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Water? Well, Josie is once again correct. I dont like water that much, I drink orange juice. Ok, it has water in it. Good luck with your book and your quit. Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 68 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,379 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $374 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 54

What to do if you REALLY don't care and just WANT to smoke.

EXCELENT! You said a mouth full, especially " treat it as a game" Cuz thats what it is. So kick some butt tomorrow! Then kick some more the next day and so on! GOOD LUCK! We will all help you!! Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 68 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,376 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $374 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

Sudden attacks

Stubz, When that urge comes out of nowhere, WALK AWAY! Shake your head and it will go away. Your mind is at ease when these urges come on, so do something. Read, go out side and scream, kick your feet, do anything and do it quickly b4 the urge gets the best of you. Keep your mind occupied cuz the urge wants to occupy your mind. Its all in your head my friend. Remember what you are doing when that urge comes out and then avoid that situation. But my gosh, dont let it beat you. You are 17 days into your quit and you are on your way. So, get tough and be strong. Remember, its a mind game, so play the game and win. Give your mind something else to think about, change your ways of living. I mean, what ever you did b4 you quit, weather it was watching TV and smoking or drinking coffee and smoking, change that, dont drink coffee, that could be a your trigger point, eliminate it if you have to but fight that urge! Good luck, keep the faith and you will do ok. Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 68 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,376 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $374 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 19

Dont you people get it!!

Rainie, With that attitude, you will MAKE IT! I am convinced! Your quit will be strong. Keep your guard up tomorrow, remember all the posts that you read, this is important. One more thing my friend, if it gets bad, you can rely on the support crew for any help. You can also rely on all of us, we wont let you down cuz we all care a lot about you and now we care about your 18 year old. Keep your quit strong! Good luck Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 68 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,377 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $374 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

Dont you people get it!!

Need I say more? Be strong, this thing is beatable and we all can beat it. For me, it was the trigger points that I avoided and that fact that i am so sngry at what it did to me and what i did to myself. Listen people, I must say, my mother was 55 when she sat us down (i have 6 brothers) and told us that she had lung cancer. She had a soft cell tumor and it fed on the sodium that we need in our body. The tumor caused a chemicle imbalance in her brain and thus, it caused her to lose her mind. IT WAS HORRIBLE AND FRIGHTENING. We were devastated. She was treated with chemo for 4 months and she could take no more. Stick with your quit and fight, you will be ok! Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 68 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,376 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $374 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 44 [B]Seconds:[/B] 14

I screwed up :-\

Need I say any more? Hillary, Its time to strap your guns on. Its time to get down and dirty! Get tough, eliminate those trigger points. When that urge comes, walk away drom what you are doing and shake your head. Convince yourself that the urge will do damage to you. Keep saying to yourself " NOPE, I WONT LET YOU BEAT ME" Remember what you were doing when the urge came and then stay away from that situation. If the urge came from nowhere, then just walk away and do something like ummm, pop a hunk of gum in your mouth, but keep busy. Fight this thing with the tools that you have and keep your will power strong. I am not sure about any one else, but when I get that urge, i like orange juice. Some thing about vit c helped me. But keep in your mind and keep thinking about that mass that your friends sister in law has. That should do it in its self. I am sure you dont want that kind of news. Good luck, good luck, you can beat this urge, have faith!! Its beatable!! Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 68 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,376 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $374 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 20

Dont you people get it!!

interesting, cigs do piss me off! But what pisses me off more, is the gun powder that they put in the cig to keep it lit! How discussing!! What nerve! Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 66 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,339 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $363 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 49 [B]Seconds:[/B] 45

Dont you people get it!!

