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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 375

LOL!!!!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/18/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 17
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 408
Amount Saved: $122.40
Life Gained:
Days: 1 Hrs: 18 Mins: 9 Seconds: 48

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 375

Hi!

I know that I would have been okay if the patch hadn't have fallen off. I had 8 hours of group therapy to do with 49 clients-- no breaks so I couldn't run off and go buy anything. So I wasn't able to get home to put another patch on until after 8pm. But I did make it. I didn't smoke.

So today:

I've packed an extra patch in my purse.

I scheduled an hour at the beach for myself.

Prior to putting my patch on, I rubbed my arm with rubbing alcohol to take off any residue, held the patch like Brenna recommended, and put surgical tape over that! That should do it.

And I'm going to go get some music today because I found the music that was so soothing accidentally.... I need to know I can pop that cd in whenever I need it.

Has anyone been moving fairly smoothly through their quit and then you were sideswiped with cravings???? What did you do??????????????????? Please let the advice fly!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/18/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 17
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 408
Amount Saved: $122.40
Life Gained:
Days: 1 Hrs: 18 Mins: 9 Seconds: 7

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 433

LOL Deb,

you crack me up.

I'm going to go with Daily Llama for 500.00, Alex.

Hang in there, Honey.... you are right on schedule. Everything will get better soon... especially if you can keep those patches on. Makes quitting so much easier, really. ;) My friend used that surgical tape from the drug store to keep his on and it worked.

Take care, stay off the phone and away from trees.

Say, have you tried a tinfoil hat?

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 156
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,744
Amount Saved: $898.56
Life Gained:
Days: 19 Hrs: 2 Mins: 24 Seconds: 47

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1153

cvdeb,

Thanks for sharing the game with us. It's always good to have a variety of coping skills ready if you find yourself in this situations. Members, chime in with all the 'others' you can think of.

If you find that your patch is falling off, hold your hand over it for 30 seconds to a minute when first applying it. Often times the adhesive is activated by heat so warming it with your body heat will help is stick better.

Brenna, Bilingual Health Educator

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 289

b for me, I'm a cryer lol

Lisa

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/30/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 158
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,320
Amount Saved: $695.20
Life Gained:
Days: 17 Hrs: 6 Mins: 47 Seconds: 4

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1890

I'd pick "e" - standing in the whitest bathroom with a deadpan face like Max Von Sydow in a Bergman movie with just the sound of a drip from the tap every five seconds; until I got bored with my self and started reading that 5 year old Harper's magazine sitting in the magazine rack ... nothing lasts forever, Debbie!!

patrick

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/18/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 230
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 5,750
Amount Saved: $2,587.50
Life Gained:
Days: 42 Hrs: 17 Mins: 50 Seconds: 36

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 41

Quite the image you present there.

I chose d and e. As long as the other can be anything I choose.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/13/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 53
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 795
Amount Saved: $111.30
Life Gained:
Days: 9 Hrs: 16 Mins: 18 Seconds: 30

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 375

I'm still learning the rules around quitting. I've been doing so well that I have been lulled into a false sense of security by the devil himself-- or perhaps our old friend the nicodemon.

So, imagine yourself feeling like Little Red Riding Hood who was Tra-La-La-ing down the lane when Ghingus (sp?) Khan came out from behind a tree and whomped you good in the hood with.... I don't know.... let's say a Mack Truck (for fun).

Now, with the few neurons we haven't killed, and who aren't in full on battle with withdrawal-- yes, those two-- you two neurons know who you are. Do you--

a) call the neighbor mumbling something about wolves, mack trucks, and neurotransmitters..... and oh yeah! "You simply must have a cigarette... or perhaps a butt of a dirty cigarette..... or maybe you just stepped on a cigarette today and I could just maybe take your shoe over to this dark corner here."

b) cry inconsolably

c) figure out your patch fell off and put another one on while cursing the adhesive company and the entire line of their family for 14 generations to come.

d) breathe, drink water, post a letter that is perhaps only entertaining to oneself

e) lots of "other"

Good luck. You have 3 seconds to decide! (Isn't this the funnest??!!!!)

I picked c (but left the family curse out), and d. If you have some e's you'd like to share to help not only me, but every single other person on this site-- please do. I know they're said often, but I think they need to keep being said often. And please also post those little idiosyncratic things that help you! Like I have recently found that Gregorian chants calm me down in a red hot minute. Who knew?

I keep learning. Everyday. Take that (pow!) nicodemon. Nice try cunning opponent.

P.S. Leave my friends alone.

Deborah

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/18/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 17
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 408
Amount Saved: $122.40
Life Gained:
Days: 1 Hrs: 16 Mins: 56 Seconds: 53

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