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Holly
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07-22-2001

Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Congrats Pamy!!!! You must feel great about that!

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
YEA PAMY! Way to freakin go!

Did Bill smoke? Or does Bill smoke? Or is he just very proud of you for quitting?

I made you a , you can enjoy, it's calorie free...


Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Thanks!! I am proud and even more proud that I was able to do a high paced 30 min dance aerobic class!! I have been doing low impact water aerobics for 4 mo but this 'land' aerobic class was way harder, but I did it :-)

Bo, Bill never smoked or took an illegal drug his whole life. He has smoked an occasional cigar but hasnt even had one of those in 2 yrs.

Everyone here has been a huge part of my success, couldnt have done it without all of ya!! xoxoxoxo

Kitkat
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08-23-2008

Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitkat a private message Print Post    
Hi, I'm an ex-smoker too! My last cig. was March 25, 2008, so Tuesday, it will be 22 weeks smoke-free. I also took Chantix, but ended up taking one pill a day (1/2 in the morning and 1/2 at night). This worked just fine for me. If I tried to take the full amount, it gave me a headache and made me nauseated. So if anyone else has trouble with it, check with your Dr. about taking half the full dose.

BTW, I smoked a pack and a half for over 40 years. Now I love the freedom away from smoking and all it entailed!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
YAH Kitkat!!! 5 whole freakin months!!! that is great!

Geri
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07-08-2003

Monday, August 25, 2008 - 12:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Geri a private message Print Post    
Congrats you two. That is fabulous.

Kitkat
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08-23-2008

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitkat a private message Print Post    
Thanks Pamy and Geri! Congratulations to you two, too!

To anyone out there still struggling, you CAN do it!

Geri
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07-08-2003

Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Geri a private message Print Post    
Man, I am hitting my 6 month anniversary in less than a week but all I have wanted for the past week is a cigarette. It is all psychological but it is happening more often and getting worse.

My only saving grace is that I am petrified to smoke a whole cigarette (i have had a puff every now and then, more to guilt my husband into quitting-he doesn't want to be responsible for me starting again) but today I almost asked a stranger if I could bum a cigarette for a puff.

Is that little goblin messing with my head or what???

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
you cant take even a puff! you are keeping Whammy(goblin) alive with that one puff! you have to kill Whammy, he can not live without a puff.

Carr;s book explains why we cant have a puff or just 1 cig ever again. Knowing this has kept me quit cuz I woulda had 1 cig here and there had I not read the book.

tell DH giving you 1 puff WILL cause you to be a smoker again...actually subconsciously he wants you to be a smoker again, his Whammy needs your Goblin, the 2 feed off each other.

good luck!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Yikes, Geri!!! I don't know how you've stayed quit with a smoking hubby! If he really wants to help you he should quit for your sake. Guilt can work wonders. LOL

Geri
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07-08-2003

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 12:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Geri a private message Print Post    
Pamy, i think i will show him what you said. he does want to quit but he says he is having trouble. he asked me for the book but i forgot to pack it for our 2 month trip away from hurricanes. i'll see if i can find one for him.

Twinkie-it hasn't been that bad. he won't keep cigarettes in the house and he smokes outside.

He is afraid if he quits smoking he will gain as much weight as I did (35 and counting) so we are both affecting the other. His habit is worse than mine though!!

Oh well.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I gained but then made choice to eat better and started exercising (only 2 hrs a week at first) the book addresses the not wanting to quit for fear of gaining excuse...and yes, its an excuse...one I used for years also!

we worry about gaining weight but ignore the fact that smoking ages us 10 yrs, my skin would look 10 yrs younger if I quit years ago.....my teeth wouldnt have cost me over 10,000 if I woulda quit sooner

barnes and noble or most big book stores will have that book....get it asap! :-)

wishing you both the best of luck!

(tough love done with xoxoxoxoox for you)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ps..for the reachy reach-ies I reach for sugarfree gum.

Geri
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07-08-2003

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 2:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Geri a private message Print Post    
I hear you Pamy. I have noticed that the smokers lines around my mouth have relaxed and are not quite as noticeable but my skin still looks like crap from smoking.

I do miss being thin but apparently not enough to do a lot about it. I am also on a medication that causes you to gain weight so it has been a double whammy. I am going to see if the doctor has something else I can take. I'll admit that until then, I am too lazy to diet much. I watch what I eat and pass things up when the calorie count outweighs the enjoyment of eating.

Hubby will quit smoking as soon as he reads your other post. I am hoping it is the final push he needs.

As for my puffs, I don't do it every day, in fact, I go days without doing it and when he is out of town,, it isn't an issue. I think it is a game I play with myself. I don't know why though. He is gone for 6 days this time so I see no reason to for one puff when he gets back.

Thank heavens for this place.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Geri, it's not you , its the little smoke monster inside ya! You can do this! Heck a year ago I woulda said you were crzy if you woulda told me I would be a non smoker and exercising! LOL

that book is the key! You can do it!!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ps..I know your skin looks better!!! within a month of quitting ppl told me that my skin looked better. My friend at wk just requit and her skin looks so much better! so by stopping now our skin will look better!!!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, September 01, 2008 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Good luck, Geri, and great advice, Pamy! You da best non-smoker ever!

Agreed you can't be taking those little puffs. That is indeed the monster trying desperately to keep himself alive. Geri, I hope your husband sees the light and is able to man up and be tougher than the monster who has him in a death grip.

You know what is the very weirdest thing about smoking? Once you get free, it is very clear that you have spent most of your life being best friends with a mass murderer. And yet, when he is still our friend, we can't see it at all. In fact, we don't think we can live without him, while the total opposite is actually the truth.

Dahli
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11-27-2000

Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dahli a private message Print Post    
Amen jooj.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Juju, you are still the Queen of support!
I am a mere jester in your court:-)

Just_gail
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08-25-2007

Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Just_gail a private message Print Post    
I'm quitting using Chantix. I've had every side effect except nausea and the psychological troubles. I'm enjoying the increased dreaming. My quit date was July 20, 2008. I'm still smoke-free. Only gained two pounds.

Just_gail
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08-25-2007

Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Just_gail a private message Print Post    
I forgot to say, 37 years 2 packs a day.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
wow!! That is great Gail!! Almost 2 mo!!! I quit on the 20th also but in Nov.

Are ya still taking Chantix?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Congratulations Gail!!!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, September 15, 2008 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
WOW!!!! Congrats, Gail!!!! Keep up the good work!

Geri
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07-08-2003

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 5:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Geri a private message Print Post    
Gail, that is fantastic. Are you doing anything special to not gain weight?

Happy 2 month anniversary tomorrow!!!