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Tashakinz

Monday, July 21, 2003 - 11:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
lol Y2Krazy - I asked the same question about the smell after I quit (and Juju gave me the same answer that you got).

Congrats on your achievement!!

Urgrace

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 09:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
meep <just watched a movie where everyone smoked - practically every scene - the movie was supposed to be a three star - Who rates these movies anyway? - glad it's not the seventies anymore>

Denecee

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 11:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just checking in, it's been 7 months & 4 days now. Congrats to all of you for making up your mind not to smoke.
Peace!

Juju2bigdog

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, Denecee, it seems like just yesterday.

Y'all saw that we lost Daisymae, right?

Denecee

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Juju! What do you mean we lost Daisymae?

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
She passed away, Denecee.

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Sisalou

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is so sad about Daisymae. I'm so glad that Dra was notified so he could tell the clubhouse.

Hugs everyone.

Denecee

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 11:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Tashakinz

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 12:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
aw - I hadn't heard.

Llkoolaid

Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 07:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh my god, I haven't checked here for a while, that is so sad.

Llkoolaid

Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 07:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Flyonthewall on the 12th and Daisymae on the 15th, how sad.

Llkoolaid

Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 06:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How are all you new non-smokers doing. Good luck.

Pamy

Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 06:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was so sorry to hear about Daisymae. It really hit home going and reading her posts from just a month before she died. My heart goes out to her family.
I finished the book and still haven't stopped. I am re reading the book and I am going to a hypno on 8-29(the soonest I could get in). I had never tried to quit before, never even wanted to, I now WANT to, I am hoping that is at least a step in right direction.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 10:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, Pamy, it seems a bit simplistic to say it, but all the nonsmokers here know from bitter experience that you can NEVER quit if you don't really want to. You have to get your head to that place where you really, really WANT to, and then you will be able to do it.

Tashakinz

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 06:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
How's everyone doing???? I'm trying, trying, trying to lose what the drop in metabolism packed on...7 months 14 days & counting. = )

Llkoolaid

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh Tasha, that is great, keep it up and Pamy when you are ready you will know it. It is easier if you are ready for it.

Denecee

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 11:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tash-I hear ya girl! Since I quit smoking back on 1-1-03 ,I needed to lose 10 which has not come off at all, in fact I have gained about 5 lbs. The last week has been a little hard because we have had 3 smokers at the house around the clock. We(husband too) got through it and aren't feeling it as much now.
At the end of this month it will be 8 months for us and we will be at least $960.00 dollars richer than we would have been.
Keep on not smoking!

Dahli

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We did the math the other day and so far I've kept over 8K instead of giving it (giving it!!)to the government/tobaco companies and DH about half that!! So significant $$ we're talkin' here. The poundage is slowly coming off too, so hang in there ladies. Freedom is incredibly 'un'heavy!

Tamalyn

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 11:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have just given up, 3 days so far, and i know its not long, but its long for me. I was finally smoking 26 cigarettes a day, and thought enough was enough. And I need to think of my 3 kids. I am going to make sure i never start again, and I feel really positive about it.
The only problem is I am not getting much support, all my smoking friends laugh at jme, and think its only a matter of time till I am back, and my family just say, i should never have started!! what with that? I assumed they would be glad and be more supportive about it.
Never mind, i will keep visiting to read other peoples positive reamrks on their own experiences, and if anyone has any tips, please post!!

Maris

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 12:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good Luck Tamalyn and hang in there. I quit over a year and a half ago and I know how hard it is. Just keep thinking to yourself when those urges seem overpowering, that you have made it this far and who needs to go through this again!!!!! That is what got me through the worst pangs.

I did gain a lot of weight when I quit but I took it all off so do not worry about the weight gain if it happens. You can take it off.

Juju2bigdog

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 05:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good for you, Tamalyn. The hardest thing is starting to stop, making the decision that your relationship with Mr. Butt is over. It just plain scared the crap out of me. So, if you have made it three days, you are on your way.

I don't understand the lack of support from family and friends. I can sort of understand the smokers because what you are doing scares them. But I don't understand the others, unless they just don't want to be disappointed in case you don't make it.

You will get lots of support from folks here. There are a bunch of people here who have been through it before you. The more you post here, the more people will cheer you on. It might help if you have easy access to a computer. Some of the people who have quit came here and posted instead when a strong urge hit. By the time they got done posting, the urge had usually passed.

Good luck to you. We'll be cheering you on.

Urgrace

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 06:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tamalyn, tomorrow is my six month anniversary for quitting. Yes, the urge comes every day, so try to find something or someone positive to replace it. Coming here is a great idea. Good luck.

Tamalyn

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 04:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks everyone, i will definately visit often! I am deternmined never to smoke again.
I am using the patchs, which really seem to have taken the urge away, but i still have to keep remembering i have given up, which is really wierd. I am now at 4 days, and not a whiff.
I am going out for a meal to a pub next week, with my non smoking sister and her non smoking friends. This should be a good trial, to see if i can cope, as although its a smoking pub, where we eat is non smoking. I just to see what i feel when i smell the smoke.
My husband has been very good, he is smoking outside, and keeps buying me munchies, so I may way 20 stone by this time next year, lol
So thanks again, and good luck to everyone else.

Urgrace

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yippee I made it!

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
(translation for American readers: a stone is a unit of weight equaling 14 pounds)

Good luck on eating at the pub, Tamalyn. The patches worked really well for me, took away the physical urge completely. Of course, you are still left with the psychological urge, and what you will later learn to see is really stupid thinking, being jealous of other people who still "get" to smoke. There will come a day in the future when it is crystal clear that those people don't "get" to smoke, they HAVE TO smoke. You don't.