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Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, October 30, 2001 - 02:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LlKool, you are coming along by leaps and bounds if you actually forgot about your absence of smoking already.

Congratulations to everybody on day 9.

Wargod

Tuesday, October 30, 2001 - 04:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm sitting here watching the rain pour down, and all I can think is thank God I don't have to go out in that mess to smoke.

I didn't really forget about smoking today, since I am surrounded by smokers at work. But, I did notice that I only had one craving in the middle of the day, and it barely even fazed me today. As soon as I distracted myself, I was fine. Very strange, but also very nice.

Gail

Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 03:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Congratulations! Today is the beginning of Day 10!!! You are nearly halfway through the second week! Way to go!!!




one = 10 :)

Llkoolaid

Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 04:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Hope everyone has a great day, Way to go Wargod, it must be hard working around a bunch of smokers, I am very lucky, I am a stay at home mom, and my husband doesn't smoke, so I am only around cigarettes when I choose to be. You are doing great, what a team we make.

P.s. I tried to use color so I hope I did it right.

Franny

Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 06:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yep,,8th grade... I personally really like this age group. They are just starting puberty but give us far less grief than they give their parents. Girls this age are tougher because they give you the body language attitude, while boys just ususally say what's on their mind wether you like it or not. For the most part I haven't had many problems. Of course it helps when you tell them that your only rule is "It's my way or the highway." As you can see my classroom is not a democracy and they know it from day one, so there is never any struggle of power.

I'm really glad you guys seem to be having an easy time. I am still very jittery and the cravings are farther apart, but very strong. I can't quite understand why it would be that much harder for me as I don't work with any smokers, nor do any of my immediate family or friends smoke. But I will keep up the good fight and become a better person for it. The whole don't feed the monster concept has worked really well. I think it must have something to do with being a control freak....

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Go, Franny! Just keep beating it down, and pretty soon you will be in charge, and not the cravings. There is light at the end of that tunnel. Congratulations to you and War and LlKool and Fruitbat for making it to day 10. Remember, if this were easy, anybody could do it.

Llkoolaid

Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Franny, I keep saying it is easy and not a problem but it does get hard at times, yesterday I didn't even think about cigarettes for most of the day. Today I have had more urges to smoke than I have had in a few days all together. I keep saying it is easy because that is my way of staying positive, when the truth is I could go out and buy a package of cigarettes right now. I won't because I am determined to quit for good and I know that if I have so much as one puff I am done, for others it may be differant but for me they have to be gone completely.

Please don't get discouraged by my saying it is easy because it is not, it is very hard, but I can handle it if I remain positive. I have to be my own cheerleader. I have to convince myself that it is easy and I can do it by repeating it to myself, and who ever will listen. I am in a sense brainwashing myself. I have quit many, many times and never got through the first day because of my attitude, I would be cranky and depressed and miserable about the whole thing. I looked for any excuse or reason to quit quitting. This time I tackled the excuses head on, if someone or something is bugging me, I get away from it. I won't let anything get in my way. Quitting smoking is a priority right now, my husband,MY MOTHER and my kids have to step back and let me deal with this. I refuse to argue with them or deal with their complaints or problems. I think this is the first time in my whole life that I have put myself first and it feels great. I am actually enjoying quitting smoking this time and I think this has a lot to do with it. I am being totally selfish and you know what, I don't care, after this is over I just may adopt this attitude in a lot of other things and stop trying to make everybody else happy and worry more about myself. I can feel all the little guilt pains starting to creep in as I type.

Dahli

Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 12:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey I hear you....After almost eight months (it went fast!) smoke free, I still think this is when I would have been smoking, or now might be a good time for one,that familiar but self abusive pastime. Don't you find you have more time? that is weird - I can get more done and don't keep taking 'breaks' to do something truly dumb, I now have time to take care of me - so you are on the right track there Llkool. Has anyone had smoke nightmares? LOL I have woken in a panic, from a dream I was smoking, and when I realized dreaming that made me really angry and sad, it was a sign I was truly committed! It's glorious to be free of the sinister trap.

The trap is so designed that if we try to stop only when we have stress in our lives, whether it be health, shortage of money or just plain being made to feel like a leper, it's destined to fail
As soon as we stop, we have more stress (the fearful withdrawal pangs of nicotine) and the thing that we rely on to relieve stress (our old prop, the cigarette) we must now do without.

Those gnawing hunger pangs of that filthy tapeworm thing bumping up against our insides is getting weaker and weaker, but we because we didn't know that's all it is, after a few days of torture we decide that we have picked the wrong time. We must wait for a period without stress, and as soon as that arrives the reason for stopping vanishes.

Of course, that period will never arrive and so it goes. BUT you guys are getting farther and farther out of the trap with each clean day that passes - how exciting is that?! I hope you know just how very thrilled we all are for you
and how very very proud....

Lancecrossfire

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 12:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Way to go everyone!! Headed toward a second week of being a non-smoker!:)

Keep up the great efforts!!!

