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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 7:46 am
I'm at almost 15 hours now. I'm chewing gum like crazy and cleaning like a mad woman. My house is going to be so clean.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 8:02 am
It is hell Twinks but you can do it, remember it is withdrawal, but the good news is it only takes a couple of days for the worst to be over. My house was spotless too when I quit, I was either sleeping or cleaning. Go pamper yourself, have a nice bubble bath, do your nails, demand that hubby take you out for a nice dinner, and take the day pampering yourself, you deserve to be pampered, look what you are doing, you can do this, all us tvch women are stong women. A stinky little piece of weed coated in poison and wrapped up in a piece of paper can't defeat us. The dirty little buggers, they are just like a little monster inside you saying feed me, feed me, well screw that , kick the little bugger in the butt. Get angry, get teary eyed get what ever it takes to get through the next hour, and then worry about the next one. You go girl, this is your day and don't let that little monster ruin it for you.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 9:17 am
Hang in there Twinkie! You can do it.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 9:46 am
The gum helped me alot Twinks...chew it, snort it, crush it, drink it...whatever it takes. I was chewing gum like mad the first couple of weeks. Now I only have a couple pieces a day. I'm rooting for ya. :D First thing in the morning cig was the hardest for me. I still have problems with wanting that first smoke of the day...but it gets easier.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 9:58 am
17 hours and I'm a wreck. I tried to lay down but that didn't last long so I've just been cleaning while watching TV. Ya know what's funny? I didn't know I had so many lighters in the house until I started collecting them to put away with the ashtrays. LOL Oh, and sitting here at the puter is when I want a smoke the most. This is my normal place to sit and smoke when I take a break so now every time I take a break from cleaning I'm jonesing. I guess I'll have to find another place to break for a few days.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:01 am
OMG Nick, this morning when I woke up was horrible. No wake up smoke. I cried.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:06 am
Twink, don't just "put away" the lighters and ashtrays ... throw them away. Get rid of them. You don't need them anymore! Get some carrots or celery or popcorn, whatever you like, and munch on it while your on the computer. I know you can do it!!! 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:24 am
Vacanick, I told hubby last night I didn't plan this very well. I really should have had a bunch of munchies on hand. So he's bringing me home a bunch. And he said he has a surprise for me. He's being so good to me, he sees what I'm going through even if he can't really understand how hard it is. Right now I'm fixing a frozen pizza. I definitely am eating more but I'm not worrying about that because that will slow down.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:39 am
Don't worry about the eating part. I'm sure Nick and LL can confirm that that will slow down. And personally I'd rather be overweight than have lung damage. It sounds like your husband is a good man! This is a wonderful gift your giving him! Enjoy your pizza!! 
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 12:04 pm
Twinkie, I'm still mostly a lurker/reader, but have to come out and say I quit with you yesterday. I've read this thread for years ( started right about the time Halfunit was doing it by the hours, I remember ! ) I'm 47, cigs have been my best friend since I was 12, yes, I have smoked since I was a child. Quit one time for over 6 months and started back. I feel so weird, I don't feel like me. And I don't care how I bad I feel, my mind is made up, no matter what stress or bad thing happens, no cig is going to make it better. LL, Juju, and everybody else here gives such excellent advice, you too, Nick and Retired . . . Twinkie, hang in there, distract yourself anyway you can, push those cravings away ( it will lessen, I know, but I'm exhausted pushing those thoughts away ). I'm feeling sorry for myself and hating not having what I want. But, I am determined, don't care, I have been thru bad times and I can get thru this . . . I'm sending you hugs ( now I don't smell of smoke ! ) You are doing it Twinkie !!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 12:13 pm
CONGRATS TO THE NEW QUITTERS--TWINKIE AND SLOTHKITTEN!!!! Way to go! Hang in there!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 1:32 pm
Yay, Slothkitten!!! What a surprise and how good of you to be a quitting buddy for Twinkie. Good luck to both of you! Twinkie, is there any possibility you could move your computer to another room? Maybe a change of venue would shut off that particular trigger. One hour at a time for today, one hour at a time.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 1:57 pm
Keep at it you two, you are doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 2:01 pm
Thank's !! Twinkie inspired me along with all you other quitters that shared. I'm crawling back in bad . . . too much oxygen is making me dizzy. I'm working all weekend , there will people who smoke in front of me, I am gearing up to be tough ( everybody that has said that you have to make your mind up is correct, I hate it that I can't smoke anymore, but I've made my mind up and have to hope it gets easier. ) Thank's again .
