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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

Help,

Awesome resolve! Good for you for seeing the addiction for what it is. You came through beautifully and we are very proud of your 21 days! Enjoy Nova Scotia!

Josie, Health Educator

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 855

Hi Kasi, i had to laugh at your post i can so remember being that person squirmming and dieing for a smoke, wereing WAYYYYYYYYYYYY to much perfume like that really hid the smell LOL, i save alot of money on smokes and perfume now, it seems we all notice the same things when we quit, be proud of your quit you are doing great :) Tresa

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/8/2002
Smoke-Free Days: 2177
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 52,248
Amount Saved: $9,143.40
Life Gained:
Days: 311 Hrs: 4 Mins: 44 Seconds: 34

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 101

Well, today I feel I did make the right decision to quit and I am so glad I did turn around and go home instead of "buming" a smoke from my neighbor. I was out with a group of friends and 1 person smokes and she was the most uncomfortable looking person the entire time. She squirmed (she is a major closet smoker with church people) and I just chuckled and thought, I used to be that person. You could tell tehy wanted to leave and smoke. Not a truely happy person. Me though...I have nothing to hide anymore (i was a closet smoker at work) and I am happier.

So if any newbies want to take a puff because they "miss" it. Stop and think... are you really going to miss it? Can you live with smelling like a stale ashtray? Yeah, also, this person uses wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much perfume to try to cover up smoke. Non smokers can tell more because you are trying to hide it. I'm free from that crud!!! Are you really willing to pay russian roulette with each cig you smoke? Well, that's what you are doing if you go back to smoking.

Hugs everyone, and I'm going to hop on the weekend train to Nova Scotia. I've been there for work and holy cow I would move there in a heartbeat but cant :-)

Kasi

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/3/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 21
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 420
Amount Saved: $89.25
Life Gained:
Days: 1 Hrs: 22 Mins: 23 Seconds: 12

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 967

Kasi, way to stay strong. It is hard to be around smokers. I know I still go back and forth on that one. It will smell good, and then after awhile I start to feel sick. I think it is more of the act of watching somebody go through the motions of smoking that get to me, they "LOOK" relaxed and carefree, but you know deep down inside they are really unhappy. Good for you for confronting the situation, it will make it that much easier next time.

Kelly

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/6/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 230
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,900
Amount Saved: $862.50
Life Gained:
Days: 18 Hrs: 18 Mins: 20 Seconds: 19

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1080

Kasi, well done hon- that was a tough trial and you made it through. I think it was before you joined I had a similar situation with a very close friend of mine who had been away at University and didn't know I'd quit.

Kasi, like you the first whiff of her newly lit cigarette was, I have to say, pleasant. But as that old cig burnt down it became obnoxious, and all I kept thinking was 'ugh the smoke she's exhaling has been inside her lungs' thats gross!!!!!!

So well done, keep looking at those terrific stats and stay strong.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 74
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,850
Amount Saved: $1,110.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 17 Mins: 53 Seconds: 47

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1288

HelpMeNow1,

Be strong and hang in there. Keep your guard up and keep pushing forward.

Sylvie, Bilingual Health Educator

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 855

Good Job, this is how you get the quit done, one hurdle at a time keep up the good quit :) Tresa
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/8/2002
Smoke-Free Days: 2176
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 52,224
Amount Saved: $9,139.20
Life Gained:
Days: 311 Hrs: 1 Mins: 17 Seconds: 8

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3131

Look at your stats, you must feel sooo proud , I stayed away from smokers for at least a couple of months, otherwise I would have to battle the craves and triggers. It is true, smokers unconsciously want you to keep smoking, I know I dit when I smoked,,, my girlfriend had told me she was going to quit , I panicked (inside) didn't let her know it. Now I'm smoke-free and she's still puffing away. Try to avoid situations such as these, so not to be tempted, at the beginning of the quit, you will get stronger as the weeks go by and it won't bother you anymore, on the contrary you will not appreciate the smell at all.

You're doing it

one day at a time

Marie

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 6/13/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 771
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 13,107
Amount Saved: $5,011.50
Life Gained:
Days: 103 Hrs: 16 Mins: 9 Seconds: 1

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1890

You've made it through the toughest test, Kasi. Well done.. Now you're a stronger non-smoker than before.... Don't be shy to tell Mrs Neighbour to blow her stupid smoke in another direction rather than into your face... basic manners...

patrick

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/18/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 187
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 4,675
Amount Saved: $2,103.75
Life Gained:
Days: 34 Hrs: 18 Mins: 30 Seconds: 0

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

Kasi,

Of course you are going to like the smell of a smoke, many of us did and that is one of the reasons we smoked and the other is of course our addiction to it. Once you lose the addiction and the reliance, crutch or whatever its name is for you, you won't care for the breathing other's exhaled smoked. Give yourself a few weeks, in the mean time stay away from those smokers. I don't want to see you get dragged back into this. It is your time to quit and to have the freedom!

Ps: You have all the makings of a quitter Kasi and I do believe in you.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 913
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 16,434
Amount Saved: $5,341.05
Life Gained:
Days: 167 Hrs: 5 Mins: 32 Seconds: 18

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