Gail

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 03:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good morning! Today is the beginning of Day 11!!!

I hope it is a good day for all of you! :)

Llkoolaid

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 04:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last night was hard, I wanted a cigarette almost as much as the first day, God I am glad I got through it, I knew this would happen, I remember from quitting before that there would be a few times like this, thank god it is past. The day time is so easy but I have a harder time at night.
If I remember correctly that will only happen a few more times so everything will be fine.
Day 11, so far so good.

Buttercup

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 05:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dear new non-smokers,
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Wargod

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Beautiful, Butter! Thank you!

Llkoolaid

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 07:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gee that is nice Buttercup, do you think you could do that with the Canadian flag.
Is it day 12 tomorrow already? Tonight is a little rough, I don't know why but I am not staying up late so it will soon be over.

Gail

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 07:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kool - it must be tonight's Survivor show that is getting to you tonight! I know it had me pretty riled up. :)

Llkoolaid

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 07:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeah, maybe but I will be fine, it is passing now, just a minor glitch, nothing I can't handle.

Survivor sure did get me riled, it must be being forty something, I can relate to the older ones but I boot my kids butts if they were like the younger ones.

Car54

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 07:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hang in there Kool, eat a little trick or treat candy, hit the sheets, and start over tomorrow!
You have had an amazing week!

Llkoolaid

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, don't get me wrong I didn't smoke, I don't have those things anywhere near me, I just wanted one a lot tonight. Thanks for the support.

Wargod

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 08:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Franny, I'm not having an easy time with this. It has been one of the hardest things I've ever done, and first thing in the morning when I get out of bed dying for a cigarette, I kick myself for having picked up the nasty habit. I try to stay positive and upbeat, and don't really like to post the negative stuff a whole lot, because it is hard to talk about. Every day I hate that I'm going through this, but know its my own fault, and if I want to be and ex-smoker, I have to do it.

I will accomplish my goal of being an ex-smoker. And some day, I hope, I will stop having the horrible cravings, and the desire to have a cigarette. For the time being, I take it one day at a time, and celebrate the fact that I made it through today.

llkoolaid, Fruitbat, and Franny, keep hanging tough. We are almost to the two week mark! Yippee. Thats a milestone in itself. We should all be proud to have made it this long, knowing how difficult it would be. Yet we have kept going on....we are doing good!

Gail

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 08:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wargod - it is hard to quit! It is agonizing at times and a lot of people don't make it. But I can tell you that by staying quit, you will look back on this period with a lot of pride in yourself and a lot of satisfaction!! I know I sure did!! At the end of 1999 when I reflected back at what I did that year, quitting smoking was at the top of the list and I was so proud of myself for sticking to it.

Wargod - is it possible for you to go to a doctor to get a prescription for Zyban/Wellbutrin? It takes at least 7 days for it to kick in but in your case it might help. Just one pill a day for about a month will help you through the worst of it. (After about 7 - 10 days, Zyban really helps you not think about smoking.) By the third or fourth day, it starts working though.

Something for all of you to think about - Nov 15th is the Great American Smokeout - all of you will be about 1 month ahead of the game! Where I work at they are having a Fun Run/Walk that day and encouraging people who smoke to quit smoking for at least that day. I am going to volunteer to help in some capacity if possible. Maybe some of you can check around where you work and bring some attention to this day and see if you can help encourage others to quit - even if it is for just that day. :)

Wargod

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 09:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Luckily the cravings only hit a couple of times a day. The last few days have been much better than it was. The hardest time of the day for me is first thing in the morning. I know when I make it past that point, I will most likely be good the rest of the day.

I think the biggest help so far has been the support and encouragement and advice we recieve here. There has been several days where I come home on my lunch break just to read this thread. It is really awesome to have so many people care about how you are doing. :)

Gail

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 09:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wargod - try doing something different in the mornings. Maybe put a glass of water next to the bed and when you wake up, take a drink - or maybe a piece of gum or something. Or maybe get an extra toothbrush and keep it there, then kind of chew on it or something - I don't know . . . Somehow, find a way to change your routine for that part of the morning when you are getting out of bed. For me, that wasn't a problem - I did not smoke until after I had a shower and had eaten breakfast and was working on my first cup of coffee.

Wargod

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 09:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I used to get up 15 minutes before I actually had to to have a cigarette. Only time of the day I had peace and quiet was sitting outside at 5:45 am. Had been sleeping til about 6 am and sleeping through that part of the day, but the last couple of mornings the kids have been waking me up at 5:30. So its been really hitting me hard then. If I can convince the kids to sleep til 6, I would be doing great, lol.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 10:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hang in there everybody. Y'all are doing really good.

War, how about a nice, quick walk around the block at dawn? Or is it pre-dawn? Maybe a glass of tomato juice, sipped slowly?

Sunshinemiss

Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 11:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Keep up the good fight, y'all, we have faith in you! You are doing SO WELL! We are so proud of you!