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::Thank you Butterfly. :: ::I’m not feeling well enough to be a boar right now.  Fibro flare.  Today ::was mid 60’s and I couldn’t force myself to go outside and work on "the ::wall".  I even took a nap.  First time in months.  I’m in my office, the ::temp is 76F, and I’m cold.  It’s what I call the "Fake Fibro Fever".  My ::temp is at it’s normal 97.8 Dear Tono, It`s been a few days since your post. I do hope you are feeling a lot better by now. How often do you flare? (((((Tono))))) Jackie ~*~My greatest fear is there is no such thing as PMS and this is really my personality~*~ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette?

Yes, the most recent time was when my aunt was dying.  I allow myself a cigarette in the house before bed, and one when I wake up..the others I smoke outside.  I was exhausted and managed to drop my cigarette and BURN A HOLE IN MY BRAND NEW WHITE CARPETING that I bought for the den. Reminds me of the first time my step dad came to visit my grandmother after he had asked my mother to marry him.  Granny had just had new carpet installed.  He was nervous, and dropped a cigarette and burned a hole in her new carpeting.  Our family has a better sense of humor than we care about carpeting (most of us, anyway) we teased him for years about doing that on purpose, LOL. Sally — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Smoke free since sometime before thanksgiving! What a phenomenal job, Tony. I’ve been wishing for that very thing lately, as I’ve had to switch temporarily to cigarettes just to alleviate the tongue burn from pipe smoking. My lungs feel like concrete. It sucks. My hat is off to you for staying smober.

Smober, I like that!  Like Elise said, you have to prepare yourself.  I hadn’t set any date, I just kept getting more and more disgusted with each cigarette I smoked.  I didn’t fight the idea that cigarettes are disgusting, I went with it.  I encouraged bad feelings every time I lit up.  Then one day I just quit.  A few days later I found a pack in a jacket and threw them away.  I wanted to hold on to them forever.  Then I found another half pack in the shed, they were also difficult to throw away, but I did and I’m happy for it! For me I really needed to be disgusted with myself every time I lit up.   Do it long enough and it may work for you too? Tono — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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It took me about 11 months to mentally prepare myself to quit.

Ah, how horrible it all is. I coughed up some phlegm this morning that   was parly grey (gray?). Holy crap. I have this intense urge to smoke, but my lungs just *hurt*. Tiring. Ian — http://sundry.ws — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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For me I really needed to be disgusted with myself every time I lit up. Do it long enough and it may work for you too?

Any port in a storm. BTW, glad you like "smober", though it’s not my term. Can’t remember where I heard it. Ian — http://sundry.ws — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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::My quit date was November 6th so you are around there ::somewhere.  Once in a while I still would like a cig, especially with a ::fresh cup of coffee…not caving though. Congrats to you too Elise Jackie ~*~Life was so much easier when your clothes didn’t match and boys had cooties~*~ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Hi, Ian, It took me about 11 months to mentally prepare myself to quit.  It was my New Year’s resolution for 2005.  I was supposed to quit in August but circumstances prevented me so in November I took action.  (In August I started cutting down by 1 cig per week.) smiles, Elise

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– The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette? Jackie ~*~Life was so much easier when your clothes didn’t match and boys had cooties~*~ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Thankfully, no. smiles, Elise

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– The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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No, but *almost*, a long time ago.  Got up and put that cig right out. Never laid down smoking again. Di

3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette? Jackie

– The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette?

Not that I know of. Been smoking since I was 15, and I’m 34, so you’d think at some point it would have happened. I guess those horror stories about people lighting themselves on fire kind of stick with you. Ian — http://sundry.ws — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette?

Yes.  I was about 18 to 20 and drunk as a skunk.  Luckily I tossed and turned and the side of my belly rolled onto a smoldering red patch about 8" round.  The pain woke me up and I had no idea what was happening.  I jumped up and turned on the lights.  The room was so smoky I could hardly see.  poured water on the bed and opened all the windows and doors.  Who knows how many more minutes of air I had? Tono  Smoke free since sometime before thanksgiving! — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Smoke free since sometime before thanksgiving!

What a phenomenal job, Tony. I’ve been wishing for that very thing lately, as I’ve had to switch temporarily to cigarettes just to alleviate the tongue burn from pipe smoking. My lungs feel like concrete. It sucks. My hat is off to you for staying smober. Ian — http://sundry.ws — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette? Jackie

Yes, sorry to say. But not for probably 7 or 8 years now.  I finally learned to be more careful.  I was lucky I didn’t do any major damage. Deirdre — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Hey, Tono, good job.  My quit date was November 6th so you are around there somewhere.  Once in a while I still would like a cig, especially with a fresh cup of coffee…not caving though. smiles, Elise

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette? Yes.  I was about 18 to 20 and drunk as a skunk.  Luckily I tossed and turned and the side of my belly rolled onto a smoldering red patch about 8" round.  The pain woke me up and I had no idea what was happening.  I jumped up and turned on the lights.  The room was so smoky I could hardly see.  poured water on the bed and opened all the windows and doors.  Who knows how many more minutes of air I had? Tono  Smoke free since sometime before thanksgiving! — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

– The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette?

Seeing that I am a non-smoker…no. — Ron P I’m an EXPERT….a has-been under pressure<;-) — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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3/15/06: Todays question is being brought to you by our very own Tono How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a lit cigarette?

Never. I took one puff of a cigarette at age 6. That was the last time I smoked. I’ve always had a very strong aversion to cigarette smoke and ashes. Don’t know why. Strangely enough, I did smoke a pipe for a number of years till a friend of mine got lung cancer that spread to the bones in his leg. He died. After I saw him alive for the last time, I came home and threw out all my pipes (don’t want cancer of the oral cavity or throat) Chip — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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::How about "have you ever fallen asleep with a ::lit cigarette? Yup, when I was drunk.Those foolish, wild days Jackie ~*~Life was so much easier when your clothes didn’t match and boys had cooties~*~ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Hey, Tono, good job.  My quit date was November 6th so you are around there somewhere.  Once in a while I still would like a cig, especially with a fresh cup of coffee…not caving though. smiles, Elise

Thanks Elise and good job to you too! Tono — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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::Tono  Smoke free since sometime before thanksgiving! Congrats Boar man! Job well done

Thank you Butterfly. I’m not feeling well enough to be a boar right now.  Fibro flare.  Today was mid 60’s and I couldn’t force myself to go outside and work on "the wall".  I even took a nap.  First time in months.  I’m in my office, the temp is 76F, and I’m cold.  It’s what I call the "Fake Fibro Fever".  My temp is at it’s normal 97.8 Tono — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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::Tono  Smoke free since sometime before thanksgiving! Congrats Boar man! Job well done Jackie ~*~Life was so much easier when your clothes didn’t match and boys had cooties~*~ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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