HooBoy! Seven Years? How is that possible??

Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
too.

You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
hard time.

Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
and strong lungs.

Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
and activity as smoking.

Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
fantastic.

How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... NEXT!

You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
control!!!

Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
your armpits. Turn away.

Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
me???!!!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!

So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
the good karma I can get.

Take care my quitting friends!

Peace and Love from John

Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
13 hours, 55 minutes.

On Jan 15, 10:43�pm, John van Gurp <jvangurpTAK...@OUTgmail.com>
wrote:
> Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
> on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
> veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
> you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
> minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
> Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
> too.
>
> You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
> you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
> it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
> hard time.
>
> Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
> walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
> high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
> miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
> and strong lungs.
>
> Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
> cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
> wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
> many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
> I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
> and activity as smoking.
>
> Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
> and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
> the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
> half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
> almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
> fantastic.
>
> How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... �NEXT!
>
> You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
> CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
> control!!!
>
> Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
> connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
> matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
> serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
> your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
> your armpits. Turn away.
>
> Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
> JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
> me???!!!
>
> YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
> So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
> probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
> the good karma I can get.
>
> Take care my quitting friends!
>
> Peace and Love from John
>
> Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
> cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
> 13 hours, 55 minutes.

Thank you! I'm printing this one out to hang on the fridge.
Grace- 28 days

On Jan 15, 10:43*pm, John van Gurp <jvangurpTAK...@OUTgmail.com>
wrote:
> Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
> on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
> veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
> you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
> minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
> Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
> too.
>
> You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
> you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
> it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
> hard time.
>
> Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
> walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
> high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
> miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
> and strong lungs.
>
> Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
> cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
> wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
> many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
> I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
> and activity as smoking.
>
> Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
> and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
> the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
> half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
> almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
> fantastic.
>
> How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... *NEXT!
>
> You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
> CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
> control!!!
>
> Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
> connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
> matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
> serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
> your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
> your armpits. Turn away.
>
> Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
> JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
> me???!!!
>
> YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
> So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
> probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
> the good karma I can get.
>
> Take care my quitting friends!
>
> Peace and Love from John
>
> Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
> cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
> 13 hours, 55 minutes.


Wishing you lots of good karma John - thank you for sharing your
magnificent milestone andshowing us all it really can be done.

Karen

One week, three days, 22 hours, 50 minutes and 0 seconds. 219
cigarettes not smoked, saving $82.14. Life saved: 18 hours, 15
minutes.

"Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix

Hey John,

Great to see you're still lighting the way Congratulations on 7
years. I got a kick out of "tobacco hags and phlem boyz" btw! hehe
Great nicknames!

Be well!

Love,
Nicole
Six years, eleven months, one week, one day, 6 hours, 23 minutes and
30 seconds. 88664 cigarettes not smoked, saving $15,782.25. Life
saved: 43 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours, 40 minutes.


On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:43:19 -0400, John van Gurp
<jvangurpTAKEME@OUTgmail.com> wrote:

>Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
>on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
>veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
>you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
>minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
>Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
>too.
>
>You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
>you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
>it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
>hard time.
>
>Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
>walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
>high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
>miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
>and strong lungs.
>
>Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
>cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
>wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
>many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
>I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
>and activity as smoking.
>
>Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
>and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
>the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
>half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
>almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
>fantastic.
>
>How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... NEXT!
>
>You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
>CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
>control!!!
>
>Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
>connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
>matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
>serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
>your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
>your armpits. Turn away.
>
>Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
>JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
>me???!!!
>
>YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
>So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
>probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
>the good karma I can get.
>
>Take care my quitting friends!
>
>Peace and Love from John
>
>Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
>cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
>13 hours, 55 minutes.

Fabulous post.
I can see how this group got it's character.
I love the way you've made about more than putting down the cigs.
You're out to improve your health.
Congratulations.

In article <rf2ro3d4oq31s099lf6invqgcsohlla6p2@4ax.com>,
tonysmom@charter.net says...
> Hey John,
>
> Great to see you're still lighting the way Congratulations on 7
> years. I got a kick out of "tobacco hags and phlem boyz" btw! hehe
> Great nicknames!
>
> Be well!
>
> Love,
> Nicole
> Six years, eleven months, one week, one day, 6 hours, 23 minutes and
> 30 seconds. 88664 cigarettes not smoked, saving $15,782.25. Life
> saved: 43 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours, 40 minutes.


Hey Nicole! I thought about you right after posting... tic tok tic tok
here she comes!!! I'll be watching for your turnover.
Take care!
John

congrats on seven years to my fellow Bluenoser!
your "14 degrees in millimeters "should keep some busy today.
are you enjoying the snow? it was so nice last week now winter is back
--
Lynn VOF Leaper
"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."



