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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Jan. 2007 ~ Mar. 2007: Health Center: Who wants to quit smoking with me? (ARCHIVES): Archive through February 25, 2007 users admin

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Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Friday, February 23, 2007 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
God slap me if I get preachy. It is so hard and I just want to encourage you all I can. I am off to bed, I will check in with you guys in the morning.

Slothkitten
Member

09-16-2003

Friday, February 23, 2007 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Not preachy at all, LL . . . You sound informed, enlightined and transformed . . . excellent advice . . . thank you !!!! I want it.


Justa - thank's so much for the info on the inhaler, and all your sharing and great tips.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, February 23, 2007 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    

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Half, it's so true, I have loved it, I thought it was helping me to deal with life ( and fun, oh lord, yes fun ) all the time, IT was the cause of the feeling of stress . . . well, I'm not making sense




Slothkitten, you are making absolute sense. You have it exactly right.

And oh man, LL, are you right about the breaks at work. Man, I really hated conference days because I am also slightly hypoglycemic and have to have snacks all the time. So we are having boring lectures, training sessions, whatever, and we get a fifteen minute break. When I smoked, I had to decide between taking the elevator down several floors to smoke outside, or having a snack, or PEEING for heaven's sake. How pathetic is that?

Twinks, you hang in there. Just endure. You WILL survive, and you will be free.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Almost 30 hours and I'm still craving cigs. At least I did sleep for a few hours and just woke up. I just keep telling myself tomorrow will be a little easier, while I shovel the food in. Right now I don't give a fig about gaining weight. I can worry about that later. All I have to do now is get through this. I think its probably a good thing the weather is bad or I might have run down to the store by now. My hubby is being amazing! He got me a new flat screen 20.1" monitor and a new keyboard! My reward for quitting! Wow! He's such a great guy!

Slothkitten, I hope you are hanging in there. Get lots of munchies to occupy you. It really does help me. I'm going to try to get some more sleep now and get several more hours under my belt.

Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Still thinking about y'all.


nothing worthwhile is ever easy...hang in there.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 12:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Pixie Stx

Slim Jims

Silly Putty (to play with not to eat

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 12:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
M&Ms....plain and peanut. Right now I couldn't live without them.

Slothkitten
Member

09-16-2003

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Jolly Rancher CinnamonFire

Wintergreen Lifesavers.

Day 3 - better than day 1. No dizziness, feel more like myself, feel grateful and hopeful today.More confident I can keep dealing with cravings.And less sad.

Twinkie, way to go ! Pop those M&M's !
You are doing fantastic and Twinkie, you are going to be feeling better, breathing better every day.

I'll check in tomorrow . . .


Thank you all for getting me through yesterday.

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Great job Sloth & Twinks!!!!

a

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
What is wrong with me?? I woke up today and cried, missing a morning cig.
Shouldn't I be over that crap by now?

Slothkitten
Member

09-16-2003

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, you are in the right, you aren't wrong, sweetie . . . . detoxing is messing with your emotions, hang in there and it will pass . . . all you have to do is keep enduring and it will get better ( when I wake up is THE hardest time, too ) ((((( Twinkie ))))) You are a

Slothkitten
Member

09-16-2003

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Thank's Vacanick . . . love that image.

Halfunit
Moderator

09-02-2001

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
NOTHING is wrong, Twinkie! Those are tears of joy in disguise. You just don't know it yet.

Hour by hour, each day gets easier.

Yay Twinkie! Yay Slothkitten! Yay Everyone!!


Llkoolaid
Member

08-01-2001

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, tomorrow will be a better day, keep on telling yourself how great it is to be a non smoker, you are not giving anything up, you are gaining good health, repeat it, live it, you have to convince yourself this and I know right now as you are reading this you are thinking, Ll you are full of shit, well that is true, but not about this lol. I didn't cry when I quit, but there were times when I hated my dh who was so supportive, I would think "you rotten , I would give in now if you wouldn't be disappointed " then I would calm down and realize that I was the one who wanted to stop smoking and it was just that damm nicotine monster messing with me. You have to starve that monster to death, he is getting weaker each hour that he isn't fed and soon he will be too weak to bother you with cravings. Hang in there, look how far you have come and what you have gone through, the worst is almost over.

