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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1843

Sylvie, congrats on surviving day four! You'll get lots of good advice here. I'll just say ditto on what Cookie mentioned below. Identifying triggers and avoiding them helps me. Changing my scenery, taking walks, the fall air smells so nice here. What really motivates me is my stats. Seeing how much I haven't smoked, how much I've saved, and how many days I've gained back is what motivates me. Its also nice to have smoke free buddies who quit on the same date so you have a little bit of peer pressure to keep going! We're all here for you! Here's hoping that this is your time to permantly quit!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/20/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 55
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,200
Amount Saved: $440.00
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 5 Mins: 52 Seconds: 9

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 44

Hi Sylvie,

Welcome aboard. Good for you to quit smoking, and especially at such a stressful time in your life.

I am new at this myself. Joining this website will help you tremendously, it is an awesome support group. Everyone here is a positive thinker. and people here really are pulling for you to do good. It is nice.

Please don't beat yourself up for smoking in the past. Just look forward !!!!

Drink lots of water, some say the colder the better works for them. A book recommended to me by a member here, also helped me, it is called "the easy way to quit smoking" the author is Allen Carr.. it is good because the author was a heavy smoker himself. It seems to me you have the right mind frame. YOU can do this....we all are here for you !!!

I wish the best for you and your Mom.

N.O.P.E (not one puff ever)

Colleen

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 9/14/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 30
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 600
Amount Saved: $135.00
Life Gained:
Days: 3 Hrs: 2 Mins: 0 Seconds: 38

Quit Meter

$25,767.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 743 Hours: 15

Minutes: 51 Seconds: 43

Life Gained
Quit Meter

5726

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

114,520

Cigarettes Not Smoked

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3

Hi Everyone,

I just joined the group and I am on my fourth day smoke-free. The first three days were easier because I was out of town visiting family for Canadian Thanksgiving. I find that it is my day-to-day routine that makes me really, really want to smoke. Today, I'm back in the routine and I am basically thinking about smoking every second. Hard to imagine how I'm ever going to make it some of the milestones that others have achieved...

Anyway, my great reason for quitting is that I am watching my mother go through cancer treatment -- not lung cancer but who knows whether her cancer is smoking-related? She smoked during her teens and into her twenties. I'm embarassed because this is actually the third time she has gone through treatment (each time almost 10 years apart) -- the first time I was 12 years old and had obviously never smoked. Pretty stupid to stare something like that in the face and still take up smoking as a favorite pastime. Of course, I never meant to be an actual "smoker". It just kind of evolved from one cigarette now and then to a pack a day. I have quit for months or even years at a time before but always ended up going back when a sufficiently stressful life event gave me a good excuse.

Any words of wisdom are much appreciated! I'm determined but definitely lacking confidence.

Sylvie

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