Messages By: mommacros

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.
 

Welcome back Shelly, 

I am new to this board my name is Beverly. There is such great support on this message board. Its been 9 days for me. I feel it too this time, it will stick.  It will stick for you too. We can do it. 

Take care 

Beverly 

One week, two days, 2 hours, 20 minutes and 43 seconds. 127 cigarettes not smoked, saving $45.85. Life saved: 10 hours, 35 minutes.
 

Hi Everyone, 

Getting a little quite on the board, hope everyone is holding together and not letting the cigarettes get the best of them.  

Yesterday I had a friend of mine come  over and we were sitting outside enjoying a drink. When I remember that this person smokes. I offered to that person if you want to smoke, go ahead. And that person did light up a little later. The point of my story was now that it has been a year since I smoked "I feel like I never have smoked before". The smell of the cigarette was terribly, it was like an reenforcement thing. I felt so calm sitting and enjoying a drink, and  that habit is behind be now. Oh yes I get an urge ever so often, but that is far and in between, but a couple deep breaths takes care of that urge.  

I just want keep encouraging you all to keeping trying, don't give up. 

 And the person smoking, I am working on to give it up. 

Linda 

One year, three weeks, five days, 13 hours, 31 minutes and 59 seconds. 11746 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,273.02. Life saved: 5 weeks, 5 days, 18 hours, 50 minutes.
 

My friend S. quit about this time last year.  She is 45.  And she and her husband have custody of her 3 year old grandchild.  The motivation for her move to quit was watching my husband, a 50 year old smoker of 36 years, walk from his truck to our front door and not be able to breathe.  (He has emphysema. ) After seeing him struggle, she decided that she wanted to be around to see her grandchild graduate high school and with God's grace someday college. 

My hope is that from living with someone who is dying from emphysema and telling our story it will also inspire others to quit before it is too late.  Doctors cannot tell you which smokers will get this disease or how fast it will progress.   My husband is disabled, on 3 liters of O2, 24 hours a day for the rest of his life, on three inhalation medications daily and still cannot walk more than 20 feet without becoming breathless.  Unless you live with someone like this, you have no idea the heartache of watching someone struggle for breath - Something many of us take for granted.  Each day has its blessings - even though each member of our family feels the heartache of the uncertainty of my husband not being a part of our future events such as:

             Congratulating our son on his electrician's license and starting his own business,

             Walking my daughter down the isle on her wedding day and the traditional father and                    daughter dance.

             Seeing the face of any of our grandchildren

             My being alone at all these joyful events without my husband and not being able to have   

             our golden years together.

Believe me when I tell you that I am having trouble writing this without crying.  Our family tries to live in today, for each day has enough trouble of its own.  My husband "thought he had more time to quit".  Our family tries to use this trial, with God's help, to speak with others - if you don't smoke, please don't start and if you do smoke, please for your sake and the people that love you QUIT TODAY. 

Nice to see you posting!  Yes you do need to quit again.  Ann is back and Linda has always been here. You need to do this for yourself and your little ones.  So I hope to read a lot of your posts here.  There are so many people here that are looking to quit too so you are not alone.  The first days are a little hard but you can do this.  You know what to do, post often and stay positive as always.  Hang in there and my thoughts are with you.  

Aggie   One year, seven months, three weeks, six days, 13 hours, 28 minutes and 54 seconds. 15114 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,037.64. Life saved: 7 weeks, 3 days, 11 hours, 30 minutes.

I'm a 26 yr old stay at home mom. Just had my first cigarette of the morning. Need to know how some of you quit. Cold turkey has not worked for me. I want to do this for health reasons. Going to my doctor next month for a complete physical. Are there any meds I could ask my doc for that have helped any of you? (also going to ask her for a diet and exercise plan) I desperately need a lifestyle makeover!