"John van Gurp" <jvangurpTAKEME@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21f755767dd22e1b989687@news.motzarella.or g...
> Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
> on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
> veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
> you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
> minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
> Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
> too.
>
> You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
> you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
> it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
> hard time.
>
> Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
> walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
> high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
> miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
> and strong lungs.
>
> Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
> cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
> wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
> many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
> I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
> and activity as smoking.
>
> Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
> and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
> the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
> half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
> almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
> fantastic.
>
> How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... NEXT!
>
> You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
> CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
> control!!!
>
> Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
> connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
> matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
> serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
> your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
> your armpits. Turn away.
>
> Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
> JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
> me???!!!
>
> YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
> So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
> probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
> the good karma I can get.
>
> Take care my quitting friends!
>
> Peace and Love from John
>
> Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
> cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
> 13 hours, 55 minutes.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:43:19 -0400, John van Gurp
<jvangurpTAKEME@OUTgmail.com> wrote:

>Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
>on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
>veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
>you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
>minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
>Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
>too.
>
>You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
>you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
>it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
>hard time.
>
>Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
>walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
>high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
>miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
>and strong lungs.
>
>Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
>cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
>wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
>many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
>I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
>and activity as smoking.
>
>Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
>and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
>the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
>half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
>almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
>fantastic.
>
>How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... NEXT!
>
>You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
>CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
>control!!!
>
>Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
>connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
>matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
>serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
>your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
>your armpits. Turn away.
>
>Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
>JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
>me???!!!
>
>YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
>So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
>probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
>the good karma I can get.
>
>Take care my quitting friends!
>
>Peace and Love from John
>
>Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
>cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
>13 hours, 55 minutes.

What a great post!!! Congratulations on 7 years. I love your
exercise routine. Quitting smoking is great but so much better when
you back it up with a healthy life style in other respects (Look who's
talking - Miss Slovenly Piggy).
Sue
One year, nine months, three weeks, five days, 8 hours, 57 minutes and
43 seconds. 21990 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3,661.61. Life saved:
10 weeks, 6 days, 8 hours, 30 minutes.

Woo Hoo, John! I always love it when an OOF pops in to share their
milestones with us as what you write is so truthful and real. Just by
saying you have been smober 7 years gives hope and heart to those of
us who are struggling and faith to the rest of us who are moving on
down the smober road that, yes, it can be done for a long, long
time!

Now, 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 wonderful occasion!

FlatironMike
Eleven months, five days, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 52 seconds. 6789
cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,036.99. Life saved: 3 weeks, 2 days,
13 hours, 45 minutes.

"John van Gurp" wrote
> ...I'm a seven year
> veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
> you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
> minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef...

I will take no credit for turning you into a Commie, in the process, but
thanks for the tip of the hat. ;^)
This is a real treat to see! The place is constantly awash with new
quitters-- as it jolly well should be-- and it's hard to keep up with them
all.
I do, however, keep an eye out for my old pals. My peers from the early days
always have a special place in my heart. It's like parochial school or the
military, or prison-- nobody's background matters, and we're in all the same
miserable bind. All that's important is what you bring to the wretched
environment we all find ourselves in at the moment.

Good work, John. You brought a lot of class and humor and taste and fun to
the party.
It might've been a helluva lot duller if you hadn't shown up here, back when
there was such a dearth of amusement to be had.
You could've spent the extra couple of dollars for enough funny hats to go
around, though.
Would it have killed you?

Jef.
Former Under-Assistant Phlegm Boy, 3rd Class
168th Kleenex Recycling Battalion

Congratulations John!



On Jan 15, 10:43*pm, John van Gurp <jvangurpTAK...@OUTgmail.com>
wrote:
> Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
> on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
> veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
> you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
> minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
> Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
> too.
>
> You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
> you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
> it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
> hard time.
>
> Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
> walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
> high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
> miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
> and strong lungs.
>
> Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
> cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
> wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
> many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
> I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
> and activity as smoking.
>
> Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
> and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
> the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
> half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
> almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
> fantastic.
>
> How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... *NEXT!
>
> You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
> CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
> control!!!
>
> Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
> connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
> matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
> serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
> your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
> your armpits. Turn away.
>
> Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
> JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
> me???!!!
>
> YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
> So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
> probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
> the good karma I can get.
>
> Take care my quitting friends!
>
> Peace and Love from John
>
> Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
> cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
> 13 hours, 55 minutes.

ODAAT!
way to go john!






"John van Gurp" <jvangurpTAKEME@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21f755767dd22e1b989687@news.motzarella.or g...
> Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
> on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
> veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
> you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
> minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
> Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
> too.
>
> You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
> you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
> it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
> hard time.
>
> Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
> walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
> high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
> miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
> and strong lungs.
>
> Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
> cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
> wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
> many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
> I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
> and activity as smoking.
>
> Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
> and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
> the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
> half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
> almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
> fantastic.
>
> How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... NEXT!
>
> You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
> CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
> control!!!
>
> Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
> connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
> matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
> serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
> your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
> your armpits. Turn away.
>
> Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
> JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
> me???!!!
>
> YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
> So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
> probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
> the good karma I can get.
>
> Take care my quitting friends!
>
> Peace and Love from John
>
> Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
> cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
> 13 hours, 55 minutes.

