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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Mar. ~ 2005 May: Health Center (ARCHIVES): Who wants to quit smoking with me? (ARCHIVES): Archive through May 09, 2004 users admin

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Dahli
Member

11-27-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Scoopgirl - that's a terrific accomplishment, you're doing fabu!!

I'm glad to see something from you Cassie - thinking of you every day and ready to send more typing if you need it. I've done it just in case....so give me the word.

MsBat, what Juju said and I'm missing you too hope it's all going well at your end!

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dahli, yes please! Send it all :-) (And thanks for doing that.)

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 5:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
16 days and hanging in there! Thanks.

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 6:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey you guys, I am not a smoker, but I wanted to share this with you. I'm in recovery (alcoholism; sober almost 8 years :-) ) and know many people in AA who have fought both drinking and smoking addictions and they all say it is harder to quit smoking than drinking!! So my hat goes off to all of you because quitting drinking is hard enough!! I know how tough it is to battle an addiction and how hard it is to take it one day at a time, which is what you gotta do to make it. So I wanted to say CONGRATS to you all!

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thanks Herm.

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Congratulations Fruit and Cassie!!!! You guys are doing an amazing job!

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 10:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Wargod :-) And great job, Fruitbat.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, Fruitbat, I am SO relieved! When there was no word, I feared the worst. I am glad to hear you are hanging in there too, as well as Cassie!!!

Yay Fruitbat!!!

And you gotta know, we don't often have two successful "takes" at once.

Just keep enduring, Fruitbat. All you gotta do is endure and one day you will be FREE! Yay!

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, May 07, 2004 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Yay! Bellini's for everyone.

(My new word...Bellini, so I'm using it at every opportunity! lol)


Dahli
Member

11-27-2000

Friday, May 07, 2004 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So glad to see you Fruitbat - you're doin' awesome...

You too Cassie girl hang in there!! I'm so happy for both of you!

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, May 07, 2004 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Dahli. Still plugging along thinking the cravings should be gone by now. 17 days. I know, I know.........too soon. I am tired of it but I will charge ahead.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, May 07, 2004 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just keep on keepin' on, Fruitbat. Great job so far!

Racsan
Member

04-09-2004

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 6:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't know if any of ya'll have heard this but my brother's doctor told him yesterday that when he quit smoking [4 years ago] he should have had his teeth cleaned after his last cig. Told him it would have helped greatly in the cravings. Never heard of it before, don't know if it will help or not. But what's the worst that can happen if you do it? Clean teeth.

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol...good idea Racsan. Also buying a tongue scraper...get the last vestiges of the cigs out of your mouth.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry but OH PLEASE! This is far more than a teeth cleaning. I am feeling homicidal tonight so forgive me.

I had my teeth cleaned the last two times I quit. This is far more profound than that, with all due resect to your suggestion.

Cassie.............where the frick are you? I am tired of the urges. Very frickin tired. I want them gone. I am going to stick to this but it is boring................very fricking boring. And it is not satisfying using the accepted version of the f word.
grooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Moderator 22? Calling mod 22. Can I say the f word once? Well maybe not the first time or the first 12, but can I say it? Pleasssssssssse? I hate this.

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fruit, go for a walk! Or soak in the tub. It may not help alot, but it will get your mind off of it for awhile, and sometimes thats all you need to get back in that happier frame of mind.

I know how hard it is to quit and how bad it can get, but I think you are doing a fabulous job!

Racsan
Member

04-09-2004

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 9:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well like I said I had never heard of cleaning teeth to help stop smoking cravings. Just passed on what the doctor told my brother. Sorry.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a hot tub and an inground pool. This is NOT easy. CASSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! where are you.

There is no easy answer here, I just need to kill someone. Is that too mush to ask?

OK, so no. Can I just hit some one or maybe say the f word. Mod 22 won't let me. I love her I really do but she stiffles me.

FRRRRRRIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! Just not the same, but I will deal.


