Archive through December 17, 2001
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Archive through December 17, 2001
Tess | Monday, December 10, 2001 - 01:32 am     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     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     Tomorrow is day one. <sheepish grin> |
Babyruth | Monday, December 10, 2001 - 07:41 pm     Welcome Back, Fruitie-Patootie!! |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 03:40 am     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     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     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?
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Fruitbat | Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 12:08 pm     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     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     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     Thanks. Sage is my maiden name. |
Llkoolaid | Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 02:56 pm     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     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     The pickle is SMOKE-FREE for one month today!!!!!!!!! |
Tess | Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 09:40 pm     CONGRATULATIONS, DILLI GIRL!!!!!!!! |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 10:42 pm     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     Congrats Dilli!!! |
Babyruth | Friday, December 14, 2001 - 07:36 am     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     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                               WHOOHOO FOR LLKOOLAID'S MOM!!!!!!
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Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 14, 2001 - 10:42 pm     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.
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Llkoolaid | Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 06:25 pm     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     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                            Congrats on 8 smoke~free weeks, War, Kool & Franny!!!!
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Dilligaf | Monday, December 17, 2001 - 12:42 pm     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!! |
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