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17 years ago 0 5195 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
It's a new day Penquin. How are you doing? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 570 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,408 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1995 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 51 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 56 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
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17 years ago 0 1306 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, and Blah. :p [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 12 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 248 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $138 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57

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17 years ago 0 1306 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
At least there has been some emotion today. Unfortunately, it was extreme anger - hubby was a bad boy last night - and frustration - had to do the daycare shopping. But, I came out on the other side, feeling better for not having acted irrationally (Thanks you know who). Still feeling glum as my equilibrium readjusts. Phil - just a sardine???? At least I give my kid 2 Smarties to cheer him up. So I bought my favorite Pizza instead of your Sardine - my reward!!!!! Feels good. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 11 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 236 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $126.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30

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17 years ago 0 1306 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I hear you Lady, but along with the Blah's come no motivation to do anything or nothing. It's not withdrawal, cause I'm on the patch, but it is a withdrawal from triggers, which come as a thought of about 2 seconds. Tomorrow will be better, or maybe not... it doesn't matter .... I'm QUIT and Damn happy about it....Was that some emotion....maybe. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 217 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $115 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 45

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17 years ago 0 1306 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Don't know what to do. Yeah, I got the blah,'s I guess. All day, I kind have been wandering around saying to myself "What am I supposed to feel right now." There are no highs, and no lows, just.............(what?) It's difficult to describe. I think my husband was trying to pick a fight, but there's no response here. I thought I was feeling sad, then I wasn't sure. Tried to feel happy...no not happening either. It's like I don't know what to do. Emptiness - maybe. Not craving, not really even triggers. Just nothing. What the heck!!!!! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 217 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $115 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6

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17 years ago 0 1306 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thanks 2tone & chickenoodle. I'm not depressed. I'm not nothing. I don't think I miss my friend. She was no friend, but I just don't know what to do or how to feel. It's not that it's not disturbing really, it's just you have this recurring thought of 'what now', 'what now', 'what now', and can't come up with answer. I realize this is a process that takes time, and the answer will come with time. I have had a fairly easy time so far, so feel I don't need to focus on what I have to do to stay quit. I just will. I'm OK. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 217 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $115 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

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Rusty That seems like a good way to describe it. Yes, the word grieving did cross my thoughts today. Speaking of grieving. I remember when my brother died. At first that was all I could think about, day and night. As the days and weeks went by, I thought of him less often, until the day when I didn't think of him. That day I cried. I thought that I was a bad sister because I didn't think of him. Ahh such is grief. I have imposed that anology on this quit. Each day I will think of it less and less until.....Maybe I will cry then because I know it is over. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 217 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $115 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35

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Noodle said [i]"I have found that when I don't know what to do, the best thing to do is nothing! That way you are certain NOT to have to regret any bad choices! "[/i] Love the way Noodle thinks! One day, you will not think about cigs at all like you said. On that day you will not know that you didn't think of cigs, because that would negate the day :confuse: Right! You'll make it! Stay strong :8|: and don't forget the cool--- must never forget the cool :p [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 187 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,764 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1215.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 16 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51

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Judy, I pulled this out of my quit journal for you. It's a post from 2002. [i]4/7/2002 @ 9:42:00 AM Posts: 0 Joined: 3/2/2002 I experienced the "void" yesterday. None of my "established, tried and true coping skills" worked. Hmph!!! I was at a loss. I couldn't get rid of it by playing a catchy tune in my head, physical exercise, a lingering shower, or reading a favorite passage in a book. It wouldn't budge. "Fine!" I had to finally say to myself. "I'll be brave and experience the VOID, feel the pain, and see where it gets me. Maybe, it will tell me a message I need to hear." I sat with the feeling for a while and it started to feel familiar. I had felt this way once before...when I was going through a divorce. It was the same feeling as when I was crying really hard because I had FINALLY realized that my marriage was over, done, finito, gone...when it sunk in and I was crying because I WAS GRIEVING! (I've since happily re-married, so the memory wasn't uncomfortable.) Lord All Mighty...I didn't realize that I had such an intimate relationship with cigarette smoking!!! The VOID I was feeling yesterday was my psychological way of GRIEVING for my LOSS of the cig habit!!! That meant psychologically way down deep where it really really counts something was shifting, saying GOODBYE to the nasty nicotine beast for good. This quit was being taken SERIOUSLY. Hip hip hurray! When I realized THAT, I couldn't have been happier. I embraced the VOID. I respected it...I decided to just ride it out. I took inspiration from my 3 year old...He grabs his teddy bear when he needs comforting...I walked around the house for most of the day with my favorite pillow. I hugged it and cuddled it as needed...INSTANT GRATIFICATION & NO CALORIES. (I also wrote in my quit journal.) I AM A NON-SMOKER, and I have that firmly implanted/programmed (with the help of self-hypnosis audio tapes) in my mindset. On a scale of 1 to 10, the cig craving yesterday got as high as a 2. A gentle self-talk reminder of "Uh, uh, remember, we don't do that anymore...oh yeah, right..." was all it took. Mindset is so important. My NON-SMOKER mindset made me strong enough to look "THE VOID" square in the eye...and wink! 5 weeks and 3 days, With lots o' light

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