Hallelujah!

Grand news, Silver. :) :) We're looking forward to having you around for a while, too. Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 242 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,853 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $919.6 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 43 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

Some quotes on persistence and failure

Dale Carnegie: Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Frank Lloyd Wright: I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. John Quincy Adams: Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. Marian Wright Edelman: You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. Marian Wright Edelman: Whoever said anybody has a right to give up? Robert Frost: The best way out is always through. Thomas Alva Edison: Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Alva Edison: Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Victor Frankl: What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him. Winston Churchill: If you're going through hell, keep going. Marian Wright Edelman: You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. Rollo May: The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt. Corita Kent: Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed. Elaine Maxwell: My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny. Elbert Hubbard: A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.

PRODUCTIVE COUGH

Mine never happened either, Joy. :) Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 242 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,847 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $919.6 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44

slipped and get motivated

Like Pen said, it's willpower. And our desire to not smoke is stronger than our desire to smoke. Where does that cigarette in the mornings come from? Why is it even available to you? Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 242 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,847 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $919.6 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13

It's time now--asking for support

((((((((((HUGS)))))))))) newbkr. :) Looks like ladybug & JJ have the back covered, so I'll just help where I'm needed. We wouldn't give up on you even if you asked us to. The only way to get rid of us is to leave. I'm mighty glad you're still around. :) We're all in this together, newbkr. Let us know how we can help. Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 241 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,833 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $915.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24

Not getting support from my husband :(

OK. In that case, forget what I just said and read Golferman's posts. If your husband "gave up smoking" at any time, he wouldn't be smoking cigars. Tobacco is tobacco, regardless of the method of delivery. He's still a smoker, still addicted. Sounds to me like his addiction is now threatened and he's reacting badly to it. Just as he is reacting badly to the threat to his mortality (brother's liver cancer). Your reaction to his outburst (not making decisions right now) was excellent. Sounds like you've got a good handle on it, Denisey. When things get rough, come here and vent. That's what we're here for. ;) Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 241 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,833 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $915.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 22 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

questioning my quit

Hi, VASmurfie. Congratulations on 2 weeks quit. That is a fantastic accomplishment. :) At this point, questioning your quit and feeling lonely is very normal. The "rush" of the initial quit is over and you've been pretty beat up over the last two weeks, both physically and emotionally. Now you're entering a time of "blahs". You'll question your quit and begin missing your old "friend". Let the grieving begin. That may last a week, or so, but it is temporary. Just keep in mind why you quit in the first place. Like Lady and Lucy said, write your reasons down and carry them with you. Also, remember the bad of smoking; the stink, eyes burning when smoke got in them, coughing, panic when you realize you are out of smokes or won't be able to smoke for some time, etc. You will tend to start forgetting the bad and only remembering the "good". Do not let that happen, VASmurfie. You've got a good quit going. Hang in there, it does get better and it is SO worth it. Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 240 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,811 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $912 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 44 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58

Expected to Fail

Hi, Neek. Congrats on your 2 weeks quit. Awesome! :) Have you rewarded yourself for your accomplishment? Done something you like to do or gotten something for yourself that you want/like, just for you because you've made it 14 days up this mountain? Maybe that's what's missing. You need to pat yourself on your back and strut just for your own enjoyment. You've certainly earned it! :) Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 240 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,813 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $912 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 44 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37

Dizzy Doodle in my Noodle

Hi, Tony. I was dizzy daily up until about three months ago. It wasn't a head-spinning, walk-into-walls dizzy, but more of a lightly-drunken/tipsy feeling that caused me to wander about +/- 1 foot off a straight line as I walked, say, down the hall at work. I had an ENG test done and the doctor found no inner ear problems. I was about to try a neurologist next. Then about three months ago (around Thanksgiving, or so) the dizziness changed from the pretty much constant drunken feeling to a sharp "ping" feeling when I moved my head. What that means is that when I would turn my head or body I would often get a burst of dizziness that hit strong and died out in about the time it took to say ping. I still have that a few times a week now, but the intensity is way down to barely noticeable. I've never been able to find any correlation between the "ping" and direction of turn, speed of turn, position of head, anything. And I've never been able to intentionally cause it to happen with any repeatability. If you're worried about it, I advise you see your doctor. Dizziness could be caused by all sorts of things from your heart to your brain and should not be dismissed lightly. Good luck, Tony. And congratulations on 16 days quit. :) Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 240 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,813 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $912 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 44 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11

Does anyone else notice

I don't think so, Melanie. I think it's a conspiricy by the tobacco companies to trick us back to smoking by making us think we're now in the minority. The tobacco industry's covert information gathering network is so sophisticated it shames the FBI's and CIA's combined. As soon as someone quits, they know it. Then they pull out all the stops to make the person feel like the oddball, hoping that psychological pressure coupled with the real addiction withdrawal will cause the person to relapse to smoking, thereby restoring their cashflow. [b]ATTENTION ALL QUITTERS:[/b] It is all an illusion. Do not fall for the sham! All those people are on the tobacco companies' payrolls. Many of them are not even smokers. Some aren't even real people. Shevie (I think) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 241 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,831 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $915.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30