Hi everybody!
Wonderful people on this site helped me to stay quit for a year and 4 months! I had quit on 2/22/05 and then started again. It just goes to show that it's not really about how much time you have quit but rather waking up and realizing that it's another day & anything can happen. With addition it's so important to take it one day at a time & no matter how much time you have, stick with what worked to begin with. For me it was this site that really helped & I started to get a little lax and stopped coming in like I should have!
Anyhow...I'm back and ready to do it again...I think :O
I say I think b/c I'm not feeling really strong about quitting, at least not right at this moment. Hopefully that's a temporary way of thinking & it will change soon. Right now I have 27 hrs. and 2 min.s smoke-free :)
I don't want anybody to get there hopes up for my quit b/c I don't want to disapoint anyone. I've come to find out that I'm not as strong as I use to think I was. I do have weak moments & I feel it's important to acknowledge this.
Many of you know from my posts 2 yrs ago, that I quit drinking and now I'm happy to say that I received my 11 yr token April 25, 2007! Quitting smoking has been much more difficult!!!
Ok so I quit on 2/22/05 for 1yr & 4mos. Then May 2007 quit for 1 week and started after a break-up with my boyfriend. Then I decided to quit on July 2nd. But then my Mother called on the July 3rd and let me know she was coming to town the end of the week! Well I hadn't seen her and rarely spoke to her for the last yr 1/2. To say the least it's way to emotional for me to be around her as a smoker much less a smoker trying to quit, lol. So I hung in there till after the fireworks on the 4th and then started again after a phone call with her. Then she finally showed up and dropped off her 5 birds and dog for me to babysit and went on her way to PA. So I decided to try this quit again on 7/7/07 :) I figure I'll have at least 2 weeks under my belt before she comes back through again on her way home to Cali. I'm in Colorado for those of you that don't have any idea who I am, LOL.
It's so easy to type on and on when you have both your hands free, lol. So, here I am. I'm back but not feeling very confident at the moment. And the addict in my head is telling me that I don't want to quit and to take off this patch and head for the gas station! But there's a little piece of me that remembers how GR8 I felt when I quit before & if I can just get through this hard time I'll be much happier in the future not to mention HEALTHIER :)
Looking forward to chatting with old friends & making new friends :)
When you think u can't take it anymore just close your eyes and take
slow deep breaths! In & Out, In & Out,,,close your eyes and start relaxing your toes & work your way up. Give it 15 min's and if that doesn't work call somebody!!!!!!! That's my plan for the next few months, lol.
One day at a time :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/7/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 40
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9.60
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48
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$26,754.00
Amount Saved
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Days: 585
Hours: 10
Minutes: 13
Seconds: 19
Life Gained
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4459
Smoke Free Days
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89,180
Cigarettes Not Smoked
