Topic : Trying to Quit Smoking?

Hi Beverly, 

Thank you for your kind words, your posting meant alot to me.  

I'm so proud of you. You have 4 days already behind you, yahooooo !! You quitting, this time it's for you, the outcome will be for everyone.  The one thing I took from this board was N.O.P.E.  not one puff ever. When you want that one cigarette really, really bad don't give in to that one. For me and many others on the board it just open the gate for many, many others.  It's like you can't stop at just one cigarette. I come to realize that this was just the nicotine taking control again. And that is one addiction that has a strong hold. I used the inhaler as a substitute, it didn't take long before I didn't need anything.  You are doing so good, keep posting. 

  

Linda  

One year, three weeks, 2 hours, 49 minutes and 55 seconds. 11583 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,241.41. Life saved: 5 weeks, 5 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes.
 

Hi Aggie, 

Fourteen months-----great job !!!! That is awesome to have that much time you haven't smoked. Did you save the money not spent on smoking? For some reason or another, mine just got absorbed into our regular finances, bummer. Oh well that's what I get for  not taking it out. But I do tell hubby, that's what I got coming, it's makes me feel a little better. 

  

How much is gas in Canada now? Here it has been going up every week, we are now at $ 2.89 a gallon, boy we are not use to that price. Well hope all is well with you. Can't say for sure I understood your one sentence posting. 

  

Linda  

One year, three weeks, 3 hours, 13 minutes and 31 seconds. 11584 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,241.51. Life saved: 5 weeks, 5 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes.
 

Good Morning Ladies, 

Sorry I triple posted, the computer wasn't sending it though, so I thought keep sending, and you hit the post key a few times. Well it was going though.  

Aggie---, well what have you got going for the weekend? Myself, not much, we had a good thunderstorm about 5:00 this morning and got a little over an inch of rain, that was heaven sent. It is so dry here. Hope you have a good weekend. Let me know how your flowerbeds look. 

  

Donna--- how's it coming? Hope you are hanging in there. With a family of four children you are definitely busy. Your exercise would be just keeping up with them. So wonderful to have a nice size family.  Have a good weekend. 

  

Linda---Montana----how's is everything coming along? I bet the weather is just gorgeous in Montana now. Have a good weekend. 

  

Linda 

One year, three weeks, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 58 seconds. 11597 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,244.08. Life saved: 5 weeks, 5 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes.
 

Hi Linda, 

I am going on my 5th day. Still going pretty good. I am still using the patch and finding taking really deep breathes of air instead of nicotine is helping getting through the urges of wanting to smoke. My husband has not stop smoking which is makes it a little hard for me when he is home. We were in the car together yesterday and he was smoking and the smoke was blowing in my face. I had asked him to please move his cigarette in which he did. His response to me was that I was doing so good that he didn't think that it would bother me. I guess he didn't realize because I am not a lunatic like I have been in the past times with quitting smoking. Which tells me that yeah I am definitely ready and will successfully do this. Oh and he isn't smoking around me anymore. I keep myself busy by playing with my kids before and after school. During the day gets kind of tough because I am home all day. I go for frequent walks and my house is spotless. Above all I feel really good about myself.  

  

Linda you are a god send thanks again. You replied to my posting and your words stick with me. I think of you daily. The postings do really help. I had also read through other postings and saw how you recommended the silk quit website and I downloaded it.  

  

Beverly 

Four days, 6 hours, 18 minutes and 23 seconds. 59 cigarettes not smoked, saving $21.48. Life saved: 4 hours, 55 minutes.
 

  

Good news, just received this from Shelly......  

   

Hi guys.... I have been holding off telling you until i felt stronger but..... here goes!     Four days, 16 hours, 15 minutes and 1 second. 93 cigarettes not smoked, saving $41.16. Life saved: 7 hours, 45 minutes.
Please pray for me to have the strength again!!!   Lots of Love   Shelly   Shelly is back, how great!!!   Aggie One year, two months, one day, 25 minutes and 31 seconds. 10600 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,244.44. Life saved: 5 weeks, 1 day, 19 hours, 20 minutes.

Aggie's post meant this....I am back!!!! I feel it this time....It is gonna stick!!!!  

   

I am an old poster...and have been struggling to get back on the horse and I finally did. I am taking nothing for granted this time.  

   

I will post often, Can't wait to be a part of this family again....the shame is gone.  

   

Shelly  

   

Five days, 2 hours, 8 minutes and 23 seconds. 101 cigarettes not smoked, saving $44.78. Life saved: 8 hours, 25 minutes.
  

Hi Beverly, 

Yahoo---5 days great job, keep taking those deep breaths when the urge hits. They truly work, I still do them ever so often when the urge hits.  It's like your secret release when you are around non-smokers, and you want one so bad. After this period of time the smell of a cigarette to me is terribly, that's something that I thought I would never say.  And I can tell if someone has been smoking a couple houses down when I go walking. Your sense's become so keen.  

You are so kind in words, that's what makes coming on this board so worth it in helping others, as they have helped me. Thank you. 

I'm also a stay at home mom of a 12 year son, also have a daughter, but she is out on her own, and doing great. 

Well one breath at a time, and the urge fades. 

  

Linda 

  

One year, three weeks, two days, 3 hours, 27 minutes and 55 seconds. 11644 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,253.17. Life saved: 5 weeks, 5 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes.
 

Shelly, one of the originals from this board, Shelly -------YAHOOOOOOOOO 

That is wonderful, welcome back !!!!!!! Boy you have alot to update us on. How's the little ones? 

So great to have you aboard. You and Beverly have stopped about the same time.  So great we all learned so much from each other on this board. And enjoyed each others day. Welcome aboard !!!! 

  

Linda  

  

One year, three weeks, two days, 3 hours, 37 minutes and 27 seconds. 11644 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,253.21. Life saved: 5 weeks, 5 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes.
 

Thank you so much for the warm welcome back!!!  

   

I haven't spoken with you for quite some time.  The boys are getting very big now. My house looks like a cyclone hit it!!! I can't keep up with them. I have decided that how tidy my house is right now is not important....that spending time with them and enjoying ourselves is more important, they will only be young once!!!! right.  

   

I am having a very bad day today...the urge is quite strong. But I will get by it...Your stats are very impressive...I hope you don't remember what a strong urge feels like anymore... it gives me something to look forward to if the urges get weaker!!!  

   

You and Aggie and Mario, should be so proud of yourselves....you guys did it, and overcame what can seem like an insurmountable hurdle.  

   

Congrats  

   

Shelly  

   

P.S. today is my one week