Many Many Congrats John,
Now NO 7 year itch :^)
Lovely milestone, thanks for sharing
Cheers

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

"John van Gurp" <jvangurpTAKEME@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21f755767dd22e1b989687@news.motzarella.or g...
> Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
> on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
> veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
> you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
> minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
> Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
> too.
>
> You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
> you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
> it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
> hard time.
>
> Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
> walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
> high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
> miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
> and strong lungs.
>
> Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
> cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
> wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
> many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
> I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
> and activity as smoking.
>
> Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
> and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
> the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
> half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
> almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
> fantastic.
>
> How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... NEXT!
>
> You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
> CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
> control!!!
>
> Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
> connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
> matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
> serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
> your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
> your armpits. Turn away.
>
> Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
> JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
> me???!!!
>
> YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
>
> So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
> probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
> the good karma I can get.
>
> Take care my quitting friends!
>
> Peace and Love from John
>
> Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
> cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
> 13 hours, 55 minutes.

Congratulations on 7 wonderful years, John! What a wonderful post!!

High fives from over here in Saskatchewan!!

Sarah and Steve
One year, three months, one week, 15 hours, 34 minutes and 27 seconds. 11616
cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,646.49. Life saved: 5 weeks, 5 days, 8
hours, 0 minutes.

"John van Gurp" <jvangurpTAKEME@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21f755767dd22e1b989687@news.motzarella.or g...
: Well by jumpin' jeebuz I never though this day would arrive - well, not
: on new years 2001 anyway, yet here we are in 2008 and I'm a seven year
: veteran of a successful AS3 supported quit. Thank you, thank you, thank
: you, AS3 and all the increcible support that pours out of the hearts and
: minds of the great folks here! In particular my buddy Jef., and Lane
: Baldwin were early pillars of wisdom and motivation and piles o' laffs
: too.
:
: You newbies who wonder why and old timer would pop back in; I know what
: you're thinking. You wonder if after 7 years some guy still haunts AS3
: it must be hell. He must still think about smoking and must be having a
: hard time.
:
: Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
: walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
: high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
: miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
: and strong lungs.
:
: Do I think about smoking fondly? FUCK NO! I can't stand being around
: cigarette smoke. I hate it! I have ZERO interest in smoking and only
: wish I had found AS3 a few years earlier, especially now as I see so
: many friends, some former smokers, battling cancer. Some have died, and
: I really, truly, do not want to miss one day of my life to as useless
: and activity as smoking.
:
: Do I feel better? HELL YES! I walk 3 kilometers every day, each way back
: and forth to work. (That's 14 degrees in milligrams for those of you in
: the US) I go to the gym 3 times a week and do a half hour cardio and a
: half hour on weights afterward. My blood pressure is fantastic and I
: almost never get a cough. Circulation is vastly better and I feel really
: fantastic.
:
: How about all that money saved, you know, the $16,300? Hahaha... NEXT!
:
: You newbies take heed. You can and will be here yourselves one day. You
: CAN do it!!! Read everything. Become totally immersed in it. Take
: control!!!
:
: Just don't have the next one. Never, ever touch anything even remotely
: connected to smoking; no cigarettes, cigars or pipes. No ashrays, no
: matches and no lighters. If you do it's RADIOACTIVE. You'll get a
: serious and excrutiating burn, instantly! DON'T TOUCH!!! Instead jam
: your hands in your pockets, or cross your arms and put your hands in
: your armpits. Turn away.
:
: Also you can NEVER, EVER have any cigarette smoke again. You are a
: JUNKIE. Not one! Nothing... nada... zip. None whatsoever - you hear
: me???!!!
:
: YOU CAN DO IT!!!! BE STRONG!!!!
:
: So anyway - that's it for now. I'll pop back in and read responses but
: probably won't reply to all. I will read them however and will take all
: the good karma I can get.
:
: Take care my quitting friends!
:
: Peace and Love from John
:
: Seven years, one day, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds. 51143
: cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,365.77. Life saved: 25 weeks, 2 days,
: 13 hours, 55 minutes.

Instead of taking 63 puffs of smoke, John van Gurp spoketh upon us:

>Do I still think about smoking? You bet you ass I do - every day when I
>walk past the tobacco hags and phlem boyz outside my office I praise the
>high heavens that I found the Junkie Thinking list. I thank
>miscellaneous deities for Zyban. I bow doen before the gods of clean air
>and strong lungs.

Congratulations noble knight John and thank you for the great
encouragment!

Here's for many more smoke free years! Cheers!


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