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Tess

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 01:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
CONGRATULATIONS ON 7 WEEKS, WAR, KOOL & FRANNY!!!!

WELCOME BACK, MsBAT! YOU CAN DO IT!!

WELCOME, CHANCE!! GREAT START!!!

HOW'S MY FAVORITE DILLI PICKLE?? KEEP GOING, GIRL!!!!

You are all an inspiration. You're amazing people. Keep it up!!

Llkoolaid

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
These colors are an inspiration, how do you do it, I can't figure this out.

Welcome back Fruitbat, my mother has 4 days in.

Fruitbat

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tomorrow is day one. <sheepish grin>

Babyruth

Monday, December 10, 2001 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Welcome Back, Fruitie-Patootie!!

Fruitbat

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 03:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everyone. I am on the fence this morning about what to do. I am flying out to Phoenix on Monday to help my son drive across country....AGAIN. This time with a Ryder truck to move all of his belongs back home to store while he is in a 6 week training for an airfreight company. He will be based in the east so we are taking this opportunity to get him on the right side of the country while I am around to help him drive.

He smokes.

Am I about to shoot myself in the foot and quit under the most difficult circumstances? I can't take a walk, a bath or redirect myself in anyway. I will be in a truck or hotel room with another smoker 24 hours a day for at least 4 days.

I am not trying to find an excuse. Not at all. I am trying to be realistic. I don't want this to be harder than it already is.

Help! Do I wait until I get back or just grit through an extreme set of circumstances?

Llkoolaid

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 07:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I would wait if I were you, I know this sounds strange but it will be hard and the last thing you need is to feel like a failure. Quitting is so hard you know that you have to do it when it is right for you and obviously if you are worrying about it now then the time is not right. Take the next week and prepare yourself or even wait until the stress of the Holidays is over. It's a battle that you have to be up for and you have to concentrate on that alone. I think you need to get all the excuses and roadblocks out of the way before you can totally commit to quitting. That is the reason I think that I have been so successful this time, I cleared the path so there would be nothing in my way.
Whatever you decide to do let us know and we will support it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRUITBAT

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 09:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Congratulations to all the non-smokers.

I came over here (while on vacation and from an internet cafe) to see if Fruitbat was doing okay, knowing she was quitting yesterday. I think waiting another week might be the best route and don't set yourself up for failure. Unless, of course, your son might also like to start quitting on this trip?

Fruitbat

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 12:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, that is what I think is best too. I have a plan to cut down and take nicorette with me. I will stop when I arrive home. The holidays will not be stressful at all this year.

We head out on our trip the 29th and my husband does not smoke. The trip down will only take 3 days and then we will be stopping so much that I will not have to feel confined to a car after that. I want a few days under my belt before we leave. I will definately report in on my first day.

Tess

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 02:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Let us know when your first day will be, MsBat, and I can promise cheerleaders galore if someone else can promise sage advice.

Wargod

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fruitbat, good choice to wait a bit. I agree with Llkoolaid that it would be better than trying now.

I made it through my first holiday bash this year without smoking. Of course, since I was the designated driver this time around, I had no alcohol, which made not smoking easy. This weekend I have my second holiday bash, but since that is a party for the elderly people I work with, their will be little to no drinking on my part their either. So that one shouldn't be a problem either.

Oh, and Fruitbat......

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

Fruitbat

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 04:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks. :) Sage is my maiden name.

Llkoolaid

Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 02:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Wargod , you are back, I haven't seen you on here for a few days. I am not having a problem with the smoking hope everyone else is having a good time with it. I just popped in here for a minute, I am so busy . Talk to everyone later.

Wargod

Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 04:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Been having a very busy week! lol. I was barely home this weekend, and didn't have any time to get near the computer. Unfortunately, this weekend is not looking much better. And, Im still doing ok.

Dilligaf

Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 05:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The pickle is SMOKE-FREE for one month today!!!!!!!!!

Tess

Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 09:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
CONGRATULATIONS, DILLI GIRL!!!!!!!!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 10:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay, Dilli!!!! I can't believe it has been that long for you. Well, uh, I guess I have been gone for a month.

Congratulations Dilli and Franny, Wargod, and Llkoolaid. Three of you should have it pretty much licked, and Dilli should be almost over the hump.

Moondance

Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 10:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congrats Dilli!!!

Babyruth

Friday, December 14, 2001 - 07:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Congratulations to our non-smokers!
Keep up your great new healthy, free-breathing lifestyle through the holidays and into the New Year!

Llkoolaid

Friday, December 14, 2001 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for all the support, I can't believe you guys have stuck with us this long.
Good news, my mother is still not smoking, I can't believe it, she is the last person that I thought would ever quit smoking. I told her I talk about her on here so she can't start back or all the people on the internet will know.

I still get cravings and sometimes strong ones but I get past them pretty quick. They mostly just surprise me when they come. They are getting further and further apart.

Congratulations Dilli, one month all ready. The time really does fly by.

I am so busy now I find it hard to find the time to come on here but I am afraid not to. This has been my safe place during this whole thing and I am not ready to give it up. I am afraid that I have become addicted to this thread.

Tess

Friday, December 14, 2001 - 09:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP


WHOOHOO FOR LLKOOLAID'S MOM!!!!!!


Juju2bigdog

Friday, December 14, 2001 - 10:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Llkoolaid, the bad news is there ain't no TVCH patch. You just gotta stay hooked.

Tell your Mom Juju2bigdog is proud of her. That should really make her day.

Llkoolaid

Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 06:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Juju2bigdog, I'll tell her, she has had a few bad days but she got through them. I check in with her everyday to keep encouraging her. I am having no trouble now, it is pretty rare when I think of a cigarette. I am slowly turning into a cheerleader.

Moondance

Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 07:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am really so happy for Kool! You have done GREAT!... you became a cheerleader a while back! :)

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 11:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP


Congrats on 8 smoke~free weeks, War, Kool & Franny!!!!


Dilligaf

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 12:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I forgot to tell you guys that my assistant quit the Sunday after I quit. Yesterday was one month smoke free for him! Congrats to Dilli's Assistant!! Wooohoooo!! :)