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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 1:23 pm
OMG! it's my baby girl Imbewitched! HEY HONEY!! hugs from your cybermama! i'm rooting for you!
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:01 pm
Imbewitched - so sorry you had a rough time of it on the weekend but glad to see you made it through. You'll be stronger next time! The patch is an 8 to 10 week process. I lowered my dose last week and will again next week. Then I'll be on that dose for 2 to 4 weeks depending on how secure I'm feeling. To quote someone else, quitting is a process, not an event. Thanks to everyone for the support! My support to all who are still struggling.
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Sue
Member
06-02-2005
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:22 pm
Lol Juju..... Thanks everyone for the well wishes. I will post again when I figure out what my next plan of attack will be. 
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 10:32 am
well it is just about 10 weeks for me and i have to say today is probably my best day with the cravings. not a bad day. i get a good amount of support from people i work with . they will all stop me in the halls and ask me how i am doing. one guy thought it has only been a month
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 11:57 am
Oh poop Dfen - I just realized my giant mistake from an earlier post to you. I'm sorry. But please know that my congratulations to you still stands. You are going so great. And I can't wait to be at 10 weeks.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 12:03 pm
Dfen - - "You are going so great." ???? good grief - it must be all the oxygen that my brain is getting since I quit smoking. I can't read and obviously can't spell either. lol I think what I was trying to say is a combination of you are doing so great and your quit is going so great. Both apply. Hopefully, my brain will adjust to the fresh air soon. lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 12:44 pm
Yay Dfennessey!!! There there Imbewitched, LOL.
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 7:12 pm
Dfennessey, that's a great milestone! An inspiration. Keep it up! I'm glad you have that support at work. It can make a huge difference. Imbewitched, glad to see you hanging in! Must be close to 2 weeks for you. Gotta watch that oxygen for a while! lol. It should start to balance out soon.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Friday, April 14, 2006 - 5:36 am
Good morning everyone - Woo hoo, I have survived 14 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes and 22 seconds smoke free. 188 cigarettes not smoked. Thanks so much for all the support ya'll!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, April 14, 2006 - 6:03 am
GOOD JOB Imbewitched. you can do it .
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Friday, April 14, 2006 - 8:18 am
Excellent Imbewitched! Sounds like you're well on you way to freedom!
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Friday, April 14, 2006 - 12:05 pm
I hope you all have a Happy Easter. Be safe and keep the quit!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 8:41 am
Excellent news all! Keep up the good work.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 8:05 am
Hi all, just wanted to check in to see how everyone was doing with the quit. So far, so good here. Have a great weekend! Day 22
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:24 am
Good to hear from you Imbewitched! 22 days is great. I had a challenging day yesterday for some reason. Wasn't so much tempted to smoke but thought about smoking more than I have for a long time. A bit of chocolate helped out and I seem to be back on track today. Day 45
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 10:05 am
Well last Saturday I had 1 and let me tell you, it tasted like I cleaned an ash tray with my mouth. and this week I had very very few cravings for one. Saturday will be 11 weeks for me and I really doubt that I will ever smoke again after that one.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 10:21 am
Hey there Lawrie & Dfen - I guess this is going to be a battle I will fight for a long time because I sure do want a cig. I'm not going to smoke but .................... My week has been hellish. My boyfriend (dated off and on 8 yrs - bought a house together 1 yr ago) has decided that he just can't give me the things I "want,need and deserve". He says that he has tried but just can not do this committment/relationship thing. We are still living together(seperate bedrooms). Hopefully by next week I can calm down enough that we can talk about how we are going to proceed. Let me just tell you. This has been a huge test of my decision to quit smoking! So far I have kept the quit. But my "one day at a time" has become my "one hour/one minute at a time".
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 10:47 am
Imbewitched, just try not to stop at the store to buy a pack. My biggest test always seems to be when i have PMS
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 10:53 am
Dfen - yep, that's the plan I'm going with.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:42 am
Day 21 almost done I really don't know what I am getting out of this quitting; I don't feel better at all. I am still out of breath when working out at the gym. The only difference I have noticed is I am miserable and cranky. I am not enjoying food at all. I eat when I feel like smoking and then when I am done eating, I feel a need to have a cigarette because I am finished eating; it's a vicious cycle. Maybe I should switch to a diet of protein shakes and vitamins.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:45 am
It has been 77 days without a smoke. if i want to eat because i want one i try to eat something that is good for me or i go for a walk or do something els.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 12:07 pm
Shadoe - I was feeling a bit like that too but I know it will take a while for my lungs to heal themselves. I read somewhere it takes a year. Someone told me that food would taste so much better but I am finding that things I really liked while I was smoking do not taste good to me now. I'm hoping that will get better. When I get a craving I eat a piece of sugar free hard candy. Or like Dfen says, go outside for a walk or just do a little stretching. Anything to give it time to pass. I hope you can stick with it because I believe the payoff will be so worth it in the long run.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 12:33 pm
Congrats Lawrie, Imbewitched, Defen, and Shadoe. Shadoe - are you using the patch or gum? Like Imbetwitched and Dfen said do anything other than smoking when the urge hits. Hang in there guys!! You're doing great and it will get better.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 12:33 pm
I don't know who says food will taste better because nothing tastes good now. I don't have any junk food in the house; I tossed it all because I am also trying to get in better shape with diet and exercise. I am having no problems with the not smoking side. The Zyban is working great I guess. Like I said earlier, I always have cigarettes with me and have not had a one. I don't see how a year of misery and a badly degraded quality of life is worth it in the long run. I'll continue as I have been, but just don't ask me to be pleasant until next year.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 12:38 pm
Retired - no, I refuse to use any patch or gum. I view them as crutches and just a postponement to a real quit. I will be fine with not smoking but it's the annoying frequency of urges that are really getting me down. I usually resort to Werther's hard candies. Even through the nite, whenever I wake up, I pop one in my mouth. I now think of nites as a '3 werther nite' or a '2 werther nite'. I keep hearing it will get better but I am not seeing it.
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