Guitslinger, Glad to hear your getting through this so far. I thought this chart might help you out. I know it helped me when I was quitting. Stick with it. Although the cravings will return years after quitting, The desire subsides. http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Benefits_Time_Table.html

Happy Sunday Guitslinger! Later on, you will love yourself for what you've done!

Good Job! Now get out there and have a nice day!

Peace,
Gridlok

"The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get." Weird how that Joe Walsh album title came into my head as I read through the four pages of this thread. Joe had a great sense of humor, with that title, didn't he?

Seriously, +1,000, Guitslinger!! You've encouraged me to try to quit again!! Just grab my Strat or Tele when the craving starts!

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"It's about sound and sound alone. Looks are irrelevant. You can have the best-looking guitar on earth, but if the sound isn't there it is nothing more than a beautiful piece of trash. The sound it makes is the soul of any guitar."

Glad too see that you're quitting too Stratfreak,it'll be so much easier to quit knowing that there are other forum members going through the same trials and temptations.Lots of luck with it.This is day 9 and not so bad so far.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Congrats on quitting. 5 days and going, outstanding!!! Keep it up. Remember what you are quitting for, especially during any rough times. Stay strong.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

Keep up the good work man, quitting was tough but I'm 2 1/2 years without a cigarette, and it's definitely worth it. And think of the shiny Rickenbacker!

Best of luck man, we are rooting for you!

Drew

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You can't win them all, if you did, where would you keep them?

2010 Fender MIM strat in candy apple red w/ rosewood board
2010 PRS SE Tremonti single cut, vintage cherry red
2009 Squier "tiredcaster" modded strat w/ big hairy wiring R.I.P

Thanks for posting that time table Marvin-those pix at the end of it are scary enough to make anyone want to quit especially the emaciated 34 year old in the hospital bed.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Congrats on Quitting!!

I smoked a pack a day for about 20 years and quit about 8 years ago.

Man, it's unbelievable to be able to really smell things again!

I quit by using the patch. But I soon found myself being addicted to the patch

I loved them. Slap that baby on, and in about 10 minutes later you would start getting this nice warm buzz...and it is completely legal!

5 years after quitting, I ended up with cancer in one of my tonsils. They said it was from smoking and alcohol (sp) consumption.

Ya know, when I'm on a backpacking trip and hanging in a hammock, I still wish I was puffing on a $@!.

again, congrats and stick to it.

e

I remember a night a few decades ago when I had consumed enough that I completely understood that.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

GOOD ON YOU!!!!!!

Fave scary stat; a teaspoon of pure nicotine is capable of killing almost 100 people. There are more or less 1700 chemicals present in the combustion process of cigarettes.

"What's in your lungs?"

And...if you can't BREATHE, NOTHING else is important.

Best of fortune.

+1 The BREATHING thing is no joke
----Danny,

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I LIKE PIE!!!!!

IF I DO SOMETHING STUPID,DON'T SAY A WORD...

12 days off the smokes-the jangle of that Rickenbacker is getting closer.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Nice!!!!

Good job!
Gridlok

Congrats man you have earned an ata boy for this one. Your over the threshold now keep up the fantastic momentum.
----Danny,