Wow- nice support system you guys have going on here. I kinda wish I had not told you guys that I tend to slip when I drink though. lol. I cant promise you that I will avoid drinking altogether but I think I can limit it to 1 or 2 and cut way back. If I ever slip again then i will quit it all together but damn...that will be tough!! I know you guys are right though...and I know that this is the trigger that is keeping me smoking and I must find a way around it. Thanks to everyone for their input and contributions! I will keep you all updated and try to post my thoughts. I hope things will be easier this time around since a lot of my triggers have not come back.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/2/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 8
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $40
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50
All I had time to read was the topic. It said "will i ever be ready" and to that I say that there is only one person that can answer that question that counts....and thats you. No one else can do it for you...we can give you advice and words of encouragement...but only you can decide to fight this evil....and its a decision you must decide to continue to make on a daily basis.
My greatest quit was 120 days and it went away around day 108 or 110 or so....unfortunately that made me let my guard down and when I went through a tough time in my life I had one or two....over a year later that has translated into 3-20 every weekend!! Now I am close to having to start all over again!!! So dont slip!!
Hello everyone....
Well I have what is probably a rare situation. I have attempted to quit smoking many times in the past 5 years and it never has been able to stick. I am a 28 year old male and I quit for 120 days over a year ago. Unfortunately for the past year I have been going through withdrawel during the regular week and then smoking 2-20 cigarettes over the coarse of the weekend and sometimes carrying into Monday before I quit again. I do this almost every weekend and the only reason I dont start back up is because I feel really aweful every time and smell and so I stop. I dont like not being able to breath or having my throat hurt.
I have finally come to the point where I am so tired of fighting the drain on my body week in and week out. I know that I have to pick to either quit or to just smoke full time because this is taking way too big a toll on my body and my mood. So here I am. The big thing that kills me is being around smokers on the weekend while I am drinking. In a way I seem to have made an agreement subconsciously that its ok to light up on the weekend as long as I dont go back to doing it full time....I realize this agreement must end. So I am going to try to rack up the days...today is day 8 for me.
Its weird....for almost a year I have been smoking every 7 or so days...sometimes I would go a couple weeks without one...but the withdrawel was only really effecting my between 3-5 days. This is day 14 for me and the past two days have been worse then any other day...its like my body is saying to me that its about that time where I usually go back to smokin a few...can anyone explain this?
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/2/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 13
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $65
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42
Thanks everyone for the feedback. Shevie that was a great post and was very very helpful to me. Thank you!! I am going strong and finally starting to feel good about this a bit...its the longest I have gone since I lost my big quit last summer.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/2/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 16
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 16
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $80
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37
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