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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:41 am
Thanks all for the positive wishes. It's wonderful to have the support. Kady, wishing you good vibes for your husband. 
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 8:08 pm
Congrats to all of you stoppers! Very proud of you.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:44 am
I'll 2nd that congrats! My last ciggy was 12/31/02, so 1 yr,5 months makes me a non-smoker.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, June 04, 2004 - 1:09 am
WTG Denecee!!!!! That's awesome, passing a year. Can't wait to make that milestone.
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 8:23 pm
Just checking in to let you guys know I'm still not smoking. I quit Jan. 5th 04 cold turkey, no gum no nothing and I am still truckin right along. I don't even think about the nasty little things after 33 years of at least a pack and a half a day.
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Nippytoes
Member
05-25-2004
| Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 9:44 pm
When I close my eyes tonight, I'll have made it 26 days living a cig-free life. Still having moments of anxiety, moments of anger, moments of restlessness, but all in all it's ok. Here's the strange one for me lately; smelling cig smoke while sitting in traffic....such a weird thing to notice.
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 9:53 pm
Congrats to you Kristy and to you Nippy! Way to go!! Keep up the great work.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 10:50 pm
Yay Kristy!!! With all your other worries these past months, I wasn't sure you would make it on this try. Yay Nippytoes!!!
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 10:58 pm
Kady......if he has 2mg and wants 4mg he just needs to chew two at a time. Easy. My Doctor said that everyone should do 4mg because it has the greatest success. I have been using Nicorette and feel it has helped so much that words are hard to come. A crutch? of course........but what a nice one. I stopped April 20 and do not count the days. I am an none smoker. The urges still come but they are very far apart and my Nicorette consumption is way down. I was motivated by myself and not my spouse. Very important. You may need to stop talking to him about this. I know when MrBat used to make noises about my quitting it drove me to insanity. .................the reason for this is simple. It is such a strong addiction that if you are not self motivated it will not work.......absoultely. Someone harping takes your personal power away. You have to have this to be your own triumph to have it stick.
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 11:07 pm
Bat, what great news for YOU! What you said is the key--it has to be for you. That is the only way a person can have long term success.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2004 - 12:09 am
Lance did you get my email about my problem with Mystic. And thank you darlin'. Am I not doing well or what!!!!!! ???? I am so happy that I am over this in such a short time. I would never have guessed it would be this easy. And to all that may be reading this thread with hope.......NICORETTE. It is a god send. I am home free in 6 weeks. REally, I feel very confident that this is the way for many. 4 mg..........always.........my doctor is correct. I tried 2mg a year ago. A big difference. The key.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2004 - 7:33 pm
Yay Kristy!!! I'm very proud of you cyberdaughter. Fruitbat, that is quite an accomplishment. Nippytoes, welcome! Just keep counting the days and rolling up your windows when you stop at intersections! To everyone who is working on getting this habit behind you, just remember: *you are making more money $ *your hair and clothes don't stink any more *you are not getting nicotine in your eye when you rub it with your finger *you can pick up a baby and cradle her/him in your arms *you can pick any restaurant and not have to sit in a cramped back corner of the bar to eat if you don't want to *you'll no longer be scared you might burn a hole in 1)the nightstand 2)the living room sofa 3)the seat of your car 4)your new pants suit 5)your penguin inflatable chair *you never have to look at, dump or wash another ash tray *your breath is fresher *did I mention there's $money$ involved? Congratulations everyone! p.s. my countdown is one year, two months, 23 days, 22 hours and 33 minutes Grace
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2004 - 8:48 pm
Yeah Nippytoes good for you!!! Thanks guys I appreciate you cheering for me! My kind, sweet, wonderful cybermom thank you and congratulations on your own success. Everyone here, much good luck to you in your pursuit of never smoking again.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2004 - 9:46 pm
Gracie, you also don't have to rush through dinner so you can go stand outside in the cold rain and get a fix.
