June Bugs role call

June 13. I'm new here and still learning the terminology but I'm assuming I'm a June Bug because of my June quit date? MomTo5Girls's Quit Stats Since Tuesday, June 13, 2006, I've been smoke-free for: 56 Days, 22 Hours, 28 Minutes, 54 Seconds. I have saved $184.80 by not smoking 854 cigarettes. By not smoking I have added 5 Days, 3 Hours, 21 Minutes, 44 seconds. to my life expectancy.

I'm New To The Site / 54 Days Nic Free

I just remembered one more thing. I can't believe I forgot it since I still use it. Don't think about forever at this point. Take it one day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time if you have to. Basically, think to yourself "I will not smoke for today". Each night when you go to bed, pat yourself on the back and say "I didn't smoke today!" Get up tomorrow morning thinking "I will NOT smoke today, maybe tomorrow but today I will not!" I will not have even just one cigarette...ever. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 55 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 838 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $302.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39

I'm New To The Site / 54 Days Nic Free

Let's see, things that helped me the first couple of weeks. First, keep some kind of a journal that you can look back on. Record why you quit on the first page. Then, record feelings, what helped, triggers, what you are going through as frequently as you have something to add. I've found it to be invaluable because we tend to forget bad things and remember good things. How many women here have more than 1 child? A very good example of how our minds work. I am still keeping a journal. I look back at the beginning sometimes for reinforcement of my quit, why I'm doing it and what I've gone through that I never want to have to do again. I used deep breathing the most, some sugarless hard candy, and sugarless chewing gum. I told my family that I was working very hard at doing this and they needed to work very hard, as well. I told them if I snapped at them, instead of coming back at me every time, maybe only do it every other time. I let them know what made me feel good when they did it/said it. For me, I just liked to hear that I was doing great. The main thing that got me through the first couple of weeks was just knowing that it would get better. I knew this from others who have gone before me. Places like this forum told me that it would only get better. All I had to do was not take that first puff. If I took that first puff, I knew I was doomed! No 'just one' as a reward because I was doing so well. Instead, I took a relaxing warm bath with a good book as a reward. I was tired a lot so I rested when I could and went to bed earlier than I have in a long time. I gave myself permission to kind of take a vacation. My husband helped with making sure there were dinners (mostly fast food but the kids loved that!), he took over dealing with the kids when he walked in at night, he tried (most of the time) not to roll his eyes at me when I was crying hysterically over something he felt was not that big, he brought me my favorite takeout pizza at 1 week and 2 weeks. He made sure that I was stocked up on candy, gum, bottled water .. I don't think that I've yet had to tell him that any of those are getting low. I started Pilates to help me relax and I started low impact aerobics to burn off restless energy or when I got angry and couldn't leave. I bought DVD's of

Ladies, Cravings worse, you know when.

Ya know, I hadn't even thought about this. This is one reason I think I am going to love this site. Not only the information or idea exchange but the tools..like the graph. I do know that my emotions during the pre-menstrual time are over the edge most times. lol I'll have to pay attention to the graph and see what it shows. Kimm - No nicotine in this body for One Month, Twenty Four Days, 1 Hour and 13 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 2 Days and 20 Hours, by avoiding the use of 826 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $227.60.

Hitting the 3rd wall

Red, I also 'hit a wall' at my 3rd week but mine was rage. Luckily I am a yeller and not physical (although at this point, I really almost was). I just refused to give in but it would have been so very easy at the 3rd week point. Instead of heading out of the house to get a pack of cigarettes, I headed out of the house with a bottle of water and a book. I sat in the parking lot of a park and read for almost 3 hours. I still have bouts of anger which I would like to have looked at by a doctor for possible medication. If you have the option of going to a doctor to just be sure that everything is okay or maybe there is a medication that they can give you to help you through this low point, do it. It will give you peace of mind to either have something to help with what seems like a low point right now or to know that everything is okay and this too will pass. But don't give up your quit! Think of everything you've gone through to this point. You don't want to have to go through that again. It sounds like you've been through it already a few times. Don't put yourself through it another time. Keep this quit and know that I also hit a wall in my 3rd week but got through it. Kimm - No nicotine in this body for One Month, Twenty Four Days, 1 Hour and 33 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 2 Days and 20 Hours, by avoiding the use of 826 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $227.66.

