Llkoolaid | Monday, March 17, 2003 - 09:59 am     Denecee, how are you doing. Just wondering how your battle was going. Hope all is well. |
Tashakinz | Monday, March 17, 2003 - 10:33 am     It's Day 65. I'm okay. Glad to hear/read (lol) that everyone else is doing good as well. I haven't been able to get near the home puter much this past month due to hubby's new obsession, but I've been thinking about everyone even if I'm not posting much. = ) Tash |
Webkitty | Monday, March 17, 2003 - 10:45 am     Congratulations on your anniversary Dahli! I've been under the weather with a bug, so I haven't been posting that much. Keep up the good work everyone, hang in there! |
Denecee | Monday, March 17, 2003 - 10:55 am     Thanks Llkoolaid, I'm doing well. Last week was a little tough but not because I didn't smoke. My teens were frustrating me a bit and I stupidly threatened them that I should just go buy a pack. I felt like an idiot after I said it and then had a dream that night that I cut out my tongue! I think my dream meant that I should not talk so much especially when I'm frustrated. How's things with you? |
Lumbele | Monday, March 17, 2003 - 11:23 am     Happy Anniversary, Dahli!!!! Let's partaaaayyyyy!!! |
Dahli | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 07:18 am     It was a wonderful day - I grinned for most of it! Thanks everybody... love the party idea Lumbele BTW how are YOU doin'?? |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 09:47 am     Tasha, past 2 months. Congratulations. You must really feel better now. For the most part your battle is over. All you have to remember is not to have that one cigarette because you have it under control. I can't tell you how many times that happened to me before I final learned that one puff and I was back at it again. I know you are smart enough not to do that like I did. So anyway Congratulations, you gave yourself a wonderful gift. |
Lumbele | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 11:11 am     Tasha, you are getting to be a real pro at this non-smoking biz. Is the family still giving you a wide berth? Dahli, in a word - miserably. Not back to the old chain-smoking just yet but if I don't pull up my socks soon, weeeeeell.... BTW, I think I read somewhere above that everyone's book has about 132 pages? Did I get that right? Mine has 458 and I haven't stuck my nose in it for a while. Which brings me back to the "socks".LOL |
Dahli | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 11:20 am     HOLY COW LUMBELE!!! Does it have ginormous printing!?? 143 pages is all I have! Good grief girl - what you got there?? |
Lumbele | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 11:40 am     What I got here, Dahli is The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently by Allen Carr, 1995 edition, and no ginormous printing. Quite the contrary, rinky-dink (sp?) would be a more appropriate font description. Without my reading glasses I wouldn't be able to read squat. If I had your edition I'd be almost at the end. Ah, life's a *****!LOL |
Dahli | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 12:33 pm     oh dear... this is the problem, you have a different book! I'm sure it's very good but its Allen Carr's Easy Way to STOP Smoking that we're talking about!! |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 02:19 pm     I just ordered the Allen Carr's Easy Way to Lose Weight. I ordered on-line from England. It is a huge hard cover. I am in the wrong thread but just thought I would let you guys know that I am going to give it a try. |
Dahli | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 02:58 pm     Hey Llkoolaid - now that should be interestin' I never thought of that, but after switching to The Paleo Diet I've just about lost all my quit smoking weight LOL! Let us know what it's like! |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 03:29 pm     I am figuring that all the same principals are going to work. Overeating is an addiction too so it just make sense that some of the same stategies should work. We overeat for the very same reasons we smoke. We know it isn't good for us but we use it as a comfort. I am going to give it a hook, I have nothing to lose but a couple of bucks and a whole lot of fat. If it doesn't works I'll just add it to my long list of lose weight plans that didn't. |
Tashakinz | Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 12:56 pm     Milestone Alert!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was at work for over two hours today before I realized that (gasp, shock, awe).... I forgot to put my patch on. I've been thinking about going home and putting it on ever since (lol), but still...it wasn't the first thing I thought of this morning. = ) Lumbele: My hubby still walks pretty gingerly when I'm growly - but I'm not growly nearly as often anymore. = ) How's everyone doing??? Tash |
Dahli | Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 01:17 pm     Hey Hey Hey!! Atta girl Tash...you are doing great! |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 11:23 am     Yay, Tasha!!!! Today could be your very first day as a bonafide nonsmoker! |
Llkoolaid | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 09:56 am     Hey all you new quitters, keep up the good work. Don't let the stress of this time get in your way of reaching your goal. You are doing great, keep it up. |
Lumbele | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 10:49 am     Now where else do people tell quitters to "keep up the good work"? |
Azriel | Monday, March 24, 2003 - 04:27 am     I almost don't want to tell you all this...I'm reading 'the book' I'm fighting not to be like that girl that got half way through and then stopped reading because she was afraid she was going to quit smoking if she finished it. LOL! I'm NOT going to quit reading it, but I'm going to keep reading it verrrrrrrrrrrrry slooooooooowly. You know with my oxygen deprived brain I have to read slowly to really comprehend it all.  |
Llkoolaid | Monday, March 24, 2003 - 06:42 pm     That's ok, Azriel, take your time, read it twice if it helps, I hope it helps you. I wish you could talk to my son, he could explain how easy it was for him. I am going to get him to send you a message the next time he is here so you can hear from him first hand. Hope every one else is doing well. |
Urgrace | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 07:06 am     Okay, I'm finally to the stage to wander in here and say that I'm quitting. 1988 - No one has smoked in my house since I banned it 1998 - I quit for about a month then only smoked - yeah I know - a cig or two in the late evenings depending on what I am doing. I can go alllllll day without a cigarette, but late in the evening my cravings are the greatest. I also have a tendency to pick up a pack for long trips and vacations. I have acquaintences who don't even know I smoke, but I have not hidden it from them. They just weren't around me in the evening! There is a partial pack lying here, and I have no desire to smoke it. This is my tenth day without, and yes the pneumonia was helpful since I got it right after I quit. I am not using any "crutches", because I know I can do this. |
Dahli | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 08:05 am     OHHHH YAY Gracie!!!! That makes me so happy! |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 09:48 am     Nice to see you Gracie, You are absolutely right You can do this. |
Denecee | Friday, March 28, 2003 - 04:04 pm     Hey all you non-smokers and non-smoker wannabes!! March 31st will be three months smoke free for me! My little sister is going on two weeks smoke free. I'm so happy for her, and I miss her too. Keep on not smoking! See ya next week! Peace out! Denise |