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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 4:39 pm
I haven't had a smoke since 12:30 today.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 4:49 pm
Good going, Nick!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 5:34 pm
YAAAA Nick!!!!

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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 6:06 pm
Boberg I have noticed that very thing myself after seven years of talking about it and seeing its effects near and far I have NEVER seen it in mainstream media... hmmm now why am I surprised? Methinks you may have hit the nail on the head.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 7:28 pm
I would never preach on purpose. It's just if I share my experiences with smokers in my family, it might come across as preaching and scare tactics. I just wanted people to know I am praying for them and why I don't post much. I'll keep reading and praying, but I'll not post again.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 9:24 pm
Serate, I really appreciate your prayers. I know prayer was another factor in making my quit so easy. My mom and dad's health shoulda made me quit years ago but it didnt(in fact I lost a few friends for years cuz they were mad i kept smoking)...wish they had chantix back then
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 9:30 pm
Boberg, I just love reading your posts!! You are so right about the energy! Sea, thanks again for being such a great cheerleader for us here!! LOL about your OC stories, esp since I work in that same bldg now!! Twinkie,,that is sooo true!! I am going to love going to an amusement park and NOT! doing the first thing I used to do.....CHECK THE MAP FOR THE SMOKING AREAS!!! yep!! didnt look for the fun rides/things to do..I panicked until I knew the routes to the smoke areas!! pathetic! I am so glad I am freeeeeeee!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 9:36 pm
YAH DIPO!!!! congrats on being the first 08 non smoker!!! Dipo is our January Pinup girl!! I hope you are the first of many!! YAH Boberg!! You are Miss February!!! what a great valentines day gift to yourself YAH Mr. Boberg!!! wow you 2 have to go on a cruise with all the money you will save!!! if you are like me you are saving 200 mo x2!! wow!!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 9:45 pm
Nick, that is fantastic!! is it cuz you dont feel having one or because you decided not to have one?? just curious. I am so freakin proud of you!!!!. oh and Nick..ewwwwww on the squirt info!!! lol Bo, I know isnt it strange how we start to see how we were used for years by tobacco co/govt??? I also am thrilled they will get no more of my money! and Dahli...I agree..another thing I thought of ..when Oprah did her stop smoke special did they mention the book????? If Carr went on Oprah Marlboro would have a heart attack!!! LOL
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 6:27 am
The Oprah stop smoking show I saw never mentioned Carr or his book.....hhhmmmm....maybe if we all email Oprah and tell her about this book and how it has helped us....maybe she will do a show and invite him???? Pamy, DH and I talked last night...we decided to save towards adding on to our family room. It is quite small now and we would like to double its size so we could have more family get togethers here and have everyone be comfortable and less cramped. We have our first grand child (the most brilliant and beautiful little girl you have ever seen) so our family is growing and we want room for them to come for visits and be comfortable. YAH NICK! Could you imagine before Chantix going for hours without a cig by choice. Oldtex and Slothkitten come out come out whereever you are...thinking of you both. Really curious Sloth to hear what you think of the book.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 7:25 am
Just a quick post, will write more tomorrow when I'm off work. I finished the book last night. I had marked and re read about 1/4 of it again. I wrote down certain truths that really rang my bell and today I'm going to smoke my last cig. I feel a sense of anticipation and adventure even . . . a little. I'm gonna apply my hellish stubborness ( that has kept me smoking for 36 yrs, never believing that I could REALLY quit it ) to enjoying being a non smoker. This is going to happen . . . because I have the power. What's that line ? " You always had it. " I can choose and I'm choosing a life without smoking. I can make it hard or easy and I'm gonna give myself a pep talk every 5 minutes if needed. Carr cracks me up with the brainwashing of smoking !! I love it ! And, now I can give my smoked out brain a good washing of my own, lol ! Wishy washy, buh bye stinkaretts. I'll get to everyone tomorrow. I'm so touched by your posts. Inspired, educated and happy by all of you, too.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 10:06 am
YAH Sloth!!!! wait til you feel the power...it is amazing! also the energy I have is incredible! I gave my Carr book to a girl at work..another frickin Kaiser insureee grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I wonder if Kaiser is in bed with big Tobacco. oohhh I think I remember Carr has a weight loss book....anyone else hear of it?? Bo, that is awesome!! how awesome that your grandbaby wont grow up in a smoking environment!!!! Oldtex...thinking of ya!! ((meme)) just cuz Nick, did ya make it overnight??? xoxoxxoxo to all my Power girls...ooops and boys!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 11:50 am
Yeah Nick!
