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Hey gang, Just wanted to share a story with the smokers out there....

It happened out of the blue. Markets were closed and the message boards were quiet....no action. So while surfing the net looking for new stocks idea's ....having a smoke....I stumbled across a site that would change my life.

Now trust me I have nothing to do with this site nor is there any thing in it for me....but if a guy who smoked over a pack a day for over 25 years can quit in week after finding this website I feel obligated to my fellow smokers to a least take the time to write one post that may help someone quit.

Here was the initial link/story I stumbled across....it really hit a nerve with me as I always had an imagine of myself as a smart and fit guy and was going to live a long life because I was in control and cancer happens to other people.

http://www.whyquit.com/whyquit/BryanLeeCurtis.html


After I read that story and saw the before and after pics that were only 2 months apart...It got me thinking...in fact I had knot in my stomach....that could be me in 2 months.......and I have an 9 year old son an 11 year old daughter an awesome wife....and the best job.....what the hell am I thinking?

Suddenly stocks and making $$$ was not important......I needed to know more....

I was amazed to see this man Joel Spitzer who has compiled this huge library of video lesson's has now made them all free.....yes I know free is a loosely used term but here is the link.......don't have to sign up...no email address nothing just click and watch.... http://www.whyquit.com/joel/

Most video's are just a few minutes long and are jam packed with info..the first one I watched was "learning how to smoke"...I felt like a fool after I watched it.....because I was a fool.

I spent that day watching many of Joels video's and by the time I was done I was a wreck....I couldn't believe how blind, stupid, arrogant, selfish, foolish I had been. Everything I had worked for..all my plans and dreams...my family....needless to say it was scared thinking since I had already smoked for 25 years it maybe too late. Well it's been 2 years 9months 22 days 9hrs 12 mins and 33 secs since I quit that day. I have not smoked 24,698 cigs I have saved 86 days of my life and saved $5,237.... How do I know that? Because I put a quit counter on my desktop so everyday I can see how long it's been since that fateful day when the markets were closed and my life changed.

Here is the link to the main website http://www.whyquit.com/ I urge anyone who smokes to take a minute and just browse thru the site....

Here is a link to the quit counters http://www.whyquit.com/whyquit/LinksDMeters.html


In closing I just want to say that I had no idea I was going to quit smoking that day....but I do know why I quit that day...It was fear...I was scared. Being in control and having a plan has been the key to my success with many things, but I suddenly realized I had a silent deadly partner. A partner who could steal everything away from me within a few months....a partner who had more control of my desitny than me and I didn't like that.. That was all it took for me to kick that habit...in fact it wasn't very hard because I never viewed cigarettes the same way....it had all changed...they were the enemy. I got it!

Good luck to anyone who is trying to quit and don't stop trying.....

p.s. BTW I don't miss the midnight coughing...the hacking and throat clearing all day....I don't miss the stinky car...house...clothes....my blood pressure is normal again....my heart rate is normal...food taste better...you get the idea...