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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 6:03 pm
Just popping in to check up on everyone, hang in there newbies, it takes a little while but soon the cravings will be a thing of the past or just so little that they will only last a minute or so. My diet is going great so I just wanted to let you guys know that I haven't forgotten about you. I am trying to get more active and spend less time at the keyboard, but I still care about this thread and all you people.
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 6:24 pm
  to all of you! My quit date was the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Noon. Anyone want to figure out the hours for me? 
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Sc00pgrl
Member
09-17-2003
| Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 3:56 pm
hey... where's everyone at? I hope everyone is doing good. Happy Valentines Day to all!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 4:40 pm
You doing okay, Sc00pgrl?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 3:35 pm
I am doing well on quitting, but the funniest thing happened the other night. I was sitting in the LR watching TV having a conversation with myself (I do that frequently) about ways to redecorate my living room, when all of a sudden I was having a conversation with myself about how it would be okay to get some cigarettes and smoke for about a week and then start again. It was a very logical and rational arguement. I didn't do it, but was really laughing at myself the next morning about how I could even have the conversation. I was like I went into a temporary dream state, was the weirdest thing. LOL. HOpe everyone else is hanging in there.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 8:49 pm
How long for you now, Dipo? Sounds like you are doing good. Except for the waking dreams, of course. 
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Suitsmefine
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 9:56 pm
24 hours for me....THIS SUCKS!!!!!!I am determined to see this through! I feel floaty and totally not myself...I am having problems concentrating and I want to scream at someone!!!sheesh those little smokes are demon sticks! First thing in the morning I am getting some patches! Do people really live through this torture???? I should have quit A LONG TIME AGO, with all my health problems...but all of you know .....this is HARD! Today I tried the hard candy and gum treatment...When my DS went for my last piece of dentyne...for a very brief second I thought about tackling him for it! Lawd help us, it's gonna get rough around here!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 10:16 pm
Suits, LOL, good luck, it does get better. Juju, 25 days today, didn't realize that. That waking dream thing was so bizarre. LOL. I just have a few times when it gets to me, mostly habitual things. Like I would always go have a smoke after Survivor chat so I try to have others things to do to replace those habits. It is a challenge, but I am starting to get used to doing things without having cigs attached, like my 15 minute breaks. Now I tidy, or exercise.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 11:51 pm
Oh, poor Suits! That demon is squeezing you real bad! Good for you for holding out, though. Yeah, get some patches. Get some strong ones if you have been smoking a pack or more a day. I guess it will give you instructions on the package. It will surprise you how the physical stuff goes away immediately when you put the patch on. You will still have a battle, but it won't be so hard. Yay Suitsmefine!!! Dipo, 25 days is excellent. Exercising instead of smoking is a great idea! Yay Dipo!!!
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Sc00pgrl
Member
09-17-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:08 am
6 weeks and 4 days for me!!! Believe me it does get better. lol Dipo...I've been there hehe. Good going!!! Suitsmefine I used the patches and it does take the edge off. (I did the short version of the patches lol... only used them almost a month)Good luck to you! Hope your doing fine Juju
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:16 am
Yay Non-Smokers 12 weeks and a day here. Woo hoo! Fruitbat?
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Suitsmefine
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 4:27 pm
Well...it has now been nine hours since I put my first patch on....THANK YOU, GOD, FOR WHOMEVER YOU GAVE THE GOOD SENSE TO INVENT THESE LOVELY LITTLE BAND-AIDS WITH NICOTINE !!!!!!Today is much better but I still just feel really funky! ........42 and 1\2 hours and counting!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:16 pm
LOL, Suits. I am glad you got a little relief. Yeah, it does feel funky at first. Like there is a leak somewhere, but you are not sure where. Not sure that describes it, but I do know what you mean. Think of it as a war of attrition, Suits. All you gotta do is somehow hang in there, and the enemy gets weaker. Go Suits!!!
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 6:19 am
LOL Suits. Keep up the good work. (Man, I'm glad I was in the hospital those first days.) I'm now at 22 days and still going strong. Thanks to all who continue to post encouragement. Physical cravings have been non-existent. Still miss the puff puff here and there but, you all were right, it's becoming less and less. Can't wait to hit a month! 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 9:36 am
Good work, Wendo. You can still expect that you are going to have a real strong urge come out of the blue and hit you one of these days, but it will pass, just like all the others. The thing you have to realize, and sounds like you do, is that you can never have "just one."
