Weekend Promise 02/10/06

I'll be joining y'all this weekend. No smokin' for me here in Lubbock. Hey! I'll reach day thirty this weekend. Yee-Haw!!! Still [color=Purple]Text[/color][i]'Stavin' off the Cravin'[/i] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 28 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 851 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $133 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 38

Weekend Promise 03/10/06

West Texas' Spring Weekend = LOW moisture with HIGH wind :) Major burn ban in place, no smoking around here this weekend! Stavin' off the Cravin' Bob [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 56 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,690 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $266 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28

Tail Between Legs

Stu, you are killin' me here... This was a tough weekend for me as well. I watched my wife smoke while we worked in the yard and it was a really tough. I wanted to 'borrow' a puff from her so bad... I'm not sure why I didn't. We are still quit-mates from January '06 and I'll stand by ya. I have not been on the site as frequent as in the past since I have had such a long time without a smoke. Maybe 60 days isn't out of the woods like we thought. Leave that last smoke in the pack as a reminder. You don't have to smoke it just because its there. It doesn't matter where you are going. Your decision to go is the important thing. Stavin' off that Cravin' Bob [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 59 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,781 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $280.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 44 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51

Get Your "Ashes" in Here Monday Roll Call

Haven't been close to the web is a bit. I had a close encounter this weekend but managed not to slip. Boy, I seem to have trouble around the '50' mark... oh, well. Stavin' off the Cravin' Bob [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 53 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,600 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $251.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

Get Your "Ashes" in Here Monday Roll Call

HA!! Made it through another weekend. Stavin' off the Cravin' :p [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 45 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,360 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $213.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39

StuBow Is 40 Days!!! Take A Bow Stu!!!

Happy 40 to us!! We started this together... let's not finish it ;) Stavin' off the Cravin' [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 40 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,210 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $190 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 55 [B]Seconds:[/B] 38

Who we really are...

I am an nicotine addict. I have been for thirty-eight years but did not realize it until recently. From what I have learned recently, the length of addiction is not of any consequence when it comes to ridding one's self from it. There had always been pleasure associated with smoking because of the relaxation I received. I believed that all the bad stuff said of smoking came from people who were just feeling sorry for themselves and I swore not to succumb to that. I accept full responsibility for my actions. I watched my my Grandfather die of heart disease, my Grandmother and remaining Grandfather of cancer, then my Father of cancer, and still believed I was 'bulletproof'. A quadruple bypass only stopped my smoking for a few months, until I began to feel 'normal' again. I have for a long time tried to follow a prescription for life that I read awhile back. I don't know where it came from, but here it is: Life is not a journey to the grave with the intension of arriving safetly in a pretty and well preserved body, But rather to Skid in Broadside Thoroughly USED UP, Totally WORN OUT and loudly proclaiming WOW What a Ride!! I viewed smoking as a means to this end, enjoying the pleasures of life (including smoking) to its fullest, even if it killed me... after all, In my youth the saying was 'If it feels good, do it!!' I had a heart stress test this last January. My cardiologist spoke plainly to me, 'There are many who do not get a second chance at life. Some are born with defective hearts that can't keep their bodies alive for a year. You have, for whatever reason, been granted a second chance... and you're blowing it!" The look he gave me as he delivered those few words changed my outlook on life. How stupid is it to believe that smoking will do anything for you except hasten your arrival at the grave? Until you recognize and acknowledge the addiction's hold, the truth will remain obscured to you. You will 'rationalize' the negative information about smoking and create even stronger bonds with the addiction. My 'true' self was lost to this addiction sometime around my eighteenth year and I am now faced with the task of finding who I was before my life was altered by this addiction. For all those who have no

Bypass Is 40!!! YIPPEE!!!

LOL N2K, Them 'awl' wells is big 'biddness' down here! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,239 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $194.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 14 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12

Bypass Is 40!!! YIPPEE!!!

Amazing, especially to me. No real problems so far, but I find myself waiting for the other shoe to drop. Could it be that this group has filled the void left by the quit? Sure it could!!! Thanks to all, and I'll try to write will a little less drawl from now on. Yee-Haaww!!! Bob Stavin' off the Cravin' [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 40 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,226 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $190 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44

Eye Effect

Guess no one else has had any vision problems associated with the quit... Mine is much better today, but I awoke a few hours early this morning and have been trying to beat the nico-urge back to its corner. I can't seem to get away from it. I thought this was supposed to get easier, but I am just about to climb a wall. I'll read my list again, I really want to, and have to quit..