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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2534

Very nice post Sparky,

See you soon, huh?

Penitent d1549

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/18/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 1549
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 38,725
Amount Saved: �9,681.25
Life Gained:
Days: 252 Hrs: 10 Mins: 36 Seconds: 25

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$63,624.00

Amount Saved
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Days: 1405 Hours: 11

Minutes: 21 Seconds: 23

Life Gained
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5784

Smoke Free Days
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127,248

Cigarettes Not Smoked

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3307

Deb, I am so sorry if I have disappointed you. No, I did not follow my advice and for that I paid the price, but you needn't have to pay it also. You hold on to your quit tight, it is the most precious gift that you can give yourself. I wish I could explain to you what happened, but I don't understand it. I could be pride, I can do this myself , or complacement or the fact I am addict and I lost site of that. I want you to stay with it, please. Not for me or anyone else, do it for you.

Yes I do the talk, but I need to learn the walk the walk. I am regrouping and hope to be back very soon and I want to see your days add up. I will need to follow you and others and learn what works for them. You stick with the winners and learn from them. Your life means something and you count!!

(((HUGS)))

Sparky

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 130

Deb -

I'll open up the chat window and leave it running today. If you're online give me a shout and let me know what the heck is going on with that computer. I may be able to assist you and would be glad to do so....

About the quit - Deb - you may have urges and cravings for some time to come. You need to be ready for that and to deal with it. You need to find a way to relax your mind that does not include the smokes. Your quit is an individual thing. There is not a person on this board that can tell you what to expect, all we can do is relate to you what we have experienced. You should be careful not to "expect" certain things. The quit is what it is. Sometimes it will be easy, other times it will be a complete b!t&h, but it's all yours.

Sparky showed great courage in telling the board about the slip. I think sparky told us to again, help us along. So nothing has really changed has it? Sparky is still helping you, as the rest of us are, and you are still quit. Worry about today, not a year from now. Stay in the moment when it comes to your quit, don't borrow trouble. We (and you) have no idea what you'll feel like in three months, or a year, but there's only one way to find out....

KEEP THE QUIT!

I hope you have an outstanding day!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/6/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 39
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,170
Amount Saved: $269.10
Life Gained:
Days: 6 Hrs: 12 Mins: 15 Seconds: 24

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2534

Deb,

Fear not! You have made the right decision, you are battling hard in trying times, you are doing famously well and you are winning! Just keep on keeping on, one day at a time, and it WILL get better.

Oh, and if I ever think about lighting up again, I promise that I will come here first, I will seek you out and I will get your permission before I do!!! Your promise to me? You'll tell me no, no, no, no, no, no, it just ain't worth it!!

Many Congrats on a Wonderful 15 days!!!

Now just keep doing it!!

Penitent d1549

Quit Meter

$63,624.00

Amount Saved
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Days: 1405 Hours: 11

Minutes: 21 Seconds: 23

Life Gained
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5784

Smoke Free Days
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127,248

Cigarettes Not Smoked

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 52

Deb,

You are doing so awesome. I know how hard it is for you, but we each have to take ownership of our own quit. AND YOU ARE DOING IT!! You have a tough quit with your health problems and your mom continuing to smoke.

This is for you and no one else. Remember your reasons for quitting; remember the battles you have fought and won. You have 15 days--don't give up! Go back and read your own initial posts. You know you need to do this for you!

Sparky lost her quit for now, but that doesn't mean you should give up. You have been so strong; don't pin your success on someone else. Look instead at Tresa, Patrick, Karren, Bonnie, Ron and all the Hall of Famers.

We're members of the same graduating class, my friend. We may be freshmen, but I want to be with you on the podium when Mr. Ed lists his 100 day victors and we board the cruise ship together.

I've felt so proud of you as I read about your quit progress. You have been strong and amazing. Please keep it going for you.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/26/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 19
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 570
Amount Saved: $95.00
Life Gained:
Days: 2 Hrs: 19 Mins: 46 Seconds: 50

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 145

So sorry, I did not mean to post without signing my name. STUPID, stupid computer.

I hop you can help me one last time Sparky,

Love,

Deb (pupikat)

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 15
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 420
Amount Saved: $110.25
Life Gained:
Days: 1 Hrs: 18 Mins: 30 Seconds: 25

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 145

Dear Sparky, I hope you are still around to read this. My computer would not let me get on line AGAIN. (so Cybrduke I humbly accept your offer?). Anyway, do you remember when I first came to this site and was so scared to quit smoking? You really helped me out a lot, you really did. You were encouraging, sympathetic to my health conditions. I am so confused I just do not understand. I loved this site from the beginning. It seemed more like a huge extended family really getting together for the single purpose of helping each member of the family overcome any and all obstacles in the way. Everyone coming up with their best to help someone else overcome the latest challenge. I feel like I just lost a member of the family and it hurts. I just do not understand Sparky why, when you tell so many others to come here BEFORE they smoke and post, why did you not do it? I took a huge painful leap of faith and trusting that in the end all the pain would be worth the outcome. I am sitting here with skin lesions on my hands, legs, arms, face, neck, stomach, back, head, so far. That was one of the problems I had and asked about when I first came here.When I get nervous or upset these lesions break out because of a skin disease. I am NOT blaming anyone for this disease, lest there be any kind of misunderstanding. I am just saying that I believed you and the others that I would eventually get over this and it would not last forever. These are so painful I can't even begin to describe it, and I quit smoking anyway KNOWING this would happen to me, but with the knowledge it would indeed get better. The last large outbreak I had lasted for 22 years, varying degrees, but...You are one of the people Sparky that told me that. So are you now telling me that it does not get better? Are you saying I am going to be stuck in a viscous cycle of this crap because it does not get better? Is there really no hope? I don't want to be stuck like this, I can't be. I don't remember your post before you smoked the first one. Did you come here and post first like you have told so many before to do? I am not trying to make you feel bad, or worse. I am just trying to understand and figure out what I need to do for myself, so I am not stuck with these horrible flesh eating, out of control, blistering disease.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 15
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 420
Amount Saved: $110.25
Life Gained:
Days: 1 Hrs: 18 Mins: 29 Seconds: 17

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