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Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 4:22 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
We quit smoking!! 
In those 8 years, I have with no exceptions, pulled out $200.00 less cash every week out of our payroll deposits. That's what we were spending on cigarettes each week when we quit.
$200.00 X 52(weeks)= $10,400.00 a year.
$10,400.00 X 8 (years) = $83,200.00.
That's how much money we have saved by not smoking!! We have done some extraordinary things with that money over the years and there is no better feeling than knowing we paid cash AND our health has benefitted from it
I still love the smell of cigarette smoke and will practically sit in our smoking friends lap when they light up 
but I couldn't be prouder of us
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"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
Amazonia ( member #32810) posted at 4:25 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Good job!!! 
"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe." -Buddha
"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 4:26 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
So amazing. Congratulations!!!
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
WhiteWolfWinning ( member #12475) posted at 4:27 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Congratulations! That is truly amazing!
Wolf
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply, Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God
Thank you, Lord, for the lightness of my burdens
lieshurt ( member #14003) posted at 4:35 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
That's wonderful!
No one changes unless they want to. Not if you beg them. Not if you shame them. Not if you use reason, emotion, or tough love. There is only one thing that makes someone change: their own realization that they need to.
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 4:47 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
inhishands55 ( member #9454) posted at 4:50 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
That paid for you new pool last year, right??? Congrats on 8 yrs smoke free....
boontje ( member #33247) posted at 4:52 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
That's fantastic! Not only have you saved a ton of $$ , your health has benefited as well. Congrats!!
Me: BS
Dday: June 2011
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.
--Theodore Roosevelt
MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 4:56 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Congrats DS!!!!
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Can I have a raise?
simplydevastated ( member #25001) posted at 5:00 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Speaking as an asthmatic who could never understand how anyone would inhale smoke into a perfectly good set of lungs, I congratulate you both on being 8 years smoke free.
Breathe easy my friends
ETA- @Moo
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Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
Kodi ( member #16237) posted at 5:12 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
AFrayedKnot ( member #36622) posted at 5:15 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Thank you for the hope and inspiration!!!!
BS 48fWS 44 (SurprisinglyOkay)DsD DSA whole bunch of shit that got a lot worse before it got better."Knowing is half the battle"
lynnm1947 ( member #15300) posted at 5:25 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Ohhhhh, good for you and MH, DS!
I quit in 1976; I don't recall what cigarette prices were at the time, but I calculate I spent about $10/week. Times 52 weeks x 37 years, even at 1976 prices, I've saved over $19,000--and much, much more if I re-calculate using the huge increase.
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
ZenMumWalking ( member #25341) posted at 6:09 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
That is AMAZING, congrats!!!
Me (BS), Him (WH): late-50's
3 DS: 26, 25, 22
M: 30+ (19 1/2 at Dday)
Dday: Dec 2008
Wanted R, not gonna happen (in permanent S)
Used to be DeadMumWalking, doing better now
gahurts ( member #33699) posted at 6:18 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Good for you both!! That is really great news.
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indominable will" - Mahatma Gandi
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - Aubrie
imagoodwitch ( member #23375) posted at 7:00 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
How did you do it DS?
I'm looking for options that will not cause me to become homicidal.
Ordinary average everyday sane psycho super goddess
Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 7:23 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Thanks everyone!!! Your support and encouragement is wonderful
imagoodwitch...
We used the Patch and didn't cheat at all. We set a quit date and stuck to it. I can tell you this...we had a few really awful fights the first year. No matter how hard we tried to keep from completely exploding, there were times...well...lets just say the neighbors knew we were fighting 
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
Lucky2HaveMe ( member #13333) posted at 7:26 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Awesome! The cost alone should be incentive! Good for you for spending it on fun.
Love isn't what you say, it's what you do.
ajsmom ( member #17460) posted at 7:32 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Awesome.
I am always astounded at how much cigarettes cost.
Having lost both my parents who were heavy smokers to lung cancer, you've most definitely done the right thing!
AJ's MOM
Fidelity isn't a feeling...it's a choice.
"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always." - Albert Schweitzer
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Me: BW - Him: 200+ # tumor removed 7/09
One AMAZING DS - 34
GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 9:23 PM on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Holy cow that's a ton of money saved!
Congrats on quitting!
Me - late 40s
DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
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