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Laureysgold3	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#61	[url]	[-]
02/26/03 09:13	Ok, here's mine... Have you ever had your water break (ok, guys excluded), and gone out for a smoke before calling the doctor, then gone out to smoke again before waking your husband, then smoking again before leaving for the hospital, and then being surprised when you started bleeding uncontrollably (placenta abruption is directly related to smoking) during labor which led to an emergency c-section...only to smoke the moment you got out of the car upon arriving at home? I have, I'm an addict. Laurey 3months, 3days, 23hours,8mins.,40sec. clean. 2878 cigarettes not smoked, money saved, $604, life is now longer by 2weeks, 5days, 23hours, 49mins.,31sec.
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66skylark	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#62	[url]	[-]
02/27/03 10:17	Have you ever turned down the trip of a lifetime? I turned down 2 trips to Majorca, Spain and one to Germany (all paid for) because I couldn't stand the thought of the long flight without a smoke. Now the chance is gone! I did because I am an addict. Two months, three days, 4 hours, 3 minutes and 34 seconds. 2606 cigarettes not smoked, saving $586.52. Life saved: 1 week, 2 days, 1 hour, 10 minutes. Judi
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Free4ever (Silver)	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#63	[url]	[-]
02/28/03 12:36	Have you ever snapped your cigarettes in half and put them in the bin - determined never to smoke again - only to rut them out of the bin two hours later and stick a one back together again with tape.... I HAVE BECAUSE I'M AN ADDICT. I also have to say that it tasted really weird (never having smoked plastic before) and gave me a really bad head ache. Thank goodness those days are long gone. YQS Free4ever I have been nicotine free for 3M 4D 17m 49s.
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LornaMc5	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#64	[url]	[-]
03/06/03 08:31	Hi Woggy! Welcome to the site! Good to have ya here posting & showing your "colors" so to speak... There are a few other bikers here. My Green brother, Tubes, rides. So do I. I'll tell ya one thing - I sure won't miss HAVING to pull up just to smoke. Or have you ever gone ahead and smoked while still riding, and had the cherry from the cigarette go under your shades and into your eye!! Ouch! I've been there because I'm a nicotine addict... Biking is better when you don't smoke! Your quit sis, LornaMc 1 month 2 days 13 hours 27 minutes... (wow!)
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miket	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#65	[url]	[-]
03/06/03 08:44	I totally agree with that one. I always hated riding and smoking or having to stop and smoke. If you had anyone riding with you there was always a danger of the fire or ash flying back and hitting them in the face. Mike has not smoked in Three weeks, one day, 23 hours, 8 minutes and 8 seconds. 1033 cigarettes not smoked, saving $142.09. Life saved: 3 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes.
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StepperM	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#66	[url]	[-]
04/28/03 06:04	This parade is priceless. I'm sure us newbies can add a few. Good one OBob!! Have you ever stole a cigarette from your sister during a previously attempted quit. Stole it because you were to ashamed to admit you just had to have one. I applogized to my sister a few weeks ago for doing this a few years ago. I always did feel horrible for doing it. I have because I'm an addict. Freegirl Proud to say that I am completely nicotine *free for 3 weeks and 12 hours*!!!
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Carleneexpat10089	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#67	[url]	[-]
04/28/03 11:27	I'm a nicotine addict, big time. I've driven in the middle of the night, during an ice storm, in a car without chains or snow tires, searching for an hour for ANY place open that sold cigarettes. When it was obvious that even the bars were closed, I actually drove to a friends house, woke them up and asked to buy some of theirs. Now this is 3am by now, fridged cold storm, dark, and I've NO excuses like, drinking too much... stone cold sober, but no embarrassment too great... NOTHING could be worse than being without nicotine until morning when the stores reopened. ADD numerous trash digging butts, culling the longest ones from ash trays at parties, going out in middle of night to check the car ash trays... I've used the hair dryer to dry out those from trash that were wet with 'something', and smoke them as soon as dry enough... I AM A NICOTINE JUNKIE/ADDICT Carlene - 3 weeks, 6 days, 21 hours and 1394 NOT smoked
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smokefreeJD Gold	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#68	[url]	[-]
04/28/03 11:40	How many times have I lit the wrong end only to cut off the burned up filter and smoke what was left... ignoring how nauseous I now felt. I remember I used to use a soda can with a little water in it for an ashtray. My reasoning at the time was that I didn't have to empty it as much, I couldn't see the mess inside, and as long as there was dampness inside I only had to drop in the lit butt and I wouldn't have to smash them out and ruin my nails anymore. Until the time I knocked over that can... or until the time a friend wasn't paying attention to what he was doing and took a sip out of the WRONG can!!! Jill Kicking Butt for 6 Months 3 Weeks 3 Days. Last Edited By: FreedomNicotine 04/19/09 12:54. Edited 1 time.
