From: Joseph McAllister
The year the Macintosh was released, 1984. So I guess it's 25 years for me.

On Feb 6, 2009, at 23:25 , John Francis wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 12:02:23AM -0600, William Robb wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subash"
>> Subject: Re: February and January PUG
>>
>>
>>
>>>> Scott Loveless
>>>> Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008
>>>
>>> good going. ;-) i was a three-packets a day chain smoker till i >>> kicked
>>> the habit in sept 2005. took me almost two months before i was sure
>>> that i had really given it up...the first day/week/month is hell.
>>> smooth sailing once you get over that...
>>>
>>> regards, subash
>>
>> I quit smoking a dozen times or more. I finally made it stick >> almost 16
>> years ago.
>> I took up drinking instead.....
>>
>> William Robb
>
> Almost 20 years for me.

Thirty Eight years now, although I quit before it really got its hooks into me. I was only up to a pack and a half to two packs a day.

I grew up in a tobacco town and started smoking before I was in my teens; 10 or 11 I think.

Back then cigarettes only cost $.25 a pack and you could get them from vending machines. You could support the habit picking up pop bottles from the side of the road and taking them to the grocery store for the deposit.

Anyway, I guess I was 21 when I woke up one morning while I was digging through an ashtray trying to find a long enough butt to get me started so I could go to the store and get another pack.

"This is stupid! Screw it, I ain't doin' this anymore."

I was a miserable son of a b*tch to be around for the next six months, as if anyone noticed, but I made it stick.

You never get it completely out of your system though. Even to this day, I'll occasionally get a whiff of second hand smoke and my mouth will start watering.

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