EvolutionHealth.care

Home
Main Forum
Quit Smoking
Forum for New Users and General Discussion
Day 30 +++ something Coping

Advanced Search Form

Day 30 +++ something Coping

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 24

Riverdale Man - you are amazing - are you a writer by trade? Thanks for sharing - your words give me encouragement. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/22/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 34 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 864 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $340 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 8

Quit Meter

$236,152.80

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 5929 Hours: 2

Minutes: 5 Seconds: 5

Life Gained
Quit Meter

45414

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

726,624

Cigarettes Not Smoked

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1521

Riverdale, Great post, thank you for sharing this with us. Stay strong, you are doing amazing. Melanie ______________________ The SSC Support Team

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1521

Great attitude Riverdale Man, keep it up! Enjoy this day, Melanie ______________________ The SSC Support Team

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 962

Hi Riverdale Man - Thanks for your thoughts today...I am having the 30+ days Blahs myself. Not that I want to smoke but feel like I am languishing in some inbetween state of being. I want to be grounded myself and the funny thing is I thought I was until I quit smoking! Is that the "faking it" faking out my brain? I love the "absolute simplicity" and am printing it out to put on my altar - the ultimate final end of living healty and long and creating joy - isn't that a wonderful goal for anyone's life? I'm adopting it for my own if you don't mind! Thanks again for your thoughts...I always come to your post for encouragment. Island Girl [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/21/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 35 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 142 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $35 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

Quit Meter

$1,703,025.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 5859 Hours: 23

Minutes: 33 Seconds: 35

Life Gained
Quit Meter

45414

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

1,362,420

Cigarettes Not Smoked

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1687

Beautiful post RD Man, I was just thinking. I wish we could all start at the top instead of the bottom. You're doing great, and I know that your journey will be successful!!! SUNSHINE [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/7/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 81 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,393 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $283.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

Quit Meter

$229,908.38

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 6396 Hours: 4

Minutes: 26 Seconds: 27

Life Gained
Quit Meter

45414

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

681,210

Cigarettes Not Smoked

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

Today certainly is NOT about coping. Today is about celebrating, living life and being very free. Choice or determination. I woke up this morning and something had lifted. Did I ask for, this thing, veil to be lifted? Or did I choose to have a different day. I believe I chose and that happened as a process. Is happiness a choice. I know quitting is and I am celebrating my choice today. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 40 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 810 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $300 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 20

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

Lady Thanks. You are a rock. Thanks for being there and solid. Phillip [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 39 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 791 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $292.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 43 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

Sorry about the strange post today and for some reason, the writting would not post in any way. I think I had a pair of brackets that the ioperating system thought was somekind of HTML coda. Blaghhh I am here I haven't smoked and I am looking at my goals and rewards, rather than simply coping. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 39 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 788 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $292.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 7 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

Quitting smoking is taking a lot of energy, perhaps too much time and energy is going into thi. Quitting smoking is taking more energy than I have put into anything except, school. Now that is not quit true, I spent 4 years training, two years looking for the right kind of work, three years retraining, 16 years figuring out that that didn't work 4 years retraining, 2 years establishing. WoW there are things in my life that have actually been more indirect, more complicated than quitting smoking. And I was committed to working at something that I enjoy and something that is relevant and a whole bunch more the key thing was that I was willing to go through all of that becaue I was committed to having something in my life a particular way. My commitment right now is to quit smoking and give myself a new life a life free of smoke, and body free of the toxins contained in the smoke. There is an absolute simplicity here: (commitment) Quit (action) Stop Smoking (perseverance, Long term action) Never ever ever smoke again. (Long term goal) Get my life back (long term reward) Live healthy and long (ultimate final end) Create joy. Hmmmmm My daily thought. Isn't that convoluted. And there it is. Simple version 25 words or less. Find the committment, find the action, carry out the action, get the reward. AND DON'T LISTEN TO ALL THE BULL SHIT ADDICT THOUGHTS. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 39 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 788 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $292.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 7 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

There are lots of examples of success here on the site. Good, watch them, look at how they are doing, find their posts see if they went through the same thing. Oh my G-d they actualy go through the same thing, and I will go through the same thing. There are stages and there are steps and I very much need to let the proccess happen. There is that impulsive and controlling thing again I want it my way and I want it now. I have to tell myself to get real, the way that the addict says I want it is to have it the old way, and there are deadly side effects to the way that the addict would have it. The other part of me says try the new way, try the way that you imagine it might be. This way is healthy and you will live longer and you will be ... . Sometimes this conversation that happens in me is like telling a little kid to eat their vegetables. Sometimes I am that little kid and I want to do all of the nasty things that kids do with food they don't like. and I will be good. I won't do anything that I am is bad. I guess I am lazy because I would like for this to be easy, and it is not easy and really I am not lazy. (Those nasty old patterns, lazy = wanting it easy, now that is just B.S.) Truth be told I am more active in my life and taking myself to a new level today that I have been in several years. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 39 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 788 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $292.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48

Reading this thread:

today's top discussions:

This Month’s Leaders:

Most Supportive

Most Active

Most Loved

Day 30 +++ something Coping