The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/9963/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:09:00 GMT Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:01:45 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/9963/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194086/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194086 'Lost' a quit. Don't think so. Just as we don't 'give up' smoking we actually get rid of it, I firmly believe nobody ever 'loses' a quit - they choose to throw it away by ingesting nicotine in Just one little puff.
No matter what, don't discard your true freedom from nicotine - feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194086 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:26:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194085/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194085 Wow! I quit in 1976 for a short time, but was soon inhaling the deadly fumes for another 11,130 days. I wasted 1,652 days of my life. I consumed an additional 222,600 cigarettes before I said "enough". That is probably over $40,000 spent on cigarettes. For the good news.... I quit 747 days ago, and no more of my life or money is being wasted on cigarettes. I am "FREE" and will NTAP.
Jazzlady - Free and Healing for Two Years, Sixteen Days, 11... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jazzlady4) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194085 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:46:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194084/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194084 The facts are astounding. The visualization is even more so.
I know this is my last quit. I thank Freedom and WhyQuit and Joel for giving me this gift.
Theresa
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Theresa10458) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194084 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:10:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194083/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194083 If I had stopped at age 28 and stayed quit - I would have have not smoked more than 365,000 nicotine death sticks and I would have saved more than $118,625. I am 54 now and have attempted to quit over 8 times.

Theresa - Free and Healing for Three Months, Eight Days, 1 Hour and 52 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 10 Days and 10 Hours, by avoiding the use of 3002 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $1,055.16.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (Theresa10458) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194083 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:25:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194082/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194082
I wanted to quit when our first child was born, but failed, I never smoked in the house after that, but...
I could have been quit for 20 Years, 3 Months, 2 Weeks (7,415 days). I could have saved $32,370.64 by not ingesting 133,487 nicotine delivery devices. I could have saved 1 Year, 3 Months, 6 Days of my life. If My... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (johnnynonic) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194082 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194080/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194080 I quit smoking for 22 months when I relapsed. I smoked another 4 years and 7 months before I quit again. using an average cost of 28 dollars a carton smoking 25 cigarettes a day for (an estimated) 1,675 days I figure I threw away $5,862.50. That's a good bit of money...
]]> feeds@yuku.com (System Pilot) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194080 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:05:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194079/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194079 I quit smoking the first time when I was pregnant with my son. (thank GOODNESS I did that...WHAT was I thinking starting up again after he was born after 9/10 months???DUH!) Anyway, as I was figuring this out..I went 365 X 13 (years) and ended up with 4745 ..I said to myself...I wouldn't have smoked 4745 cigarettes?Then I realized..no WAIT...that's only the amount of DAYS...I can multiply that times 20 for a pack a day... I could NOT belive it...I still can't. My... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MichQuit122GOLDin08) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194079 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:45:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194078/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194078 I saw earlier in the week where we had a few new members talk about how they had past quits that were lost. I think a good exercise for them and all of our members would be to think back to the first time they tried to quit and relapsed, and now calculate how long ago that was and to now estimate how many cigarettes were consumed since then and approiximately how much money they have spent on those cigarettes. It will be a real eye opener and clearly show the economic impact of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Joel) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194078 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:29:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194077/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194077 I don't remember when my first quit attempt was. I do remember the first quit that lasted more than half a day. It was in 1993. I quit for 5 months. It's really quite shocking I lasted that long considering the fact that I was bitter that my husband didn't quit with me the entire 5 months.
The longest quit...the one before this one was about 4 years. I quit right before I got pregnant and stayed quit until my son was around 3 1/2.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (smsh28) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194077 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:52:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194076/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194076 Interesting I've never replied to this one. I guess I know how frustrating and embarassing the numbers will be. You see, I quit for one week while away at summer basketball camp in the summer of 1972. I'd smoked fairly regularly from age 8 in 1964 until that time. Already I was a seasoned nicotine addict at age 16. I'd smoked tobacco for half of my life at that time. That would include Boy Scout summer camp (quite a few of us smoked as did most of the staff).... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194076 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:08:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194074/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194074 Had my 1st attempt at the age of 18 and got smoke free for 3 months.
