hi new here

I am new here too. I am cheering for you - YOU CAN DO IT!!! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]11/7/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 28 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 420 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $94.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22

hi new here

Thanks, but I think I goofed when I reset my quitmeter - I haven't quit yet, lemme go fix that... [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]11/9/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 26 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 390 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $87.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46

hi new here

Okay all fixed. NOW I feel honest again - lol! Sorry to have hijacked your thread Kathleen :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/7/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] -1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] -15 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $-3.38 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] -2502

Hi! I am new here :)

THIS quit I am going to use SSC and ALL of it's tools INCLUDING being an active, participating member of this support group. My last quit in September I would hang out here and read but I never posted and got to know anyone :( I am taking Chantix and today is day 5. I am already smoking much less than before, and I have not experienced any actual "craving" since I began the pills - what I have noticed is that I just make a decision to have each cigarette that I have smoked, for NO PARTICULAR REASON at all. It feels stupid to say, but that's the best way I can explain it. I hope it makes sense. If I have no reason to smoke, then WHY do I still do it??!! It's because I'm an addict, and I am listening to the disease or demon (I have read some of you referring to the demon) Anyway, very glad to be here! Thanks for reading :) Alphabet J [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/7/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] -1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] -15 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $-3.38 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] -2454

Hi! I am new here :)

Thank you all for so much support It is a really great feeling to get back on the computer after a few days and see all these encouraging posts. But it also makes the fact that I did not quit on Friday when I had said I would (or Saturday, OR Sunday for that matter) seem so awful. I am dissappointed in myself and I feel weak and like I am a failure. I know I am not the only one who didn't quit on their Quit Date and then felt this way, I am just trying to post, get honest and connect myself here. I feel like the Chantix IS really helping. Even though I did not honor my Quit Date, over the weekend I could have my morning coffee and not feel like I needed a cigarette. Except the very first 3 days I have not had the "last one of the day" right before bed. And every time I smoked it still has only been because I felt like I was "supposed to" not because I "needed to" (except right before I got on an airplane on Friday) which is very strange. It's almost as if my main challenge right now is to remind myself when I feel like i'm "supposed to smoke" that that would be silly because I don't smoke? Anybody else ever felt this way? So to give you an update as to where I am right now, the last time I smoked was at 7:30am. I commuted to work - usually I smoke 3x on the way - but I had 1/2 and that was it. I went to the store and back in my car - another time I would normally cram in a couple cigarettes - and I didn't smoke. So it has been 6 hours. I am focusing on not smoking right now. "Now" meaning just right in the next couple hours or so at a time. I don't want to say I have quit because I keep failing at that. It seems like my friends and family are so much more dissappointed in me when I don't succeed and they find out or I tell them I am still smoking. I guess I'll just see how it goes for right "now". THANK YOU all that are reading this for allowing me to ramble, I know this was a long post I just had so much to get out. Anyway, Thanks! :) AlphabetJ Ps - Steve and Ginette, I hope you too are doing better than I did! If you guys will have me, maybe we could stick together and be Quit buddies? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 19

The Power of Imagination

Thank you nonic. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46

I slipped

Hi Ginette! I don't know if you read my update on my "Hi! I'm new..." thread/post but I am working on one day right now too. I am not sure exactly what quit buddies do (maybe someone with experience can chime in here...) but I do know they have close quit dates. Maybe we can be buddies? Also, I have eaten about 12 hershey kisses today while at my desk - yes I think it's fair to say the crave for the sweets is on! I suck on them though, they last much longer that way lol! I'm right here with you girl!! I believe in you!! J [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

Hi! I am new here :)

Baby Coen - I really think having a relationship with your Dr. where you feel you can be honest with him/her is SO important because they are supposed to be there to help you not judge you. Having said that, YOU CAN DO IT with or without the Chantix! Thank you for reading and posting :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 15 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3.38 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 43

I slipped

Hi Ginette! Day 2 is going very well for me! How about you? You have completed 2 days though and are working on your 3rd right? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 15 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3.38 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25

Dec. 11/07 - 2nd Day

I feel like yelling "I'M HERE, I'M HERE!" :) I'm right here with you! How cool is this forum huh?! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 15 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3.38 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34