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Babyruth

Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 06:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WAHOO! CONGRATS ON PASSING THE ONE MONTH MARK!
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Dilligaf

Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 07:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi kids! Well, midnight tonight makes for one whole week!! It's been much easier than I thought. I've only had ONE strong craving and that was yesterday afternoon. I'm in NC visiting HSS for Thanksgiving and I went to Walmart to pick up a few things. I don't know a soul here in town and all of a sudden I hear my name. It was David's kids.....with his ex-wife. OMG!!!! I've never met her before so it was a bit uncomfortable. I managed to get out of there after a short conversation with her. Her head didn't spin around and nothing green spewed out of her mouth. It was relatively uneventful but I was sooooooo nervous!! When I got home, I really wanted a cigarette.....BAD. But, the urge passed quickly and I've been fine since. One week!!! Woooohooooooooo!!!! Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'll check back in soon.......Dilli

Dilligaf

Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 07:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think we need a moderator to archive this thread......

Llkoolaid

Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 07:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dilligaf: Congratulations on making the one week mark, don't you just feel great about yourself, and you also passed a big stress test. I still want to warn you that there will still be bad days but you can get through them. Just remember how far you have come and it makes it so much easier, oh and did I mention drink lots of water. It really helps, you just don't think of smoking when you are drinking water. Instead of saving the money I have been buying things for myself that I wouldn't have waisted the money on. I keep rewarding myself with little things with the money that I save on cigarettes. I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and cigarettes are almost 7 dollars a pack so it doesn't take long to add up. It sounds silly but you know when you see something you would like to have but that damn thing called common sense tells you that you don't need it, well now you can just say, I deserve it, I earned it, and I can afford to waste the money on it. I bought a whole bunch of little things for quilting that I have done without. So treat yourself to little gifts. It will remind you how good you are doing.

I think getting by the first week is the biggest hurtle and you have done it. I am so happy that you have joined our team, you are making us very proud. Rely on the cheerleaders to keep you up, they have been a god send to me.

Tess

Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 09:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congratulations and Happy Thanksgiving, Non~Smokers!!!!!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, November 22, 2001 - 05:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Way to go, Dilli!!! Running into the ex-wife ranks right up there with an in-law visit. Glad you weathered it.

Fruitbat

Thursday, November 22, 2001 - 08:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, Dilli. I am impressed. Good for you. YOu are on your way and I will soon join everyone here.

Llkoolaid

Thursday, November 22, 2001 - 04:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had another great day and just checked in before Survivor comes on. Hope everyone is doing good. Fruitbat, I think you said your day for coming back was Dec 10 your birthday so I think I will use that day to become a fulltime cheerleader on here and Join the lose weight thread.
Hope things are great with you Wargod, you seem to be doing about the same as me. I hope so because I am doing great.
Franny where are you. Dilli we are all proud of you on your way to two weeks.

Llkoolaid

Friday, November 23, 2001 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Had another good day, where is everyone?

Wargod

Friday, November 23, 2001 - 08:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm here Llkoolaid. Been sick with this cold and have not had much energy for anything this week. Still doing good though.

Dilli, keep up the great work. You handled a difficult situation wonderfully!

Fruitbat

Saturday, November 24, 2001 - 04:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Kool. Everyone is doing so well I am inspired.

Llkoolaid

Saturday, November 24, 2001 - 06:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fruitbat, you will do it next time, and if not then the next time after that, My husband quit about a dozen times and finally one day he quit and hasn't smoked since, that was 13 or 14 years ago. I have quit many times also, I guess we are addicted for life and will always have to battle it. You can do it, I am not having any problem at all now, I get the odd craving and I actually thought about buying a pack a few times, but I just put it off and then it went away.

Wargod get better soon, the silver lining is that you don't want to smoke with a cold.

I think Franny went away, I am going to check the archives, someone said they were going away for a while maybe it was her, I forget.

Fruitbat

Sunday, November 25, 2001 - 03:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Kool. I will do it next time. The thing that got me this last attempt was 3 days in a row where I wanted a cigarette almost continually. The cravings did not come and then pass. It was a constant nagging. I was not prepared for that at all! I thought I was going to go nuts. I am ready for that possibility again. I don't remember hearing you talk about that happening to you. I was on the road and out of contact so that made it even worse.

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, November 25, 2001 - 05:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Fruitbat, I don't remember three day cravings such as you describe, but I did the patch the whole way back when they were prescription only. Once I slapped that patch on, I never really had cravings at all, just a sort of dull psychological nagging.

