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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3875

Hey Princess, How is it going today??? Hope your life has settled down a bit. It seems sometimes that our "sky is falling' and that Murphy's Law Guy keeps following you around. Kick him to the curb! Deep breaths! Check in with us! :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/5/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 96 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,400 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,012.80 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 45

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1148

Princess, are you there? We're having a little get together on the boat, March Mellows have started to arrive on the beach. I hope to see you there. Keep your chin up Princess. You have done so well to meet your goal and you're there, not smoking. You're not depriving yourself of anything, nothing's missing. You're the way you were always supposed to be, smoke free. I hope things have improved for you and you stop by and say hello. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/15/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 86 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,720 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $361.20 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 13 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 813

Princess Sounds like you have a case of everything going on at once. That is distressing. It might be helpful for you to remember that all of this will be happening if you are addicted or if you break your addiction. For me it is better to endure the moment in the knowledge that endurance will give birth to a stronger and more capeable me. A cigarette does nothing for us except make us slowly sick while creating the illusion that we "feel" better. Nicotine provides a dream state of logical inconsistency. That is why it is so difficult to do the very thing you have already done for 71 days. If you let this pass without smoking, you will enter the zone of adaptation. Each time you are able to suffer through another crisis, you become stronger and the addiction fades. I know it is not easy, if it where no one would smoke. You have a chance to beat the odds if you set your mind to it. nonic [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 166 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,980 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,162.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 30 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 38 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1543

Your TOTALLY NORMAL...AND IT WILL GET BETTER. Are you on NRT? Just curious. We all need to understand that this thing takes allot longer than a couple of weeks. If we stick it out we reap the benefits. If we don't we will never know what a great life is ahead of us. To throw away that many days means you were on the brink of gaining freedom and seeing big gains. Maybe you were only a few weeks away. In the sceeme of things a few weeks is nothing. Please hang in there and send us a post to know you are o.k. Mercy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 138 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,760 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $616.86 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 598

Princess, How are you doing? new me [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/26/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 312 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $65.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 598

Princess, Take the attitude that smoking is not an option. It will not cure our ills..it will only make our lives worse. You are on the road to freedom. Don't give that up. It will only elevate your stress level and make you feel worse. Here's to a better day. Rejoice in the fact that you are smoke free. That is what I am trying to do. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/26/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 9 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 216 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $45.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 47

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 82

A big hearty congrats for not smoking Princess! Even though you wanted to, you didn't and that's what's important. I love quitmiester's suggestion of a big ol' reward for yourself. Hang tuff! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]6/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 51 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $12.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 55

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 231

Princess remember we are still learning, and will be for a long time, how to react to siutaions and stresses. Previously our first response was to light up because that is how we were conditioned. Because of the power of this addiction those years of conditioning are going to take time to overcome. However, you proved you are strong enough to push back. You know lighting up would not have changed a thing for the better. 71 days is a great job, just keep doing what you are doing one day, one situation at a time. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 84 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,520 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $378.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 16 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

princess, Good for you for keeping strong! Take that you time and now that your son is out, plan some activites and good ole fashioned date nights for you and the hubby :) Focus on you and your quit and revel in your success :) Josie, Support Specialist

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1306

Princess Well done on staying quit for 71 days. No easy feat, but you have done it. I was where you were this morning - in the pity pot. Feeling sorry for myself. My son and hubby were leaving for a 3 day camping trip and I was already feeling lonely and wanting "a friend". The junkie in me jumped right on that bandwagon with all kinds of "good ideas" to make me feel better. And I was right there - listening to those good ideas...until.....in a moment of a clarity, I thought....wait a minute...I've heard these lies before. Fortunately I know the truth. Smoking will not make me feel better, in fact, I will feel horrible if I smoked. Right then and there I told myself "I am not going to smoke!!!!!" One will mean the whole pack and then another and I, like you, don't want to go through this again. I've done it way too many times. Don't listen to the junkie thinking. Quitmyster had some very good advice. Time for some "You" time. Keep the quit. You will not be sorry. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]4/30/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 35 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 700 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $402.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42

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$330,394.13

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Days: 6026 Hours: 18

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Life Gained
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45415

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681,225

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