It was touch and go........

cybr, I'm so glad your wife is okay now. And it is just awesome that you didn't think about smoking! I think you've reached 'the other side'. Just remember to never light up again and you're done with it!! Kimm - No nicotine in this body for One Month, Twenty Four Days, 1 Hour and 21 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 2 Days and 20 Hours, by avoiding the use of 826 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $227.62.

I'm New To The Site / 54 Days Nic Free

Hi, I just found this site and immediately signed up. I am a 39 year old mother to 5 beautiful daughters, ranging in age from 14 to 2.5 I have also been married to a mostly wonderful man for the past 20 years. My husband is a never smoker so he tries to understand but doesn't completely. He's also one of those people that can't give a compliment without following it with a 'but'...'You're doing great but...' is NOT what you want to hear at this point in a quit! :gasp: My mom, sister, sister's fiancee, both brother's and sister-in-law all smoke. No one in my husband's family smokes. Mom is very, very proud and buying me things at every turn. I have told her the material things are not important, the words "I'm proud" are. So far, I've started getting a classic manicure every other week at a day spa. I often will get at least one other service while I'm there (massage, facial, brow wax, pedicure) to reward myself. My husband does not complain about any of it since he knows we are still saving money! I got the results of a chest x-ray on 6/13 which showed a collapsed lung. The doctor from the clinic told me I needed to get to the ER at the hospital and be admitted. After making overnight arrangements for all of the girls (all family is 2 hours away), we headed to the first of 3 family member's house to drop off the first group of girls. lol I had decided that when we arrived at the hospital, the cigarettes were going in the trash at the entrance. They did and I have not had any nicotine since. I quit cold turkey. The collapsed lung has healed but the lung specialist says it could recollapse at any point (more likely in the first 2 years than after that). He said that it was more likely to happen if I was smoking. He also told me that I was lucky to get away this time with just observation and the lung reinflating itself. The 2nd time usually requires surgery. I was VERY lucky! Since I have a very high tolerance to pain, we all thought it was nothing and were going to brush it off or wait it out a bit longer. The only reason I went into the clinic was that I'd had what seemed to be a muscle pull in my back that was affecting the muscles in my chest (or so I thought) for 4 days and it hadn't gotten better. But it didn't even hurt to the point that

What a wierd feeling

grace, I'm so glad you are feeling and doing better. This journey is so very worth it! I will be hitting 60 days in a little over an hour. Keep up your quit! Pamper you, take care of yourself, breathe through the craves or urges and know that you are doing something wonderful for yourself and everyone in your life. There are still times ahead that may be difficult but you can do this! And do you really want to go through what you already have all over again another time? It's what you'd have to do if you had even just one puff because one puff will take you right back into the cycle of needing to feed that addiction. You're doing great, grace! Keep it up and feel good about what you are doing for yourself and others who love you! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 60 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 910 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $330 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16

June Bugs role call

I'm tooting my own horn! lol 2 months! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 60 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 910 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $330 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

does"site" ever make you want to smoke?

Hi Correen, This happened to me too for quite some time. I am a part of 3 different smoking cessation sites and it didn't matter where I read, there were times when reading about smoking made the urge kick in. You haven't lost your mind! :) Kimm - No nicotine in this body for One Month, Twenty Eight Days, 22 Hours and 38 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 3 Days and 2 Hours, by avoiding the use of 899 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $247.88. Quit Date: 6/13/2006 06:00pm EDT [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 60 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 910 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $330 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 30 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4