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 12:40 pm
Sloth I did the same thing...I highlighted as I read, then I reread parts and read some to my DH. Then I printed up some of the most meaningful to me phrases and posted them on my walls, esp. here in front of my computer. Sloth you will be amazed at how easy it will be, I know as I read (you know it tells you to keep smoking till you finish) I started getting real anxious to get to the end so I could quit....I didn't make it all the way to the end...you know when he says NOW is the time to quit....I said yep, NOW is the perfect time to quit and got up and got rid of my smokes and paraphanaila (sp?)that goes with it. First few days had lots of urges, even reached for my cigs unconsciously and then laughed and told that little beast that I AM A NON SMOKER NOW and I WILL NOT FEED YOU ANY MORE! I am with Pamy....for no reason, under any circumstances, will I ever pick up another cigarette and smoke it...not one puff...for me there is no such thing as one puff or just one cigarette...I am a nicotine addict, one puff leads to a life time of slavery for me....and it feels so good to be FREE! I am so PROUD OF YOU SLOTH! Always remember, we are right here to help you thru any tough times but I can tell.....YOU GOT THE POWER!
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 2:00 pm
Yay, Dipo, Nick, Boberg and Slothk!!! You are prodeeding very nicely toward that non-smoker's life. Quitting is such an individual experience, different for each of us. So, in your own time, in whatever way works for you, at your own pace, together with that determination will help you succeed. It can be hard work, but sooooooooooo worth it. Good luck to all of you!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 7:25 pm
naw...I broke down and bought a pack today....but not all is lost!
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 7:35 pm
Thats ok Nick, like Lumbele said, we each do it in our own time in our own way. Just keep on taking the Chantix, try the book if you haven't already and you will get there.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 7:50 pm
thats fine Nick....remember most of us didnt quit til our 3rd week.....I actually think its best not to rush it....you smoked for years so if it takes a month to quit so be it 
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 8:13 pm
Nick I didn't put cigs down for good till I started my 4th week on chantix. By the way: 1 full week, 3 hours, and 46 minutes.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 8:28 pm
Nick, it seems you are determined to do it, as is Slothkitten, as evidenced by the fact that both of you are right back in here and going at round two. Twinkie is succeeding on round two, and both of you will too. More than half the battle is determination that you will get yourself free. Once you make the connection that you are fighting a monster and not giving up your dearest friend, things will fall into place. I am tickled pink that Boberg made the connection. Slothkitten, if the book doesn't make you jump for joy, don't sweat it. I have not read the book, just excerpts. And "back when" I thought it was just some slick guy telling me what I already knew. But I have come to see it through other people's eyes. Yes, he is telling you what you already "know", but he hits a lot of points you don't think about every day and especially the ones that keep you rationalizing why you really NEED to keep smoking. Well, duh, nobody needs to keep smoking, except an addict. Uhhhh ... yeah ... that sort of thing.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 9:44 pm
Really, Nick, don't sweat it. You'll quit when you are ready.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 1:50 pm
Nick, no biggie on buying that pack. I was deep into the 3rd week of the Chantix before I quit. My doc said some peeps take it for 2-3 months before laying down the cigs for good. The main thing is to keep taking the Chantix, even if you slip, it's still doing it's nicotine blocking job. Wow, what a difference a day makes . . . I smoked my last cig yesterday at about 9 am and I AM FREE !!!! I am having frequent urges, most pretty weak and I've been busy re training my brain to not only cope without cigs , but to enjoy this whole process and it's working like a charm. Carr's book helped so much. It's all pretty basic, but he puts it in such a way and is so repetetive about it, I guess it just drove it home. I'm not kidding, I was smiling when I put my last cig out ( I'm a non smoker now ! Yippee ! ) and I've been smiling ever since. Carr's advice to NOT ignore urges, to NOT push them away is SO HELPFUL to me. He says to meet them head on, acknowedge each one with