Oh yeah. I loved this post. Thank You
I have one foot on the shore and one in the canoe ready to push off!
It's a choice
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 39
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 997
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $448.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 40
I agree that it is good to have a plan for when you know it's going to be tough. But I have to be honest. Maybe it's because I've had a difficult weekend myself. What I see in your post is a lot of JUNKIE THINKING. You've got all your excuses line up in a row, just waiting for that perfect oppportunity.
INTENTIONS are important. Go with the belief and the intention that you will make it through this difficult time. Learn from you past mistakes. Smoking is not an option this time around.
It's a choice!
dI would treat this like any other trigger. Stand up to it. Face it. Find a way to get through the experience without smoking. Don't let it be an excuse. Deal with it!. With so much smoking around you, I'm sure this won't be last exposure to SH smoke! Congratulations on not smoking
In Winnipeg, Canada, where I live, You cannot smoke in any public space. Also, in some places you cannot even smoke on private property, such as where I work at a hospital. It was one of the reasons why I quit. I got tired of having to walk so far in the bitter cold to have a smoke.
It's a choice!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 38
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 969
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $437
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 17
An addict is an addict no matter what the cost, as long as they are still using their drug. I was paying $11.50 per pack in Cdn dollars.
I still smoked at that price.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 38
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 970
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $437
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51
I have not had many craves to deal with during this quit. I have had to deal with a lot of thoughts and I came to the conclusion that through most of this quit I have not necessarily been battling the Nicodemon, but my negative thinking which has become my comfort zone.
How can negativity be comfortable you ask? When that is the way you have done things for 28 years, you don't know any other way. And the Nicodemon (who has stood at my side all these years) knows it too.
When I was entertaining thoughts of relapsing yesterday, I examined them. Why would I want to hurt myself. Because Hurt if would. Well, I came up with that is what I have been used to feeling all these years. Painful as it is, I was used to constantly hating myself and beating myself by relapsing and going back to smoking. It was my comfort zone.
I have worked hard these last 39 days to find a new comfort zone. Difficult - yes at times, but not impossible. It feels right this time and I don't want to go back to that pain. I'm going to choose freedom maybe not forever, but for today.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 38
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 971
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $437
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30
Still not smoking. Not craving, but still lots and lots of thinking about it. But I know I will do whatever it takes to get to that first day where I don't think about it at all. I still want to be quit more than I want to smoke. Funny, I don't think about quitting anymore. I am quit. I am an ex-smoker in recovery.
It's a choice!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 35
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 894
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $402.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22
Now that is something you can think about again and again. How wonderful for you.
I was taken back when my husband bought me flowers to celebrate one month quit for me and told me how proud he was of me. (He's a smoker)
I didn't quit for him, but it's nice to know he's noticing my effort.
Keep it up Brent
You & I will make it together.
It's a choice
Judy
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 35
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 894
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $402.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42
Ok Everyone. I am here, but today is Day #1 again. I made commitments and broke them again earlier in the week. But with the help of Sheila and some of Lady's broom strokes, I know I have back what I was looking for....determination.
Yes Lady, I left all sources of payment engagement at home today. It turns out that one of the surgeons was ill today, so I have the day off. I went and picked up my son from daycare (I sent him there ill) and I have just been lying on the couch resting my eyes, since they seem to be going a little bugeyed.
I am determined to see this day through. I will worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. I think I'll leave the money home then too.
Will still check in at our agreed upon time when I get home from meeting Lady.
Thanks Sheila, Thanks Lady. Something clicked for me last night. I feel strong and in control today, not wishwashy like the last month.
Ok Everyone. I am here, but today is Day #1 again. I made commitments and broke them again earlier in the week. But with the help of Sheila and some of Lady's broom strokes, I know I have back what I was looking for....determination.
Yes Lady, I left all sources of payment engagement at home today. It turns out that one of the surgeons was ill today, so I have the day off. I went and picked up my son from daycare (I sent him there ill) and I have just been lying on the couch resting my eyes, since they seem to be going a little bugeyed.
I am determined to see this day through. I will worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. I think I'll leave the money home then too.
Will still check in at our agreed upon time when I get home from meeting Lady.
Thanks Sheila, Thanks Lady. Something clicked for me last night. I feel strong and in control today, not wishwashy like the last month.
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