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 9:57 am
Here's what gets me: Pulling up to a red light, and the person in the car next to me is puffing away. I want to roll the window down and ask them to pass it over. With my luck, the watching police officer will assume it's something else, so with that in mind, and the fact that I DON'T NEED A CIGARETTE, I keep the window rolled up! 
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Suitsmefine
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 8:31 pm
70 and 1\2 hours and counting.... Half, I know what you are talking about....today I took My Mom to the Post Office and while I was sitting in the car waiting for her to come out I glanced over at the truck parked next to me...there sat a guy not only smoking a cigarette, I swear the man was making love to the thing!!!!(ISN'T THAT ILLEGAL????) You know what I mean...he was slowly taking a long drag off the thing with this total look of ecstasy on his face!!!( How dare he!) For a second I wanted to rush over and grab it from him!! I fear this could lead to some embarrassing moments before I knock this monkey off my back! Has anyone else gone through extreme sleepiness? The first two days I was really in constant movement mode...today, I have just wanted to sleep!
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 9:16 pm
LOL Suits... wait until you start noticing the butts in ashtrays outside businesses. You will think about it for a split second, and then realize the gross factor of it all, . I never noticed a drastic change in how much sleep I needed, but the more you sleep, the less you crave, right? I did (and still do) have some really bizarre dreams about smoking. They felt so real that I had to smell my hands just to make sure I didn't have one. Hang in there and keep counting hours - the number climbs quickly and before you know it, you'll be posting weeks !!! <passes JuicyFruit sticks to everyone> Fruitbat?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 12:16 am
Half, Fruitbat may have fallen off again and be in the process of climbing back on. Hahahahaha, Suits about wanting to grab that cig out of his mouth and smoke it yourself!!! You have a long way to go, but believe me, there will come a day when you look over at the fellow and think, "poor guy, he's not smoking that thing because it is good; he's smoking it because he HAS to." And of course by then, cigarettes will cost five dollars. EACH!
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 11:55 am
How's everyone doing?
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 5:50 pm
i am wondering, too! i had to drive by salinas twice the other day and see the 'cage' where smokers from a building were all huddled in the rain, puffing away. i wave now when i go by! it is both the hardest and the easiest thing to do! but i am completely serious: if i can do it, anyone can. cold turkey worked best for me. i had to do it twice, but this last time it stuck with me. one day and then one day. hang in there, everyone!! look at your loved ones and think, "i want to be here for the important milestones, not some toast they make to my memory!" that helped me a lot. then there was the dream where i was held hostage with my kids and i was totally stressed and thought I HAVE TO HAVE A CIGARETTE! well, the 'bad guys' told me i could have a drag off a cigarette, but in order to do so, i had to pick which child would die. that was pretty noteworthy! did i value smoking more than my kids?! nope!
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 5:58 pm
Damn, I need to have some kids - pronto!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 7:35 pm
half, ROFLMAO!!!!! Just insert fur babies for kids, that's what I do. I have noticed that they have not been coughing at all, and they used to get a cough every so often. I was always afraid it was from me smoking!!!! SO, now I don't!!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 8:25 pm
half, you have a husband--you have a 'kid', automatically! i have 3 kids and one of them is 58 
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2004 - 6:21 pm
Well, I hit a month today (4 weeks). Woo Hoo! Hope everyone else is doing well too. Ok, so my sister was here Saturday night (she had a business meeting today and came early to see me.) And, she was so nice and supportive about the smoking. She was never pushy about me quitting smoking before I quit, which I appreciated. Anyway, she said at one point, aren't you glad you quit? Don't you just feel better? And you know, I honestly did feel better. We were shopping and walking and I walked longer than I had walked in a long time. Nor was I out of breath. Oh, and my car hasn't aired out totally and when I got in it yesterday the musty cigarette smell kind of bugged me. LOL! Now, I won't say I haven't had the pull for a puff. I have. It certainly is something you fight everyday. Thanks, again, for all the help!
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