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 2:34 pm
Hold on! I'm only going on 2 months, but there are days where I still hate it...I just keep on keeping on. Eat everything in sight...that helps me. I figure I'll get back in shape soon, but I can only jump off one bridge at a time. I'll get back in shape...no problem. !!!!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 2:58 pm
YAAAA Slothkitten! Its great having each other and all these wonderful people to get through this! I managed to sleep 2 hours so that helped get through the day. Hubby just got home with tons of munchies and that is helping tremendously. I'm still very irritated and sad/mad but I just keep telling myself I only have to endure, that's the only thing I have to do. All of the help from you guys is priceless. This would be so much harder without you all. Thank you sooooo much.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 3:16 pm
Ah Twinkie, sad /mad, I know, at myself and the world . . it's the nasty nicotine jones wanting it's fix . . You are doing fantastic, Day 2!!!!! Nick, 2 months !!! I'm with you and Twinkie, I'm stuffing it in my mouth , I don't care, anything to get this monkey off my back . . Twinkie everytime I eat something, I follow it with a red hot or mint to get the taste of the food out, makes my brain shut it for a few minutes. Thanks to everybody too !
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 4:40 pm
YAY QUITTERS!!! It's so good to see the new names of quitters and the recent quitters are now able to give support! What I really like about this thread is that you get honest, first-hand advice. I think the two most important things to remember are: 1. Yes - you CAN do it. 2. The first few days of withdrawl SUCK! I used to think I liked smoking. When things got stressful, a smoke helped out. That's a bunch of crap. It was Juju who said that the things that caused the stress would still be there when I finished inhaling the toxins. Twinkie, grab a straw or coffee stirer when you're at the computer. I also had to keep a piece of yarn with me just to fiddle with when I noticed my hands were idle. I'd twist it up, wind it between my fingers, anything to entertain my hands for a few minutes. Crosstitch - knit - crochet - dominos - jigsaw puzzles - anything! I went through stages. In the beginning, I wanted to smoke so bad. I posted in here quite a bit. After the first week or so, I still wanted to smoke, but only if I smelled it or saw someone. I still posted in here a lot. After a while, I only wanted to smoke if I smelled it. My posting in here slowed down because I wasn't thinking about smoking unless I was reading this thread and it seemed a bit counter-productive. Of course, it wasn't but I was still missing cigarettes just a tiny bit. There will come a point when you get a whiff of someone who just had a smoke and you want to gag. I never thought that moment would come, but when it does you will know you have completely won this war. Keep fighting the daily battles and it will pay off!!! Oh... I had the dreams, too. In fact, when I smoked I hardly ever dreamed. Once I quit, I had dreams of me smoking. I had to smell my hands to make sure I didn't cheat, they seemed so real! Those have stopped and have been replaced with regular old dreams. I think the increase in dreaming may have something to do with some sort of brain cell recovery since I am no longer poisoning my body. Good luck to all of you!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 4:49 pm
YAY Twinks and Slothkitten and Nick!! Get a slinky! They are wonderful for keeping your hands occupied (and come in several sizes) and you can even sling 'em around in frustration. RMAO at the image of snorting gum...
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 4:52 pm
Thanks so much for that, Half. Today has been awful. I want to smoke so bad I even thought about digging through the trash for a butt. How desperate is that?? At least now I have lots of munchies to occupy me here at the puter. Currently, I'm on M&Ms. One at a time so they last a long time and take up a lot of time.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 5:10 pm
Twinkie and Sloth, I ate everything that couldn't outrun me the first week or so I quit, that passes and you get back to normal. I am just a little over 2 months and I still get little cravings, nothing I can't handle, it really does get easier. Hang in there , only one or two more really bad days, and then I promise it will get easier each day. Remember you are a non smoker, you don't smoke anymore, and no way do you want what you went through the last 24 hours to be in vain. YOU CAN DO IT.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 5:12 pm
Ahhh... Twinks! That is the monster wanting a meal. Don't listen to it. Starve it. Starve it until that monster shrivels up to nothing! And get some damn straws to smoke! And listen to Ll, who just blows me away with the great advice! 
