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Thank you, Patti for sharing that. It brought tears to my eyes. I can see my own son doing the same thing. Gouging my furniture and posting up all those "NOPE" notes! Good for you on your 12 days! But, I say the boy should get a reward! And what better reward than a smoke-free Mom? ;)
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[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/21/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 177
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,310
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $849.60
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 41
Hey Patti
I'm glad you have such a good kid on your side. This should also show you that if you have ciggs on you, it's not if you smoke them but when you smoke them.
Stay strong
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/3/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 600
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $102.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9
awwwwwwwwww...... what a sweetums you have there! Hang in there, it always helps to know that someone wants it as badly as you do....
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/10/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 75
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $20.63
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50
Patti,
Lesson learned and from the greatest gift of all, your child.
Get back in there and learn from this, we are behind you all the way :)
Josie, Health Educator
I love these feel good stories! I am glad that you didn't like the few puffs that you took! I think that you are doing [size=4]fabulous![/size]
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/8/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 370
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,550
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,554.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 35 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 28 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46
Gotta love the emotional honesty of 13 year olds. I'm so happy that the little gouger let you know what is important to him :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/22/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 297
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,880
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,019.60
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 41 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1
I screwed up this week. I didn't have a great day at work, and that evening I watched tv while my 13 yo son was on my computer. About 10 I came into my office and discovered he had gouged out part of the arm of my office chair (it's really small, but it's there). I blew up at him. Destroying my office furniture (there's scratches on my desk from before too), not cleaning his room... yada yada yada. I was really pissed and ran to my coat to grab one of the 3 cigs I had left in there and lit it up. He came into my office saying NOOOOO and I shooed him out. After a couple of horrid tasting puffs, I went to bed.
The next morning I got up, made my tea, and came into my office where I was blown away. It was like something out of a movie where the woman is surprised by a room filled with roses. Scattered across my huge desk, on my chair and stuck to my monitor - every surface there is in here - were pages of paper with (written all over it in different sizes and shapes and directions) the word NOPE. It was overwhelming and I just stood there in awe crying about just how much this 13 year old kid got it and that he took the time to do all this. When I woke him up he said "try finding your cigs now!" I promised never to do that to him again and that I would deal with the cravings in other ways.
Now I come back here and read read read.. and I still have all those notes.. they're right by my side to look at and read
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/1/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 12
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 300
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $102.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56
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