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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1080

Peanut- I love it, third time lucky- well done you're doing great!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 269
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,725
Amount Saved: $4,035.00
Life Gained:
Days: 31 Hrs: 19 Mins: 9 Seconds: 54

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1080

Sparky, what an excellent way of looking at things in a positive way- I like that idea. I also like where you said we have the opportunity to learn and grow,as I feel I have learnt quite a bit about myself whilst quitting ( and not always good stuff) thanks for giving me something new to think about.
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 265
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,625
Amount Saved: $3,975.00
Life Gained:
Days: 31 Hrs: 7 Mins: 14 Seconds: 11

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3307

I have no idea, but lots. But I have never gave up on quitting. In the last couple years I have been more smoke free than smoking. Last week I was talking to someone and he asked me about my smoking, knowing my struggle. I told him I had almost seven weeks. Then he asked me how much I use to smoke and how many cigarettes I thought I had smoked in 2008. It was very kind of him to point although my days are not consistent I still had more smoke free days and smoke a whole lot less than I had at one time. I look at each day as an opportunity to learn and grow, after all that is all we have, right?

Keep the Quit

Sparky

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/1/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 59
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 590
Amount Saved: $103.25
Life Gained:
Days: 8 Hrs: 13 Mins: 43 Seconds: 9

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 406

Msreader,

Good question and wonderful posts everyone! If you don't succeed, try and try again...it doesn't matter how many times, as long as we learn from our mistakes and move toward attaining our goals. You guys are doing awesome btw, keep it going!

Karen, Health Educator

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 597

Golly---I've lost count of quit attempts and some of them run together... But I truly started wanting to quit in 2006 and, at one time, had a lengthy quit.....until the 'just one' came along and I was sucked back in.

But the important thing is to never quit quitting.

Moses, you and I are alike in personalities and temperament, I believe, and I was a VERY heavy smoker. I like to incorporate NOPE into my quit, but here's my self talk when I'm really craving a smoke: Nobody's stopping me from going to the store and buying a pack, I'm an adult. I can choose to smoke, or I can to choose not to smoke. I then go through the list of the benefits of smoking (calm my nerves is a big one) vs the benefits of not smoking (I can breathe and I will live longer). I usually then decide I am not going to smoke, just for now. Smoking was such a big part of my life, and the thought of never smoking again is depressing. So I just don't dwell on the future. I'm just not going to smoke right now.

Then the days turn into weeks, then months, etc... and that's all good, but right now is what's most important.

Hope it helps.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 10/22/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 99
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,960
Amount Saved: $792.00
Life Gained:
Days: 11 Hrs: 4 Mins: 15 Seconds: 25

Quit Meter

$54,390.00

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 769 Hours: 7

Minutes: 13 Seconds: 17

Life Gained
Quit Meter

5439

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

217,560

Cigarettes Not Smoked

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1080

and brilliant post Rock- thats exactly right, if we all end up at the same place- does it matter how we got there???
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 264
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,600
Amount Saved: $3,960.00
Life Gained:
Days: 31 Hrs: 3 Mins: 56 Seconds: 25

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1080

I am going to be a little different in the fact that this is my first quit, and its not because I am a goody goody that I have succeeded, the fact is I never tried to quit before because I knew I would fail. There was no point trying I wasn't ready to do it and so I didn't. Like Moses said, I had done my self inventory and I knew that I would know when the time was right and for 37 years that 'right time' never came. Like Pen says, my need to smoke was far greater than anything else... and then it changed- my need to smoke was an embarassment. I was angry to be enslaved to a vile habit, and so I chose my date and did it.

Like Breather too, I never want to do those first days again. Not because of cravings, but because the psychological adjustment was too bizarre for me. The new world I found was completley alien to me and it took me a while to adjust.

How ever many attempts it takes, how ever different our quits are, we all share similar experiences and that is why we can find success within a group.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 264
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,600
Amount Saved: $3,960.00
Life Gained:
Days: 31 Hrs: 3 Mins: 56 Seconds: 9

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1843

If you remain quit after the first try, Great News! If you remain quit after the 7th try, Great News! The bottom line is that this is a journey. Some just take longer to get there, and there's nothing wrong with that! And the final destination is so worth it!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 8/20/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 162
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,480
Amount Saved: $1,296.00
Life Gained:
Days: 24 Hrs: 4 Mins: 47 Seconds: 58

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 18

I really need to reassess my coping strategies. I'm a type 'A' uptight always in a rush/perfectionist to begin with. I'm my own worst enemy and this needs to be addressed. I have more compassion for others than I do for myself.

The trouble is, when we try to "fix" ourselves, or rather, when I try to fix MYself, I'm doing so with the same dysfunctional thinking, and that can only bring more of the same results. I need to have the collective wisdom of you people and help from above.

No, I didn't stick a new patch on this morning. I will.

I promised myself. But I do need to reassess because what I was doing clearly wasn't working. I'm going to spend the weekend in quietness and do a self-inventory.

Wishing you all another smoke-free day.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/28/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 1
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 18
Amount Saved: $2.61
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 5 Mins: 13 Seconds: 8

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 816

Moses This is what this thread is about. Everyone here has been less than perfect. We're pulling for you to make it. breather breathing better.
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 11/11/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 79
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,950
Amount Saved: $1,896.00
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 12 Mins: 22 Seconds: 39

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