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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

BAD 2 DAYS When will it stops???

Hi Petruchki,

First of all your doing great! Congratulations!! 21 days is great and it's the end of 3 weeks....When you get to this point the quit becomes less about the physical and more about the devil on your shoulder. That devil is going to tell you what you need to hear to pick up a cigarette. Please don't listen. It will throw away your common sense and you know this and we have all been there...You know that smoking won't fix the issue with your mom....Nor can you have just one and walk away....It just won't make your life better.....If your looking for an excuse you will definately find one but I don't believe you really want to find one so do whatever it takes to fight that devil on your shoulder....After 3 weeks it's all uphill from here....If you are going to keep quitting over and over until you get it right then remember that right now your 3 weeks free....Any other alternative involves starting over......The nicodemon is dying....He is going through the desert with no water and is starting to fade....Before he dies he's going to yell, scream, and fight to live.....If you have even one cigarette you have just given him a glass of water......Let him die.....Stay strong Petruchki....Your doing great.

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 14 Seconds: 17

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

Reward ideas??

Hi Sylvie,

Great advice here. It's always hard to balance reward money vs. cigarette money....Although I am rewarding myself on hallmarks....Usually after each month....I took a different approach in the beginning from some of the other members though....My viewpoint was that the beginning of the quit was the most difficult so during the first month I went nuts financially...Not really...I mean they were small but they usually involved money...In fact I spent all if not more than I had saved by not smoking....Rewarding myself everyday with sunglasses and books and whatever allowed me to get that dopamine suplement I was looking for and made my quit a lot easier. Where I come from cigarettes are a little more than 10 bucks a pack....In fact I think our province has set the record for bleeding smokers dry...lol...After my last quit I started smoking the no name brands at 7.50 a pack...Wow! Big differance huh? Anyways my point is that you've outlayed money for cigarettes everyday for however long you layed it out so my opinion is splurge the first month and a half and still have a big reward for the end of the month. After a couple months the real pain of it goes away and it becomes more of a suggestion every now and then. Get through this part however you can.

Add up all the money you spent on cigarettes over the years and then decide how detrimental splurging through the rough patches with be. After all I'm not suggesting you do this forever....

Anyways, this is solely for the purpose of offering a different approach....Do what works best for you....Thanks for listening..

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 16 Seconds: 2

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

Miss Marple gets through Hell Week!

Congratulations Miss Marple!!! Your doing awesome...Keep up the great work.

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 16 Seconds: 20

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

Octobreathers Unite

Thanks for posting Eddie....Great words for the rest of us....Your doing great...Congratulations on your freedom..

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 16 Seconds: 36

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

hop on the train now , we're new orleans bound !!

Here Here!!! I'm in buddy....Choo choo..

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 16 Seconds: 49

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

one day!

Hi Renee,

Congratulations on taking this stand with us.....The first day is hard as the nicotine starts to leave your body...Before you no it the nicotine will be gone and be replaced with the nicodemon (A.K.A - The need or desire). He will be the devil on your shoulder telling you words that don't make any sense....You'll know this and if you've ever quit before you have probably met him....Phrases like "Your having a hard day, how about quitting when things settle down" "You've quit smoking for so long, your not even addicted to it, just be a social smoker" and my favorite "C'mon, just one won't hurt you."

As time passes the nicodemon will be walking through the dessert trying to live but slowly slipping away....He will yell, scream, and fight to live and you are his host...By having just one you give him a glass of water and make him stronger which in the end makes you weaker....Stay strong....

There is a good book if you have a hard time with the desire to smoke. It's called Allen Carr's - The easyway to quit smoking...It's written by an ex smoker and puts things in perspective so your not still cursing your quit years down the road...For me I had an easier time quitting on past attempts than I did staying quit because I always thought I was missing out on something. You will find out soon enough that that's not the case at all. After reading the book I knew I wouldn't smoke again....On that note he doesn't put us down or show pictures of disease...He smoked a lot and quit and wrote the book to help others quit too...

