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17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
It is all in the mind ~ addiction

How can you hate what you've become - when you've quit such a tough addiction??! Have you thought about either tapes or CDs about positive thinking or even relaxation? I use Change your life in seven days" and listening to the CD last thing at night has had a huge impact on my negativity. I've also just started Yoga classes - which also focus on living positively. Maybe you need to find something that is "yours" to replace smoking and give you some feel-good rewards? Hang in there. Personally, I take my hat off to the positive strength in all quit smokers. S
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
heck week what is it

Hm. I'm in Heck week and generally not finding it to bad. Still not wanting to smoke as such, but do get times of "discomfort" is all I can describe them as. It's not a case of "aaaargh. I want a cig" it's more like "aaaargh. stop me feeling this way". I've read the stuff about anger on various threads and I think that going to be the thing I need to focus on most. Yesterday, there were some tough moments of confrontation and I was literally shaking with anger and thought my heart would burst. Hmmm! S [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 354 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 22 [B]Seconds:[/B] 55
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Support people

I get confused. When I'm signing in to be able to post, and you get the list of "what have you been experiencing" questions to tick, mine are generally feelings of being tense, or uptight, or angry kind of feelings, but there's nothing like those listed. Aren't those usual symptoms of quitting??? And is there any advice for how to deal with those aside from deep breathing? Thanks, S [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 354 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Almost finished Hell Week!

Thanks guys. I MADE IT THROUGH HELL WEEK!!!!! And today was not bad at all. I even went out at 8.30 am (on a Sunday too - very rare for me!) and joined a Yoga class. Something I have "been meaning to do" for years now. This morning, I did it and just loved it. Hope I can keep going and make it another step in the new me. (Soooo relaxing too. Can highly recommend it.) S :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 7 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 271 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �42 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
THE 500 CLUB

Well, I hope to be in your club some day too. Meantime, I'd love somebody to total up how many cigs the 500 club haven't smoked. Those are scary numbers! S [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 9 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 321 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �54 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I Ain't Gonna Make It , Guys

Are you hanging in there? PLEASE hang in there. Cigs change nothing.Doing without them doesn't change anything other than relesing yorself from prison into the light. The friendship is what it always was. Maybe the "friendship" was poisoning you rather than the cigs and you smoked partly, to avoid dealing with that? Let it go - but let the friendship go rather than your quit. I've just done that with a friendship that I've had for almost 30 years. It wasn't working. It wasn't good for me. It was poisoning me. Yours sounds the same. I'd rather stay off ALL poisons than lose the Quit. You can do this. s
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi, This is Lee and tomorrow is my quit date.

Hi Lee, seems no time at all since I was where you are now. That feeling the night before a Quit. Wanting desperately to be a non smoker (though not really wanting to go through any of the pain you've heard about to achieve it!); wondering how you will feel in the morning; wondering if you will be able to do it. man that is some stress we heap on ourselves! When you wake up, tell yourself it is the first day of the rest of your nonsmoker's life. Imagine yourself as a puppet with lots of strings tying you to the nicotine demon. See the picture of the threads running out of your arms and legs, head hands etc. Making you a puppet that jumps every time that nasty demon jerks you. Then when you open your eyes on your first day as a non smoker, imagine the picture where you've just cut the firt string. One of your arms is free and you're about to start cutting the others bit by bit as you go through those first days. Hang in there. It's a good feeling - seeing yourself winning your freedom. Knowing you won't be a puppet any more. The control will all be yours. Best wishes. S [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 8 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 306 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �48 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 14
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
HELP!

Well my God. Today has been like day after night; like sunshine after the rain; like the calm AFTER the storm; like spring after winter. If I compare how today has gone after how I felt yesterday. Today has been lovely. So, I have learned two new things now. The first is, I have learned something about life without smokes. I got angry and resentful last night. About a whole heap of slly things - though some justififed. And it strcuk me that if I want to remain smoke-free, I had to do something about what was causing those feelings, or I'd end up reachings for cigs. So I thought about what was really bugging me, thought about how to tackle that in a positive way and, without screaming, nagging or anything else nasty, sorted some stuff out with my kids. We have some new ground rules, we had some new behaviour today and we had a nice day that felt like we achieved things. Second thing I learned, that even when the day is as tough as tough can be, when somebody tells you "Hang on in there. It gets better" even when your head it saying "It WONT. It can't POSSIBLY. I can't LIVE like this" open your heart and have some faith. Because sure as eggs is eggs, it DOES get better. Thanks guys. Hell week is almost over. S x [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 6 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 232 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �36 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 59 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Almost finished Hell Week!

Yesterday was utter, utter pants. My brain had left the building. My common sense had gone. My personality had been lost and I was forever to be taken over by some cig-deprived Harpie! And yet here I am. Happy, smiling and feeling good! LOL - it is madness this journey - but Hell Week is nearly over. S [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 6 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 233 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �36 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4
17 years ago 0 243 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I'm soooo emotional

Am an emotional quitter too. Just nipped the kids'heads - though they kinda deserved it, it's not something I'm usually guilty of. Given them kind of an easy ride these last few years. it's just that as a single mum, the quit is all down to me but sometimes, despite having teenagers, sometimes it feels like EVERYTHING is down to me! Oh well. They'll survive. I'm an August 20th quitter. Single mum of two. About to start a new job (that I don't much want) and move house (that I don't much want to do either) and send my "baby" off to Uni. (that I REALLY don't want!!!!!) I'm in Scotland and would like to be in the group. Sometimes, I'm quite positive. ;) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 5 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 204 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �30 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27