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Risja's One Year Smoke Free Milestone
"I look back and remember how my mind tricked me into thinking the oddest things; for instance, I got depressed at thinking I'd never ever again have another smoke. I also wondered what on earth I would do now, now that I couldn't smoke. What else fun was there to do?"

Tee's One Year Smoke Free Milestone
"I didn't really start this journey by choice, but by necessity. Last May I had pneumonia (my 3rd case in 2 years) and was literally wasting away to nothing...I weighed a total of 98 pounds."

Mary's One Year Smoke Free Milestone
"My brother passed away in 1994 from lymphoma, a form of cancer. One day toward the end he looked at me with a sad, frightened, pleading look and asked me to quit smoking. That look haunted me for a long time. But I did not quit."

Christine's One Year Smoke Free Milestone
"If you truly want to quit smoking, you can. It takes drive, desire, and dedication. If you have those, you can quit."

Gary Stopped Smoking One Year Ago
"Today marks a new beginning for me. I’ve done something that I never believed was possible. You see, one year ago I stopped smoking. This was my birthday present to me."

Arvind's One Year Smoke Free Milestone
"Smoking was associated with almost all my feelings, thoughts, action and even sleep! It was the center part of my life and my first love."

Vickie Quit Smoking One Year Ago
"One year ago, a few minutes before midnight, I sat on the step in my garage puffing away on what would be my last cigarette ever. With sheer determination and the help of Wellbutrin and this forum, my journey began."

Grace Celebrates One Year Smoke Free
"Quitting smoking is easy. Staying that way can be a real challenge. But I have learned the secrets to success. It’s about body, mind and spirit."

Ronnie's One Year Smoke Free Milestone
"There was a time, and no so long ago, that I thought I would always smoke. I worried each and every day about what I was doing to my body and how I was shortening my life, but still I continued to smoke."

Allen Quit Smoking One Year Ago
"After 20 years of smoking (yes I started at way too early an age), I was resolved to the fact that I would be smoking until it took the life from me."

Kerri Quit Smoking One Year Ago
"Quitting smoking is more than just not smoking, it’s changing how you think about your life and its quality and potential, about being an addict, understanding the addiction. Pulling out the real you under the fog and taking good care of that “you”."

May Quit Smoking One Year Ago
From May: "As a smoker, I felt like such a big hypocrite. I was ashamed that I was so hooked. I hated that having to plan the next fix. I hated the sneaky shopping trips for “supplies”. I hated the withdrawals when I was forced to do without for an extended period of time."

Deborah Quit Smoking One Year Ago
"On October 13, 2004 I took a step that has changed my life. I somehow summoned the strength and courage to throw out the cigarettes that had accompanied me everywhere I went for twenty years."

Paula's One Year Milestone
"I started my journey in January 2004, determined that I was going to be a non smoker. I was sick of being sick, terrified of what I was doing to my body by continuing to smoke, but also absolutely terrified to let go of my 'good friend' nicotine, who had been there for me through so much."

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