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ROY Gold	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#69	[url]	[-]
04/29/03 08:16	Have you ever run out of cigarettes and been in a situation where you could not go get any because your car was in the shop and everyone else was asleep, so to feed the nicotine urge you went through the ashtrays and tore off the filters of used cigarettes(some were yours and some were not) and took a drag off of each used cigarette? I have. I'm an addict. Roy 1 week, 4 days, 22 hours smoke free!
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GeorgieGirl GOLD	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#70	[url]	[-]
04/29/03 09:09	Okay ... time for me to add to this thread - totally overdue I know! Well .... I have done the frantic search through the ashtray for butts as well ... I have gone to the shops with money from a friend when I was younger to buy her favourite magazine as she loved to do the crossword in it. I would steal the crossword page and use the money to buy cigarettes .... I have been driving my car in peak traffic, smoke in hand, mobile rings - answer mobile only to keep trying to drive and smoke at the same time (oh and making some excuse so I could get off the phone rather than put out my cigarette that was putting ash all over me and my car or watch my driving!). I have preferred to get my "fix" rather than help my partner or a friend oir family member in trouble ..... Yes ... I HAVE done these things (and more ...). I AM AN ADDICT. Georgia
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TXCorndog	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#71	[url]	[-]
04/30/03 12:39	Have you ever . . . Dropped a lit cigarette down the front of your overalls, go "whoop whoop whoop" and do a little "I'm on fire" dance, finally shake the cig out the bottom of the pants leg, and pick it up and finish smoking it before you treat the burns (some in some very tender areas)? I have, because I AM AN ADDICT. Karen In my 19th day of my quit.
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Shinelady Gold3282003	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#72	[url]	[-]
04/30/03 12:54	On the 2nd day after I quit smoking I took a full pack of unopened cigarettes and threw them away in the kitchen trash. Hours later, I was having a strong crave and I dug through the trash, wiped off gravy and coffee grounds etc. off the pack and set the pack aside to look at. Just couldn't stand the thought of not a cigarette in the house. I let that pack sit uopened on my computer table for 2 more days and I gathered some intestional fortitude and threw those bad boys away.. LOL .. Yes I did that , would you? I did, I'm an addict..... yqs, sue One month, 23 hours, 0 minutes and 25 seconds. 1278 cigarettes not smoked, saving $184.48. Life saved: 4 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes.
