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Hootyhoot
Member

12-18-2001

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I did the Big Quit about 7 years ago now ... on my umpieth try (seriously, many many many tries and 40 years of smoking!) Hang on, Fruitbat, Cassie and whoever else is trying. I felt so much better six months later, I couldn't believe it. You will too. Now my friend who made many tries with me but smoked for another five years has to use one of those puffer things every day. She can't walk very far or do anything strenuous. Hoo boy, it makes me so thankful that I was finally able to break that awful habit.

I found going to Nicotine Anonymous meetings very helpful ... I imagine most hospitals sponsor something similar, so if any of you are interested, give your local hospital a call. Fruitbat, I know Athol Hospital still has meetings, Monday evenings, I think. But you should like you are doing well on your own. I'm cheering you on ...



Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How is it going Cassie???? Good luck Fruitbat. I feel for everyone just staring out. It is very difficult in the begining.

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not good, Maris, not good. Haven't smoked though.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good going, hang in there. Just remember this, what you are going through right now, you will never have to deal with again.

Mygetaway
Member

08-23-2000

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've never come in here because I don't smoke, but I've wanted to say how proud I am of all of you who have quit and stuck to it, or even if you've failed and started over again. It takes great courage and determination to stay on goal.
So woo-hoo for you!! Stay strong Cassie!!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep, Cassie, any day without a smoke is a good day no matter how rotten it seems right now. In fact, it is a GREAT day! You hang in there. There are easier days ahead. You can lick it!

Yay Cassie!!

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Everyone. Juju great word, endure. I like that idea. It makes the process passive. I don't have to DO anything. I don't have to QUIT smoking, I am only to endure days without cigarettes. cool

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's basically all it is, Fruitbat. You just have to survive until it decides you are not going to feed it anymore, and then it eventually gives up and goes away.

Of course, some days it takes more endurance than others. :-)

Hootyhoot, funny how it doesn't seem clear until later that you really DID save your own life, and then it becomes crystal clear.

Cassie, I hope today is a better day for you. If the days get too rough, go back to counting your success in hours. I am always very sorry that we didn't save the very early days of this thread. I am thinking it was started by Franny who is now Earthmother. Might have been Christina or Llkoolaid, though. But, anyway, there were a bunch of people going through it at the same time, and some of them came in here and posted when they were having a particularly bad craving, and it was both sweet and kind of funny. Well, it was probably Wargod. She is almost always sweet and funny. But I digress. What I meant to say is, if it helps, come in here and post your feelings when the agony seems almost too much. By the time you get done posting the urge may have passed.

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you Juju and everyone else who has posted in support, and yes, Wargod does seem like a sweetheart. She's made me jealous though, because I would love to put all this pent up energy into cleaning like she did, but for the life of me, I can't concentrate on anything long enough or care enough about anything right now--I'm in killer mode. I though Friday was bad but yesterday was the day from hell. A neighbor who lives on the other side of my small lake brought in a landscaping crew on Friday and we had 3 chain saws going non stop. My property line is at the other side of the pond and then there's a 15 ft. easement. I have always enjoyed absolute privacy as there was a wall of trees (like a jungle) at the other side. Well, I start seeing big gaps in the "wall of green" yesterday, and climbed through the thicket at the other side of the pond to find that the cutting crew had cut down three trees on my property and thinned out everything else. Then the b@#$rd who worked for the landscaper gets real mouthy and told me I was foolish for getting upset. To make matters worse, after I had left, raging at the damage they'd already done, they turn around and cut another HUGE tree that was on my property. I jumped in my car and drove around, and the dick accuses me of harrassing him. The owner of the house is a dentist and I was warned when I bought my place 17 years ago that he periodically tries to cut back so he too can enjoy the lake. I have had to cut him off before. I can't tell you how livid I am; I know that if a man had gone over there, they would never have dared to continue cutting after being told it was his property. Now I feel I have no recourse but to sue them and who has the money for that. I am so p.o'd about it and can now see the old dude pottering in his garden. Gggrrrrrrrr... No wonder there's violence in this world. Needless to say, I craved for a cigarette with every fiber in my body all day and night yesterday, and felt as though my head would blow off I was so upset listening to their chainsaws and bobcat beeping all afternoon up to 6pm. I woke up this morning and can't turn my head, my neck is so stiff from tension. I don't believe how hard this is turning out to be and I'm so ******* miserable even my cats are hiding from me. Sorry for the rant but you did say....

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 6:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cassie, I am using Nicorette and it is good to have around for times like this. It is not a miracle but certainly helps trememdously.

So far I am Ok but I am still in the honeymoon stage. I remember from previous times that the second week is much worse than the first.



Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, Fruitbat, it most certainly was :-) Today I feel fine again so hopefully, Saturday was the worst day I'll have. It can only get better from here! I can't use Nicorette--it gives me the worst heartburn and stomach pain. I'm trying not to use anything as a substitute but have had a straw in my hand almost non-stop. For some reason it has helped a lot. Good luck on your quit, btw :-)

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cassie, I thought you were using a susbtitute. You are definitely doing it the hard way. However, as Maris points out, stick with what you are doing now, and you will never have to go through it again.

Yay Cassie!

Hope you are enduring, Fruitbat!

Yay Fruitbat!

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Congratulations Cassie for making it through the tough days! If you have another bad day like you've had, you know you can make it through, that's most of the battle right there.

Great job Fruitbat!

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Wargod. Today has been a breeze and you're absolutely right...after Saturday, I feel as though I can make it through anything. I still have a really stiff neck and shoulder from all the tension and stress, but I've hardly been craving today at all. Now I can look forward to more days like today :-) It's been:
2 weeks, 2 Days, 19hours, 32 mins.

I can hardly believe it!!!

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks guys. Reading this thread is keeping me going.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Congratulations on 17 days, Cassie! You are doing really well. I am glad you got a break with the cravings today. Just keep on keeping on.

Fruitbat, I am thinking you are almost going on a week, right? Good for you! I really hope you are able to beat it into submission this time. Endure. Endure. All you gotta do is endure. Are you about to break down? Don't do it for another five minutes. Okay, now can you endure five minutes more? Yay! Yep, you probably can.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 3:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Day 6 for me. I am doing very well considering. The nicorette is a god send. I am braced for a tougher time so it doesn't overwhelm me like last time. Thanks for the support.

Cassie hang in there!

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, you too Fruitbat. Today has been good, as was yesterday. BTW, I have almost a whole box of nicorette that I won't be using, so you're welcome to it. Email me if you want me to mail it to you.

Dahli
Member

11-27-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You two are doing GREAT!!! This is so exciting to see the success and the joy that your freedom can bring - I am always amazed at how emotional it is for me anyway to see people (I don't even 'know') make this incredible journey!! I'm so proud and happy for you both.
Yay Cassie!
Yay Fruitbat!

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Aww, thanks Dahli. The visual you shared with me really helped me out on my worst day ;)

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Checking in to make sure everybody is still doing good. Looks like it.

Yay!!!

Dahli
Member

11-27-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm glad Cassie, I think of you often and send many good thoughts your way. Let me know what else I can do cuz you know I will!!

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Cassie. Your email is not in your profile. Email me, mine is.

Cool how this happens. I bought lozenges and hated them and passed them on to Landi.

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You've got mail Fruitbat.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good Job Cassie.