It's gives me such pleasure to log on today and see my stats! I am sitting in a hotel in Carcassonne on my way home from another smokeless holiday.
I am aware that Lolly is out here somewhere near, that too makes me feel good.
Thanks to all of you who continue to support. I still think about smoking and craving more than I would wish to, but genuinely feel that this is getting less every time. So that's good to know.
N.O.P.E.
Viv xx
This is interesting. This holiday that I am finishing in a couple of days had proved very interesting. A) I have been away a few times now and the desire to smoke has definitely less this time. B) I have stayed in a place with air conditioning that has resulted in me waking up with slightly swollen gland in my neck and a congested chest resulting in me wheezing and coughing each morning. Both these symptoms remind me of my former smoking days , and frightens me. What a relief when I wake up enough to regognise it's not through smoking.
C) the final thing is spotting a woman or women smoking, I feel so glad that it's not me caught up in that trap.
Yes I have a lot to be thankfully for.
Its good to keep that demon suppressed !
Viv x
I can hardly believe it's been so long since I last logged in. I was then on holiday and I was no sooner home than I had to leave again when I had to go and stay with my daughter to help her out.
I am happy to record that I have now completed forty two weeks without a cig. You know I still get that sinking feeling at some point on most days when I remember that I don't have to do that any more. At times of real frustration I can even be seen to take a deep breath or have a glass of water. However, I must say the sensation is so fleeting it is usually followed by me remembering just how well I am doing. When I recall how terrified I was twelve months ago knowing that I really needed to stop yet could never actually get round to doing it.
I now can celebrate having saved over 2000 � nearly 6000 cigs not smoked.
I am happy to start another week stating that I won't be smoking .
So join me in marching out and celebrating our freedom.
Just ten more weeks and I will be able to say ONE YEAR! I better start planning my reward:)
N.O.P.E.
Viv x
Great achievement Eyjay, it's hard to imagine all those days. Just got calculator out and note that it's 142 weeks! So I can imagine now , I have just 100 weeks to go.
I realise I'm very late and you have actually done a further two weeks, but hey, better late never!
Well done you!
Love Viv
Congratulations Lolly, yes that's great news and inspiration to us all. I will just echo what has been previously said. It would be interesting to know how many you have already influenced but expect you will continue to assist more in your tenth year!
Well done to you.
Love Viv
N.O.P.E
Good morning folks let's celebrate another smoke free week, as we embark on adding to our great achievements.
As time goes bye I find I tend to lose sight of my own achievement to date! Stopping bye here helps to reinforce my determination. I meant to stop bye when I reached 300 days, but guess what I was just busy getting on with life. Forgetting that milestone is good in someways in that it shows that my thoughts of smoking are definitely receding. So today having completed 308 days I will march on with pride. If any newcomers read this just join in with your stats and CELEBRATE!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
NOT ONE PUFF EVER!
N.O.P.E.
Love Viv
First smoke free Christmas for me and it has gone fine . There was no way I am going to give up on this journey. To be honest it has been helped by the fact that I have bronchitis, this has made me so glad that I have stopped smoking otherwise this would have really been miserable Christmas because I would have wanted to smoke but could not. So in some ways this is a good reminder to some of the earlier stresses experienced as a smoker. Yes it's really good to be free. I am getting excited to think that I have almost done one year. This time last year I was in turmoil over smoking and now all that's behind me.
N.O.P.E.
Viv
Xxx
This thread has made an interesting read and one I can relate to. No matter how bad things get, our situations can not be improved by returning to smoking. It's good to have got to a stage where I am confident that smoking is no longer an option so I don't waste my time thinking about it. So different from earlier days spent in flights of fancy or feelings of deprivation.
Yes, it's good to move on!
N.O.P.E.
VIV
XXX
Hi everyone, happy new year. I am just 20 days off my first year! Just reminding myself of the anxiety I was feeling twelve months ago wondering if I could do it. Yes it's been a hard road to travel but I'm now reaping the rewards. Biggest problem I have is trying to come up with a suitable reward to mark my first year!
For any newbies , yes you can! I was twenty a day for fifty years, anything is possible. So this is your time just don't smoke.
N.O.P.E.
Viv
Xx
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