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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 7/24/2008 1:59:01 PM
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Silverstring
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Two months, five days. One day at a time. They do get slowly better!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 7/27/2008 2:24:21 PM
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peculiar_lady2
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Two months, five days. One day at a time. They do get slowly better!
woohooo!!!!!! Has anyone told you lately they are proud of you? well, I for one am....very proud of you!!!! I will never know what you go through with this struggle, but I personally am very proud of anyone who quits smoking...it makes the world one less person addicted to something so bad for you!!!
how is everyone else doing?
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 7/27/2008 6:02:32 PM
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how is everyone else doing?
Not good.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 7/27/2008 7:11:06 PM
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Christina- I was just thinking about him the other day. I haven't seen him at all.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 7/29/2008 10:11:50 AM
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Silverstring
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I've tried to quit several times over the last ten years without success. I have no idea why this last time have worked out for so long as it has, I only know that only one successful attempt is necessary.
I know everything about trying and caving. No fun. I had almost resigned myself to my fate of being a smoker when I came in here with no intent at all of quitting. I read a few posts, decide to delay that next cig, and lo and behold here I am smoke free without really knowing how it happened. All that is needed is ONE successful attempt, and take it from me: You NEVER know which one it'll be until you're there. One day at a time, one crave at a time. It gets better! Just keep stabbing and stabbing at it. And give yourself some credit for trying. It is a whole lot better then NOT trying, repeatedly trying is courageous.
For me, one spiritual lesson is being learned:
Since I've tried and failed so many times to quit in the past, I can claim no merit for being quit this time. There is only the given grace, in this I can only be the grateful recipient.
Thank you God, and thank you thread-posters for your encouragement.
Next two projects:
1: Get the camel through the needles eye
2: loose 40 pounds
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 7/30/2008 10:20:40 AM
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Today I'm at day 443. Never felt better.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/1/2008 11:28:42 AM
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Well, I'm currently 27 minutes cig-free and hoping to pile onto that. I haven't read any of the rest of the thread, so I hope it's okay to just jump in.
My cigarette history: started smoking at 21, quit at 23 just in time to get married and pregnant with my first child. Started again in 2003 due to a stressful situation, quit in 2005 just in time to get pregnant with my 2nd baby. Started again in February of this year and quitting today.
As you can see I have a very back and forth issue with smoking. I'm hoping to kick it for good this time. DH doesn't smoke, nor does anyone else that I know, so that will make it easier.
--Kat
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/1/2008 11:49:05 AM
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Yay Kat!!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/1/2008 1:54:28 PM
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Silverstring
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Welcome Kat! I know about disapproving Christians and finding the secret places behind corners and out in the woods to be discreet! What can I say? Accept the blessings, reject the rest.
At your leisure, do glance through some of the posts in this thread, there are many words of wisdom here that has REALLY helped me.
Good luck, and welcome back again and again!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/2/2008 1:44:17 PM
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peculiar_lady2
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I gotta say, it's reassuring to see so many familiar faces here. Sometimes I feel like a pariah in Christian circles because I struggle with this  . Thanks all!
--Kat
you know what Kat...some people deal with smoking issues....some deal with other visible issues...then there are the hidden things that people deal with (heart issues), things that are too easy to hide so they don't deal with them. I don't know about you, but I would rather deal with an issue that others can "see" because it kind of keeps you on track with it....hidden things re much harder to keep away from I think. Some might think they can hide smoking, but really you can't hide the smell of it even if others don't see you smoking. Like my mom says though, smoking won't send you to hell, it will just make you smell like you have been there....  . I am glad you are choosing to get healthier and quit though.
I have never smoked (in fact I am highly highly allergic to it)...but I am here to encourage and pray for all those that are in this thread. I came over when Christina started and I said I would pray for and encourage her. I will add you to the list though...praying for you.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/3/2008 10:35:22 PM
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peculiar_lady2
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for those on here that have a prayer list for those quitting, add PrincessDonna's hubby to it please...his name is Brian. He has decided to take the opportunity God gave him while in the hospital after his accident to kick this habit!!!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 10:08:53 AM
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Don't be overly patient. My patience at finding the opportune time resulted in about 30 years of feeding my addiction. There are several "tools" available today that either weren't available or I hadn't heard of them when I began my journey to freedom 802 days ago. I used nicotine gum (suited my personallity better than patch or lozenge) for 97 days - longer than I should have but that was mostly ignorance on my part.
When I quite, I'd just been laid off from job where I'd worked for over 24 years and I had just started a new type of job in a field I'd never worked. Mondo stress. But I lived. Chewed a lot of gum, tooth picks, cotton, beef jerky, peanuts, and whatever else I could think of, but I survived. And I've had to deal with some serious personal problems, including sickess of relatives, deaths in the family, and other extreme stress. Nicotine would not have solved any of them - it could have only fed my addiction and kept me enslaved.
And I didn't awake on any day during this time wishing that I had caved the day before.
When is the best time to quit? Last week - because by now the nicotine would be out of your system.
