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Archive through January 18, 2008

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Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Boberg - your last post at 8:26 pm is exactly how I felt and still do feel at times.

I've been doing the "little at a time" thing and I do great during the daytime. It's the nights that suck me back in. I'm a bit of a night owl and dh has to go to bed early in order to get up between 3 am & 4 am! so I retreat to another part of the house until my bedtime.

I've surprised myself that during the day, I see something on TV or whatever, and realize that it's been several hours since I'd had a smoke. Try to tell myself if I can go that long, I can go even longer. Sometimes it works out OK, other times, I give in. But I'm not enjoying them nearly as much.

You just keep on taking the Chantix and I think you will be pleasantly surprised! You seem to have the same type of attitude I had the first couple of weeks. I was still a bit scared, skeptical and I was expecting more of a "dislike" from smoking.

It's hard for me to believe that I've actually had an influence on some of you.

Slothkitten - yay for taking the first step and getting your first month supply! Good Luck and there will always be someone here for you.

Boberg - You are on the right path. And you are so right about Pamy!

Meme - That Yay means a lot to me. Everyone needs a YaY, just because.

Slothkitten
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09-16-2003

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 4:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
So facinating to read your Chantix stories and what steps you are doing to quit or change behaviors, Boberg and Oldtex.

My doc talked at length today about Chantix and his other patients that have taken it so far.
He said some peeps needed to be on it for months, while others did well with a months supply.
He said to stay on it as long as needed, it's better to take Chantix than to smoke. He said he was amazed at the quit rate after one year, like 40 something percent. Some pts. told him that Chantix really decreased the urge to smoke ( besides the blocking the nicotine while smoking ). Like Twinkie said, she took it for 2 months. I'm ready to do whatever I have to do, too.

Oldtex, the nights are my time, too. And, Boberg, I also smoke out of boredom and sometimes I think I am almost numb from nicotine ! It is scary to think about living my life without it, that's when I get kind of pissed off. I see everybody else living just fine without cigs ( and so many are ex smokers, so they have done it ) and I want to live without them .

One thing I have done that is going to help, is that I've been excercising for about 3 months and have a routine with that and also changed my eating habits too. So, I'm feeling fairly confident that I won't overeat like last time, and I'm hoping that the exercise will give me some extra strength. I have a addictive personality, so have quit a few things over the years that weren't good for me . . . I learned to live without them and now don't even think about or miss that stuff. It may take more of an effort and work to quit cigs, but I know if all of you can, so can I . . . Thank you. And, yes Oldtex, you have a effect ! Yay you !

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!


All you new non-smokers and those easing into becoming one are doing amazingly well! Keep pluggin' away!

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
You guys are doing great!! Oldtex, I can see the difference just in the tone of your recent post, seems to really have passed that fork in the road.

My weak time/place was the computer. I had a very strict rule that there was no smoking allowed in the house. The exception was my home office. I worked in there several hours a day, with door closed, window open and a HEPA filter in the corner. When I was quitting it killed me to go in there and smell the smoke and break that habit of mouse is one hand, cig in the other. My solution was to avoid, run, hide. LOL I started taking really long baths at night. Would put a portable DVD player on the counter, grab a tea and soak for the length of a movie and then go straight to bed. It worked great for breaking the habit because I couldn't very well grab a smoke from the tub. The movie-soak also caught on with the rest of the family so well that DH put in a LCD w/DVD wall-mounted TV in the master bath. We have 4 bathrooms but we all fight over access to ours. LOL

Meme9
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07-30-2001

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
I want to use Rissa's master bath too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree, finding things to change will help with the ritual aspect of smoking. Change as much as possible. Make it uncomfortable or try holding something in your hand other than a cig. Whatever it takes and/or works for you. We are each different, so try different things. Most important is to try, and then to try again if needed. YAY for TRYING!!!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Boberg, it IS happening!!!! it sounds a lot like my experience. Isnt is nice to sit and talk and not try and rush to get outside??? You are doing great!!! It's only been 9 days, you are doing way better than me at 9 days! I was still smoking in puter room, that was where I took my last puffs...and left the half cig in the ashtray for about 2 days after I quit. So you have taken a giant step all ready!

Sloth, the power comes after you know you are free! Everytime you dont smoke a little piece of power gets inside you....every hour it gets more...every day...even more...and WOW!! wait til you go months and dont miss it and know you will never want it again....NOTHING!!! will make the devil inside you wake up and taunt you again

that devil was so excited in me last weekend, he thought here's his chance!!! He prolly got a hard on when I picked up that cig and went outside LOL but it shrunk like a frightened turtle when I went back inside and didnt smoke.

Meme, is a rock, the cold turkey quit has to be the hardest and Meme is rocking it with style!!!! YAH MEME!!!!!

