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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8

Congrats on day 98! I'm on day 4 and know it will get easier. Stick with it Stella and thank you for your support. I try really hard to redirect my thoughts to doing something else when I get a "wave". Still tuff in those trigger areas, car, woodstove etc., I'm on Wellbutrin and kind of really got started before it had a chance to make my cigs taste bad. I had only taken 2 and I woke up that morning and decided I was going to try. But I now know the cig would taste really bad even if I tried. Bummer, coffee does not taste right either, but a small price to pay to stay quit!

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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

Feeling secure again on Day 98. This is more like it, back to the ease of simply not thinking about it :)

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

Haha, now I'm thinking to myself, "I don't want to go through Day 96 again, so I better keep on going."

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8

Jezz, I hope to never have to do day one again! Day 2 is bad enough. :-)

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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2534

28th'll be some day!! If you can hold out long enough

I remember that 100 days for me was big, an achievement to be celebrated - and I did! I hope you do too. You deserve it!

All The Best

Penitent d5,242

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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

Thanks, Getting it, I appreciate your support. A problem shared is a problem halved, so it's super nice to get feedback here. I already feel better since posting that. Well, maybe not "better", but I don't want to smoke. It's just one of those moods where I feel fussy, as you said (which I love, it's exactly how I feel lol) and like I want *something* to take me out of the moment or out of the feeling. I refuse to cut off my nose just to spite my face, though. NO SMOKING. And I don't even want to smoke, not really. I just want to do *something*. I don't want anyone reading this to think that, over three months into my quit, I still deal with really visceral cravings - I definitely do not suffer from those anymore. What I do experience is the odd thought, or urge, to smoke, but there's no urgency about it like there was with the early cravings. I can easily see that it's a false dangling carrot, and not an actual thing to grab at. I'm just feeling really uncomfortable today and unhappy, and when I feel bad I want my security blankets, you know? What do all the quitters use for comfort on days like these? Or should I be learning to sit with this? I could use some ideas since I'm not thinking my clearest at the moment.

On the gratitude front, my quit has inspired my partner to give it a go! He started on Champix a short time ago and told me in amazement that he only smoked a half pack yesterday (he generally smokes 1-2 packs a day). He is gearing up for his quit date on October 1, so we shall see what happens. Like I've said before, whether he succeeds or not, my quit will stay intact. I am NOT doing this whole thing again. I just need to quit being a whiny baby today

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8

Hey Stellablue, I've been following your blog and see today your having a tuff one. Yesterday was mine. It was my first day of quitting and I got fussy. I know I need to be honest with people around me to let them know I'm struggling. Sorry you having a bad one, but you've done great so far!

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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

I'm in a bad mood this past week and I want to smoke, and I'm pissy that I no longer smoke and so it's not an option. Just needed to vent so that I can see it written out and looking all ridiculous. I feel like a full-grown adult trying not to throw a full-out tempter tantrum. I want to do something that's bad for me, dammit. I'm feeling rebellious. But I won't smoke, because I don't actually have a real reason to smoke. Smoking wouldn't even solve my problem of wanting to have a hissy fit anyway. I would just have two problems instead of one (that's one of my favourite mantras).

This is what Day 96 of my quit looks like

7 years ago 0 +0 / -0 808

Hi Stella,

CONGRATULATIONS on your ¼ trip around the sun!

You're doing great, but be sure and keep your guard up. Those triggers are EVERYWHERE as you know.

Stay strong you quitter.

Not One Puff Ever

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Tim

7 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS?!

STELLA JUST MADE IT TO 90 DAYS!!!!!

I have been a non-smoker for 3 months now. One quarter of the trip around the sun, completed. An entire season.

Do I want to smoke anymore? Nope. Did I kind of want a cigarette yesterday? Yep. Lol. I'm in a new situation and have some compounding stressors going on at the moment, but what else is new? Such is life as a human. There was never going to be a perfect time for me to quit. The "perfect" time was *any* time. The perfect time was 90 days ago, simply because I DID IT. I put the smokes down. I learned from you guys and from my own insights and experiences how to walk away. How to view myself as a non-smoker. I found some joy in it along the way, which was super neat. The past 90 days have been a great ride, in retrospect - there is a lot of strength to be gained and lot of self-esteem to discover by putting down something that is harming me. And tomorrow will be even better because it will be 91 days free. I can't wait to get to a full hundred days. Wowza. It's in sight.

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