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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 7:27 am
Glad to hear it
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 3:22 pm
Just a note to wish luck to all those who continue to be smoke-free. LUCK!!!!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 9:31 am
I am still smoke free but am having a rough time today. do not know why I could really go for one maybe because it is so nice out make me want to go have one while at work
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 11:23 am
Dfen - hang in there! Repeat after me, "I do NOT want a cig, I do NOT want a cig" 1000 times lol. Have a bottle of water instead, go for a walk, anything but smoke, PLEASE don't give in. You can do it!!!!
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 2:01 pm
Dfen - what retired said! I'm sure that you don't ever want to have to go through the process of quitting again. Remember the first week or so after you quit? You have come too far and you have been an inspiration to me. Hang on. I'm cheering for you!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 3:39 pm
Awwwwwww, go for it, Dfen. One teeny tiny little one couldn't hurt, could it?* Ban Juju Now!!!
*okay, just kidding
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 7:33 am
well i had a cookout over the weekend with 2 smokers and I had one. but people are suprised that i can have one every couple of months and stop again
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 8:19 am
I was talking to a client the other day who quit about 4 years ago (I remember when she quit). She said that for the first 3 years she did have one every couple of months or so. She now hasn't had one for over a year. That worked for her. I don't think it would work for me but it seems to be working for you.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 8:20 am
I wouldn't even have that one, Defennessey, but then that's just my opinion. Each time you do that you risk the chance of smoking more than one and then have to get that poison out of your system all over again.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 9:08 am
I cannot even take one puff of a cigarette, or I would be smoking full force again. Last week May 24th was the 11th anniversary of my stopping smoking. I was a smoking fiend - 3-1/2 packs a day. I stopped cold turkey - I had to, I had no other choice of a way to do it.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 9:21 am
Congrats on the 11 years Ginger!! Only 3 yrs. for me. I did cold turkey too. I guess whatever works, as long as one quits right?
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 10:34 am
Well, this thread has been hopping in my absence. Welcome all you new butter-outers and those who have the hang of it. It was tough staying on the straight and narrow during my 2 months in Germany. Only now can I appreciate the hard decisions and bylaws our city fathers have made. Over there, smoking is still allowed everywhere. North American TV shows have obviously reduced showing their actors smoking as well. Something I didn't realise until I watched German TV. Every time someone turned around some actor had a in his hand/mouth. And boy, oh boy did I want to join them. But I held firm, ok I held wobbly, but I didn't light up. <she says, patting herself proudly on the shoulders> It's good to be home!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 7:16 pm
Congratulations on 11 years, Ginger 1218!! Good work, Lumbele. Dfennessey, I was JUST kidding. Yay Lawrie!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 2:50 am
I know Juju. yesterday was a very bad day at work, i would have done anything for just one. I work with someone who is always late and does not have to make up their time. it is very stressfull when i get to work on time. this guy has one excuse after another.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 6:15 am
Proud of you Dfennessey that you did not give in yesterday and have one and got through the day. You can do it!!! Have you tried deep breathing when you want a cig? Inhale deeply and hold and then exhale through the mouth. It's the same motion as smoking without the nicotine. I often wonder if that is why cigarettes calmed me down--not the cig itself but the breathing that goes with it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 6:50 am
Dfennessey, you should be way over the physical withdrawal by now, so what you are fighting is purely the psychological mindset, and you have got to figure out some way to get your mind out of thinking that a cigarette is a GOOD thing that you are just denying yourself until some perfect day in the future when it will be okay to smoke yourself silly again. A cigarette is NOT a good thing. It is a killer poison, a very seductive killer poison. Wishing you the best of luck. You have the very hardest battle of all to still get through.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 7:33 pm
Just wanted to post a supportive Keep up the not smoking! Go team!
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 12:09 pm
Great job everyone on staying smoke free. I am coming up on one year on Tuesday. Ginger -- awesome job for you - you are my hero!!!! 11 years - think of all the $$$ you saved.
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 12:20 pm
One year, eleven years! It's inspirational to me to see those numbers.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 1:39 pm
LOL, yes, and believe it or not, I still get cravings, but I know absolutely for sure, that I CANNOT take one drag - or I will be finished. And Danas, congratulations on the one year mark. Retired, I agree, the thing that really helped me was taking a deep breath when I got an urge for a cigarette. Just took a deep breath and let the air out slowly, then the craving goes away.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 5:32 pm
Yay, DanaS!!! Seems like the year flew by. Agree that fake smoking inhalation thing seems to help.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 9:10 am
Happy one year, Danas!!!!! What a milestone!!! Ginger, hate the smell of cigs any more (guy downstairs smokes & it comes up & in my balcony). I can't believe I smoked for 40 yrs. I have been smoke free for a little over 3 yrs. now and that's what counts right? Of course I grew up in an era where everyone smoked everywhere and we didn't know the dangers back then. Watch any old movie and you'll see folks smoking in hospitals, etc. Hang in there everyone! It is definitely a good thing to quit, not only for your health, but for the money you will save.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 9:21 am
Retired, my neighbor that lives directly below me smokes in her apartment and the smell comes right up through the heating vents and that smell I HATE. it is really bad especially on the weekends when she is home from the time she gets out of work on friday until monday morning. she very rarley opens her windows. I do not mind the smell outside.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 11:35 am
Dfennessey, I feel for you. I really do. And being that she is in her apt. there isn't much you can do to stop her. My sister has the same problem in her townhouse. But congrats to you for not smoking even though smelling it!!! Can you burn candles or use those plug ins? Luckily for me my situation isn't as bad as yours. I also can smell whatever they are cooking. More than once I have sprayed the hall hoping they would get the idea. But cooking smells aren't as bad as cig smoke except the cooking smells make me hungry!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 2:34 pm
Congrats to all of you on your varying milestones!!!
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