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Eliz87
Member
07-30-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 9:21 am
RAMBLE AHEAD... Okay it's time for me to quit smoking. Today is my first day. I've been smoking since I was 16 (now I'm 33), so this is a big step. I SO ENJOY SMOKING CIGARETTES. What has happened, though, is that I've looked around and I've lost five people in my life (all of them women) to smoking-related disease. My grandmothers were 75 and 62, my aunts were 62 and 52, and my mom, sadly, was only 60. Now that I have two kids, I realize that I really want to be around for them for much longer than that, if at all possible. Also, my husband and I were talking the other night about what fun we're going to have after he retires, maybe even buy a place on the beach if we have the $$, and I want to actually enjoy it with him! And, we just moved to New York where cigarettes cost A LOT. I hate that to be a motivating factor but they really are expensive here -- like $6 a pack expensive. Also, saw a woman in the Walmart parking lot the other day lighting up and I thought, "Gee, that looks soooo trashy." Not the first time I've thought that about a smoker -- especially a female one. (I know that's strange since I myself am a smoker.) Another thing is that I've come to dislike the smell very much. Just something happened over my second pregnancy where I just can't take the smell of cigarette smoke. Even from my own cigarettes. Even with all these reasons to quit, I'm sitting here, nerves totally on edge. I've even cried a little this morning. The baby was crying and I never realized how nervous it made me because I could always reach for a smoke and calm myself down. SIGH. I've even cried a couple of times today already. But it's important to me that I quit. My husband (a non-smoker) is surprised that I'm even trying. But I know that it's just a habit. I think for me it's more the activity of smoking I enjoy a little more than the actual nicotine fix, although of course the fix is a part of it. I just enjoy the inhaling, exhaling, the taste, etc. (Interesting how I can enjoy the taste but not the smell.) So, I have never been near this thread before. Think I'll read through the archives a bit. I know I don't have to ask for your support. :-)
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 9:24 am
Good Luck Eliz! You CAN do it!!! I'll be joining you shortly! I am giving up something else right now and don't want to get too stressed out, but in a month or so, you will see me here!! You'll get LOTS of support here! YAY Eliz!!!
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Eliz87
Member
07-30-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 9:37 am
Thanks, RG! Yeah, giving up smoking would be a lot for you right now -- I totally understand. The thing with me is that I've been thinking about this a lot lately and I ran out of cigarettes last night and just decided I'm simply not going to buy any more. UGH! Pray for my husband and children! ;-)
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:37 pm
Eliz87, good luck! I stopped after about 33years of heavy smoking. I became so disgusted with the smell, what it was doing to my house, my clothes in the closet, my car you name it. That d#$n smoke ruins not only our lungs and heart but everything in its path. I hung signs all over my home saying things like "YOU WANT TO DIE, PICK UP A CIGARETTE", "YOU SMOKE?, YOU STINK!", and many many others to remind me. Every time a saw a sign it gave me the strength I needed at that moment to not light one. Hell, my own dog could't stand to be around me, he hated the smell.LOL If I lit a cig in front of him he snarled his nose up and would not come near me. Just remember you are stronger than the cigarettes and YOU CAN DO IT! I am pullin for ya.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 1:27 pm
Good Luck, Eliz87! This month makes 10 years for me since I stopped smoking and drinking. It's been a hard road with lots of ups and downs, but it has surely been worth it. You can do it! We're here for you.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 4:40 pm
<races in wearing full battle gear>
What's going on? I got a message to get over here STAT! Oh! I see we have a virgin quitter. AND it's one of my big buddies from the trivia thread. Yay Eliz87!! Okay, Eliz, for starters, be sure to save what you first wrote here, because once you get this monster beat down, you are going to come back and laugh at what you wrote. The parts about how much you enjoy it and how it calms you down and how you like the taste. I know that is all 100% true right now but you wait and see how the perspective changes once you get free of the addiction. After quite some time you will come to realize that it calmed you down because you needed a "fix." And it was the drug telling you that you liked the taste so that you would keep doing it. You will later find out they actually taste terrible. BUT, you don't have to worry about all of that right now. Right now, you have to work on getting yourself free minute to minute and hour to hour and then day to day. (By the way, I cried my first day too because I was so unbearably sad to be losing my good friend the weed; it can be almost overwhelming to think you have to do without it when it has always been such a comfort). Okay, so minute to minute. First decision is whether or not to try to go cold turkey. Some people can do it; some people can't. I didn't even want to try. I quit with the patch, back when they were prescription. I just did the full program, which I think was 30 days at 21 mg., 30 days at 14, mg, and 30 days at 7 mg., although I didn't go all the way to the end with the 7 mg. because I was itching so bad from the adhesive by that time. For me, using the patch was just weird. There was absolutely NO nicotine craving, none, just a weird sort of emptyness. I think Halfunit used the lozenges, and Fruitbat has been using gum. It has worked for both of them. If you need to get a nicotine substitute delivery system, don't be ashamed to do it. For a lot of people it helps a LOT, and whatever keeps you off those cigs is way better than smoking. You have already made the first really big step, Eliz. From now on, it is a matter of attrition. Who has the stronger will? You? Or the beast? Remember, all you have to do to win is outlast it. When you think you can't go one minute more, go five, just to show it who's boss. There will be other folks come in to cheer you on. Feel free to come here and post during those times when you might otherwise be smoking a cigarette. Go Eliz!!!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 4:49 pm
OMG Juju! Where on earth did you find that pic??? ROFL! Eliz, Congrats on your new non-smoking lifestyle! YAY! Keep up the great work!
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 5:15 pm
YAY! Congrats on your decision Eliz, and I second Juju's post! I knew she'd come through. She's a good butt kicker (pun intended). ( That picture is GREAT! )
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 8:21 pm
Welcome to the new you Eliz! Juju, is that tin foil and duct tape? LOL
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 8:43 pm
Great post, Juju!!
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 9:13 pm
Yeah, another quitter! Congrats on teh big decision Eliz.
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