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14 years ago 0 19 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thank you all for your support and encouragement.  It really means alot to me.
 
I will keep you all posted on how I'm doing.  Right now I feel so good that I can't imagine ever even craving them.  However, I'm smart enough to know that I'm never safe from a craving and I can't let my guard down.
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Hey Fozzy!!!
 
       Welcome and congrats for quitting!!!  This may be the hardest thing that you will ever do, but it is no doubt the best thing that you can do for yourself  AND  your hubby!!!  I, too, have had lost close relatives to cancer and that is one of the main reasons I'm here today as a non- smoker!!!
 
         Stick close and read and learn!!!  Use this site and the forums as a distraction for the next few weeks... that's one of the things that helped me in the early stages of my quit!  And just keep telling yourself over and over that you  CAN  do this!!!  There are hundreds of your new quit buddies here that have proven that it can be done!!
 
         Keep rewarding yourself for all of the milestones you achieve!  Rewards for making it past another crave, another hour, another day and so on!!!  Our brains need these rewards, especially early on in our quits to keep the endorphins flowing that the lack of nicotine takes away!!!  Chocolate, special coffee or tea, licorice, gum drops... what ever it takes, just try to live by NOPE (Not One Puff Ever) and you  CAN get this done!!!  
 
         We're here for you, so stick close and yell when you need us!!!
 
                    Jim
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14 years ago 0 410 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Welcome fozzy5!
You're quit is all about you! Whether your spouse joins you at this or not it is doable. Hopefully he will want to help you succeed at this and grant you some smoke free space. We can all identify with how you are feeling right now. As was stated in another post today , we only have to go through all this once if we refuse to take another puff. I too was addicted by age 14 but smoked for 42 years! It was always: I'll quit next week, month, year, etc. Yes you are suffering now as all the poisons are leaving your system but you will feel better and more self confident with each smoke free day. Promise! Stick with all of us!
You can do this!
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14 years ago 0 19 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thanks Josie!
 
Those are actually really great ideas.  I'm sure we can come to some agreement.
 
I'll keep you guys posted as to what's happening.  I really don't want to smoke anymore.  That's what I have to keep saying to myself.
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FOZZY,
 
Welcome and thanks for sharing your journey and experiences with us.  This is an important step in your healing process and by sharing, you have helped and supported many other members! Your honesty just makes you human!
 
Your mind and body are trying to heal and the next few days will test you.  Be ready with coping mechanisms and avoidance techniques.  Print off the emergency plan and keep it with you, to help.  Use your husbands time away to keep occupied and scrub the house clean, it makes a difference!
 
Communication is key for two household smokers!  Make sure you have a safe room where there is no smoking and somewhere you can go to relax.  Perhaps you can come to an arrangement? 
 
No smoking in the house?
No smoking when you are in the house?
Designated smoking areas only?
 
He doesn't have to quit, but he can respect that you are.
 
Post with us and let us know how you are doing!

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14 years ago 0 19 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi all,
 
I am a new member to the website and my official quit date was this past Monday.  How am I doing?  Absolutely awful!  This sucks so bad.  I know that it will get better but right now it's like a glass of torture! 
 
I'm sitting here at work and I have a ton of work to do but I can't seem to focus because smoking or actually not smoking is all that's on my mind.  I keep thinking if only I could be a month smoke-free then I won't feel like this.  I know this is the worst thinking ever.  I know it's all about taking it a second, a minute, a day at a time, however, I'm not rationally thinking right now and that's driving me crazy as well.
 
I've been asmoker since I was about 14 years old.  If you asked me why I started, my answer would always be I don't know.  I never believed it was to look cool but now that I think about it what other logical reason is there for a 14 year old to start smoking?  So I guess it was to look cool.  Now I am 36 years old and it doesn't look so cool anymore.  Come to think of it, I'm sure it didn't look cool back at 14 either.  So yeah, I decided to quit smoking because what it comes down to is I don't want to die anytime soon.  Cancer runs rampant through my family so the chips are against me already, why help my odds of getting cancer. 
 
I have been using all the tools that this website has to offer and it all makes perfect sense.  All the reasons are spot on as to why I shouldn't be smoking.  So why am I so miserable?  I'm depressed, edgy, and just sad all the time now.  I try not to be nasty to other people but man oh man it's hard.
 
So as hard as it has been, I'm proud of myself and know I can do this if I really want to.  My big, big problem is that my husband smokes.  Not only does he smoke but he works from home and we've always smoked at home.  So now I'm not smoking and he's smoking in the house.  The smell is gross and tempting at the same time.  Don't get me wrong, he doesn't smoke around me.  He told me the other day that he's going to quit too and that maybe we should quit together.  I asked him when that would be and he said January 1, 2011.  I told him I can't wait that long.  I've started this and put my mind to it and I can't just go back because that's when he'll be ready to quit.  It's not about him, it's about me and taking care of myself.  He travels alot for work, so the good thing is he'll be away for the next couple of days so the urge to smoke will hopefully lessen a little bit.  I want him to quit but I don't want to force him because he won't be successful if he's doing this for me and not himself.
 
Ok so basically I've been babbling for the last couple of paragraphs and I apologize to anyone who had the misfortune of opening this up.  However, if you did open this up, please tell me it will get better and I will go back to being me.
 
Thanks,
 
Fozzy5

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