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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

Mimi, Learn from this! Don't be so hard on yourself and know that we are behind you. You got right back in there and this is commendable. Take a different route next time and stay away from that store! Josie, Health Educator

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1356

Mimi, did they change anything? Did they help? Fix anything? Remember this, next time the junkie is talking you into a slip tell her to **** off. Keep quitting Mimi, you will be just fine and perhaps stronger because of this. Next time you need help, come here first and let us know, we are here to help. Sue [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/3/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 275 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,750 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $481.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 26 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 56 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1000

Mimi, You had a slip that is all. Now just get back on track and learn from it. When I quit I kept a pack of cigarettes in my china cabinet for the longest time but a couple of months ago when I started thinking I wonder if I could have just one I threw the pack away and I know had I kept it I too would have probably slipped. We are only human and have to learn from our mistakes. Glad you are back on track. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 318 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,540 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3,100.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 735

ditto for you, Stobz! Get rid of the cigs! I really would not want to come into contact with Bears paddle :gasp: G [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 196 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,880 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $940.80 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 20 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 56 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 735

Mimi, I am sure you feel bad right now but, don't beat yourself up. Try to figure out what led you to buy the cigs. And next, find ways so it will not happen again. Could it be that smoking was the one thing that you had all to yourself? You said you do not smoke around the kids and hubby. Maybe smoking was just the one thing you had all to yourself? Your get away? If so, what can you sub? Yoga, reading, a bubble bath, writing in your diary or posting on this site? Try to find something to indulge yourself in (just for Mimi). Concentrate on how good you feel now that you are a nonsmoker. Keep that feeling in mind next time you want to buy those things that make you feel so bad! Hey, you have gone almost 3 weeks, you can keep on going! G [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 196 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,880 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $940.80 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 20 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 55 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1698

strobz One of the things that I have in my possesion is a rather large paddle.Do you know what it's for :eg: and I take great delight in using it so we'll have no more of this b.s. right. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/20/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 319 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,742 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3,190.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 77 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 13

So did I... :( If you didn't post this, I was gonna do it. I bought a pack yesterday with no valid excuse (slap me!) and smoked 2 cigarettes last night and 2 this morning already. Shame on me I know! I felt terrible after the 2 cigs last night, but I still keep doing it! I just wanna bang my head on the wall right now. I was doing so great, for the first time I managed to make it to Day 10, but I screwed it! Makes me wanna cry. Don't reset your counter if this is a minor slip to you. I'll reset mine cause 4 is too much to me. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/3/2008 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 43 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1698

So you slipped .No big deal.First lets establish something right off the bat.Nicotine is addictive period and you are addicted no if and or buts.You will battle addiction for the rest of your life.Now on the plus side it gets easier.Yes your quit date is still Jan14/08.Learn a lesson and get on with it. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/20/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 319 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,742 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3,190.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 77 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 40 [B]Seconds:[/B] 38

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12

I slipped last evening and had 2 cigarettes. I went to bed in tears and did not sleep well as I felt so guilty and ashamed of myself. Here I am this morning on this site so early in the day because I needed to get this off my chest. There are no longer any cigarettes in my sight and I am trying to take this in a positive approach and learn from it. The thing is I have been feeling so great about my quit and about my health. I can't even pin point why I did this. I was going for a walk and stopped at the corner store and bought a pack of smokes just cause I felt like it. How stupid was that? I never smoked in our home as my husband is a non-smoker and I don't like the smell and never smoked in front of the children. I just opened the pack and smoked one on my way home and the other in the back yard. This morning I got up, cut the rest of them up and threw them away. I only pray that I don't have to go through strong withdrawal again as I was doing so great. I keep fighting these thoughts that come into my head that I try to justify why it's not the right time or that I could just have a smoke every once in awhile. I don't understand why I can go for 5 or 6 days straight without these thoughts and then suddenly like yesterday be fighting with them so often. I know now that I need to consider them as just thoughts and concentrate on the positive. With the help of this sight and with all the postings that I have read over the past few weeks I can do it. I think I will still consider my quit date as January 14/08 and just consider this a slip. I would appreciate hearing from any of you who experienced a slip and if you felt as bad about it as I do today. Thanks for the support and Good-Luck to all. Your postings are so encouraging to me.

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