60 days...

[Nevbasser]

Congrats to ya!

Now if I could just convince myself to quit!!!

[mjr]

bassbones, i must say you and the others in these forums who decided to quit are giving me hope that i can quit as well. i have been following all the posts about quiting smoking and its making me realize that i just need to take the bull by the horns. thanx

[Riplip]

I gots some appetite fo yo HELL cake...

After our conversation about...oh....five weeks ago, I KNEW you would coast thru this and every other milestone. It was all about desire and resolution...

Call me man, we need to celebrate

[basstamer]

*NM*

[bassindon69]

Yes! Good for you. For what it is worth I am proud of you too. If you can do this you can do anything.

I have not got to that point yet damn it! But I need to soon very soon.

Don.

[StockOption]

Congrats Bassbones.

I quit about 10 months ago and to this day I still take $5/day, $35/week and buy every piece of tackle I want My LuckyCraft lure collection has grown -quite- nicely over this time period.

The urge to smoke is still there -every day- some days worse than others, but I been doing great fighting the urge.

I will NEVER smoke again. (PERIOD) Nastiest habit I ever picked up. NEVER AGAIN.

Anyhow congrats and keep up the good fight

[Cooch]

on this journey to a far better life! Day 39 and counting fer me buddy, I'm on yer heels! LOL

And like Stocky says..................NEVER AGAIN!

[gt5bass]

Congrats CJ

Give me a ring next week as I will be haunting your pond

[Bill Cook]

Cooch- does that include Cohibas????

[Jim Conlow Sr.]

and the best thing I ever did for myself. truly belisve I would be dead if I hadnt quit.

Stay with it. it gets much easier the longer you go.

[Jim Conlow Sr.]

Instead of feeding the worms for someone else to fish with do it now. Its that simple.
SMOKING KILLS PEOPLE

[StockOption]

Good to hear it gets much easier, thanks for passing that along.

22 years good for you. I plan on reaching that milestone in about 21 years and 2 months.

[MIKE TREMONT]

60 days, I like that. I'm sorry I missed you this weekend.
It's going to get easier. I remember when I was at about 180 days and I was standing in line to get something for lunch and had one of the most overwhelming urges to smoke. It was wierd, thought I was past it. I thought I had it licked.
I didn't smoke, and you and Mr. Cooch sound like some pretty tough hombres.
Just beware guys, that stuff can be real sneaky.
It's been a lot of years for me (not as much as Mr. Smiling Conlow, but I ain't his age yet, but I hope I look as good as he does if and when I get there!) and I'm so glad I gave the schict up, and I know you all will be too.

[Ken C.]

I knew you could do it once I saw the conviction come out of ya! Congratulations! It was good to see you Sunday and yeah it would've been classic to do the "Bone's in Da House" thing over the PA

By the way, my wife Cheryl is at 3 weeks and one day today !

Now just stay with it, and don't look back.

[Hipster]

Bones,

I do not know you at all, and if'in it were not for this here forum and seein a pic or to of you I would have thought you were just another crazed NCBF passerby!!

Great Job not smoking!!!

I my self am at six months and seven days no smokes, still want one every day when the wife lights up!! BUTTT it aint gonna happen!! I do not SMOKE !! Got it I do not Smoke!! it works

[Ken C.]

No, no, no... That will be for her, not me!!! That way she'll be comfortable using her own stuff and not be afraid to use mine (as if I have anything she should worry about as far as equipment is concerned! ) You guys are awesome for offering that up!

In fact I told her I would spring for a totally pampering full spa treatment and perhaps a weekend at the ocean in some quaint little B & B after she makes the 6 months. That'll be my contribution. (Anybody got some ideas on where to take her?) H-m-m-m, I guess I'm going tohave to come up with something for a one year anniversary!

[Colebass]

You feeling like you'll make the long hall?

[Colebass]

Great job Cooch and your setting a great example for all the teens that watch you! Thanks again for the invite, had a blast.

[Hipster]

Bones

Compliment yes, I meant never personally met you

[Larry Douglas]

I don't smoke. I gave it up 42 days ago. I will never smoke again. I tried to quit in the past and failed. Once went 8 days before starting up again. Not again! That is a part of my life that is gone!

Congrats to the rest of you who are quitting!

Larry Douglas

[Jim Conlow Sr.]

I called slapping yourself on the chest for the cig pack every time you start to do something that triggered the smoking habit before you quit, "The Grabs"
The time it takes for the grab to go away shortens with time and eventually turns into a total dislike for the smell of tobacco smoke. I used to not be able to understand why some people hated to be around smokers, but now I fully understand.
By the way a med doctor has told me that my lungs have totally reginerated themselves, and I was smoking 5 packs a day when I quit.
Hang in there guys it just gets better.

[rexford]

Monday is 2 years for me too. Although my smoking
urges are few and far between and pretty mild after
that much time they are still there even today. Sort
of puts the entire industry in a new perspectve. What
ever they put in those things it sticks with you forever.
I often thought how hard it must be to kick a drug
addiction. I guess now we know. Certainly takes
a pair of brass boys combined with a hell of alot
of determination.

Well done you guys!

[StockOption]

...I took the wife here for our 15th anniversary several years ago. We stayed in their best room and it was O U T S T A N D I N G:

http://www.heritagehouseinn.com/


Very scenic area, I'm sure you and your wife would love it.

[Ken C.]

Thanks, I'll check it out!

[Jim Conlow Sr.]

They get to be less and less and then one day you realize that they have been completely gone for a long time
I think the rudest awakening is when a pretty girl gets close to you and her breath smells like a wet ashtray after a poker party.

Jim

[mac (Doyle McEwen)]

Hell, Jim, I would still kiss her and hope to take her to bed...Opps I meant out..But chances are she wouldn't have anything to do with me..

mac

[Jim Conlow Sr.]

And after one night I would be smoking again

[troutnut]

Ex-smokers can smell that foul smokers breath from more than flippin' distance away.

No amount of makeup or tiny bikinis can overcome smokers breath.

If those pretty girls only knew how bad it smells...