Retired
Member

07-11-2001

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Hang in there Twinkie and Slothkitten! Right now you are going through withdrawal and it's not easy. BUT it will get better. I found "smoking" with a straw helped me--something about the inhaling/deep breaths but without the poison of the nicotine. Over the years I had stopped smoking in public, in the car, out, etc. and only smoked in my apt. So I tried to go out as much as possible and went for long walks to counter the extra calories I was eating. Walking got easier and easier. It was such a joy to stop the coughing I had been doing. I kept up with the walking and the weight came off. The first couple weeks are the hardest so HANG IN THERE!

Sloth, glad you are saving your $$. You'll be surprised how quickly it adds up and then you can treat yourself to something special.

Twinks, congratulations on the new monitor!

LL and Nick and all the other quitters, keep up the good work.

Justavice
Member

11-22-2005

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Justavice a private message Print Post    
Twinkie- I think it's a good sign that you are crying. Smoking is like a best friend and sometimes you really have to mourn the loss of that relationship. The fact that you are crying might mean that you are finally ready to accept the loss and move on with your life. I say cry, celebrate, whatever it takes to stay smoke free. (Or go play on the computer and look at your new, beautiful screen!)

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
It's okay to cry, Twinkie. I cried. It will be a while but some day you will actually laugh at how stupid that was. But right now, it is okay to be sad.

Just don't give in.

Way to go, Slothkitten!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the pep talks, guys. I needed it. I'm so glad I'm stuck at home or I would have been so tempted to go get cigs many times. Now I've gone 2 whole days without smoking! That's amazing to me! I have never gone this long before. Even when in the hospital I would go outside to smoke. I think I can do this, its just hard. But so are a lot of things.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Twinks, your feelings and tears are completely normal! It is very difficult. But I know you are strong, too. (lol and I know you may not feel that way, that's natural). And I know you have a sense of humor and that should be helpful from time to time.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Sea, without it I'd really be nutso. I was just air smoking. LOL

Chiliwilli
Member

09-04-2006

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Air smoking is good. Take lots of showers too. Anything that you can't do while smoking is good.

Don't make me have to call you!

Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Twinks...I sat staring at my computer with tears welling up in my eyes and thinking, "This is it...I'm gonna die." The withdrawel and craving crashing down on me like a sledgehammer...somehow I made it past that and here I am...encouraging the new quitters to be!

Its all good and in a couple of months...you'll be posting about your quitting experience.

Chiliwilli
Member

09-04-2006

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Deep breathing exercises are recommended for quitting smoking. It helps clear the bad air and toxins out of your lungs faster to get you over it faster and they're supposed to be good for other stuff too.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 2:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I hope this isn't TMI but I've been coughing up some nasty looking stuff. But this is a different kind of cough than what I was doing before. Before I had the coughing the racked my whole body and made my chest hurt but nothing came out. This is a weaker cough but with stuff. I guess that's a good sign?

Slothkitten
Member

09-16-2003

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 7:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, that is a great sign ! Keep drinking lot's of fluids to help that crud in your lungs get outta there . . . soon you'll really notice you are breathing better and not coughing.
I have had some horrible moments, too . . . but they have passed . . . last night at work, ugh, some truly vicious cravings reared up . . . but they went away . . . yes, the deep breathing helps, too.

I cannot believe I'm day 4 without smoking . . think the extra oxygen is making me giddy/euphoric at times.
My parent's and friends are shocked and thrilled.

Twinkie, you are awesome, girl !


Nick, Juju and LL, Retired and everybody, thank you for being there . . . it has made a difference.
Still can't believe it.