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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

O...M...G!!!!

Can I request something by the Beach Boys???? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/13/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 99 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,980 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $910.80 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 40 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

O...M...G!!!!

That is some very OLD vibrations Jim! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/13/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 99 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,980 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $910.80 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 20

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

Need some applause, here

Denise Congrats, Congrats, Congrats, Congrats. I am so glad you got your butt back in here. You are an awesome asset to this community. You should be proud. Quitting is not easy, but you've done it!!!! The beach awaits my dear. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/13/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 262 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,240 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,410.40 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 27 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

FAITH is on the BEACH!

Congratulations! You did it! Awesome job. Keep on, keepin on, one day at a time. Spring in the Peg is a great time to be 'smoke free'. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/13/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 263 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,260 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,419.60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 27 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 30 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

Quitting is Impossible

Never say never Loved it! :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/13/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 297 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,940 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,732.40 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 30 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

Jan58 has reached the beach!!!

Looking good Jan!

Awesome in fact.

Glad you are still with us. It only gets better and better.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/13/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 299
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 5,980
Amount Saved: $2,750.80
Life Gained:
Days: 30 Hrs: 20 Mins: 22 Seconds: 18

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

This the last time...please (I beg me)

Hi, I'm Kodiak.

I have been lurking around this site for the past few months, not wanting to post till I had a month under my belt with some confidence that I will succeed...again. You may notice from my join date that I have been here before. Yes, I have quit before...many, many times. So many that I have lost count. In fact, in December alone I think I quit 6 times from one hour to 4 days, but always chickening out. After reading Alan Carr's book, yet again, the deal was sealed. I told myself not to be afraid and to JUST DO IT. And I have.

I am using the patch again. I have always had good success with it. I do have to be careful when I stop using it because I have had a few failed attempts at weaning myself too quickly. I am not worried, just careful to protect.

During my last quit, I learned many things about how to live life free of nicotine. One of the most important lessons I learned is that it was good to be free, and that going back to smoking was the worst decision I could have made. I have been at this quitting thing for far too many years. I just want to be quit! not wishing I could. It is a viscious cycle and I for one, am getting off this treadmill to nowhereville. There is only one path and that is the top of quit mountain. Thanks for being here. There is strength in numbers.

Kodiak

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/5/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 27
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 540
Amount Saved: $259.20
Life Gained:
Days: 2 Hrs: 22 Mins: 12 Seconds: 22

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

Triggers, desires, and thoughts

One of the things that I have been interested in since I started this journey, oh so many hears ago, is the multitude of smoking associations that have been made in our minds. When we first quit we are reminded almost constantly that we smoked when we performed certain tasks, or at certain times of the day. Some of these associations have quickly disappeared for me. For instance, I always made sure that I had smokes in my purse before I left the house. I haven't once in 36 days checked my purse to check. I don't know why, but that association left instantly. It took probably 3 weeks before 'have a smoke' was not the first thought I had when I woke up in the morning. Now it's my 3rd or 4th thought. When I left work for the day, as soon as I was able, I would light a cigarette. Now it is sometimes 5 minutes before I think about it.

I judge my progression in quitting, by being alert to the fact that these associations are not so automatic anymore. I enjoy when I can say, "hey, I haven't thought about smoking for 1 hour." For the most parts thinking about smoking is to do the automatic associations we have made in order to service our addiction. When we quit smoking, those thoughts are no longer unconscious, they are conscious thoughts, which is part of why it is so difficult to quit. When I have a smoking thought, I try and figure out why I thought about it just then. Was it because of a triggering association made based on the time of day or a task? Those thoughts and much easier to dismiss and carry on.

I have noticed that those thoughts associated with triggering emotions, such as anger and anxiety, are a lot harder to dismiss. Yesterday, I was anxious about being late for an appointment. I started thinking, 'stop and get some smokes, and you will get through this easier.' I quickly realized how utterly ridiculous that argument was, by acknowledging what emotion I was presently experiencing and why, and then how I could cope with this emotion and the thoughts I should be thinking instead. I thought about how much more anxious I would feel if I was smoking, and stopping to get cigarettes would make me even more late. After waiting for the doctor for more than an hour (even though I was late), I was able to see how smoking would not have changed anything, but get me smoking again - and I would still have been anxious about being late.

Nicotine addiction caused me to make false justifications in order to keep me smoking. It is hard though when you realize just how much you were lying to yourself, and the sometimes huge and daunting task it is to reverse those thoughts, but I persevere.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/5/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 36
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 720
Amount Saved: $345.60
Life Gained:
Days: 3 Hrs: 21 Mins: 29 Seconds: 43

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

I just got a letter...

That is so cool! It sure is gratifying to know that your work is worthwhile, and that your message was heard.

You are right. It is all about confronting our fear and challenges head on and rising above them.

Congratulations on rising above your challenges and coming out on top. It will be very worthwhile and once again your message has been heard.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/5/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 37
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 740
Amount Saved: $355.20
Life Gained:
Days: 3 Hrs: 23 Mins: 15 Seconds: 17

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

I'm back with 100 days under my belt

Hello again.

It's been awhile since I have posted here. I have been here, lurking for 100 days, just waiting for when it felt right to show my face. It is sort of a reward actually, a goal, and well...I made it.

After all the attempts I've made on and off this site, for some reason it just didn't sit well with me to participate without some weight behind me. Well, I've got weight, in more ways than one - 100 days and 15 pounds. One number feels good, one number doesn't, which is why I will shortly brave the subzero temperatures and go for a walk.

For the first month, I didn't come here much - felt I was doing well on my own. Since Christmas morning however, I have been struggling and felt the best way for me to handle this was to help someone else. Tis the season for lots of new quitters coming on board and it is a good distraction. I won't smoke, but I sure have been thinking about it a lot.

So to all the New Years quitters...come on in and we will all help each other battle this addiction and stay quit in 2010!

Happy New Year

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 9/19/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 102
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,040
Amount Saved: $979.20
Life Gained:
Days: 10 Hrs: 21 Mins: 24 Seconds: 1

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