Wargod

Sunday, November 25, 2001 - 03:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Feeling much better now. Nice thing about the holidays, I've been so busy trying to get ready for Christmas, I haven't had time to think of smoking. While it's been hectic, that makes it much easier. I still have the occassional craving once in awhile, but it's not anything that I can't handle.

Llkoolaid

Sunday, November 25, 2001 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fruitbat,I never had 3 bad days in a row, around 2 weeks I had a couple of dillies but they were not in a row. I didn't talk about the bad times because I couldn't fight them that way, I just had to pretend they weren't that bad. Today was another good day. I haven't had a craving yet and I just got home from canasta club. I am going to be your biggest cheerleader when you come back.

Wargod, I can't think of Thanksgiving as part of the "Holidays' I guess it is because ours is a month or more earlier. The Holidays to me are Christmas and New Years. That said it is still very hectic around here. I am just starting Christmas shopping which I usually have mostly done by now.

Is this 5 weeks already , I can't remember and I am too lazy to figure it out.

Misslibra

Sunday, November 25, 2001 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You all are really doing quite well, good job everyone!! :)

Dilli, we're so proud of you getting through that and not giving in to a smoke. You go Girl!! :)

Fruitbat, I couldn't say it any better then Llkoolaid said it. As they say, don't quit quiting, you'll do just fine! :)

Dilligaf

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 04:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Day 11 and I'm feeling great. I returned from my Thanksgiving holiday last night and I was disappointed to find that my house still smelled of smoke. Any ideas? I have hardwood floors and I've washed all my curtains. It must be in the furniture. :(

Anyway, this is my first day back in my normal routine. Usually at this time of the morning, I would be on my 4th cigarette while surfing the web before work. I have the local news on and I'm drinking a diet coke. I feel OK right now, just miss the "activity" of smoking, not the nicotine.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out my new profile pic to see the little surprise I received Saturday morning on the beach at sunrise. :)

Wooooohooooooo, Dilli's in love!!

Juju2bigdog

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 06:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dilli, congratulations. How did it ever get to be 11 days? Didn't you just quit like yesterday?

And a big proud gold star to Llkoolaid and Wargod, the grizzled veterans.

Gail

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 06:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dilli - it is in the furniture, walls, floors and on things in your house. (don't forget your bedspread, coats, etc too) Buy a couple of bottles of Fabreez!! It is a spray on odor destroyer. Not a coverup - it destroys the odors and leaves a pleasant smell behind. Don't soak your furnture in it - just give it a good spraying and let it dry. If it still smells after that, spray it again. It is wonderful to use in your car too, on your carpets, coats, etc. In your car, what would be good first is to take it to one of those really good car wash places that does the inside - you'll need to get the windows cleaned too. Then use a lot of fabreez in your car.

That reminds me, don't forget clean the windows inside your house. Also, mop your floors and maybe wipe down the walls if spraying the furniture doesn't help. What also will help is to open the windows up and let your house air out really good too.

Congrats again on quitting!! I am glad the zyban is working so good for you.

Franny

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 06:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good morning!! I realized when I was on the plane to my sister's that I forgot to tell you I would be gone until after the holiday. I'm so glad you guys are still doing well. I blew it! We had a big family Thanksgiving and I broke..It tasted awful, and burned my throat. I am committed to not smoke so that was that. The next time they all went out for a smoke I stayed in the house and played with the kids instead.

Happy belated birthday Llkoolaide!!!

I start my new position today so I will be working extra hours which will make it easier.

Hope everyone had a great holiday...

Grooch

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 06:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was going to suggest the same thing Gail did. Febreeze works wonders. :)

Grooch

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 06:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Franny, congrats on only have 1 cigerette! Probably having it and realizing you didn't enjoy it, kept you from going crazy the rest of the weekend thinking you wanted to smoke. :)

Llkoolaid

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 05:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Franny, don't say you blew it, you had one cigarette, so what, your human, you had one and didn't go for the second, that is a big accomplishment. We'll just call it a little bump in the road but everything is fine now. Be proud of yourself, the next time the situation came up you dealt with it.

Thanks for the birthday greeting, we were all wondering where you were. Glad to have you back

Fruitbat

Monday, November 26, 2001 - 05:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great Franny. One cigarette? cool that it did not send you back. No big deal. Hooray.