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2024-10-31 6:49 AM

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Feels like hell week all over!!

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Roller Coaster Withdrawal

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2024-10-14 12:28 PM

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Smile....and don't shoot the messenger

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2024-09-27 3:17 PM

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18 years ago 0 70 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi Zazz, I seem to be having the same feeling this evening. I just finished eating dinner and I have such an urge for a cigarette right now. I am trying to breathe deep. I found me an excellent meditation tape, maybe I will try that. I have such a heavy feeling in my chest right now. I hope you are finding things to do this evening to take your mind off of those terrible thoughts. At least I haven't begun to cry yet. The doctor totally pissed me off today and I was a raving maniac on the way home. He called my husband and I a bunch of cigarette fiends. Time to find a new doctor. He gave me no advice and gave me a perscription for Xanax...and he used to be a smoker, you think he would have had a little compassion. I am looking into something called Laser Concept...I think that will be my next adventure. If anyone has any info on using the laser to quit smoking, I would like to here of some results...I hope they are good results. I will check back in a little. Take a deep breathe and think of good positive things, that is what I am about to try to do. Darcy
18 years ago 0 31 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
That is very unfortunate. We need support everywhere we can find it. Although... come to think of it... AREN'T we cigarette fiends? I know I am. The thought of picking one out of an ashtray has absolutely crossed my mind. Ok, I confess... it has crossed my mind RECENTLY. :) But, what we need is positive reinforcement, and being good to ourselves. It is the thought of NOT being a feind, that's what we are striving for! I'm sorry I don't know about laser concept, I'm sure one of our other friends here will enlighten us. Hang in there.... [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/4/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 109 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $27.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29
18 years ago 0 31 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thanks for responding - I actually left work and decided that the first thing I would do would be to check the site to see if anyone had answered. PHEW - someone did. Thanks for getting me through those first five minutes! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/4/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 108 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $27.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27
18 years ago 0 31 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Made it all day at work. Work is OK. Gym is OK. But what to do with myself the moment I walk in the door? The moment I usually have my first relaxing (smoking) 5 minutes of the day? I dread going home. Have to go sometime. What do you all do? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/4/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 108 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $27.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 33
18 years ago 0 54 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi there, Try creating another reward when you get home. Or do something else on the way home. Stop and have a hot chocolate somewhere or browse a bookstore. When you get home have a treat and unwind - think about all the reasons you wanted to stop and give yourself a pat on the back. Another great thing to do is have a shower. It helps me to not want to smoke.. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 43 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 569 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $473 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36
18 years ago 0 1070 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Oh, zazz your almost there. Just get past this first 2 weeks and things will start to get better. Do anything you need to do at home to keep yourself from caving in. I do dishes, cook dinner and have playtime with my son...oh yeah, and then watch my soap! LOL! You just need to figure out what it is that you want to do instead of smoking. Your basically re-doing your whole life. You have to add new things in when the old ones go! You can do this! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 30 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 618 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $135 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2
18 years ago 0 12049 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Zazz, A shower or bath can relax you and your favorite clothes to wind you down and enjoy being home! Keep Strong, Josie _____________________ The SSC Support Team.

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