Congratulations Renee!!! Your doing great.

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 18 Seconds: 18

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

This is what smoking can do to you

Sorry Pat. Our prayers are with you.

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 47 Seconds: 9

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

THANK YOU

Hey Lil,

Congrats on all your success and don't worry your secret is safe with us. I'm happy that you've come so far. Keep up the great work.

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 47 Seconds: 37

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

The good, the bad, the ugly

Hey Sparky it's ok....I understand your upset but don't beat yourself up too bad...Think about this...There's a group of people sitting on chairs in a circle...In the middle there's a mediator....The progress at this meeting is astounding...Everyone sitting in the chairs has quit so they go around...John says "Hi I'm John and I quit drinking 6 months ago and I feel great, my life is awesome, my wife is happy, my kids are happy, life is good." Then Ashley sitting beside John says "I quit drinking 4 months ago and it's been hard but I succeeded. I'm working again and moving on with my life. I couldn't be happier." This continues as each person sitting in speaks up about how long the've quit and how happy they are. In fact everyone sitting around the circle has quit. Then the mediator noticing that one chair is empty speaks up and says where's Sue? As he's saying that Sue walks through the door and starts walking toward her chair...The mediator speaks up and says "Where were you Sue." Sue hesitates and finally confesses "I slipped, I had a drink and I am ashamed." The mediator stands up and points at the door "Get the he11 out of here Sue, this place is for people that are succeeding in their quit not for the ones that need help."

What's wrong with this picture? First of all the last words of the mediator would not have been said and second we are all the same. Sure after awhile some move on and some struggle and some fail time and time again. Some of us come here solely for the purpose of reading and gaining knowledge to pull us through. Some of us are struggling and come here for comfort and the knowledge that others are facing the same ordeals and looking for a collective team to fight this so called nicodemon. Some of us are not struggling so much but post because we have struggled for so long that when they discover the light at the end of the tunnel they want to share it with others. Some of us are a collection of all of these things, but we share one commonality. We've all been where you are.

Sparky in a way you and I are exactly the same. The only real differance is that I wasn't here to be held accountable like you are. I had quit multiple times, in fact most had given up on me when I actually did quit for good. I didn't have much of a problem quitting, I had a hard time staying quit which is as hard or harder in my opinion than someone that just can't quit at all....See the people I knew couldn't quit because of the huge impact of the withdrawl but they were so set on not smoking that when they did finally save up the nerve to plunge in a few long weeks they would be free and move on....In our case even after we made the plunge and were free and happy and moving on with life we still wanted it, really wanted it...So it was not a thought in the back of our mind it was a constant stuggle....Personally the day I knew I would never smoke again was the same day I stopped looking at a cigarette as a diebetic would look at chocolate. It's all an illusion....I really believe that people in our shoes the Allen Carr book is the way to go....It's not about fighting through it's about wanting to fight through. Your strong Sparky....Maybe stronger than all of us....You've done this many times and passed hell week, heck week, blah week, etc.....You can do this....You just need to work on the desire..

Like I always say if you want to find an excuse to smoke you will. Your better than this....

If I can end this with one thing that may help you it would be this.....Stop focusing on battling the withdrawl symtoms...For you this is not your primary issue....Focus on the desire to smoke....That's the issue you face...Once you don't want it anymore and don't see it as the answer to all of your problems how hard is it to quit? Think about that.

Take care and please don't leave. This place may be a safe haven for all the quitters to encourage each other in there quits but I'm assuming it started as a safe haven for those who struggle the most....You need us and we need you so stick around and focus on your desire.....

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 8 Mins: 58 Seconds: 37

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 303

3 Months for Kaiser!!!

Awesome job Kaiser!!! Right behind ya buddy.

Mr Q

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/4/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 87
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,088
Amount Saved: $652.50
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 9 Mins: 6 Seconds: 56

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