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Well, the day has finally come! I'm ready to quit. So here I sit, almost two hours without a cigarette, wondering whether this is worth posting on the boards. Well, to tell you the truth, I'll be proud of myself if I can actually do this, and... I could use the accountability and the encouragement.  So wish me luck, guys, I'll need the support.  Sara 
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Well, done, Sara!  I'm sure you can find plenty to do here on the mbs to keep your mind - and hands - off those cigarettes! Good luck! LabRat 
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Great decision, Sara, and very courageous. We'll be here to support you and help you go through the first few difficult weeks. After that it should get easier (but we'll still be here). Kaethel
- I'm your partner. I'm your friend.
- Is that what we are?
- Oh, you know what? I don't know what we are. We kiss and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other's arms, but we never talk about it, so no, I got no clue what we are.
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Good decision, Sara! And I'm sure it won't be easy, but I'm also sure that you can do it. Feel free to vent or whatever, anytime you need to... We're here for ya  PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
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Very good idea! Good luck, it's a great step towards better health! ~Liz
Lois: Can I go?
Clark: No.
Lois: Oh come on, Clark, why do we go through this? We both know I’m going to go.
Clark: Then why do you ask?
Lois: I’m trying to be nice.
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Go Sara! Go Sara! Go! Go! Go Sara, Sara, Sara! Go Sara! Yippeee!!!!! James
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Good to stop now, Sara. I've been married to a smoker for 13 years and that means we've spent over $32,000 on his cigarettes. Nice down payment on a house that would be. Would also pay off our credit card debt. I don't even want to consider the interest that would earn if it was in a savings plan those 13 years.  GOOD to STOP NOW! TEEEEEEEJ
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Good luck! I know you can do it! Any time you need someone to act totally foolish/silly to distract you from cravings, tell me to go drink some caffine...
In this life of froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another's trouble,
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Good luck, Sara! You'll need lots of willpower, but just think of the benefits to your health, as well as the fact that your clothes and hair and all of you will smell much nicer. You'll never have Larry Hagman sit in front of you with a miniature fan telling you that kissing a smoker is like kissing a dirty ol' ashtray. (Yeah, yeah, I've just aged myself here  ) And, as TJ says, think of how much money you'll be saving! I don't know how many you smoked per day, but I'm sure you could work out how long it would take you to save enough for another air ticket to visit some FoLC friends, or the Lois and Clark DVDs coming out this year!  Wendy
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Good luck, Sara! Great decision!! You know where to find us if you need some distraction... Julie
Mulder: Imagine if you could come back and take out five people who had caused you to suffer. Who would they be?
Scully: I only get five?
Mulder: I remembered your birthday this year, didn't I, Scully?
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Just wanted to take quick second, before I have to rush off again, to thank *each* and *every* one of you for responding. I think I found an new Stop Smoking Program! Seriously, just knowing how much support I've gotten already just in my first day, is more than helpful. Kept thinking at work "Can't have a cigarette... can't go into irc later smelling like an ashtray. They'll know." So thanks, Lab, Kae, Pam, Liz, James, TEEEJ, Jenni, Wendy, Jen and Julie!!!! Sara  <--- Just about how I'm feeling right now. :p
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Hang in there, Sara!! You'll be fine. Kaethel
- I'm your partner. I'm your friend.
- Is that what we are?
- Oh, you know what? I don't know what we are. We kiss and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other's arms, but we never talk about it, so no, I got no clue what we are.
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Yay, Sara! You can do it - we're all rooting for you. Yvonne
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So glad to hear this, Sara! I know you can do it. And I know how you can distract yourself... write some fanfic!
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Good luck! 
I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams. -- Aunt May, Spider-Man 2
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Darn. I can't remember what comedian it was who talked about quitting smoking by taking deep breaths (thus getting a little nicotine taste in the mouth, courtesy of smoker's lungs ) and munching carrot sticks. And I can't give Google enough to find it -- if it's even online. Did find out that both of those things are really recommended, though. Good luck, and good for you! Look what a great thing you are doing for yourself! Go Sara!
Do you know the most surprising thing about divorce? It doesn't actually kill you, like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you've promised to cherish till death do you part says, "I never loved you," it should kill you instantly.
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go sara! you can do it!! and if you can do it maybe i could do it........
Tempus: Because you are, in a
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Inmate: Looney toons is two words.
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Sara, The only "safer" cigarette is your last one.
-Duane Alan Hahn Ankit, 
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Rough first day, but I didn't hurt anyone. I'm *really* bowled over by the amount of replies I've gotten and I really can't thank you all enough. I've read all the posts *several* times. Makes me want one just that much less. So thanks Yvonne, Molly, Emily, Rivka, Jen, and Ankit!!! As well as everyone else too!!  Sara 
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