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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 802

DJ, I can't add much to what's already been said. I just wanted to welcome you back, and wish you success in your journey. Take care.
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/3/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 732
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 14,640
Amount Saved: $5,563.20
Life Gained:
Days: 82 Hrs: 8 Mins: 18 Seconds: 4

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3875

I feel for you DJ! Many of us have been in your shoes. You have a few days to go yet, so use your time to research what cigarettes are doing to your body, reinforce your reasons for quitting, get angry at the nicotine that is slowly killing you, and use it to your advantage. Don't get nervous, get excited about the possiblities in front of you, here is a whole new year in which you can conquer this addiction once and for all! Pump your self up with self talk, you know you can do it and you know how. Get your tool kit together and get ready to kick some ash!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/5/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1036
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 25,900
Amount Saved: $10,929.80
Life Gained:
Days: 142 Hrs: 16 Mins: 7 Seconds: 17

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 984

It's understandable that you're nervous DJ, you're taking a huge step and if you've been there before are quite probably anticipating the struggle. But try to remember the days you did succeed and recapture the strong will that kept you there for those three months. Three can turn to four and before you know it you'll reach a point where it isn't a struggle, only a little nagging thought every so often.

Saying to yourself that you don't really want to smoke with each one you light is important - you are preparing yourself. As for your search for a 'magic pill', ah it would be great, but there's nothing that'll take the addiction away quicker. Your smoking has been a part of you life and you have to separate yourself from it, like a broken relationship, like a divorce. An acrimonious divorce - if you ever go back on a date with it, you'll be on the rollercoaster again!

I do wish you all the greatest luck and resolve. Please stay close, and post whenever you need someone to listen - the door is always open here.

x T

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1098
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 25,254
Amount Saved: �6,944.85
Life Gained:
Days: 97 Hrs: 23 Mins: 4 Seconds: 22

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 71

Thanks to all of you. I just start getting this attacks thinking about the coming day. I wish there was a magic pill to take. But with every one I lite I say to myself I really don't want it or want to do it. Just can't understand why it's so hard. I know in the other quits the ones I've been three months how much better I feel and how much better I can breath. I know I have to make the commitment to myself. One that says never again. If I don't say that I won't be able to do it. DJ
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/9/2010
Smoke-Free Days: -6
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -96
Amount Saved: $-23.04
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -61631

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 90

Its good to see you back here, DJ. Don't get down about past quits...the best thing you can do is learn from them and remember what worked/didn't work and make this quit your final quit. And ignore anyone who is less than 100% supportive of your efforts...I know many of us have felt stupid telling anyone we were quitting yet again. Its very hard for nonsmokers to understand how hard quitting can be. Just take the positive/helpful feedback you get and ignore the rest. We're all here if you need a helping hand!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 6/19/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 560
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,720
Amount Saved: $1,764.00
Life Gained:
Days: 46 Hrs: 15 Mins: 31 Seconds: 50

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 50

So glad you have decided to give this another go. It really is the right place to be.

I've lost count of the number of times I've tried to quit. What I do know, is that during my relapses, the second thought after I light that first cigaratte is "now I have to quit again". I am just so tired of quitting. I just want to be done with it.

It is the best thing I could have ever done. I am happier, less angry and so very proud of myself.

Is it hard? Sometimes, like now - but I just keep my head down and say NOPE. I really don't want a cigaratte, I just remember a lot. They are just thoughts and they leave.

Stay here - read alot and post if you need help. There is a lot of really great people here. In 109 days we will meet on the beach, in fact...I'll even swim out to the cruise ship to meet you. OK?

Freedom 2010

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 9/19/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 103
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,060
Amount Saved: $988.80
Life Gained:
Days: 10 Hrs: 23 Mins: 44 Seconds: 4

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 984

Wow DJ you've got a lot of motivation to give this another go. I'm beyond glad if anything I said has helped you grit your teeth and jump in again, because it completely comes from my own experience. The beauty of the SSC is that everyone here is going through the same thing in only slightly different ways. How we choose to cope is different as well, but the oft written phrase 'take what you need and leave the rest' rings so true here. You've been here before so I'm sure you know you find bits of yourself in so many of your fellow SSC-ers.