Yippee, I'm a non smoker ! ( it's working lol ! ) Also, I use oh 'ello Guv'ner ! Or Hello Newman. Absurd,lol. But, it's seems to be the key for me. It's all about embracing this farewell to this horrible nicotine addiction. So you don't feel a hole in your soul and feel like you are sacrificing all your relaxation and fun. Well, I suck at writing this, but just check out our Bogergs excellent posts on this matter. And, Pamy's. I have no doubts. I have smoked my last cig. It only took 36 yrs. I have the understanding that I needed, and found the power in myself to say never to nicotine. My bondage is over, I am free. I can greet these piddly urges all day long and laff, laff larf at them. They will eventually go away and whenever they return thruout my life, I can pffft them away. Never say never is one of my favorite sayings . . . but I can say never again, I'm a non smoker now and I'm gonna have more fun than ever. It's over. I get it. Bogerg, I'm hopping up and down for you !! So happy for you and so glad you are sharing what you've found out for yourself. Your posts personally helped me so much. Can you believe it ! You are free ! And, yeah, I'm so pissed at the cig companys and our goverment that mainline nicotine straight into us, all the while treating smokers like weak losers. Smokers are not weak !! Smokers are addicted to freakin nicotine, the most addictive thing there is ! Cigs are only one delivery method. Smokers smoke and think it's a pleasure, because they are jonesing like hell for that nicotine ! I was jonesing so much that by the time I had finished one cig, I was already wanting ANOTHER one. Juju, you summed it up perfectly in one of your posts a day or so ago . . . we are not smoking for pleasure, smoking is not our best friend. We are only feeding that needy monster, our nicotine addiction. Well, whatever you said,lol !! I also sing I'm a non smoker to the tune of I'm a girl watcher when the urges hit . . . I like the line . . heere comes one now, lol ! Being silly and mocking the urges is making this experience of quitting SO different than the other 2 times, where I was whiteknuckling it, felt so bereft and sad and really was in agony. I feel full of strength and surity now. I totally cannot wait to see and feel all the changes that are coming. I already feel great, wow. Thank you TVCH, Chantix and Carr !!!!
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 2:06 pm
Dipo, how are you doing ? Yay on your cold turkey ! Boberg, that's so wonderful your husband is joining you. Thinking about you, Oldtex and you too, Hypermom. Pamy, you Power NoPuff !! Girl you really got this thread going again. I'm so glad you did. Twinkie, I love your numbered reasons your glad you quit,lol ! Lumbelle, Seamonkey, Juju , all the other cheerleaders and supporters that post in here. You are helping more than you know. Everybody in here is Pure Gold !! lol
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 2:53 pm
SK, you said it so well I'm grinning ear to ear! I remember like it was yesterday exactly what you are describing how my sister and I used to giggle on the phone with each other in excitement when we figured it out and how happy we were to be free! It's incredible and I am thrilled for you!!
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 2:57 pm
(sing to the tune of "I can see clearly now, the rain is gone") (((((Sloth))))) can see clearly now, the beast will die. She sees all the illusions that were in her way. Gone are the lies and deciet the nicotine told, its gonna be a bright, bright nicotine free life! YEA SLOTHKITTEN HAS BEEN SET FREE! I am deliriously happy for you....I know exactly how you feel. I couldn't quit smiling either...that is after the good cry I had when I finally realized the truth and knew that I finally had the answer. "Its over. I get it." I love that line, you said it so well. It is so different this time, isn't it. You're not trying to quit.....you have quit...you, Ms. Slothkitten are a non-smoker!
I almost pulled a Pamy yesterday. I was at water aerobics and I kept getting the urge to announce that this was my first exercise class as a non-smoker. I held it in though (you know never-smokers don't understand how excited you are cause they wonder why you ever did it in the first place and are probably only thinking to themselves, "well its about time idiot"), anyway, I held it in and laughed to myself thinking about the time Pamy made her annoucement. lol I too, am full of gratitude to all of you here, Meme, Sloth, Pamy, Juju, Sea, Oldtex, Nick, Twinkie, Lumbele, Dipo, and all the rest of you for your understanding and support. And I am very grateful that I got the book and read it~
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