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Small backstory: I bought the cigarettes just before I got hurt at work back in early February of this year (slipped on ice on the top of a subway stairwell). I didn't see the ice because I was lighting a cigarette. An ambulance was called because I was knocked unconcious. Woke up in the hospital with a thrown out my back, broken fibula, broken rib (which punctured my lung and left it partially collapsed) , and I broke open my skull (stairs are metal and concrete). Had to stay home for 5 months of recovery. Vowed to quit smoking that day...haven't gone back since.
TLDR: got hurt bad at work; quit smoking. Found unopened pack in winter jacket and tossed 'em away.
FRONT PAGE EDIT: Wow! You all are so wonderful! "YOU LIKE ME! YOU REALLY LIKE ME!" This is a first time front page for me! Send bobs (is that how we do this?) J/k send funny pics of dogs.
FlashHardwood
Keep going! You got this
masterofmuppets13
Holy shit! One way smoking almost killed, good job! Keep it up!
flamedance58
Good job on maintaining a worthy goal.
undeadlemur
Gratz man
joshzsmith
Little tests like that are really incredible victories. Congrats.
susancreature
Hope you have had a cin0kete recovery. Stay strong!
somekindofusernamething
Huge effort! I just celebrated my 8 years, I've now been a non smoker for more than half the time I was a smoker! The cravings never 1/2
somekindofusernamething
2/2 quite stop 100% but they get much easier to ignore as time passes.
StevenRivera48
What app is this?
elbowdeepinadictator
Quit tracker
Staneye
Congratulations, Friend! Gets easier every day. Sucks that you got hurt pretty bad though. Stay well, Friend!
BifurcatedDickShaft
Everyone says it gets easier but about a year later and every single moment of every day I still want a ciggy as badly as my first day quit
SkamanSam
Instead of just upvoti g another comment, I want you to know I went thru the effort of typing this to tell you, "You fucking Rock! Well done
elbowdeepinadictator
Thank you!
Foire
taskinroe
Congratz! That was a nasty trap.
elbowdeepinadictator
Felt like something out of Home Alone
VodkaReindeer
I have a problem with the app showing a percentage of a year. It's not useful information.
elbowdeepinadictator
It also tells ypu how many days you've gone without.
Elysiarcade
Seriously good work, well done!
ThePartyLeader
Nice
elbowdeepinadictator
rattytom
I stopped smoking in ‘00. Three day stint in the hospital. (pneumonia) Threw my last pack in the freezer out of spite. They’re still there.
BIGB125
Hey whats the name of the app
elbowdeepinadictator
Qiut tracker
KatoGodPrime
What is the app you are using and can it be used for different things? :o
elbowdeepinadictator
Quit tracker is the app. I'm sure there are other applications for quitting "different things".
staxl2
Nice work dude keep at it
billstranger
/a/jHAAz7t ?
WesleyMun
What's that app @op?
elbowdeepinadictator
Quit tracker
Markuspsyches
1) Friend had a sub teach get classroom of high schoolers to toss theirs after he listed the ingredients including formaldehyde and said
Markuspsyches
2) "next time you smoke think of it as a dead man's cock" friend stopped on his way out and picked up the packs from the trash. teach asked
Markuspsyches
3) "after hearing that you're still going to smoke?" "Oh I don't smoke but people are always asking to buy some off me, this is pure profit"
alexanderbaker28
Failed after three years. Stay strong friend! Good work!
freeloaderr
Oh no, I was thinking I was fine, coz it’s been 3.5 years since I quit. I’ll still try to be careful then. So I don’t get back at it.
alexanderbaker28
I work in a high strung environment with (typically) angry people. It was the only thing keeping me from flipping my lid. Be strong friend.
Zeroforwinger
Nah you didn’t fail. You took a break from quitting. Now get back in there
Marukina
https://i.imgur.com/43kPY
elbowdeepinadictator
Agreed! Get back on the wagon!
JollyJokzr
Holy shit. I've been without for 2 1/2 years now
trigonman3
SixPieceChickenMcNobody
I still have my last pack of cigarettes from late July of 1997. I bet they’ve gone stale by now.
elbowdeepinadictator
Maybe just a little stale after 24 years and 3 months...
SegyeJibae
If Steve can smoke something produced in 1944, 1997 is still fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtgdbucX3nc
flamingflamingo
What does a cigarette taste like if it's stale?
elbowdeepinadictator
Like absolute trash.
flamingflamingo
Don't normal cigarettes taste like that?
astrangehop
Bad rasins and cardboard.
ccredit1312
I smoked for 25 years and have been quit for 8. I still have days where I want one, momentarily, but it passes, stay strong!
elbowdeepinadictator
Thank you and congratulations!
donutposse11337
The only negative is that pesky “extra days you have to spend in a nightmarish hellscape” counter. Big turnoff for me
kmikl
Keep it up @op, I'm proud of you for doing this.
elbowdeepinadictator
Thank you internet stranger!
lovetogetblottoOtto
What app is that?
elbowdeepinadictator
Quit tracker
Tairu8
Were you really tempted to light one or was it pretty easy to throw them out since you haven’t smoked for a while?
elbowdeepinadictator
I was pretty tempted to open and light one. I used to smoke A LOT at work. So anytime I'm there I have cravings.
Tairu8
AlexisActually
Fuckin' same, I used to step out a lot at the call center as a supervisor, that job was hell after I quit.
siilverbolt3
I couldn't quit until I changed careers entirely. It so hard to change behavior for me at least. Good going! Hope your back feels better too
elbowdeepinadictator
Gracias. I'm already back to work for a couple of months now. Taking it as easy as I can. How long have you quit smoking for?
siilverbolt3
2.5 years. Was a smoker for only about 10. I'm in my late 30s. I was a bartender and drank a ton now I drink seldom, so alot ofgood changes
elbowdeepinadictator
Excellent job!
NotWorthMyTimeAnymore
2700 cigs for $1600? Something doesn't add up here.
2too
I recently quit. Was paying 12 bucks a pack for Spirits. The math ads up.
elbowdeepinadictator
Long Island, NY prices. About $12 a pack for Marlboros.
JollyJokzr
It was surprisingly hard to find out what cigarettes cost around here nowadays. Apparently I could pay 50% more rent with the money I save
2too
Just upped my living situation when I quit six months ago. $333 a month in cigs, or $300 more in rent for a better spot was a no brainer.
JollyJokzr
Used to smoke around ten packs a week
Creed3193
Nah that adds up. Here in my neck of the woods Marlboro is about 8 a pack. .40 a cig. Times that by 2700 you get $1080.
NotWorthMyTimeAnymore
Which is only about 2/3 of 1600. If I remember math, that doesn't add up.
Creed3193
Some places charge a lot more for a pack. Depends on your country, state, and taxes.
NotWorthMyTimeAnymore
Did the math, it would be about 60 cents per cig which comes to $11,40 for a 19-pack. Not even Marlboro is that expensive.
Creed3193
A pack of Marlboro reds in NYC is $15 a pack. Divided by 20 cigs in a pack. $.75 a cig. Times that by 2720 cigs comes out to $2040.
Creed3193
The cost of a pack can range widely depending on where you live. So saving $1600 is quite plausible.
NotWorthMyTimeAnymore
You have 20-packs? Always 19 over here. $15 a pack is insane!