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Sal GOLD	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#73	[url]	[-]
04/30/03 02:03	Have I ever done at least half of what everyone else has admitted here? Who, me? Isn't smoking just a nasty little habit? A nasty little habit wouldn't cause people to do all of that irrational, crazy stuff...would it?!! Hmmmmmmphhhh. I suppose that all of that behavior could only be attributed to addicts. Nicotine the big secret drug addiction... Yes, I am an addict. Have been nicotine free for over three months and haven't done anything crazy since I became a member of Freedom ! Sal
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KarenBoBaren	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#74	[url]	[-]
04/30/03 08:11	This happened about a year ago when my son was 3. I may win the "Bad Mother Award" for this one: I was on the back deck and quite frustrated that I couldn't light my cigarette for the wind. I called my son to the back deck and told him to get the BBQ lighter out of the drawer (it's extremely childproof) and pass it to Mommy. While he fished for it, I turned to put the BBQ cover on the BBQ, and turned back to watch my son (lighter in hand) open the screen door and let out our new puppy by accident (who ran away and I had to fetch her - quick). I freaked. I have never talked to my son this way before or since, but I was having a nic fit and growled at my little boy, "I'm going to let your doggy run away, you did this!" To this day, I'm ashamed of that horrible behaviour. He cried so hard, I thought his heart was going to break. I held him on the back deck after realizing what I had said, but I was too stupid to recognize where the words had come from - my nic fit. I turned my head away from my son to light the smoke, had my cigarette and went after the dog after a few puffs. How pathetic. Karen I have been smoke free for One month, 41 minutes and 4 seconds! I have NOT smoked 540 sickarettes, saving a whopping $172.91! Precious life saved: 1 day, 21 hours, 0 minutes.
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tyger92000gold	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#75	[url]	[-]
05/16/03 10:48	Have you ever .... ? Yep, almost all of them (my favorite is checking public ashtrays for half-finished butts). Can't believe I would do this? (The shame of it if someone should see me). Well, I did, because I am an addict. One month, one week, two days, 16 hours, 1 minute and 23 seconds. 793 cigarettes not smoked, saving $148.75. Life saved: 2 days, 18 hours, 5 minutes.
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StepperM	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#76	[url]	[-]
05/26/03 05:37	This one really opened my eyes about a month agojust shortly after I joined. Since we've had a lot of newbies join in the past month I thought I'd bring it to the top. This thread really showed me because I've done many of these shameful addict things. THANKFULLY, I don't do them anymore because I'm FREE!! What have you done, to quote OBob in message #1: "Which brings me to the point of this little parade. Many of us have found ourselves in a situation where cigarettes suddenly weren't easily available. Maybe we were trying to quit... maybe we ran out late at night... Maybe we were on a boat, and accidentally dropped our cigarettes in the river... or couldn't find a lighter.... At times like these, we found ourselves in the shoes of "less acceptable addicts"; Desperate for a fix"? *Freegirl* *I am free from sic nic for 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 23 hours and 43 minutes (48 days).*
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OBob Gold	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#77	[url]	[-]
06/11/03 07:42	Have you ever allowed your wife to swear a solemn oath (on something important to her) to your mother that you don't smoke, knowing full well that you do, just to keep your dirty little secret, secret? I have. I am an addict. ...but a free one now, Bob (17 months free)
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LCubed(GreenX2)	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#78	[url]	[-]
06/11/03 07:00	I am an addict After the blizzard of '96 with 3ft of snow on the ground I walked half way down a mountain to get to the country store to buy cigarettes and then walked back up the mountain to go home, the trip took me 3 hours to go 2 miles. I was so out of breath that I physically could not smoke when I got back in the house but I was okay because I had my cigarettes. Yes I am an addict, free now but still an addict. Laura Smokefree 2 months 4 days 14 hours.
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BubblyDoodlebug Gold	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#79	[url]	[-]
06/11/03 07:25	Have you ever been at work and been hungry but you only have enough for either food or a pack of smokes and you buy the smokes and go hungry the whole shift? I have I am and addict Have you ever been in the hospital and they won't let you smoke and you begin to cry big crocodile tears? I have I am an addict ONE MORE Have you ever wrote a check for smokes hoping you get paid before the check comes through so you don't have to pay a $25.00 service charge @ the bank and another one at the store? I have I am an addict I have ended up paying $53.84 for one pack of smokes. Sad part is at the time it was worth it!
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John (Gold)	Desperate Addicts Parade: Have You Ever...	#80	[url]	[-]
06/11/03 07:29	In 1987 I fractured my knee while skating and spent a week in the hospital with surgery and recovery. Although in substantial pain and under the influence of some pretty heavy drugs, I was somehow able to navigate numerous trips to the stair-well to feed what seemed like the overpowering influence for yet another drug. My name is John and I'm a comfortably recovered nicotine addict
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