).
>
> So now I have to set another quit date. *I have to do something death-defying. *There
> is no stress-free time since, since, well, it couldn't be more stressful now let's
> say. *(All sorts of homestatic needs unmet). So I'm thinking before or after the big
> gala with Cheney and James Baker where I know I can sneak out and smoke?
>
> A little help would be appreciated.