Day 705 nicotine-FREE, day 802 tobacco-FREE!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 10:35:14 AM
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I agree. I quit one week before my wedding...which was far more stressful than it should have been, even for a wedding. I survived and came out the other side knowing that I could stay quit, no matter what came my way. If I had waited for a good time, I would still be smoking.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 10:59:50 AM
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peculiar_lady2
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I agree Kat (even though I have no personal experience). It will take all you have no matter when you do it, and life is living from one stress to the next....so don't wait on a better time, just get it done. Dig your heels in and determine that you WILL get through this. THROW those things away!!!! Jimbo reminds in here all the time about not having them around, because it will allow you to cave way too easily (esp in your case where you said everyone around you doesn't smoke themselves)
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 11:12:29 AM
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Well, my first attempt at quitting this time didn't take. I know that I WILL kick this habit. DH (Will) says that I'm trying to do too much at once. I have an eating disorder (compulsive overeater) and I'm trying to also get that under control. Right now that's going very well (today makes one week without a binge, longest I've gone in almost three years!  ). Will thinks I need to focus on getting that under better control and then focus on the smoking.
I'm just so ready for both of these problems to be gone! They will though, I just have to learn to be patient!
--Kat
Hi Kat, I haven't been posting much lately but I wanted to take a moment and give you a Big HUG
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And let you know that I totally understand and my thoughts and prayers will be with you.
I, too, am just so ready for both of these problems to be gone! I have resolved to losing 30 pounds first (BTW, I've 20 pounds more to go) and then try quiting smoking again.
There are very few people who quit smoking that have not picked up between 25 and 30 pounds, that's just the way it is. For some people this makes for no problem; for me 10 pounds makes a big difference health wise!! I really don't think it makes a difference what a person's weight is, but what their body tells them that it can or can't endure; my body can't endure being over a certain weight --- I found that out the first time I made it smoke-free for over 3 months. To many I may look over-weight now (and I am according to Health Expert's Charts) so I figure if I lose first what I'll be gaining during transition to being smoke-free, I won't be any worst off weight-wise but will have gained my freedom from smoking. Anyway, that's where I'm standing.
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.... I used nicotine gum ...
I think it is absolutely wonderful that you had no problems using this as a tool; it didn't work for me 30 years ago, all it did, for me, was pull all the fillings out of my teeth. Maybe they've 'new and improved' it since than but ....., you know once ya have a bad experience it's hard to take another chance or recommend it to someone else; unless they have no fillings in their teeth.
Pat
< Message edited by Pat-rebel_lady -- 8/4/2008 12:00:52 PM >
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 2:03:31 PM
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JimboFletch
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.... I used nicotine gum ...
I think it is absolutely wonderful that you had no problems using this as a tool; it didn't work for me 30 years ago, all it did, for me, was pull all the fillings out of my teeth. Maybe they've 'new and improved' it since than but ....., you know once ya have a bad experience it's hard to take another chance or recommend it to someone else; unless they have no fillings in their teeth.
Pat
No matter, the nicotine gum didn't cure me or make withdrawal any easier. Nor will the patch, nose spray, or inhaler. Alone, the two things they do is to switch your drug delivery system from tobacco to the artifical method and to eliminate all those carcinogens and cardio-pulminary toxins. It's something, just not a cure for the addiction that keeps us from walking away when we get tired of the side-effects.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 2:11:17 PM
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JimboFletch
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There are very few people who quit smoking that have not picked up between 25 and 30 pounds, that's just the way it is.
FWIW, I've read a couple of sources that state you'd have to gain - and keep - an additional seventy-five (75) pounds to come close to the harm that smoking a pack a day does to your health.
Here's ONE SOURCE.
Another useful article, "After I Lose Weight I will Quit Smoking!"
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 2:42:07 PM
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.... I used nicotine gum ...
I think it is absolutely wonderful that you had no problems using this as a tool; it didn't work for me 30 years ago, all it did, for me, was pull all the fillings out of my teeth. Maybe they've 'new and improved' it since than but ....., you know once ya have a bad experience it's hard to take another chance or recommend it to someone else; unless they have no fillings in their teeth.
Pat
No matter, the nicotine gum didn't cure me or make withdrawal any easier. Nor will the patch, nose spray, or inhaler. Alone, the two things they do is to switch your drug delivery system from tobacco to the artifical method and to eliminate all those carcinogens and cardio-pulminary toxins. It's something, just not a cure for the addiction that keeps us from walking away when we get tired of the side-effects.
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FWIW, I've read a couple of sources that state you'd have to gain - and keep - an additional seventy-five (75) pounds to come close to the harm that smoking a pack a day does to your health.
Here's ONE SOURCE.
Another useful article, "After I Lose Weight I will Quit Smoking!"
Yes, I've read that too; and I believe 90% of quitters will find this to be very true. Nonetheless, I can only speak for myself after trying it; the weight for me was more harmful --- even my doctor verified it as a fact.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 8/4/2008 2:44:39 PM
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KatMack
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Thanks for the links Jimbo. Looks like a great site and I'll definitely be looking over it later today.
--Kat
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