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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, May 27, 2005 - 2:18 pm
Yay Hypermom!!!
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, May 30, 2005 - 3:12 pm
Hi guys! I haven't been here in a looong time but I just wanted to say I am still smoke free! I haven't smoked since May 20, 2003. (atleast I am pretty sure that is the day, I just know it was the night before my neck surgery) Every once in a while I think about smoking but it never lasts very long. Hang in there everybody, it can be done. If I can do it anybody can. 
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, May 30, 2005 - 3:40 pm
YAY, Sisa!!!! 2 years smoke-free!!! Congratulations!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, May 30, 2005 - 5:13 pm
Yay Sisalou!!! Seems like just yesterday. LL, you still doing okay?
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 7:54 am
Smoke-free Anniversaries!!! Today: Dipo - 2 Months!!! Djgirl - 8 Months!!! Tomorrow: Hypermom - 3 Weeks!!! Lumbele - 7 Months!!! Friday: Llkoolaid - 2 Months!!!

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 9:32 pm
You are doing good, Lumbele! You da best. But, from somebody who has been here years and years, let me just say that when somebody doesn't post in a long time, sometimes it means they have had a flub-up and are too embarrassed to say so. So you have to cut them a little slack, just in case. And not congratulate them as a non-smoker, just in case they have had a failure and your cheering them on makes them smoke even more. As ex-smokers, we know all the bizarro justifications that the demon tells us to get us to smoke "just one more." I had to go for absolutely YEARS biting my (figurative) tongue before Fruitbat finally got the right formula. Not that there is necessarily anybody you have cheered who has not checked in lately. I just happened to think of this and decided to post it just now. Yay Fruitbat!!!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 11:50 pm
LOL, lumbelle, it is sort of two months since is is the first of June, but when I quit it was a friday, so I think I will take two celebrations!!! Thanks so much. Congrats to Djgirl, Hypermom, Lumbele and Llkoolaide and YAY Fruitbat!!! So true it is sometimes hard to come here if you have had a slip, I did the last time I quit. but I want to say it is okay and if anyone slipped, doesn't matter, just stop again, and go with it. Congrats to everyone who has quit. ETA: I have sort have been busy with a furbaby issue so haven't checked into this area as much as I should have.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 7:04 am
Yikes, I thought as people get more used to not smoking they don't pop in here as often any more, but should still get the recognition and support to continue. Tooting one's own horn isn't easy for everyone. But you are right, Juju, maybe they are hiding behind a puff of smoke instead. So no more congrats unless you tell us there is reason for some. Dipo, you deserve it, celebrate as often as you like, 60 days, 2 month, 9 weeks! Wasn't it Half who celebrated in hours?LOL
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 4:17 pm
yes I did. I needed to see large numbers. This one day - two days - one month - two months just wasn't giving me the satisfaction of accomplishment so I turned everything into hours. Instant gratification. YAY to all the non-smokers !!!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 6:40 pm
Yay Halfunit!!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 2:30 pm
Congrats to all! Lumbele, you can recognize me anytime. I can't believe I've almost made it 5 months. I still think about having one when I am in distress (usually caused by you-know-who and that stops me right there) but I'm finding more and more that I can go all day without thinking about. My neighbor quit 9 years ago and the other day I told him about the times I would like one. He told me "you're not a smoker anymore so quit thinking like one." One of our mailroom guys has been quitting every other day for about 3 years. I told him he had my respect for not giving up and that one day he would make it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 5:05 pm
LOL, on the neighbor's comment, NT. But it is true. When you are a tru non-smoker, it nevers occurs to you to reach for a cig. Sure doesn't seem like 5 months. Congratulations, Native_Texan!!!
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Monday, June 06, 2005 - 6:28 am
Well - I have had my wake up call with my mom being diagnosed w/ lung cancer. Hopefully I have just put out my last cig (got my patches to put on). I know that I need to do this and hope that I am strong enough to quit.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 06, 2005 - 7:19 am
Yay, Dana! Congratulations on your decision. It must be an extremely painful wake-up call for you, but I am so glad you heeded it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, June 06, 2005 - 11:39 am
DanaS, if you fully understand that you HAVE to do it or you are dead sooner than you need to be, then you will succeed. If you are going to be lamenting the whole time that you are losing your best friend (and yes, it can feel exactly like that), then you might fail. Once you "get it" that cigarettes are your worst enemy instead of your best friend, then you will have the strength to defeat the enemy. Yay Danas!!! Good luck.
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Monday, June 06, 2005 - 12:09 pm
Thanks guys. It has been 7 hours - small potatoes for all of you but this is the longest waking time I have been without a cig since I was 16. The patch is helping so hopefully this will be it for me ...
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, June 06, 2005 - 12:24 pm
Congratulations to you all for your success, no matter how big or small it is huge. Quitting smoking is a tough undertaking. I'll be celebrating my 5 year anniversary on July 17th. Something I never thought I would be able to do.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, June 06, 2005 - 5:34 pm
Yay DanaS!!! The patch does take away the physical cravings if you have the right strength. Then you are left with just an odd sort of limbo state where you don't really know what to do, since you would normally be smoking. Try to find something to do in those blank spots.
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 8:12 am
Bad night. Around 11:30 I wanted one so badly to help me fall asleep. I was screaming at DH to go get me a pack so I could have one. I made it through. I can't believe I did it. So far today hasn't been to bad. I am getting through little by little.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 9:36 am
Congrats for making it, DanaS. These first few days will be the absolute hardest. On the other hand, you can't rely on screaming at the husband to get you through. He may get tired of it and give in. The only one who can beat the monster is you. You need to be screaming at the demon nicotine who got you so addicted in the first place that it is making a screaming meemie out of you. But you did good no matter the means. Just keep trying to find ways to get through it a day at a time. An hour at a time. A minute at a time if you have to. How many hours since you became a non-smoker? Halfunit used to count her victories in hours.
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 10:22 am
One day 4 hours and some odd minutes. I am just taking it as it comes. Here's my game plan for today. I want a smoke -- BAD. Could've gotten some at lunch -- didn't told myself if I want it that bad I'll stop on the way home. At that time I'll wait til I get home, etc. DH will NOT go buy them -- never would pick them up for me. The worst craving was last night. The others have passed pretty quickly.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 10:31 am
Danas - I don't know if it'll help you or not - but I turned a laundry bag into a punching bag and just beat my frustrations out on it. Don't be afraid to take anti-depressants - they were my lifeline when I quit.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 11:14 am
And what Mg patch are you using? When I used the patch, they had to be doctor subscribed. They started out at 21 mg, then stepped down to 14 mg and then 7 mg. If you have on a 7 mg patch, it may not be strong enough to remove the physical craving. You do have the right idea of just postponing it hours at a time if that is the way you have to do it. Every hour you don't smoke one is one hour closer to freedom. Because the cravings ARE eventually going to go away.
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 11:24 am
21 mg for I believe 8 weeks. Also using 4 mg gum if I need it (only used one piece - last night during my episode!). There is no way I could do this without the patch.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 4:17 pm
So where are you at now, Dana? 34 hours ?? YAY!
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