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Juju2bigdog
| Friday, January 23, 2004 - 10:57 pm
Well, Fruitbat, I used the patch, and found it absolutely took away the nicotine cravings immediately. So, yes, that form of suffering was removed immediately. I didn't have any trouble getting off the patches, but I did it very slowly.
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Dahli
| Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 9:01 pm
Yaaaaay!! Fruitbat - thrilled to see you here. Good luck on the weight thing too, I've no doubt you'll do just fine!
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Llkoolaid
Member
05-03-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 6:42 am
When I used the gum, I couldn't stop myself from chewing it and it made me sick to my stomach, so I had to drop it but it sure helped get me through the first week or so.
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Sc00pgrl
Member
09-24-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 10:37 am
I hope everyone is doing good. I just wanted to check in and let you all know that I'm still doing okay. I'm on the step 3 of the patch. The 1st day or so I felt a little agitated, but got over myself quickly...lol I've had alot going on at home this week and it has been a real trial for me!!! HELP!! I'll be alright now though. I hope! Help help help lol oh my!!! Not gonna smoke Not gonna smoke!!!
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Tashakinz
Member
12-02-2002
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:29 am
Hang in there Scoop - you can do it! 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 6:41 pm
Sc00pgrl, if it gets too bad, go back up a step with the patch. Seems like you are doing it awfully fast. If I recall, when I did the patch, you had to get them with a doctor's prescription, and it was 30 days EACH at 21, 14 and 7 milligrams. But keep up the good work, and we all know it IS work, HARD work. You have come this far, so you know you can beat it. Yay Sc00pgrl!!!!!!!
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Sc00pgrl
Member
09-24-2003
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 9:27 pm
Okay I got through it!!! Thanks for the support and now I feel back on track. I just had allot hit me all at once and now some of it has gone away so I'll be alright and I know I have to keep positive. Allot of prayer and good vibes.
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Llkoolaid
Member
05-03-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 6:53 am
There ya go Scoopgrl, and you just learned that cigarettes never really helped you through stressful times at all. You are doing great. Fruitbat where are you, I would love to know how you are doing. Hang in there, it gets easier. Although it doesn't belong here I want to share with my fiends here that I have reached the 20 lb loss on my diet in just under 3 weeks, I am so darn happy and still can't believe that it is happening and that I still haven't cheated.
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Cassie
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:08 am
LlkoolaidWhat diet are you on? Sounds like one I'd like to try!
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Llkoolaid
Member
05-03-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 10:58 am
ATkins, but I don't eat all the fat that people think you do on it. I still buy lean meat and still take the skin off chicken and stuff like that, quite an easy diet, always feel full because you just eat protein whenever you feel hungry. I love it so far.
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Lumbele
Member
12-07-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 1:24 pm
  
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Sc00pgrl
Member
09-17-2003
| Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 8:43 pm
Congrats Llkoolaid !!!! I'm so proud of you! Another trial I'm having at the moment... sheesh why want these folks leave me alone!
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 5:37 am
I am here but I fell off the wagon. Tomorrow will be day one again. I can't stop today on account of Survivor. The first 3 days were pretty easy with the gum. I was unprepared for day 4, had no gum and MrBat had the truck so I couldnt go get more. Poor excuse but that is the nature of this beast of addiction. I will do it. Good for you Kool!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 9:59 am
Ack, Bat! Now there is a lesson for you. Have a lot of supplies on hand. Ah well, tomorrow is another day. Get your sword out and start hacking away at it again.
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Abbynormal
Member
08-04-2001
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 11:55 am
I did a trial run. I went for 28 hrs without a smoke, without an aid. I was a little surprised, it was okay until I went to dinner with smokers. I made it ok until I got home and had an opened pack calling to me. I think I am going to smoke these up and go buy some patches or gum. I choose tomorrow as my day. Also, I feel since I actually came in here and said I was going for tomorrow, I will be somewhat accountable for my actions. Good luck to you MsBat.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 12:29 pm
Fruitbat and Abbynormal. Hang in there. I haven't been a non smoker for long, but when I first quit I went a few days and had a big relaspe, quit again, had second minor relaspe and have been okay since then. For me, it is more of a psychological issue. I have had to figure out how to get past those regular "smoke" break times with some other activity. So far I am up to ten straight days as a non smoker. This last time I seem to be firmer in my head about not smoking and that is what helped me. Went out last night with some smoking friends and it didn't bother me too much, the initial smoke did hit me but then I remembered I don't want to do that anymore. So just accept that you had a relaspe and move forward it will get better.!!!!!