I am really tired of letting the urge pass.
CASSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 10:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hang in there, MsBat!!!! I'm still up and thinking about you! I rarely post in this thread, but it seems you need some moral support.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

(Maybe if you go rearrange your shoes, it will take your mind off of the cravings, LOL! OR you could drive over here and rearrange all of MY shoes! OK, these are lame ideas, but maybe they made you giggle!)

And I'm NOT volunteering for the "I just need to kill someone" comment!

Vent away.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey, Bat, I know a place where saying the word is allowed ... But they don't have a stop smoking thread. But you have a folder. Or you could start a very irreverent thread of your own.

Glad to see you are toughing it out and intend to hang in there if it kills you, I mean if you kill somebody, uhhhhhhhhhh ...

I think going to help Marm move is an excellent idea to get your mind off things. Just keep pace with Marm, and you won't have time to have urges. I would worry too much about the murderous part though. Maybe you better not.

Walking, yeah, walking would be good. Walking without guns. Or knives. No knives.

I forget now whether you are using the gum or a lozenge. I think you are using gum. Did you try the patch? With me the patch took away the physical craving from the very first minute, and then there was just the psychological aspect to deal with.

You go, Fruitbat! Oh, and that reminds me, I should get my teeth cleaned.



Rascan, you did not do anything wrong. You tried to help, and that was very sweet. Fruitbat is just a tad more cantankerous than some others.

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fruitbat So sorry, but just now reading these posts. Sounds like yesterday was the same as my Saturday, two weeks ago. I totally understand. Wish I could be there with you (((Fruitbat))) I hope that today you are feeling much better and please know, that day when I too was in killer mode was the worst for me. Every urge since then just pales in comparison. I hope you made it through yesterday and feel 100% better today. My neck and shoulders are still a little stiff from my bad day. It was definitely a humdinger!--wish I could join you in that hot tub and pool ;). But, when you get through a day as bad as that, it really is a turning point. Please post today Fruit and let us know how you made out. Everytime I get an urge now, I make myself remember my Saturday in hell and realize that if I made it through THAT, then this little urge I'm feeling now is nothing. And yes, I agree, it's all a big pain in the ass, but so worth it. I read something which really stuck and made me think. It went something like this:

When you are really craving badly, you want that "one perfect cigarette." You know the one that tasted really good and was connected to a special moment. But if you're honest with yourself, how many of the millions you've smoked have you even enjoyed. And if you give in to this urge, it will be one of the ones you hate, not the very odd cigarette that you really did enjoy. And here's the deal-breaker: you KNOW that this "one" cigarette will most likely be followed by another couple of thousand before you reach the point where you want to quit again. HANG IN, Fruitbat. It WILL pass. Email me if you want to.

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Today is one month for me. According to the meter I downloaded, I would have smoked 1,030 cigarettes since April 9th, the day I quit following an allergy/asthma attack. And as I lay in that hospital gasping for every breath with an oxygen mask on, all I could think about was getting discharged so I could have a cigarette. When you think about it, Fruit, you have even more cravings when you smoke than you do when you quit. I used to have at least 30 a day. Now I only have about 8-10 and they go away much faster than the ones I had when I was a smoker. Those cravings were even more powerful in their own way, coz they drove me out into the pouring rain; they drove me to leave meetings at work and miss parts of movies. They drove me to stop socializing because I couldn't smoke anywhere I went, so I preferred to stay home. The cravings I have now are wimpy in comparison when I really stop to think about it. I think you are going through your addiction's last frantic fight to regain control of you, Fruit. Hang in tight and don't give in.

Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Amen.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoa Cassie! You have SO got the message!!!! That is EXACTLY right!

Isn't it exciting (now) to think about those 1030 cigarettes you didn't smoke!! And how about when you get up to a hundred thousand, AND you are not gasping for breath!

Yay Cassie!! excellent post to Fruitbat, by the way