Hi Josie, Many thanks. Always nice to see you. Have a great day! I notice you always end all your posts with a great smiley :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 63 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,575 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �264.60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16

Morning Kevin, All previous threads locked, so your ready to go for this week! Your looking great and know that your journaling and daily activities are visited by many. Thanks for sharing your journey with us :) Josie, Support Specialist

Ex-Roller, I will post that playlist this week, I am still checking and choosing. I know there will be some metal for sure. Btw, how did your festival go? Gen, I think you're right. I watch VERY carefully what happens to people more ahead in their quit. And while everyone is individual there seems to be something that happens between day 90 and 120. I have noticed it in a lot of people, including you. It is something that drives me forward to reach that goal. Plus I promised Sue that I would make the beach at least. And I try never to break a promise. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 63 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,575 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �264.60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28

Kelly, :) Maybe it should say 'Chill out by listening to electronica'!. Think synthesised sounds of running water and the like :) I think it would be safe to say I have a very diverse collection of music. :) Unhooked, physically, you bet I do. I could list tons of reasons why I feel better. The junkie free Kev would say something like 'Since I changed my lifestyle for the better, my sense of smell has been amazing, I have felt fitter, the constant coughing has gone. I've realised that I was only drinking in order to satisfy an ability to smoke. Smoking is not a great way to attract the opposite sex as once thought but it is great way to get a chest complaint. I have taken a much better course of action by quitting' Of course the junkie me was looking forward to this holiday as it was one big chance to get me to blow my quit. It is used to being fed over 600 cigarettes by the end of a holiday week so that is why it is so actively pestering me at the moment. Of course, I am not about to throw away 60+ days on some junkie premise that returning to my old ways is the best course of action. A false yet impressive argument is still false in my view. I just gotta be alert and aware of the difference between junkie thinking and reality. So I start off this week by promising to my faithful friends at the SSC and to my Quit Buddy (finally I can do that again).. that I WILL NOT SMOKE THIS WEEK. And then I shall recite the positive statements I learnt last week. Eventually it will sink in. p.s. Kelly. I often listen to Fat Circles which comes from Santa Clara. It can apparently be found on that netty thing. Just in case you like electronica :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 63 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,575 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �264.60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50

Unhooked: I hope it's a seal!? Kev: Well done on getting this far and making all the changes. Soon you won't do that bit at the end about lying thinking about smoking - with or without Electronica. Gen [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/28/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 169 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,704 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �845.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 22 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

Yeah....really

Kelly! W T H IS that?????? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/13/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 123 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,460 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,353.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 12 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7

Kev, you must feel 347% better than you did when you were living your life just to please the junkie. You're doing so well and look at all that you have gained just by sticking to your quit! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/13/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 123 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,460 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,353.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 12 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

Wow, Kev! What a total change in lifestyle! The only thing that worries me just a little...electronica??? ;p [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]8/25/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 19 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 570 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $111.15 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48

New week, new thread :) As I am on holiday all week (the first real holiday since I quit) you might be seeing a lot of me :) So while I have some time free I thought I would properly journal for once. I shall leave any Jerry Springer like conclusions for another post. Below is an average Friday before and after quitting : Before : am 05:30 : Get up, smoke outside or in the garage if too cold, normally 4 or more before rest of family get up 06:30 : Have breakfast, tea, shower and get ready for work. Watch a bit of telly. 08:00 : Leave house, smoke 1 cig 08:05 : Get to shop, buy enough cigarettes for the day, go to bus stop smoke 3 cigs 08:30 : Get off bus, walk to work, smoke 1 cig 08:45 : Get tea, go for smoke, 2 cigs. Repeat roughly every 45 mins until end of work pm 05:15 : Leave work, walk to bus stop, smoke 1 cig 05:20 : Get to bus stop, smoke 3 cigs 06:00 : Get off bus, go to pub, sit down on favourite seat order JD & coke and smoke. 3 JD & cokes and 10 cigs per hour 08:30 : See band arrive, worry it is getting busy and buy pack 19 cigs from machine as I am running out. 11:00 : Phone for a lift, buy another pack of smokes from machine for rest of night and tomorrow morning 11:30 : Make way out of pub, smoke then hide smokes when I see lift in the distance. Get in car and proceed to speak what appears to be kilingon because I am plainly drunk by now. 12:00 : Out like a light (asleep) After : am 06:30 : Get up with rest of family, have breakfast, shower and get ready for work 08:20 : Get lift for work 08:30 : Arrive at office 08:45 : Get tea and go outside and watch my friends smoke 09:15 : Leave my friends to go outside and smoke, whilst I continue writing long essay to SSC, continue to get tea every 30 mins until end of work 11:30 : Go for 30 mins brisk walk with music player on pm 12:00 : Lunch 05:15 : Get lift home 05:30 : Get home, have microwave something and eat it 06:00 : Chill out to some electronica whilst laying on sofa thinking about smoking 09:00 : Go to sleep (think about smoking) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 63 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,575 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �264.60 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 11 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32