I am sorry to hear of your mother in law's diagnosis. My grandmother's oral cancer was the key trigger for my current quit. I didn't manage to do it until we lost her, then it struck. But had I realised that continuing to smoke wouldn't heal her and would only harm my own health, maybe I'd have stopped making excuses 'oh, I'm far too stressed, I can't do this now'. Nonsense. Excuses are for children with late homework. Quitters quit. Quitting takes courage. You're on your way and I wish you all great things in 2010.

One of my all time favourite quotes is from Alfred Lord Tennyson's Ulysses: "I am a part of all that I have met". Yes indeed, we are all one here.

x T

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2007
Smoke-Free Days: 1094
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 25,162
Amount Saved: �6,919.55
Life Gained:
Days: 95 Hrs: 8 Mins: 27 Seconds: 32

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 218

good for you for making this smart decision again! I have tried to quit a few times as well. I was the only smoker within my group of friends. Don't worry about those people who laugh at you presevere and you will do it.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/3/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 27
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 378
Amount Saved: $158.76
Life Gained:
Days: 1 Hrs: 19 Mins: 37 Seconds: 18

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$23,744.00

Amount Saved
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Days: 444 Hours: 20

Minutes: 57 Seconds: 29

Life Gained
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3392

Smoke Free Days
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118,720

Cigarettes Not Smoked

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 277

DJ, I too tried to quit many, many times. I think I first joined this site in 2006. I've had so many failed attempts, it's embarrassing. I know people don't believe me anymore when I tell them I quit. I feel like I shouldn't say anything. But, even if I go for one day, I want to shout it off rooftops because I'm so proud. Who cares if I quit a dozen times and started back up every time. This year is the year I'm going to conquer this! This year is the year that I too am sick and tired of being sick and tired. We should not feel ashamed that we've failed so many times, but proud that we are not giving up the fight. And this time, we will do it! Stay close to this site and feel the positive energy from other quitters and the support team. Feel good in your plan and stick to it. I hope you knit a hundred sweaters! :)
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 12/27/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 3
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 36
Amount Saved: $12.96
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 7 Mins: 33 Seconds: 20

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

Good for you for trying again. I first registered on this site sometime in 2006. managed to get 42 days, beginning July 11th. That was 42 more than I had had in about seventeen years. I quit smoking in 1986, started back in 1989, and had a devil of a time quitting again. I found because I did it that one time, the second time became a tremendous game. Some say Nicodemon has no IQ; I say the Nicodemon I know is a genius, and I will not outsmart him, so don't attempt to. My chances are better if I just beat his butt to the curb as quickly as possible. Plus the shame and guilt of blowing such a long quit ate at me for years. Since about 2006, I've tried to quit about twice a year or so. I managed to get caught up in the notion of cold turkey as the only way to go. Well, I have bipolar disorder. Cold turkey is an almost impossible way to go with that illness, because CT has a tendency to cause manic episodes for many a bipolar quitter. It wasn't until I realized that whatever way helps one to quit is the best way. Then I started to believe that I was just too addicted to quit. I had started smoking from 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day. I even would wake up in the middle of the night to smoke. Further, I was on disability and had gobs of time on my hands and was bored most days and didn't know how I could quit when there are days when I literally go stir-crazy. However, I was so sick of smoking that I'd sometimes cry about my inability to quit. But you know what? Finally, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired and asked myself if you're going to do it? I said, yes and then I said, Just do it then. I took my last drag April 30th and until recently I have had few cravings. Because I lost a fairly long quit last time, I know I won't be out of the woods for years, if ever. But each day I feel stronger than the last. Even the cravings now are no match for the nearly 8 months I have and my resolve not to smoke.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 243
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 6,804
Amount Saved: $2,636.55
Life Gained:
Days: 26 Hrs: 14 Mins: 2 Seconds: 26

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