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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 9:34 am
Yippeeeee, Native! 3 Months and going strong!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:51 am
Yay patch!!! Yay Native_Texan!!!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, April 18, 2005 - 11:28 am
Thanks, guys. I came in here to brag and was pleasantly surprised to see you remembered. I have to admit I miss it sometimes (mostly in the mornings) and think "just one" but I don't give in.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, April 18, 2005 - 1:15 pm
Brag your little heart out, Native. It's important to have one's horn tooted, by oneself or others. That's often what keeps us going. And a big pat on the back for not lighting up "just that one", no matter how badly you want it. Those "ones" can turn into "just that one pack" so quickly. You are such a trooper for hanging in there with all that's going on in your life. My thoughts are always with you through all that custody baloney. Dipo and LL, how's it going?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, April 18, 2005 - 9:28 pm
Native_Texan, as I suspect you suspect - there is no such thing as "just one."
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:05 am
Oh Lord no, Native,good for you, that one cigarette when you are sure you have it beat is the killer,that just one thing is what has gotten me over and over again. Just one means it only takes one to make you go buy a pack and be right back at it again. I am looking at it like this, there is only 1 cigarette that I can't have, it is the next one. Anyway, I am doing fine, sometimes I even forget that I have quit if you know what I mean. As the days go by I think about it less and less. I have been through this many times, but have always gotten cocky and said I can have one. sucks, that is my only battle now, not to have that one.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 6:10 pm
There is no such thing as ONE cigarette.
LOL
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 3:20 am
So true.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 6:27 pm
lol, so true!!!! Great job Llk, keep it up. I am doing well at it also. Havn't thought of it that much, and the smell from smoke and other smokers does bother me. At night there is someone who goes out on their balcony to smoke and it drifts to my window. Really don't like the smell anymore, yeah!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 10:08 pm
Yay Dipo!!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 6:17 am
Hold the presses!!! Fruitbat has been smoke free for a whole year now!!! Congratulations, Fruitbat!!!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 6:22 am
Dipo, isn't it amazing how all of a sudden we not only register the smell of smoke, but are actually repelled by it?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 8:32 am
Yay Fruitbat!!! at least we hope it is true, since Fruitbat did not make the post ... Fruitbat?

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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 12:12 pm
Though not a smoker, I just want to congratulate all of you for quitting or trying to quit. My mom was 50 when she died of lung cancer and I was pretty mad at her for dying. I had nobody else in my life and at 24 I grew up pretty quickly. I'm sorry she never got to see her 2 grandaughters. God bless all of you for taking this step and your loved ones will be even more grateful.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 4:29 pm
So sad Crzndeb. Thanks for sharing your story. I am doing great but may not be around here much anymore. Thanks for all your support.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Friday, April 22, 2005 - 5:51 am
Yay, Dipo, three weeks!!!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Friday, April 22, 2005 - 5:52 am
Crzndeb, thanks for sharing your sad story. My father, too died of lung cancer, albeit later in life. LL, glad that you are doing so well, but sad to hear that you won't be around much any more. Your support for us beginners was always much appreciated and I, for one, would have liked the chance to reciprocate more. Let us know how you are doing when you can.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 7:35 am
YAY, LL, 3 weeks smoke free!!!
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 1:14 pm
yah, 3 weeks, why is it hard today. Right now I want to roll up the patch and light the end of it and suck away to get the nicotine out. It will pass. Gotta go, computer and just being in this room drives me nuts.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 1:23 pm
My mother drove me nuts today, maybe that is why I want a cigarette. Hilary was singing in the music festival and she did a good job but she didn't place. They only announce 1 and 2. She did really well especially with a bad cold but my mother sat beside me the whole time and critized every kid that sang, and then when Hilary didn't win, well, it was rigged, it wasn't fair, all that crap. And then we get in the van and I am driving her home and she starts telling Hilary she should have won. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrr. I tell Hilary that it is about being able to get up and do it, that you win if you can do it and the only important thing is enjoying her music. Now what do I do, do I tell my mother to shut it in front of my kid. Do I drive off the road into the next telephone pole on her side to shut her up, (that thought crossed my mind). So I keep saying Nanny it isn't about who comes first, blah blah blah. She ranted all the way home about how it was wrong. Never again will she come to festival with me. If she goes, she can sit somewhere else. Hilary just said, geez mom, nanny needs to chill and we had a good laugh, thankfully I have already prepared her that my mother is certifiable and she didn't get upset. There I feel better getting it all out. Lol Thanks for the support.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 2:00 pm
LOL, LL. I was just about to say that Hilary probably saw right through Granny. Congratulations on three weeks!!!
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 10:15 am
Llkoolaid, I have a Hilary (1 "L") also....She's 23 and also a singer. She attended a performing arts school in NYC after high school. I think I would have needed a cig after that drive also, and I don't smoke....maybe a BIG martini when I got home...LOL!!
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 6:30 am
Still doing good, hope everyone else is. Off to another festival category, today is High Soprano solo, and tomorrow is sacred solo. Then we are finish of festivals for the year, just the ballet recital and music recital. Then on to soccer, whoohooo. Lol, I am not really complaining, I enjoy it. Gotta keep busy, right.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:09 am
From ballet to soccer, LOL culture shock! Busy is good, keeps the mind off certain cravings. Although not a day goes by without me thinking about having a smoke once or twice, I am still hanging in there. Those thoughts pass, and these days move onto dreaming about having a nice piece of bread instead.LOL
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 8:38 am
Good work, LL!!! I had a feeling you would make it this time. You know you are definitely over the hump now, right? BUT, you still can't relax your vigilance.
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