Ah yes, The Power of the Nap Took a long one yesterday and it helped bigtime. Emotions are almost stabilised again. [IMG]http://lolcat.com/sleepingbagkittens.html[IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/22/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 185 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,400 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,258.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 25 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 55 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7

Thanks for the bump! Danielle, Bilingual Support Specialist

Doodles are you having a bad day? Reading does help. So does deep breathing, sucking on a straw, cold water, going for a walk. Its very likey anniversary cravings or the 30 day pit, as you have heard about. Use the same tactics as day 1 and 2 and please remember this. IT DOES GO AWAY! And also remember "Smoking is not an option so do something else". NOPE :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/5/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 202 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,050 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,131.10 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 24 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

bumped [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]8/25/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 29 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 580 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $87.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

Oh my. I hope that your day gets better! Spring is coming - does that help??? :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/8/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 45 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 680 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $189 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

I gotta go with Gonnadoit Monica. Time to spend a little ME TIME. I went for a nice hour walk alone today. It was raining and then all of a sudden the sun came out right at the end of the day. Threw on my sneaks and headed out. Stop by the store and got some lottery tickets, started to go home and made a quick left and away I went. No where in particular. Just went. Felt great. This weekend I'm gonna do something for ME too. Don't know what...don't even care what it is, but I am going to do it...hahaha. Keep up the good work NOT SMOKING! I am still here with you...from d-day 1/12/07. Smoke free and loving it. Jimmy The Mick [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 710 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $266.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 32 [B]Seconds:[/B] 14

Monica58, I hear you and I'm only on Day 4 so you KNOW I hear you. Day 3 was super bad and like you, it felt like one constant, fast, and furious craving. And one, constant struggle just to make it through that day. And damn, it is extremely exhausting. I found myself waiting impatiently to get home, go to bed, pull the covers over my head, and sleep. Girl, I felt like a serial killer having a crying jag too. Today is easier. So, I can only gather from that our support group is so right......Take One Day At A Time. I noticed you said that these cravings hit you every two weeks. Are you expecting them to come? If so, do you think that could be the problem? Maybe a mind game or two? I know I've been doing that a lot today....Looking over my shoulder, expecting the horrid cravings, the gut wrenching withdrawal symptoms, and the terrifying anxiety attacks to hit me again. I was given some great advice and I had used this tool in the past when I suffered from anxiety attacks but flat forgot about it. The tool is: Get mad at that craving!! Put all of your energy into chewing it's ash out. Tell it to, "Back off, back off now. This is my life, my quit so back the hell off. You're wasting your time on me." Say whatever you mean or whatever you want that makes you feel the strongest. But that tool really works. It helped me to conquer major anxiety attacks in the past and it's helping with these cravings. I know I'm only on day 4 but man, I do know what you're saying about being exhausted from fighting those fast and furious cravings. You know what? I'm one of those people who was born to think I can fix this and I can fix that. If there's a problem, no sweat, I can fix it. You can't fix everything. That was so hard for me to admit but you really, really can't. Designate chores to others....Enlist their help. You can only do so much. I would think that you're still healing from kicking the nicotine out of your system, so don't bite off more than you can chew. Hell, no one should bite off more than they can chew. Who needs that kind of stress? I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers Monica. And when I say that, I MEAN it. There's no cliche in my words. I truly will think of you and pray for you to get through this. I k

Heya Monica, I know exactly what you're saying by being the "Go To" girl. I've had myself in the same position for years now for my Mom and Dad, Sister, Brother, Cousins, Aunt with me being at the bottom of the list. I have noticed that it's a lot like that with my husband and three children too. And my children are grown and out on their own. I need to draw the line myself and hopefully on my quit, I'll learn the same thing that "Tutti Matters." Hopefully, I'll learn that lesson without feeling guilty for putting myself first from time to time. I've already learned a lot from your posts. It's great for us to share this way. Take Care and Blessings to You, Tutti [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/18/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 4 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 259 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $11.16 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 58 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

Whoa...wait!! Nonic, smoking puts glucose into the bloodstream? Point me to an article if you have one, please? That would have been a great thing to know 4 years ago when I was diagnosed with diabetes. This may explain why my blood sugar has been dropping too low over the last two days. I've had to cut my insulin down a little bit and that's great. Tutti [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/18/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 4 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 264 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $11.16 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 45

Danielle, I'm lovin' it!! Do you know how some diabetics will increase their insulin to the food they eat? For example: Take an extra 12 units or so right before they eat that piece of cake. That's not me. I adjusted my diet to my insulin. I haven't had a dead blame biscuit in 4 years!! ha ha ha That's alright. It can always be worse. I love the idea of being able to take less insulin. I have to take two injections a day. Increasing my exercise and maintaining my diet, I may be able to decrease my insulin further. Oh, and I got in touch with my Dr. today. I'm really excited about this. Thank you so much Danielle, Tutti [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/18/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 6 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 330 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $16.74 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22