This time, my umpteenth, I think I really have quit for real. I have over about a decade (maybe more) tried nicotine patches, wellbutrin, hypnotherapy and cold turkey. (The all-time most useless assist I ever tried was the hypnotherapy, I didn't make it to my car in the parking lot before freaking out and lighting up). I quit Oct. 15 using wellbutrin and got off the pills after surviving the first week. I have NEVER lasted this long. Best I've ever accomplished before is about four days, until I thought I might try "just one puff" from my husband's lit cigarette. I know all kinds of justifications for messing up a quit, but they have all come down to "just one puff" and one big fat now 35 year addiction. At the moment, I can't think of a single reason TO smoke, so I may be feeling over confident. But that is a new and nice way to feel. As advice to other new quitters, what has helped me most to get this far this time is: I have two friends (one I actually know, one an e-mail stranger cessation counselor) that have responded to every stupid, wierd, self-pitying, pathetic e-mail I have sent them, I guess they are earning stars for their crowns in heaven. And secondly, I have found educational sites about smoking cessation with a ton of articles and references and links to keep me focused on the benefits of quitting, and aware of the self-defeating junk that has pulled me back before. So, YEA! I hope the quit meter info comes up.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/15/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 20
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 820
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $120
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31
Dear Danielle, Marie, KKeith, and Jan,
Wow! Thanks for the support. It is a blessing.
--Ann (still doing fine)
p.s., Jan, you have almost my same start date. How'ya doin?
I understand that it isn't getting any easier, because your body is in absolute rebellion because it isn't getting its nicotine. You are probably at the worst point of what your body will do to you. It will eventually stop beating you with a baseball bat, (that took about a week for me), and work its way down to an uncomfortable and occasional pinch (second week, for me), and eventually down to the annoyance of a pesky fly (what I'm dealing with now). I don't have that many days on you, but I probably have a bunch more failed quits, and I do know how to fail, so I'm not going down that road again. During my first week, I had to stretch and pull my muscles, especially my neck and shoulders, and felt that torture on a rack sounded like a pretty pleasant relief concept. But really, the vigorous stretching helped lots. And for some reason I needed salt, which I ate on watery raw vegetables, and water, that also seemed to ease the tightness I felt in every joint.. You CAN do this.
--Ruby
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/15/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 20
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 823
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $120
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23
Dear Grace, Deli, and Dutch,
Thank you so much for the encouragement. It means alot.
Lovely cake!
--Ruby
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