Miguel - Free and Healing for Five Years, Three Months, Twenty Two Days, 4 Hours and 58 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 134 Days and 17 Hours, by avoiding the use of 38804 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me 5.784,55 €.
Geeezzz NTAP
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Miguel HW 22) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194074 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194072/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194072 I don't know about my first relapse, had too many to recall. But I can calculate the costs of my last (and final) relapse. I had quit for amost 4 years....smoked for 8 months and it cost me......
-my dignity (for knowing after that first nasty one that I was in trouble)
that one ended up being over 5,000 cigarettes in 8 months
Spent about $875.00 on over 240 packs ONE =... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (marie1968) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194072 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:09:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194071/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194071 My first quit was in 1985 and lasted 8 weeks, until I had "just one puff." My current quit has last 9 weeks, and I will never take another puff.
I've saved almost $600 and have NOT smoked over 2,000 cigarettes. What a shock that number is!
]]> feeds@yuku.com (FoolishWorkinj) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194071 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:49:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194069/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194069 I haven't seen this thread before. Yikes.
My first quit was in college. I suppose that I had already smoked 6 or 7 years.
I would have not smoked 146,000 cigarettes. And saved at least $47,000.
WOW!!!!
tanya
]]> feeds@yuku.com (amicalm Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194069 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:41:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194067/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194067 My first relapse was the classic story of rationalization. I was out of town with some buddies. After a few drinks a cigarette couldn't hurt right? Wrong! the first one I practically spat out. It was disgusting. After only six months of not smoking I had forgotten how bad they tasted. Uggh. But, give me another. And another. And another. By the third one I could easily smoke the whole cigarette and the six months that I had already invested just flew by. $10,220... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Andy (Silver)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194067 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194066/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194066 Rick
Free for 11567 days. Working on day 11568

I've not smoked 427965 death sticks, and saved $271,558.43.
I've saved 1485 days, 23 hours and 46 minutes of my life.
Smokes were lot cheaper back then so the money saved would change
]]> feeds@yuku.com (RickD) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194066 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 01:36:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194065/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194065 Could have saved close to $7K+ if I had not taken that one puff (actually started with chewing but I didnt realize it at that time). but thats past...i've already saved $500 in the last 4 months.
Hello Mohammed,
You very well may have saved far more than $500 this past four months. You may... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (GrumpyOMrsS (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194065 Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:12:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194064/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194064 feeds@yuku.com (mohammed moid) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194064 Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:31:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194062/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194062 I wanted to quit when our first child was born, but failed, I never smoked in the house after that, but...
I could have been quit for 16 Years, 10 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 14 hours and 7 minutes (6,166 days). I could have saved $26,917.15 by not ingesting 110,998 nicotine delivery devices. I could have saved 1 Year, 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 9 hours and 50 minutes of my life. If My Quit... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (johnnynonic) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194062 Sat, 23 Apr 2005 21:17:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/194060/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html#reply-194060 I remember my first relapse very well. I was about 15 years old, already smoking a pack a day and having a fight with my mother made me decide to "quit again another time". Not only did I continue to smoke, I gradually smoked more and many more every year...
That cost me the fine amount of 53,781.27 euro's . (I found a site with the cigarette prices in the last three decades that proved me helpful). If cigarettes had cost back then... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Wonniebad) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/194060 Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:15:00 GMT <![CDATA[ The cost of my first relapse (Have a calculator handy) ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/9963/t/The-cost-of-my-first-relapse-Have-a-calculator-handy-.html
The Cost of My First Relapse
Back in December I started a parade that asked how long some of your past quits had lasted before losing them to a relapse. I think 14 people responded. Today I want to take it another route. For members who had quit at least one other time in the past, even for a few days, and then lost that quit, I would like you to estimate how long ago... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Joel) http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/9963 Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:09:00 GMT