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 12:29 pm
Good for you Abbey, here is a big tip that will make it easier for you. RID your house of anything that has to do with smoking, cigarettes, smokers, ashtrays, and do a major clean up to get rid of the smell of cigarettes if you have the time. When you have moments that you really think you need a cigarette the time and effort it takes to go and get one will usually take longer than the urge to smoke. I put my ashtrays in a couple of doubled up paper bags and took the damn hammer to them, I smashed them to smithereens, it was empowering. Next time you are around people that are smoking try to think of them with pity not envy. Think of them as poor weak people that still have to smoke and think of yourself as being strong enough to have quit. Sounds silly, but that kind of mind set will really help you.
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Sc00pgrl
Member
09-17-2003
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 4:44 pm
Hey everyone... Fruitbat sorry to hear you having troubles... have you tried the patches? I had tried many things before to no avail and was always back smoking.... but here I am now at 1 month and have not smoked. The patches worked great for me. You can do it... just keep at it and it will stick! Good luck Abbynormal... just keep positive about it and you can do it! WTG Dipo!!! Keep up the good job!!! Keep Going everyone and Happy Super Bowl lol!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 4:45 pm
Oh yeah, Abbynormal, you have learned one lesson already. You cannot quit while there is a partial pack open in the house. The beast just will NOT let you do it. You have to make it as inconvenient as possible to get to a cigarette so that you will have time to come to your senses before you light that "just one" sucker up. Good luck Abbynormal!!! Come here and report your progress all you want. There is always somebody around to cheer you over the rough spots. Big cheer for Dipo for ten days!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 4:47 pm
Oh! and Yay Sc00pgrl!!!
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 11:49 pm
Dippo, wow..............thanks. That helped. Patches suck for me. I just wanted to rip them off and suck them. So that would be literally! Nicorette will be my friend. I am cuddling up to them as I type. Thanks for the non judgement for slipping. Aamazing how many opinions are out there when a slip or non start happens.
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 11:55 pm
Bat--never give up--never. There will be a time you will be able to stick with it no matter the distraction. Abby, go for it! Picking a day is the first step. Best of luck in your efforts. ScOOpgirl--congratulations on your milestone! Dipo, congrats to you for your 10 days!! Way to go!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 12:20 am
for me, the best help was to look at my children and say, "i don't want to miss the milestones!" i wanted to see the graduations and the weddings and the grandbabies. i had a dream just before i totally quit a few years back. i had a pack of cigarettes, a lighter and an ashtray in front of me.the deal was: i could smoke all i wanted and the pack would never empty. it would be the 'midas gold' pack. i would never get sick or get cancer. but if i took one drag off one cigarette, i had to pick which of my children i would give in exchange. gosh, i wanted to smoke, and could feel the first inhale with the lighting up. and i looked at my children and said, "nobody in their right mind would pick a lighted stick to put in their mouth over the life of a child!" and, although i am sure it was just symbolic, and smoking one cigarette wouldn't really instantly mean death to a child of mine, i did realize that's what the ultimate end would be: someone would be dead and miss all the wonderful future. it would either be me, or one of them, but we wouldn't be together. i would say to myself: "is this little horrid white stick more important than seeing your child grow to maturity?" and i would try to reason that just one wouldn't...but it would be one after another after another. it can't always be 'later' because 'later' will step away one day. and i just had to stop. it has been over 3 years and i go for weeks now without even thinking about it. i was laughing out loud when i drove down highway 101 on friday. it was just after noon and i was somewhere around salinas, ca. i looked off to a large company building on one side of the freeway and saw a small fenced area with about 15 or 20 people crammed into it--and all were smoking--wearing coats and stamping their feet to keep warm and just puffing away. i wondered if they knew how desperate and stupid they looked, like animals in a cage, unable to say no to this addiction, and with everyone who drove by on the freeway realizing this was some company's 'smoking area'.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:19 am
Fruitbat, it is true that it doesn't really matter how many times you fall. What is important is that you keep trying because one of these times you will succeed. Yay Abbynormal. Stay strong today.
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:29 am
Heck Fruit, all of us slipped at one time or another! I quit for a year and started back up, and had tried several times between them and the last time to quit unsucessfully. Like Juju said, just keep trying because one of these times you will quit for good. Abby, good luck! You can do it! Congrats Dipo and Sc00pgirl! You guys are all doing so great!
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