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1. nerak47

   

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   12 Mar 2018

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   I never really paid much attention to counting days >>months>>(hopefully) years!  Little anniversaries counted from days to weeks to months to years... WELL!  Of all times to start such an important life change is Feb 6. I looked forward to that 1 month anniversary - I wanted to say I've been smoke free 1 month Mar 6... nope!  Talk about technical - Mar 8 is my 1 month!  Hmmm  
   Its not just this site that has months all messed up,  and now instead of counting months,  I must remember its days or weeks!  The number may be bigger,  but the month sounds more celebratory, doesn't it? 
   On that note it's been 34 days smoke free!  ❤😁
   
   Nerak
   
   
2. sarah, quit coach

   

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   13 Mar 2018 in reply to nerak47

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   A very happy 34 days quit to you, nerak47!

3. ocean

   

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   lol!  Hi nerak, I get so lost with days/weeks/months after the first month too!  I thought I was in my 9th week 2 weeks ago but I was wrong.  Congratulations on your big one month anniversary!  I always feel happy when I see you post and know that you're still going places.  We can do it!
4. treepeo

   

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   Hi nerak,
   
   You crack me up!  Congrats on your 34 days, now closer to 35!  You are getting it done!
5. nerak47

   

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   Hello again! 
   
   Thanks for the congrats...
   I am curious to now know my 2 month anniversary date will be? I now have 36 days smoke free 
   And Ocean,  as long as we keep putting 1 foot in front of the other,  we will always be going places!  And if we fall,  damn good thing we have behinds to land on,  and hands to brush dust off.. Carry on!  
   I still struggle with referring to myself as a non smoker.. . smoke free rolls off tongue.  I've smoked a lot of yrs,  and it seems my mind is stuck on being a 'smoker' and doesn't want to give that up. 
   I will remain smoke free until I can finally be a non smoker
   
   nerak 
   
   
   
   
   
6. eagerquit

   

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   14 Mar 2018

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   Congratulations Nerak47,
   
   I have completed my first week smoke free today. I hope I will have your problem of messed up smoke free months and weeks soon enough! Its a lot better than stressing about getting another pack.
   
   Eagerquit
   
7. treepeo

   

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   Yup, I referred to myself as smoke free for a long time, too.  Can't remember when I started calling myself a non-smoker and meaning it, because it felt really weird to me.  I guess because it is the total opposite of what I had been all my life.  Even now, I feel like a bit of an imposter calling myself a non-smoker. 
   
   Someone recently asked me when I quit, and when I told her it was 14 months ago, she said, "Gee, that's not a long time."  And I thought to myself, "You wanna bet?  You try quitting after having smoked your whole life."  I know she didn't mean anything derogatory, but I couldn't help but feel that she was a bit dismissive of the effort it took for me to quit.  But then again, I find that people who have never smoked just don't get how hard and how complicated it really is to quit.
   
   So you go ahead and call yourself whatever you like, as long as you recognize that you are strong and courageous for tackling this addiction and coming out on top!