# 6 mo. later-(non)smokers pls. check in **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731 "2003-02-04T17:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/1 "2003-02-04T17:46:00Z")
Greetings! I just realized that tomorrow will be six months of non-smoking for me. I quit along with (twenty or so?) nice folks from this board on August 5th. I feel very good. I don’t wake up at night coughing anymore. I heal more quickly from a cold. I feel good about “beating” smoking. 🙂 Would anyone else like to check in? (and a big ‘thanks’ again for techchick for motivating me to do this) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/2 "2003-02-04T17:50:53Z")
WAY TO GO!!! Keep up the resolve, **Jorel** Just passed my 3 year mark - and I appreciate it more each day! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/3 "2003-02-04T17:55:40Z")
This past Sunday was 2 weeks. Pack a day for 10 years, to cold turkey. I joined a gym and have been running 2 miles on a treadmill 3 to 4 times a week. I feel great. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/4 "2003-02-04T18:06:45Z")
I quit for New Year’s. The thing I like most so far is the “extra” $200 I’ve got to spend after a month of not buying smokes. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/5 "2003-02-04T18:07:16Z")
Good to hear it! I quit Nov 1 myself… World Eater, Rico, Jorel, and anyone else… hats off to you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/6 "2003-02-04T18:19:11Z")
Congrats everyone! It’s not easy – I _still_ want a cigarette sometimes. But my “smober” meter now reads… 7 months, 11 hours, 19 minutes and 29 seconds since my last cigarette. I’ve not smoked 4309 cigarettes, saving $721.97, and adding 2 weeks, 23 hours, 5 minutes to my life to spend with **Spiny Norman**. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/7 "2003-02-04T19:45:54Z")
I’m at 5 days now. I did quit for new years, but have been having one at night occasionally. Now I’ve got this killer head &chest cold with a sore throat that keeps me from wanting a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/8 "2003-02-04T20:10:42Z")
Two years, eleven months, three weeks, six days, 15 hours, 13 minutes and 31 seconds. 20760 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,152.01. Life saved: 10 weeks, 2 days, 2 hours, 0 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/9 "2003-02-04T20:50:25Z")
I haven’t had one in over 10 years. Still miss it. Congrats to everybody! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/10 "2003-02-04T20:56:02Z")
2 and a half months (The day after D-Day). I was tempted to quit when all the other members did, but I had just failed prior to that. I usually need to build up a disgust over a couple months to get myself to quit. Other times I “quit” I have had puffs here and there, and maybe even a ful smoke. I still claimed to myself that I quit. Well, now I know better. I think I really might be done this time. Not a puff. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/11 "2003-02-04T21:04:24Z")
I went on a cruise during the holidays with my family. I had two cigarettes in the first 3 days of the two week long cruise, and I puffed on a cuban cigar on new years. I haven’t smoked since. I used to smoke 5-10 cigarettes a day. I must say I feel better. All during the cruise I used the gym instead of smoking (after all, I had to do something to fight off the 4000-10,000,000 (;)) calorie a day diet I had with all the free food…) ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/12 "2003-02-04T21:15:54Z")
_…secretly hopes nobody will link to the original thread where I probably boast about how easy I will quit smoking…_ Congrats to those that made it! ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-mo-later-non-smokers-pls-check-in/152731/13 "2003-02-04T21:30:21Z")
Congratulations to all of you!