Hello Rainie, It looks like you have 2 days till your quit. Great to see that you have taken the plunge. Well, I have to let you in on a little secret. I whined, and it was at that point that I took this quit in another direction. I am no one special, I am an addict like everyone else. But whining only made it worce. You have to understand that it was your choice to smoke, no one held you down and fourced you to puff on that first cig. So you cant whine, you can whine if it was not your fault though. In 2 days, you are going to think you are wothless. You are going to feel like someone took away the only thing that was important to you. You are going to feel like killing everything that moves. You are going to shake like old people do ( not putting down old people). You are going to feel the worst feeling that you ever felt b4. But, there is going to be a bright side of the coin. You will BREATH like you did when you were 5 years old. You are going to like taking a breath of air. This will happen quickly. You are going to have more energy, you are going to feel proud that you made it through 1 day of not smoking. Here is the problem. You will start to feel great, but as your quit progresses, you will realize that everything is going good. That is, until the excitment wares off. At this point, you must think in a diffrent way. You must start to get very angry with yourself. You must continously tell yourself that your not over the hump yet, You must get mad, mad at the fact that what you did to yourself for so long was wrong. You also must hate and hate and hate the sight of ashes, cigaretts, ashtrays, cigaretts lying on the side of the road and everything that has to do with cigaretts. But it dont stop there. You must control your feeling and anxieties. You must tell yourself that your life will be pure heaven if you continue your quit. You must remain angry and dont let your guard down. By that I mean, you have to change your way of life. If you love a smoke with your coffee then you must stop the coffee. If you like to smoke with a beer, then you have to stop the beer. If you drive to work and you stop at the same store every morning, then you have to take a different route. If you like to smoke while you watch TV, guess what? You have to find another wa

Dont you people get it!!

Penguin, I hope your quit is strong. Please allow me to rebut. I not now, nor will I ever "badger, ridicule or mock" people who smoke. I was there for over 20 years my friend. I got all kinds of looks from all the non-smokers. I know how it feels to be imbarressed or looked down on. I was lectured just like all the other smokers. My post was merely my opinion. It meant to wake up some people who's quit was not in order. It was meant not to hurt, rather, to inform and to enlighten. I looked at many, many, many post on this fourm. I took everyone of them and learned. I hope you all will do the same. We are all in this together. We all have one thing in common and that will never change. That is, we were all stupid enough to start smoking in the first place. So badgering is NOT my style and it never will be. I love this fourm for many reasons and I would never stoop so low as to badger anyone. Again, please keep your quit a strong one. Keep in mind why we all want to quit and keep in mind that our life depends on it. Thanks all for reading! Jaset [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 66 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,338 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $363 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

Dont you people get it!!

b]You made very valid points in your post but when your were a smoker or just newly quit was it that easy for you to think, feel and say these same thoughts??[/b] BJ, Please understand this: When I was a new quiter like yourself, it was not easy by no means. I experienced all that everyones else did. When I quit, (and you can ask jose) I was a basket case. I was depressed, anxious, miserable and I went through a hell of a time with this. I was no stonger than anyone else. However, after reading through all the posts (and I spent countless hours doing that)I realized that I must take a different approach to this thing. I had to come up with a plan that was not going to fail me as I failed many times b4. So I got intouch with myself and I convinced myself tht cigs were going to distroy me and the 4 people in my life that I loved the most. They are, Lori, Gina, Sabrina and Jim jr. So I got mad, I mean plum dog mad. I threw chairs around the room, I screamed at the top of my lungs, I kicked and stamped on the pack of winston, I hugged my family and told them that I was so sorry for ever starting to smoke. I took the advice from the support team and I ran with this quit! I never looked back, not once. Why? Because I love my family and I was sick and tired of puffing on albuterol. I was sick of smelling like an ashtray. I was sick of hearing my family cough from my smoking and I was sick of my kids getting ear infections. So to answer your question, yes, it was easy but not at first. I had to retrain my thinking using my thought process. I had to make several changes in my life. But most importantly, I had to stick to my plan and see it through. This is not easy. It is the hardest thing we all have ever tried to accomplish. BJ, I now concider myself as antismoking advocate. I hate what these things did to my life and my family and I tell it to the tabaco companies all the time! So my friend, keep your thoughts strong, stay in contact with your self and fight the urge every time it appears. Get very angry at what you did to yourself for so many years. Now correct it and change your whole lifestyle. You are not looking at a demond, you are looking at something that you created years ago. And if you created it, you can stop it to. Please BJ, listen to the support cr