OLdtex, so glad to see you!!! Little steps are great! You will make the bigger ones when ready!
YAH OLDTEX!!

My doc had a 60% success rate when I first asked about it and 70% now!!! that is truly awesome!!!

YAH NO PUFF GIRLS FEEL THE POWER!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
PS..OH yeah forgot to ask Rissa...can you have a slumber party and invite me?? I have to see your bathroom! :-)

Rissa
Member

03-20-2006

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
DANG IT. I hate when I delete my posts, esp when I am being wordy. LOL

It is pretty cool Pamy. The truly funny part is that every woman who sees our bathroom thinks the same as I do... mug of tea or glass of wine and a nice movie. Every man (and I do mean EVERY MAN) who has walked in there has said the same thing.... if you put that thing on an extendable arm so that it can be pointed at the toilet it would be perfect. LOLOL

I actually just finished the room this morning. Last coat of paint and I put up the towel racks. I am really proud of it because hubby and I did it ourselves from ripping out the old floor and retiling, blowing out the old shower, new cabinets, etc. (I am so off-topic now :-)) Here's a couple quick and dirty photos:

bathroom1bathroom2

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
omg!!! I love love love it!!!!!! that tub is my dream tub!!! Is that a mirror above the tub?

LOL about the men! I know my man would say same thing! hheee heee!!!

hey! with the money I save I could have that bathroom!!! we just dont have that big of space in our master :-(

Rissa
Member

03-20-2006

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 3:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Thanks Pamy, took us 6 mnths of trying to sneak time here and there. My two favorite things are the glass shower which make the room look a heck of a lot larger then it is and the baseboard we did with the same tile as the floor. Thats not a mirror its a window. I have a *thing* about blinds or curtains in bathrooms so I put that film over the glass that makes them look frosted. As you can see it really shoots that light in every direction. LOL

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Great bathroom, Rissa!! I'd probably never leave it! LOL Hubby agrees btw, that if the TV turned toward the toilet he'd be set for life. LOL

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
See, Oldtex? You weren't even sure you should be in here, and now you are inspiring others! Told ya so! Yay Oldtex!!

Man, this might be the biggest party we have ever had in here before. I blame Pamy.

Pamy, I don't think Grannyg will be mad about me squealing her out. I think she would have said it here herself, but she has a new job and has had no time to be posting anywhere on the board.

Now, here is an interesting thought about the Grannyg situation. I see it as a chicken and egg sort of conundrum. Grannyg may have gone back to smoking because of the "pressure" of the new job. But as we all know, there would be less pressure on that new job if she wasn't having to take smoke breaks. And, as a result of getting that new job, she doesn't have any time to come in here and get her attitude readjusted. We could have splained to her that the cigs are not REALLY a help in doing better on the new job.

And Yay Meme!!!

And Yay Slothkitten!!! That is who I meant was the secret lurker.

Yay Boberg! You are doing really well!!!

Yay Twinkie!

Yay Rissa!!

Yay Whoever I left out! (I am famous for doing that)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
good point Juju and I agree. I was teasing ya about outting her..I know Granny will be back soon :-)

and uh, how do you know about the secret lurkers before we do?

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
psstt Pamy, Juju and I read about it in another thread.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
aahhh I seee

Meme9
Member

07-30-2001

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
Guess we have to save a spot for Grannyg...we'll get her back when things settle down!

Thanks Juju, and I agree Pamy is to blame...hehehe

Rissa, love the room! I want to replace our tub, just don't have the time right now. I want the kind that air comes out of little air holes(not jets). I dream about it a lot. At least I'll appreciate it when I get it. The tv is a great idea. Enjoy your bath it's wonderful!

Oldtex, now ya got two behind you...LOL

Pamy, Lumbele and Juju are our cheerleaders for sure!

Keep up the good work girls!!!!!!!!!!
No Puff Power!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Hey, now! I'm in here cheering for you guys!

rah

See??

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Your pom-poms are lovely, Twinkie!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL!! she does have some perky pom poms!!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Especially when its cold! LOL

Meme9
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07-30-2001

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
LOL, I didn't mean to miss ya Twinkie! Sorry.
Yep, Twinks is also a cheerleader!!! And many others...OMG...I'm digging myself deeper aren't I?

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
you are fine Meme!! I know I forgot too! Tonite I couldnt remember my DH's chinese order and he told me 3 min earlier!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Um....what was I cheering about??


LOL Don't worry about it, Meme! I forget stuff ALL THE TIME!! I've got bad CRS.

Meme9
Member

07-30-2001

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
Your pom pom cheerleader is so cute and with the
See?? under it...made me ROTFLMAO!!!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
YAAAAA!!! I love being a source of amusement! LOL