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 6:51 pm
OMG, I missed the snorting gum by Nick,lol ! You guys, I can't believe I'm doing this cold turkey ( used patches for like 8 wks the one other time I quit ). And , as miserable as I feel, and how I keep being bushwacked by urges to smoke ( soooo strange, the brain . . like you forget and it reminds you in this sneaky way, crazy ) . . . I have to say, I have a hard time sticking to certain decisions, but this time, I have made a commitment to myself, that no matter what happens or no matter what horrible stress, I'm done with cigs . . . . it makes me sad ( it's embarressing to be mourning the nasty stuff). LL - I'm saving my $$$ like you and Retired have done. You are helping so much, thank you. Half - yay, thank's for that post ! Starve it Twinks !!! 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 . . . but I'm also not a smoker anymore . . . the very last holdout of my friends and family. Ya'll, the dreams are absurd, lol. Kittens, Robert DeNiro, people in my house having a party, speaking in some weirdass langeuge, I could go on. Thank you Thank you Sea, I have a slinky ! Another thing, I keep smelling my hands . . I always wash them constantly at work, but I can smell the smoke anyway, and have used mouthwash on my hands as a final rinse . . ok this is crazy lol . . . . NO MORE mouthwash on the hands ! too wired for spell check.
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 7:13 pm
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, as this is my first post in this thread, but the nicotine inhalers are an amazing tool for helping to quit smoking. I was in the hospital for about 6-7 weeks this winter and smoking was not allowed on the hospital property at all. They offered several options for assistance with quitting smoking (I smoke about 4-5 cigarettes a day, not a heavy smoker, but a smoker nonetheless) and I selected the inhaler. It is a hard plastic cylinder, a little bigger around than a cigarette, and you inhale from it like a cigarette. I could definitely "feel" the nicotine, but it also was such a comfort to have something I could hold, put in my mouth, etc. I loved it. It really made not smoking easier. (Don't get me wrong, it is no match for the real thing, but definitely a good tool for quitting.) I am not sure if a doctor has to prescribe it, or if it can be purchased OTC like the nicorette gum. But if you get to a point of desperation, it is a really good alternative to have waiting in the wings to try. One other thing I have done in the past when I knew I was close to breaking a commitment to quit something was to give my boyfriend-at-the-time my cash, debit and credit cards so I had no financial means to support my habit. Sometimes it was just for a night, sometimes longer. I could always call him if I needed money for something like an emergency, but it worked well for a rough night or weekend when I really needed it. I am so impressed by everyone's commitment to quit and the support in this thread, and Twinkie, your husband sounds like a great guy who is a real support for a really courageous and strong woman. 
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 7:40 pm
Sloth, you have to change your perception of what you are doing, as long as you think about it as giving up something the harder it will be, you are making yourself feel like you are being deprived. I know it is very hard but if you can please try and think about what you are really truthfully giving up. You are giving up the great pleasure of putting poison into your body while having the priviledge of paying through the nose to do it. You are not giving anything up, you are giving yourself the most wonderful gift of good health, good breath, more money in your pocket, more socially accepted, more time to yourself. Think about all the time cigarettes have stolen from you. Non smokers get to relax during breaks at work, you get to try and rush 2 smokes in to tide you over to the next break. Next time you are driving look at all the fools huddled together outside of workplaces having their cigarettes, and Pity them, and be thankful that you have given yourself the gift of never having to do that again. Just think you never have to worry about that panic feeling when you are running low on smoke, and have to run to the store in all types of weather just to get them, that is done, you are free. So honey, don't think you are giving anything up, you really are gaining so so much more.
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