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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1521

Cemetary, Great letter. Remember to print it out and keep it for a reminder. This letter is very much a great motivational tool. Keep up the great work! Melanie __________________ The SSC Support Team

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 300

I never thought of writing a letter. That is a terrific idea! Congratulations on your decision to quit. Best of luck and hang in there! I know you can do it�I know we can do it.

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 33

I started a "quit journal". It's just a notebook that I carry around with me. I write down the times when I have a bad craving, the times that I have withdrawal symptoms, the times at which I have a peice of Nicorette Gum or the lozenge and other things to motivate me. I wrote that letter in my journal and then decided to post it here. I'm glad you guys found it helpful. It really IS helpful to get out all of those feelings!! :)

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 33

WEll everyone, I sat down last night and wrote this letter to say goodbye to my smokes. I felt a lot better after writing it and I feel a lot better today! I would reccomend doing this to everyone! So, here it is: Dear Cigarettes, I am writing yout his letter to tell you goodbye. You've been there with me trhough a lot of experiences- good and bad. You were always there when I was angry, when I was depressed, when I was hospitalized, through loss of family memebers, through every bad experience that I've had for the past ten years. You were there when I was happy, when I was celebrating occasions like graduating high school, after a good romp in the sack, and other times. But, as close as we may be, I have to remove you from my life. This is a detrimental relationship. Following are my major reasons why I have to push you out of my life: 1. You are slowly poisoning me to death. Every day, you take hours off of my life. 2. You controld every aspect of my life. I won't let a man, let alone anyone else, control me. Why would I let an inanimate object do the same? 3. You make my apartment STINK! I try everything I can to get rid of that awful smell, but nothing works. I didn't even know what was causing the smell until I stopped being around you! 4. You give me chronic sinus infections and headaches and cause huge build ups of phleghm in my sinus cavities and lungs. And as sick as I may get, I still have a need to smoke you, which always makes my illness worse! 5. Jon and I want to have a baby in the future. Having you in my life can compromise my fertility. I refuse to smoke you when I'm pregnant and I refuse to smoke you when my future babies do arrive. I will not let you hurt my babies or my chances of having those babies! 6. I don't want to find out some day that I have lung cancer, throat cancer, esophageal cancer, emphysema or any other smoking-related illness and know that the only reason I have it is because I smoked. I don't want to find out that I'm DYING and know that I am the one to blame!! I want my lung capacity back! I want to breath! I want to be able to jog and do an intense workout and not have searing pain in my lungs or have to stop because I'm too out of breath! I want to be able to breathe deeply! I'm tired of burnin

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 893

Great idea, don't forget to diarise the good things as well as the bad!! :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/6/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 16 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 194 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �40 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 40 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 96

Nancy, Thank you very much for sharing your letter...What a fabulous idea!!! I love it!!! Congrats on your quit...keep up the great work! Knight Amy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/3/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 19 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 571 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $71.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 52

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 456

Hey CemetarySiren ! Great way to start your quit ! Love the bad relationship angle.. I have use that myself ! Great ! Great ! Welcome Siren !!! Hang Tuff ! Knight Christine [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/1/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 20 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 520 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $70 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2830

[quote] I write down the times when I have a bad craving, the times that I have withdrawal symptoms, the times at which I have a peice of Nicorette Gum or the lozenge [/quote] ARE YOU EVER NOT WRITING IN YOUR JOURNAL?!?!?!?!?!? LOL!!!! I remember my first days quit and if I wrote down EVERY single time I had a craving, I probably would have had a pen permenantly attached to my hand!!!!! Glad to hear you're doing so well with your quit. Keep up the awesome work! Crave the Quit! Butterfly [IMG]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/kissnflirt/butterfly3.gif[/IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 116 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,921 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $382.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2830

Nancy, That was a truly wonderful post!!!! Great letter! I always wished that I'd written a letter to the cancer sticks when I first quit... but I guess I didn't think about it then. But yours was absolutely fabulous! Thanks for sharing with us! Crave the Quit! Butterfly [IMG]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/kissnflirt/butterfly3.gif[/IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 116 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,919 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $382.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 610

Siren, congratulations on 3days with no cigarettes! Everything that you wrote in your letter is true! Remember or re read your letter whenever those nasty cravings try and take over your brain. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 6 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 163 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $24 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42

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