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Dori Has Reached The Beach!!!

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

The first days are the most difficult. You're doing it! Congrats!

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 823

Interesting observation on the street smokers Dori! Crazy what folks will do to maintain their addictions isn't it? So glad we can walk on by now! Yay for us! You are doing so great and I bet you'll be just fine on that trip - you've thought it out well and it sounds like a delicious reward. I am jealous!!! I have to agree with Jim on the advice to stay upwind of that friend's second hand smoke! Also there are lots of nice sugar free hard candy mints you can pack along with you to keep your own breath smelling fresh and minty (or 'rosy' if that's your fragrance of choice

) Great job so far! Let us know how it turned out ok? EyjaPost

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 153

LOL! Thanks Jim. Thank goodness all hotels are smoke free now because watching her have a smoke with a morning coffee would be a deal breaker. Otherwise I guess I just have to look at it a another challenge along the road of this journey. Afterall we can't hide from smokers. We pass them on sidewalks everywhere . . . rain, sleet or snow. I guess that should be the smokers' motto now not the Postal service . . . their unionized so they don't have to be outside in really inclement weather . . . smokers driven by their addiction do!

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2778

Hey Dori!!!

Good luck on your trip! My advice, always try to stay down-wind of your cuz while she's smoking!

I know it will be tough when the wind gets into one of those circular patterns, though! Then all you can do is hold yer breath!

Do take some gum with you, and your sugar free candy and what ever else you can think of!!! Job one is protect your quit at all costs! The NOPE meditation worked well for me on my first smoke-free trip to a conference... at a casino! (Didn't spend much time there, tho!) I'm sure you will come out smelling like a rose, as I did!

Enjoy that trip!

Jim

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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 153

Absolutely on both of your points! Boy you're right about it being easier to say "no" if the item you want is right there with you. I bring my lunch to work and always bring some sweet goodie for after lunch (usually 0 fat) but I often will say no to it and tell myself I'll have it the next day but if I don't have anything sweet with me I'll definitely go to the vending machine and buy some junkie chocolate bar.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1140

But I'd prefer to not relapse at all. Oy! You know what I mean, I hope!

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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1140

Original Post by: dori

My reward is a bit delayed. It's going to be a 3 day trip to New York at the end of the month. My cousin is who I haven't seen in about a year is attending a conference there. Her and I are going to hookuo for a girls weekend after her conference. The only catch . . . my cousin is an ancologist who also happens to be a heavy smoker . So my reward is abit of a double-edged sword. What will make it tougher is that I'll be totally off the NRT gum by then. I'm going to take a few pieces with me, not that I plan on using them, but I figure it's better to relapse with the gum thean cigarettes if that happens.

Good idea. Believe it or not, I'm still carrying my nicotine lozenges around with me everywhere. That way, I know that there is no big drama if I choose nicotine again. It is right there in my purse if I want it. Paradoxically, it is easier to say "no" when there are no obstacles to me saying "yes." ...Plus, like you, I'd rather relapse with a lozenge than with a smoke.

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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 153

My reward is a bit delayed. It's going to be a 3 day trip to New York at the end of the month. My cousin is who I haven't seen in about a year is attending a conference there. Her and I are going to hookuo for a girls weekend after her conference. The only catch . . . my cousin is an ancologist who also happens to be a heavy smoker . So my reward is abit of a double-edged sword. What will make it tougher is that I'll be totally off the NRT gum by then. I'm going to take a few pieces with me, not that I plan on using them, but I figure it's better to relapse with the gum thean cigarettes if that happens.