Hello UFO and all the new people joining
You are so correct my friend! The time does come when you forget about lighting up in those familiar places and that is where we all want to be! Thank you and all of you for your posts to the other thread �The Final Stages of the Journey�.
There is a new and expanding wave of quitters coming forth and I hope that all of the supporting cast can hang in with them and continue to shepard them. I have been really busy at work, home, family you name it and I don't have lots of free time to compose and help here as much as I would like to. I will be here because I have that SCC addition. It must be what I replaced smoking with, do you thunk :). Took me forty years to get away from smoking and it will take at least that long to move away from here.
I read through all of the new quitters posts this morning from the last few days, and I want to welcome all of you here in this one post. If I may speak for the others, we are so happy that you have joined us and collectively we will be here helping you with your journey.
I have taken noticed of several new quitters here who have just be grand at support, their posts are so helpful and inspiring, and there are the immediates as well as the longer term quitters who are the backbone of this site.
Please let�s start and continue our journey, keep our coping tools close by: distract your mind and focus on other things, change activities when the triggers are just to much to bear, exercise, go to bed early, I did this a lot, drink water, use straws, munch on celery and carrots, post here and whatever is your fancy.
Have a splendid weekend. The quit is yours for the taking!
Again UFO, thank you! What a marvelous quit 600 days tomorrow and doing it and doing it!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/22/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 244
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,666
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1281
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16
