I QUIT SMOKING , YOU CAN TOO. I QUIT SEPT 27, 2012, SUPPORT EACH OTHER HERE

I feel the same about drinking, can't do it like I used to, but more importantly I don't even want to.

You're all doing so well.

If you fall, get back up. Quitting is easy, I've done it heaps of times lol. We all falter, just start again. Keep trying.

Try again and again and again and again.

Are you kidding me, Grumps! A perfect game! The 300 Club! 12 Strikes in a row. Congratulations. Not many people can say they've bowled a perfect game. I can't wait to see a picture of your trophy.

Glad you finally made it back home from the hospital. And while that Hell's Angel was out of order approaching Tatyanna from behind and whispering, "How'd you like a real Canadian Mounty, Commrade" he didn't deserve three fractured ribs and both his arms and one leg broken. Bad lapse of judgement. Well, at least he'll be out of traction in six weeks.

Man, that Tatyanna don't play (but between the jet lag, the journey to a new land, and an afternoon of gutter balls, can you really blame her for being a little testy).

Great news about Yuri. I know you'll give me more details, but how he came to be kidnapped and found in Detroit is suspect as hell. But, as you said, let's stay positive. I'd love to be a fly on the wall for the Yuri-Tatyanna reunion.
Talk about "To Russia With Love." It's going to be a busy Saturday for you.

Well, take it easy for the rest of night, Grumps. Another big day behind you. Nice cup of chamomile ("soothing tea for a nervous world"), a little night music, and before you know it you'll be off to the land of dreamy dreams.

You lived this day well, sister. Glad you're here to tell the tale.

Spring is just around the corner, start it out breathing the fresh, sweet smelling aromas this year by quitting the smokes. You will be amazed at how differently everything smells and taste. Join our thread today. DF

oh yeah!

I came here right before I decided to quit smoking... The support, compassion and caring have helped me each day that I check in.

Thank you everyone!

54 days today and each day I am looking and feeling better.

oneLOVE

soulJAH

I took a body guard job to Maui, Hawaii to break up my habitual patterns in a beautiful location to quit a week and a half ago. Haven't had one in that time span. Looking for my 2 week mark this Wednesday. 52 and very tired of smoking.

I can't think of a better place to make a new start without cigarettes. Enjoy your new surroundings without the nasty smoke smell and cleaner lungs. Let me know now and then how you are noticing the changes. DF

Do not want to talk about yesterday. Day 20. No smoking today, no drinking today. Going to he gym.

bummer

REBOOT. DF

Spill it! just kidding, you made it through and that's the important part!

Back on track. Yesterday did'nt happen.

Last Edited by Hawk-02 on 02/23/2013 04:14 PM

Just checking in still smoke free here. Big congrats to:
DFox
BXmac
Soulja
Hawk
Salt
TCain
Chl2t
Giant
Cadet
And anyone else I missed.



Keep up the good work!



Last Edited by Kinect on 02/23/2013 04:19 PM

Double digits indeed! Thank you so much for taking the time for the words of encouragement!

It's amazing how much better my mouth feels without that poison!!

Freedom!!

DF

Great job bro, nicotine is a bitch. So glad to hear you are doing so well! I used to dip to quit smoking. It's a lose-lose situation. Glad to know you are doing well!

Today marks 3 weeks on this journey. 20/out of the 21 days I have kicked ass. I am not going to complain. Day 21, no Smoking, no Drinking.

Peace.

Last Edited by Hawk-02 on 02/24/2013 10:12 AM

Super grumpy the other day siting at a traffic light...look at the car in front of me...on the bumper there is a sticker which reads:

"I love...therefore I AM"




oneLOVE

soulJAH

Thank you very much! It is a bitch, it's the devil in a can!!! I also used cigs to quit dipping, then dip to quit smoking. It was a vicious cycle!!

Checking in, on day 11.



Last Edited by Sleeping Giant on 02/24/2013 01:30 PM

Congrats on the master number 11!

oneLOVE

soulJAH

Craving a smoke today...

Allowed myself to think it through without judgement.

"Okay, I am lighting up a smoke. Just got really dizzy, still dizzy and puffing away, tasting disgusting, still dizzy, tastes like crap. Smoking # 2, tastes a little less crappy but coughing. Lighting up #3, not dizzy any more, tastes crappy, not coughing. Up to a pack a day again on day 3..."





That is what has happened in the past and will happen again. By the time I got through all of that in my mind, the craving was gone and my mind was onto something else.!

oneLOVE

soulJAH

Exact scenario my lady. Good job. DF

3 weeks, in the books. Starting week 4 today. No Smoking, No drinking.

After a while you can taste other peoples smoke, and it doesn't taste good. It tastes foul. I see others smoking in lonely corners behind buildings. I know I can't help them, I know exactly what I would have thought when I smoked if some stranger had come and lectured me.

The decision is yours and yours alone.

Even though I used champix, it was the third time I have done so. I completed that program some months ago.

I have found I have had to reinvent my thought processes. I am becoming one of those people you all know who is disgusted by the smell and taste of cigarettes. I have HAD to do this because I loved them so much, at least, I thought I did.

You see, what really helped me was the realisation that I never really liked them anyway. I never imagined that it was the drug itself that changed my brain into thinking that I liked it. That's what nicotine does.

We falter, we fall, we get back up again. Dont beat yourself up if you have a setback, it's an addiction not some little phase. Some people can quite at the drop of a hat but for most of us it is a HARD HARD road.

It really is worth it, I feel better and better every day and you can too, you really can.

As long as you keep trying you haven't failed.

Great Post!! Thanks you!!!

And Sleeping Giant, forgot to say...KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

Aaarrrgggg....I stumbled this weekend! But, I've dusted myself off and I'm ok today!

Back at it. We won't count this one. Lets do this!

Jump back in! It took a lot of failures for me to get it right this time!

Also, HAWK has the idea now - he is here supporting folks, checking in - I think I remember that you mentioned previously it is difficult for you to be on the computer and not smoke - perhaps checking in here a few times a day and supporting others may help you have a new relationship with your computer and not smoking... just a thought.

oneLOVE

soulJAH

Gotta give you a lot of credit HAWK - you are doing something really difficult and succeeding - one day at a time. I see you showing up here on the board, supporting others, checking in about your progress - all important behavioural changes to support healing and restoration.

Great work!

oneLOVE

soulJAH