Doodles
Hang in there my friend, you are fighting with an illusion...But sadly because we have trained ourselves to hide in the smoke, it is all to real for us addicts...You will not reduce your stress by smoking, you will, however, believe that by inhaling the stuff your stress has been relieved...In a sense it has, but it is the stress created by the ingestion and then the lack of nicotine that is being relieved...Any stress that has accumulated as a result of ordinary human existance still remains...Let it go, there is no future in it...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 257
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,710
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,698.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 46 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59
Brinat
Well done, looks like you are understanding that you have a life withot cigarettes...In fact as you move forward, you will find that your life is so much better and you will be more confident in your own abilities as you finally put them down...Good work, hold on to your quit it will serve you well...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 257
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,710
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,698.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 46 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2
Doodles
Good for you, you are taking the long view on this...That is the way to move forward...It really is one day at a time, but in the back of the mind, we must never forget that we are creating better futures four ourselsves...There is no upside to smoking...There is only a momnetary satisfaction followed by a slow decent back to our former dependent selves.
I don't ever want to be a victim, and really I am not a victim to cigarettes. I chose to smoke and now I must do what is necessary to change that decision. I promise you this, as you go further down the line, smoking will become a real choice. In the early days of my quit, it haunted me like an old memory that just would not go to land of the forgotten. But slowly, as I taught myself to choose day by day that memory lost its power and I gained new powers to leave by past way of being in the past...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 258
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,740
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,709.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 22 [B]Seconds:[/B] 5
Lucy
Dreams are good, for me they are ways of working things out before we face them in the "real" world...I like to think that they are methods of convincing ourselves of the correctness of the things we are about to do...They happen alot during smoking cessation, some of mine where full technicolor extravaganzas...Interesting and instructive st the same time...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 258
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,740
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,709.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36
Lucy
I guess when we choose to make ourselves better, we don't always get to choose the setting in which we will accomplish our goal. I did not have to be in the company of smokers during my journey, so it is hard for me to offer any advice, except to say that this is in many ways a solitary journey. However, you have the solidity of this group and there are people who have faced your situation and seen it through...Listen to them and take hope in the fact that they are making great progress in spite of the obstacles faced...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 258
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,740
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,709.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25
Keliza
I suppose on some level fear is a motivator, I am not so sure that it is the best motivator, but sometimes we just have to use what we have. I can tell you with hand on heart that you are not alone in your trepidations.
Why not plan well for this, use the resources that are available here and move forward with your journey. There are many people from all walks of life that will go along with you and offer assistance as needed. Take heart from the people who have begun where you are now and remain smoke free, in some cases, for years. My quit is still in the journeyman stage, but I am determined to never smoke again and I am also vowing to help as many people as I can do the same.
Take the time to put your fear aside and usher in a new time for yourself of caring for yourself in a way that you perhaps never thought possible...We will all help you, but somewhere at the heart of it, you must believe that you can walk this trail, having faith in yourself and the meaningfulness of your goal.
There is no single magical answer to the paradox of why we smoke, there is however, a single and powerful tool that we as humans have at our command. That tool is the ability to change our perceptions about the events in our lives so that every little misstep is not met with a dash for the confort of a smoke. Once you begin to see that you have this power, you will begin to make it better...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 258
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,740
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,709.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 33
Duckman
Thanks for stopping by and offering your perspective, it is greatly appreciated and will help many of realize that even when this seems impossible it really is amazingly possible...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 259
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,770
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,719.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 43
QDATT
You are more than welcome here, I am sorry for your grief and understand fully your need and desire to honor your cousin in this way...We will all help you along the path. Each of us is treading it in our own way and for our own reasons, we are happy that you will be coming along with us.
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 259
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,770
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,719.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36
tstar
You have landed lucky here...This site has been invaluable to me and I can only believe that you will benefit as well. There are many many people who will invest in your quit. We are always happy to have another great guitter in our midst...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 259
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,770
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,719.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59
Not for nuttin, but if my estimates are correct and I have wielded the slide rule to this one (an ancient measuring device)...I do believe that our friend and constant companion on this trek, Windy. will have completed 1 year as of tomorrow...Well done and congratulations...You have always been a big help to me along the way...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 259
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,770
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,719.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 47 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46
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