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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

newbie

Hi K,

I'm in your cheering section too. We can all do the wave if you like!

You will be so proud of yourself if you don't give in!!!!

I've been facing a couple of big giant stresses the last few weeks. Everytime

I thought about smoking I would eat five bags of M&Ms. Haha. Not really but close.

Have to say, every time I didn't cave, it made me feel stronger about the quit. Seemed like

even a cig would not make anything better.

I like to see the quit meter and see that

I won another day.

Have a good one today and remember to keep coming back here!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 114
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,736
Amount Saved: $656.64
Life Gained:
Days: 13 Hrs: 23 Mins: 47 Seconds: 50

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

The countdown to my quit date begins!

I quit on my first day of jury duty.

Since I used the patch, I was not a complete basket case or someone would have been going to jail for life!

The break in the everyday pattern gave me a good push for the first week. Very distracting.

Good luck in your quit. It's a great decision.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 114
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,736
Amount Saved: $656.64
Life Gained:
Days: 13 Hrs: 23 Mins: 52 Seconds: 6

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

back again

Hi SmokieJoe-

Positive thinking seems to be key in so many facets of life.

Never exactly got the hang of it but never too late to try.... right?

I just got Allen Carr's book myself so I'll be reading it along with you.

Everyone talks about what a help it is.

Every little bit helps, right?

Hope all is well for you. I'm rooting for you!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 114
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,736
Amount Saved: $656.64
Life Gained:
Days: 13 Hrs: 23 Mins: 52 Seconds: 48

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

Newbie from Canada

Hello Minnie!

Geezzzzzzz! that is one Green eyed monster you've got there.

Tell him to go take a hike.... a long one off of a short plank!

Get out of town, MISTER!

Then, perhaps some aspirin?

Patrick always recommends ice water! The more water you drink the faster the nicotine will

flush out of your system.

I used ice chips and mints. I liked the mints because they were the same ones I used to

gobble down after a cig so it was a good way to trick me into thinking I just had a cig.

Deep, deep breaths! REALLY Exhale!!!! I like to blow like I'm blowing out a candles on a cake.

For some reason, that has just turned into my little trick. Straws... I walked around with one in my mouth for a long time... or lollipop stick. Actually, I used those flosser picks... constantly. Something to fiddle with!

Don't forget to reward yourself every every 1/2hour or hour... a sugar or sugar free something that you like.

Because you have been so good today! Then have a nice bigger reward tonight. Have your smoking family do the dinner dishes for you.

You are on the right track. Hang in there darlin'!

Congrats on your progress!!!!!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 114
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,736
Amount Saved: $656.64
Life Gained:
Days: 13 Hrs: 23 Mins: 57 Seconds: 25

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

How to Cope

Hello ML,

Very sorry to read that things have taken a turn downward. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. And it could get way worse by smoking again. I like what Patrick said about what happens when you go back to smoking... that it be like a weight upon your soul. At least through this very, very rough time you have the inner knowledge that you have reached a remarkable achievement. A year ago, you never would have imagined this great progress. I am so glad you are posting instead of smoking.

I was barely hanging on this last weekend so I spent most of the weekend reading old posts. Really old posts. It helped me to get out of my own story for a minute and see how others dealt with it.

I hope you are still staying strong for yourself. You said earlier in this thread that you would like to see 365 on your meter... you are so close! If there was a magic wand I could wave for you, I would. Do know that I'm sending some warm thoughts and hugs your way.

In the meantime, stay close to this board. Everyone is here rooting for you.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 114
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,736
Amount Saved: $656.64
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 0 Mins: 42 Seconds: 36

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

Help please.... I think I'm falling apart

Thanks so much Daily!

You Sir, have been an inspiration to me.

I follow your lead.

Yes, great, great support here! I am deeply thankful for this site.

I will stay close as this new phase of my journey begins.

xoxo

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 115
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,760
Amount Saved: $662.40
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 2 Mins: 1 Seconds: 31

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

Tomorrow?s the BIG Day

Hi Ron,

I'm too am in your cheering section!

On my quit, I just threw the pack away and didn't go back.

*Spontaneous NON-combustion.*

Looking back, I wish I had prepared a bit but luckily I found this site very soon after.

You are in the best place to quit! Tomorrow you will start a great new life!!!!

Get the ice water, the straws, the popscicles, a binky ... whatever it takes and.........

GO FOR IT!!!!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 115
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,760
Amount Saved: $662.40
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 2 Mins: 32 Seconds: 49

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

Jan58's requested weekend quit train..Nova Scotia!! All aboard!

CONGRATS!

I'll buy you a cool one in the Bar Car ......

And I'm not talkin' ice water!

Keep up the good work. Wishing you happy days.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 115
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,760
Amount Saved: $662.40
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 2 Mins: 33 Seconds: 51

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

i've got a great weekend idea !!!!!!

I think I'm on a train to NOVA SCOTIA!

Hey, have fun... you deserve it.... all those things to do without even thinking

about where to smoke. Ain't it great?

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 115
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,760
Amount Saved: $662.40
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 2 Mins: 40 Seconds: 30

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

A different type of chest infection.

Hi Karren,

I had a similar experience on a quit many years ago.

The cold was so mild ( and did not turn to bronchitis) that I came away thinking

"is this why the rest of the world thinks colds are no big deal? ".

It was a walk in the park compared to when I'm a smoker and get a cold.

As a smoker, I've have had the same signs as you that one was coming on. A day of yucky taste. Then flat on my back

for several days. Serious congestion and recovery took a couple of weeks.

Always ending up at the doc for antibiotics and a lecture.

Oh! And let us not forgot that I would smoke during these even if I could barely climb the stairs

back to my deathbed after the cig.

I dreaded colds so much that I would go running if someone sneezed anywhere in my vicinity.

Could not afford the many days in bed and total misery for the next two weeks.

My guess is that it is part of the healing process. I've heard about cilia in the passageways of the lungs that grow back

and help flush out the bad bacteria we smokers have been susceptible to all these years.

Sorry to hear you were ill, glad to hear it wasn't so bad. Hope you are feeling much better!

Thank you for another reminder to stay quit! At your expense. ;)

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 115
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,760
Amount Saved: $662.40
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 2 Mins: 53 Seconds: 4

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