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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

Thirty One Today

I'm inspired - thank you!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 50
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,500
Amount Saved: $345.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 8 Mins: 55 Seconds: 25

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

all over the place

Hello, i choose life....

Your chosen name says it all doesn't it? You quit for a reason. You'll get your head straight, remember the reason, and you'll get the job done. Kelly is so right, it's a mindset.

I have no question in my mind that you'll eventually succeed in staying quit for the long haul. I bet you know it in your heart as well.

I hope you do well on your exams, and I wish you the best on your quit.

GOOD LUCK!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 50
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,500
Amount Saved: $345.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 8 Mins: 56 Seconds: 53

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

I did it!!!!!! I didn't smoke!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 50
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,500
Amount Saved: $345.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 8 Mins: 57 Seconds: 23

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

The demon calls....

I'm 50 days into the quit. I am winning and the nicodemon knows it......

It's calling to me....... calling out my name...... wanting me to pick it up and cuddle it and caress it...... just once more....

and then......

But ohhhhhhhhhhhh no - not this time nicodemon. You caught me with that trick at nine months on my last quit. I will not be fooled again you ugly beast. Never - never will I believe your lies again!

I SEE YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE!

NEVER AGAIN!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 50
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,500
Amount Saved: $345.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 9 Mins: 16 Seconds: 49

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

The demon calls....

PS - No kitty-cats, cute or otherwise, were harmed in the making of this animated graphic.
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 50
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,500
Amount Saved: $345.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 9 Mins: 18 Seconds: 10

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

The demon calls....

GOOD LORD NO!!!!!!

Kitty cats are cool. I'm simply using them to symbolize what I'm feeling right now. The nicodemon calls out all cute and seductive, but under the covers it's all scary and ugly with big pointy teeth that bite and claws that rip....

My point is - the nicodemon NEEDS me to survive and is trying very hard to stay alive, using a lot of tricks right now. I am at a tough point in my quit and I wanted to portray it to myself graphically. I don't want to get fooled again, and I won't.

I like cats - really - they're great with gravy..... I'M KIDDING!!!!!!!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 50
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,500
Amount Saved: $345.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 9 Mins: 19 Seconds: 50

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

Smoking and Degenerative Disc Disease

Hi AJ -

Unfortunately I too am living proof of this. I've had fusion in my lower spine and cervical spine due to DDD.

I'm lucky - my surgery worked pretty well. I hope everything works out well for you too.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 51
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,530
Amount Saved: $351.90
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 11 Mins: 54 Seconds: 40

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

The demon calls....

Thanks everyone. Yes, I recall tough times for me between the 70 - 100 day point in my last quit. I almost failed several times in that time frame. I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for what I know is coming.

To me, when you first quit, the demon shouts at you. It's easy to ignore someone who's shouting at you. You can turn that off. BUT...

It's not so easy to ignore someone who's whispering what you want to hear in your ear. And that's exactly what this addiction does to me as I progress through a quit. I have yet to go through the "OK you proved it, you can quit, so now just one won't hurt you" phase of my quit, but it's coming I fear. I've caught myself bargaining and rationalizing lately. Thoughts like, what would having one in the morning and one at night hurt? Would that be so bad?

When sense returns the answer is yes, it would be devastating.

I'm digging in my heels and getting ready for the next stage of this quit.

At 50 days I'm still actively quitting. When I hit the beach I'll consider myself quit. Once I'm on the beach I'll go into maintenance mode and just hold my ground. I still have a ways to go yet so, I hope you'll all continue to put up with me for a while. I need this place in my life right now.

STILL WINNING!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 51
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,530
Amount Saved: $351.90
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 11 Mins: 56 Seconds: 46

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

What have I done

I'm working pretty exclusively on the smoking addiction. I haven't changed much else. I still hang out with friends who smoke and have been in close quarters with people who are smoking. That's a fact of life, people smoke. I can't avoid it but I can deal with it.

My caffeine intake is down some, I read somewhere that smokers metabolize coffee twice as fast as a non smoker, so I figure half the coffee, same bang for the buck as before... I may have made this one up, but I seem to believe it.

Other than that the major changes are in my mind set. That's where I've been expending the most energy in this quit. My mind is pretty much hardwired to smoke right now and I don't expect that to change overnight, To me, that's the battle to be won.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 51
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,530
Amount Saved: $351.90
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 12 Mins: 0 Seconds: 25

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

Slipped @#%*&

RonR -

All is well - we will be here for you smoking or non-smoking. You'll quit again I'm sure. Stay close to the site and good luck.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 51
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,530
Amount Saved: $351.90
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 12 Mins: 37 Seconds: 14

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