Archive through October 06, 2003
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Archive through October 06, 2003
Llkoolaid | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 03:03 pm     Hi Tamalyn, good luck, Juju is giving you great advice. You are going to make it. |
Dahli | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 07:28 pm     Congratulations Tamalyn, we all are very happy to support you and glad to have you aboard! |
Denecee | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 03:27 pm     Ditto what Dahli said. I quit 1/1/03 and feel very positive about it. If I get the urge, then I start thinking of all the reasons I wanted to quit and I get over the urge. Welcome to the thread! |
Tamalyn | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 10:01 am     I am at 9 days and doing well, I have even been out for the meal in the pub, and felt ok. I did fiddle quite a lot while i was there though. I am also having the most horrendous dreams while on these patchs!!! i could make a movie from them. I am feeling very good, and am quite confident that I will never smoke again. (hopefully) thanks for all the support everyone. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:18 pm     Good going, Tamalyn! |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 05:52 am     Way to go Tamalyn, just take it one day at a time and before you know it you will have a month in, it just gets easier after that. You are doing great, look at what you have accomplished so far. Nine days is a lot of urges to get over and YOU DID IT. |
Tamalyn | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 08:42 am     13 days now, it is going very fast!! some days are better than others, which is a bit wierd!! I am off on holiday to spain in 2 weeks so i have got my patchs ready. i used to love sunbathing with a book & cigarette!! wish me luck |
Tashakinz | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 09:45 am     Best of luck!!! |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 11:02 am     Good luck, Tamalyn. |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 12:40 pm     Tamalyn, enjoy your vacation and sunbathe with a good book and a nice cool drink. 2 Weeks tomorrow, way to go. |
Frogichik | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 03:12 pm     I'm going the patch route AGAIN, its been 3 days! Please wish me luck! I really hope I can stick to it this time! I can smell cigarette smoke on other people and my clothes, but when you smoke you can't tell how bad it is! |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 04:31 pm     Welcome aboard Frogichik, come on here anytime and we will give you all the support we can. , Brag do what ever you need, we will be here to support you. |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 04:39 pm     Welcome aboard Frogichik, come on here anytime and we will give you all the support we can. B1#ch, Brag do what ever you need, we will be here to support you. |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 05:29 pm     One day at a time, Frogichik. If that's too big a time segment, then just go hour to hour. Pretty soon a whole day will be gone. Good luck. |
Tamalyn | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 03:49 pm     ok, its nearly 3 weeks, well on Wednesday anyway. I have stopped the patches, they were getting annoying - very hard to get off!! I am feeling ok, but am tempted to have a smoke when i see others doing it. why am I jealous??? very wierd. anyway, i am doing ok, but do not think it would take too much to make me start again. I assume I am still craving the nicotine, so maybe in a week or 2 I will feel a lot better. I keep teasing my smoking friends saying they stink of smoke! ha ha, so I really cannot start again without making a fool of myself. lol Nothing worse than an ex smoker!! is there?? I feel a lot healthier, fitter and less breathless when walking up hills etc. I feel cleaner, my house is cleaner, and I have more money. So lots of +++++ in giving up. see you all in another week!! |
Llkoolaid | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 04:18 pm     Tamalyn, this is going to sound silly but it will help when you look at people smoking. Change what you think of them. Don't think of them with envy, think of them with pity. When you look at them feel sorry for them because they still have to smoke and you don't. Feel sorry for them because they are putting poison in their bodies. Feel sorry for them because they are wasting their money. Feel sorry for them because they are still addicted. Now Pat yourself on the back for kicking the habit. Congratulate yourself for your hard work. Allow yourself to feel just a little bit superior to them. But remember, you are just one cigarette away from being those poor people who still smoke. You have gone through the worst part but don't be fooled, there will still be hard days but they will get further and further apart and pretty soon you will rarely think about it. You are doing great. |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 11:06 pm     Tamalyn, the patches irritated my skin too, but I kept them on much longer than you did. I know what you mean about being jealous of people who still "get to smoke." We probably all went through that. You've got to hang on until you get to the stage Llkoolaid described above. Believe me, it will come. Not sure how it is in UK, but in the US, almost every place does not allow smoking anymore, so everybody who still smokes is forced to huddle outside buildings in the cold and rain or heat in the summer. So maybe it is easier here to be SO glad that you no longer HAVE to smoke, like those poor sods. Congratulations on three weeks. Just keep up the battle. If the cravings are too strong, maybe try the nicotine gum? Or put a patch on for a while. Good luck. Keep it up. You can do it. |
Denecee | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 08:59 am     Yeah! 9 months of no cigs! |
Tashakinz | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 01:24 pm     Woohoo Denecee!! Congrats! Coming up on that anniversary myself here on the 11th. = ) Tamalyn - trust me - if I can do it - anyone can. btw - I'm just past the half-way mark on my afghan. I pretty much put it down over the summer, but if I'm going to give it to hubby I need to get it finished. I've completed 125 rows and have 105 to go. (For the new people in this thread - I started crocheting like mad when I quit to give myself something to do with my hands lol). |
Denecee | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 02:02 pm     Yay for Tash! Crocheting is something I could never remember how to do. I bet your husband will love it. I love home made gifts. |
Llkoolaid | Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 04:54 am     bump, just want to put this near the top just in case it might spark someones interest in quitting. |
Sisalou | Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 06:46 am     Wow, I haven't smoked since May 20th!!!!!! I am so proud of all of us that have quit. The other night I had a "nightmare" that I took a few puffs and I was so upset. I was really, really relieved when I awoke. Hang in there Tamalyn and everyone! |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 08:36 am     Hahahahaha, Sisalou. You are a nonsmoker for sure. |
Sisalou | Monday, October 06, 2003 - 04:57 am     Juju - Hooray! |
Lostintheglades | Monday, October 06, 2003 - 06:20 am     Wow...you guys are giving me inspiration. I tried the hypnotist thing about 10 years ago and I was fine until I went back to work on the following Monday where I found I couldn't concentrate. Yep...went out a bought some cigarettes.... I then quit again a few years ago for about 3 months. Hubby and I did it together using Zyban. I was unbearable but I'm thinking it was the Zyban. I don't think it really made it any easier for me and it really messed with my head. I quit the Zyban and went back to smoking. I hate the fact that I can't go anywhere without my cigs. I hate being dependent on anyone or anything and try to remind myself of that fact daily but I'm not one to say I'm going to quit unless I really mean it. Those who say they quit and then bum cigarettes really bother me. Either you don't smoke or you do right? So....I'm going to pick a date and try again. If I could quit work and play tennis all day I'd probably be okay as that is really the only time I don't smoke except when I'm sleeping. Help....Someone pick a date for me!! |
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