Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am unable to cut down on my star making habits for all those people in need of them. I already awarded you (DeeDee) with your gold star -- but since I was premature with it, I wanted to RE-AWARD you with yet another kind of goldish one for your 1 year and 5+ hours of time without cigs -- for not having smoked 7,327 of them, for the $2,564.45 you saved, and for your most awesome 3 weeks, 4 days, 10 minutes, and 35 seconds of life SAVED due to this accomplishment. If you ever have "a feeling" for them again -- and you just might... just remember one thing. (you may have heard this before). You may go another 9 years making it 10 years of time without them, 73,270 of them will not smoked, $25,644.50 will have been saved, and approximately 250+ days of life will be saved due to your continued efforts. BUT, all it takes is one cigarette and every single thing that added up so nicely before becomes one number instantly. That number is zero. It takes only a second to make the big number a zero. Sorry for such a sobering fact. One thing is clear though. You have done awesomely well and it was one day at a time. Great job! You can keep it all going. You've shown what it takes. Courage!
