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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 10

Thanks again for the input...I think I will go to bed early. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/14/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 39 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $12 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 10

I just want one...I keep telling myself that I'll smoke tonight, and then I'll quit again tomarrow. Just to have one more... I haven't left my house since I quit, I'm afaid I'll buy a pack. I'm on day three and I'm out of milk and pop. There's nothing left to drink in my house except water and coffee, and coffee makes me want to smoke. I'm not having a very positive day today. I just got off the phone with my husband. I didn't think I was being crabby and all of the sudden he says, "Your personality really changes when you quit smoking." Well what does he except. Maybe I am really crabby. Forever just seems like such a long time. I don't want to feel like this forever. I talk to people who have quit for years and they still say they want a cigerette. That is insane!! Maybe I'm just having a bad day. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/14/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 3 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 38 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $12 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 42

Robyn.... Where are you? This is a one instant to the next kind of game. We are all doing it and we all hate the cravings....not one of us looks forward to those miserable horrible withdrawal symptoms.... but we're doing it and there have been times when we have failed. And all there is to do is to recommit! Failing is unfortunately part of the quit process...sometimes.... Where are you? If you're smoking, throw them out, reset your quit meter and let's get on with the business of living!!!!!!! Linda [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 14 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 215 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $67.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 7

That is a shame. None of the ex-smokers I know say that they still WANT a cigarette. I have not WANTED a cigarette in 5 months. Whether someone wants a cigarette still in a year from now does not mean that that is how it will be for you. It is your quit, not theirs. I know that when I am a year quit that I will not be WANTING a cigarette. As a non smoker for 4 and a half years and in an office with two other non smokers for 5 and 6 years respectively I can honestly say this is a true and not true statement. With this addiction you have to be totally honest with yourself. We gave each other support in our quits and over the years each one of us have had experiences where we've had a momentary craving. Maybe once or twice out of 365 days and it goes away immediately. See as a non smoker educated by this site you know that the nicotine addiction is gone quickly. It's the mind that is your enemy when it plays tricks on you that you can't get by. I'm not going to lie and say I've never had another thought about smoking my friends. Rather the truth is 10 seconds out of the year I ask myself "where did that craving come from?" when it hits out of no where. Then shake my head and thank God I no longer support those who want to make money off an addiction and peoples death. I'll never go back to smoking and these rather obscure reminders reinforce why you can NEVER!!!!EVER!!!!!take one single puff. As others have stated take it as it comes. It may sound exhausting, but it does get easier. Out of three here in the office one went cold turkey and two used the patch. So I can't tell you what method to use, but the patch did help ease my mind and it does work. Changing that mind set is the most important piece of the puzzle.

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 983

Funny when you look at the word "Forever" to think about not smoking "Forever", seems utterly overwhelming.....but what if someone told us we would "live forever"...It makes forever not seem so bad. It's all in how you look at it. Take it one day and don't think about forever....just tomorrow (actually, monday, we all have to come back on Monday smoke free from the weekend). [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/7/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 10 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 238 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $55 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 985

RWB, Thanks so much for your post. I took a lot from it and I was able to relate to it re the mind thing. Your post really inspired me. Monica58 [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/31/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 22 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 454 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $198 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 406

What usually works for me is remembering that there is no nicotine in my body and realizing that a single hit off a cigarette will re-introduce it. Don't much care for the craves, but the idea of letting nicodemon back into my body keeps me from giving in to the temptation. peteg [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/30/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 28 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,419 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $154 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 43

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2631

Robyn - If you just have one - you postpone the withdrawal period..plus there is no such thing as "just one". We all have different philosophies when it comes to quitting....but for me, I quit one day at a time. I never looked beyond the day I was in - sometimes I was weepy, cranky, praying for strength....but I just got through each day. Commit to today...when you've had enough, crawl into bed and deal with tomorrow when tomorrow comes. Eventually the days get easier, life gets easier and you will look forward to life without cigarettes. Sending warm wishes....Come on....you are almost through day one!! Windy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 9/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 67 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,355 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $335 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 598

Hi, I stop smoking FOREVER! That's how I often think in this fifth quit! :) Looking back at my previous quits, one of the main reasons I failed was that I was not determined enough to quit. Deep down inside, honestly, I was not convinced I could do it. This quit is different. I'm determined to succeed. I'm willing to endure all the pains, irritations, agonies, frustrations, anger, upset, .... To overcome those cravings, I use all available means to protect my quit (chatting in this SSC forum, deep breathing, brisk walking, icy water, mints, logic reasoning, etc..., including NRT aids - such as NRT lozenges and inhaler). As I wrote in the other thread, I now see myself swimming in the "river of no return". Of course, there are still many obstacles ahead which I have to deal with ... However, with DETERMINATION and PATIENCE, I go with the flow, and the river's strong current will take me there, to the great ocean of total freedom from nicotine addiction! :) Cheers, nmc [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/25/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 89 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 898 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $445 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 16 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 38 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3908

We longer term quitters dont WANT a cigarette (Hey look at me long term guitter!) we still get cravings I often WANT things in this life but cant have them! So look it in that light WANT is a selfish word ! Wt do you say to a child that WANTS a candy? I WOULD LIKE a smoke sometimes but I dont HAVE one! Gorrit? Phil xx [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/8/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 108 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,163 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �567 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 22 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 49 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46

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