Archive through January 26, 2002
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Archive through January 26, 2002
Tess | Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 06:34 pm     How did I miss Cablejockey??? oh geez!!!
                          Congratulations, Cablejockey!!! Keep it up!!!!!
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Aussiedeb | Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 08:12 pm     Yep Juju..i havent forgetten...will be getting the patches tomorrow...will post on monday and let ya know how it goes
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Cablejockey | Friday, January 18, 2002 - 10:13 am     Thank you Tess for that beautiful message. Juju, I still haven't smoked since Dec 3. But boy when ever I am out somewhere,and I see someone smoking I am entirely riveted to the sight of that cigarette until I give my head a shake. I just take it one day at a time. Good luck Aussiedeb and I was happy to see Dahli found out her daughter doesn't smoke. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, January 18, 2002 - 11:48 am     Cablejockey, everybody in here except the never-smokers knows that very same feeling. I'd say it is probably a transition stage from being a smoker to a non-smoker. You look at somebody smoking and feel something akin to jealousy, like wow, how come they still get to smoke while I am so deprived? But just keep on keeping on like you're doing, and one day you will look at that smoker and think something like, the poor thing she HAS to do that. And then you might shake your head and say, hey, I used to be like that, and now I am free. |
Aussiedeb | Friday, January 18, 2002 - 02:34 pm     Step one...i bought the patches today..whoohooooo...it came with a brochure to sign up for a website to help with quitting, its administered by the company that makes the Nicoderm CQ and Nicorette gum...it has a plan id number so i signed up..and it told me to come back on Monday when i quit... Thanks for the support here i have gotten...i bought my last pack of cigarettes today and then that is it for me...Its going to be so hard for me to quit...hubby will not give it up or support me quitting..so im grateful for everyone here helping me...
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Dahli | Friday, January 18, 2002 - 03:37 pm     Good luck Aussie - and at the risk of repeating myself... the only way I could have done it (and easily at that) last March was by reading the book I talked about in the earlier posts "Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking" I had posted the entire chapter 6 Nicotine Addiction up farther and if you haven't already read it, give it a try. There is nothing better than understanding that it's not you that wants the poison - it's the nicotine monster that lives in your stomach... and needs to be fed, That's what wants the stuff - not you... Anyway I can't recommend it highly enough, I quit right after reading it - my husband - my sister and my step mom, and we all smoked for more than 25 years and quit after reading it with NO trouble at all!! If you can do this - all you will feel is sorry for your husband and anyone else who is still enslaved by the filth of it all. Congrats and enjoy the freedom! |
Dilligaf | Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 07:03 am     Dilli is still here! I have completed two months and 5 days of non smoking and I don't even think about it anymore. Quitting was much easier than I thought. NOW I have to get the weight off. I gained 10 pounds in the past few months. My wedding date is June 1st and I have to lose 20 pounds to fit in my dress. Good luck to all the newbie quitters!! I'll keep checking in here, but you'll find most of my new posts in the diet thread....LOL |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 07:41 am     Hahahahaha about switching over to the diet thread, Dilli. Glad you are still around a bit. Things have got to be hectic for you. Congratulations on your success over here. May you be just as successful over there. Uhhhh ... perhaps you should also venture into the exercise thread? Just to help out with the diet thread? Maybe we should start a what to do with all your extra time thread?
Wait, got an idea. Would that work for the non smokers? Whenever you get a bad urge for a smoke, you do about ten ab crunches until the urge passes? |
Moondance | Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 08:28 am     Jujuisaverysmartdog! |
Llkoolaid | Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 06:22 pm     I couldn't get on here for days, talk about withdrawl. Congratulations Dilli, we haven't heard from you for a while, I am so glad to hear how well you are doing. If you can quit smoking you can do anything so 20 lbs is nothing. |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 12:08 pm     Aussie, just wondering how you are doing, hope everything is well and hang in there, you can do it. |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 12:13 pm     Oh My God, I just noticed the date, it has been 3 months since Franny, Fruitbat, Wargod and I quit smoking. I can't believe it went by that fast. |
Dahli | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 12:19 pm     It's incredible for sure Ll... there was an article in today's papaer that the number of smokers in Canada has decreased for the first time in thirty five years or something like that. I like to think it's because of this amazing thread! LOL |
Tess | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 12:43 pm                             CONGRATS, ON 3 MONTHS AS NON~SMOKERS, WAR, KOOL AND FRANNY!!!!
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Tess | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 12:49 pm     Keep up the great work, Dilli and Cablejockey!!!
Good luck, Aussiedeb!!!! |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 06:42 pm     Thanks Tess, we sure appreciate your support. |
Tess | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 08:13 pm     You deserve it!! I think you are all amazing!! |
Tess | Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 01:58 pm     Just checking in to see how things are going for Aussiedeb. How's it going deb? Are you hanging in there this week? Of course you are.....but let us know. |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 04:54 pm     Oh! Glad you remembered about that, Tess. Yes, Aussiedeb should be on about day four by now. Could be some rough sledding. Go, Aussiedeb! You can do it! |
Buttercup | Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 07:16 pm     The smoke is clearing! You all look and smell great! AND...you are healthier too! WOO HOO!
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Wargod | Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 08:17 pm     And we have more money in our pockets too! A bonus I did not realy consider until after I quit smoking. |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 11:09 pm     War, with the price of cigarettes nowadays, you should have a whole lot more money. |
Tess | Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 11:44 pm     War--think of what you can do with that money once you hit Vegas!!! |
Llkoolaid | Friday, January 25, 2002 - 07:19 pm     I notice how much money I have left over. I love to quilt and material can get expensive, now I can afford to go out and treat myself to some new supplies every week with the extra 35 to 40 dollars that I don't spend on cigarettes. It is nice to get a little money out of the bank and have most of it still there after a few days. I rank the bonuses with quitting smoking as 1. my health, and that of my family from the second hand smoke 2 the freedom of not being tied to a cigarette and the time saved and 3 the money. |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, January 26, 2002 - 12:58 pm     Well, it's been awhile since thsi all started, and I admit I've lost track of everyone joining the ranks of mon-smokers, as many have joined in as thinsg progressed. How about a show of hands for those still with us, and also include those in your family or friends who you have previously mentioned. I remember Dilli saying her assistant was a non-smorker too. A big congratulations to those still enjoying success. And a big rooting type yell for those who have had set backs and still want to make it--you haven't lost the battle till you have given up! A slide back doesn't mean you've lost the battle; it just means you keep trying. I salute each and every one of you! |
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