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Retired
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07-11-2001

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Best wishes for everyone trying to quit. You CAN do it. One day at a time, sometimes one hour or one minute at a time. Will be 4 years smoke free for me in Feb.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Yea Retired!!!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Congratulations Doodlebug!!! Unfortunately, the cravings are not completely gone at the stage you are, but I think you have to admit they are a whole lot more tolerable by now. Heehee, and you are almost never ever alone anytime anywhere at the clubhouse.

You can do it, LL. Just come type some ladidah in here until the urge passes.

Kady!! I forgot all about Kady. Yep, she was one of the first, if not THE first. But I also remember Wardog and Franny. And Fruitbat did not make it that time back in 2001, but she did a couple years later.

Okay, so LL started the thread in 2001. That sounds more like it. It was the three years that was throwing me.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Scooter.

Hang in there all quitters--old and new.

Personally I find I don't even think about it or drinking any more (24 yrs. sober too.) Guess I am one of the lucky ones.

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
omg today is hell lol, I will get through it. Cigarettes in Canada are over 11 dollars a package so I have taped up a box and am putting 10 dollars a day in it, I am saving for a trip across Canada and this is going be my spending money.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
ELEVEN dollars!!??!??!!

That's a pretty big incentive. I think I quit when they went up to around two dollars. Eleven would just kill me.

I hope it was an empty cigaretter box you taped up, LL. Maybe I'll see you out in Western Canada in the spring at that rate.

Hang in there. I know you will. ELEVEN dollars???

Retired
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07-11-2001

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
LL, Hang in there!!! Have a big glass of water, munch on a carrot, go for a walk, just keep busy.

That is a great idea about saving your $$$. I saved up enough in 3 yrs. ($15,000 US) to buy a nice used car this past March and paid cash! I was spending about $100 a week on cigarettes. Back then they were about $50 a carton and I was going through 2 cartons a week chain smoking. I finally said, enough!! and just quit cold turkey one day. Just keep thinking of that trip!!

Doodlebug
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09-11-2006

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Doodlebug a private message Print Post    
LL, that's a great idea - I found that I wasn't saving any money because it's all been going for the nicoderm patches/gum. (They're expensive) I gave up the patches a couple of days ago so I think I'll find me a box and start saving too!!

I can honestly remember my mom sending me into the store to get her cigarettes and they were only 50 cents. Boy am I dating myself

Hang in there LL, it will get better!!

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Try 36 cents Doodlebug lol
Day 4 is a bit better, I got this big puzzle going on the table while I do laundry. Got 40 dollars in my box, and no Juju it isn't a cigarette box, I went to the store and got one of those craft boxes and decorated it with some crap.

Doodlebug
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09-11-2006

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Doodlebug a private message Print Post    
Ooohhh - a puzzle is a good idea too!! I love those but haven't done one in years. I've got to find something besides eating I've got to go to the store this morning so I think I'll check out the puzzles!!

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Tell me about it Doodlebug, I am eating til it hurts, gotta stop that.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Boxes decorated with crap are also good. Very festive.



Retired
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07-11-2001

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
When I started smoking in 1960 they were 25 cents a pack.:-)

Continued good wishes to the quitters!!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I swear I'll be back in here. I'm going to quit...again...when I start painting the inside of the house. I can't really save much money by quitting because I get my cigs at the indian reservation and they are only $6.95 a carton, plus we gas up there real cheap. Good luck to you quitters!

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 5:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Money as an incentive won't work anyway Twinkie, it is just a little bonus. You'll be here when you are ready. Day 5, so far so good, I almost caved last night, I had to fight going for smokes real hard.

Doodlebug
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09-11-2006

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Doodlebug a private message Print Post    
Good for you Llkoolaid, you didn't give in and that is real hard sometimes!! Are you using anything to help, like the patches or gum? I used the patches up until a few days ago. They really helped me but I know they don't work for everyone.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Agree money is not really an incentive, unless the smokes are ELEVEN dollars a pack!!! Just kidding, but that figure does boggle my mind.

Yay, LL for resisting the urge. The call of that devil siren is so, so beguiling.

Twinks, you have to reach a point within yourself that you are absolutely determined to do it. When you are sick might be a good time to do it. Here you are, hacking, coughing, barely dragging around and yet you smoke one of those things, which probably even hurts to smoke, but you smoke one anyway because you HAVE to. Yeah, yeah, stupid. We ALL did it and told ourselves we were smoking because we enjoyed it. Yep, sure.

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Where there's a will, there's a way.

It all comes down to one thing:

You WANT to quit.

It is at that point that you will go to pretty extreme measures, do whatever it takes to quit.
You have to be NOT enjoying it also, I think.

For years and years I wanted to quit, but just in the entertaining the idea kind of wanting. That's not the kind of wanting that will help you succeed.

After 40 years, my mind decided that it was time for me to quit. Quite a battle went on, inside my head, and talking about how I was not sure if I could do it, and then the other side saying yeah but it is time so let's just do it.

I did not think I could do it with no crutch, but I did not want to use a crutch with nicotine, so I went with Zyban. Several people I know said that it really works, my mind was made up to try as hard as possible, so that's what I used.

All the while, I kept thinking, yeah sure, you are OK now but you're still taking the Zyban. Well, even after I stopped that, I still did not want to smoke! Then I was pissed because I should have tried this Zyban crap years ago!

Then I reminded myself that it would not have worked because I was not "ready". A couple co-workers were able to quit on Zyban but they went back to smoking. Why? Because they still enjoyed it, and they were not "ready".

There is no need to get upset if your attempt fails. Maybe you were not ready or were using the wrong method or crutch. I have to applaud those who are quitting on sheer will power. Boy I don't think I could have done that, no matter HOW "ready" I was.

There's one thing that I remember from the instructions that come with the Zyban:

If you feel the urge to have a smoke, wait 2 minutes and do something else while you're waiting. Many times you will get over that urge with no problem. Most of those urges are strong habits that have to be unlearned like the smoke with the coffee after a meal.

Just wait those 2 minutes; you'll be fine.

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Monday, December 18, 2006 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Day 6, whoohoo, I only had about 6 urges to light one up, it is not lunch yet but that isn't bad. I find the car the hardest or at the computer. Hard to believe my first week is almost over.

Shadoe, that 2 minute thing helps, thanks.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, December 18, 2006 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yay 2 minutes!!! Yay Day 6!! That's the only way to do it. One day at a time. Or 2 minutes at a time.

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 6:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Day 7, much better today. I may have fingers left after this is over, that is about the only thing that I haven't eaten yet.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Yay Day 7! One day at a time.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Go LL!!

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 3:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Day 8, feeling good so far, but I just got out of bed. Don't go into shock , I am 4 hours ahead of board time. lol.

Doodlebug
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09-11-2006

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 3:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Doodlebug a private message Print Post    
Well today makes 2 months for me!! Still amazed that I've actually done it! I'm now 14lbs bigger and need to join the "who wants to exercise with me" thread but I feel great. Got to go clothes shopping last night so that I'll have something that actually fits to wear to work

Congrats to LL - keep hanging in there!!