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

Riggs - Sorry about the truck and the cost to fix. I remember first meeting you when you had about three months. You were a trailblazer to me (I think I may have had 20-some days). If I recall correctly, you said something about training your mind to go through the shit without a smoke. I thought that was genius and held on to it since (never said thank you for that, so thank you). You've been balls to the wall before and got to the other side. You'll do it again. Smoke-free and with the health to beat it all. Best to you and yours, Riggs.

More one day clean.
26 now.

Keep your eye on the prize!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DF

i think reading eric carr's book would help you

i had to sever the faulty thinking i had with the connections i made between stress relief and smoking

it's really quite the contrary

once i grasped that smoking not only added to my stress but continued to allow me to never cope with stress on any real level

the idea that smoking is a stress reliever is a lie from the pit of hell

there are 8 million alternatives to stress relief that are genuine and not self destructive and way easier/cheaper to access

Seeing this thread on Christmas (not even reading it, just seeing it) was enough to reach the switch in my brain that connects to the 'enough is enough' lobe.

So, with no prior planning, I just quit cold turkey...begun by simply NOT buying any more cigarettes.

Today makes it a month! After the 21 day make-or-break-a-habit period, I figured all was good. Then I either caught a bizarre cold (symptoms every other day?!?!?!) or it's part of the process. I don't know, and hell, I don't care.

What I care about is the fact that I haven't slipped up once, and whatever cravings I have have diminished to the point of not even being a distraction.

So, thanks to Desert Fox for starting the thread, and for everyone who has bumped it at just the right moments when I was here to see it! Now I'm catching up and reading through it.

Now tomorrow I begin a water fast. I do those regularly, so I know what I'm getting into.

I was a heavy smoker at one time. Between 40-50 cigs a day.

I realized that if I loved myself then I won't harm myself.

I realized that my government wants needs me dead before retirement. Soft kills everywhere!

I was told I was a smart guy. Then my friend told me why my body is telling my brain what to do. Wasn't that smart after all. As he was right!

So the next day I quit!! It's been 7 years now. I feel great! It's easier then you think.

MIND over matter!! Good luck!

Comments like yours keeps me proud to have started the thread, as well as a great boost to the faithful supporters that tend to the thread daily. Congratulations, and visit us often. DF

You are right, it is mostly a mind game, a serious mind game with an addictive drug tacked to it. Glad you broke the cycle. DF

Happy 26th day Danger, thanks for the report, I forgot to ask for it today!



All these new quitters are really amazing......
Did you ever think that this thread would be the raging success that it is??

I've got a feeling that it'll eventually start to compete with "I am extraterrestrial"

As always, thanks again to the great and powerfull DF

Thanks!

Is anyone keeping a running total of how much $$ they're saving? And as an offshoot, how much tax $$ the government is NOT receiving?

Oh yes, 17 x 365=6205

If that aint motivation I don't know what is....

I love the fox kneel thingy. Never expected the results we have gotten, but happy for those reaping the benefits. DF

How much....OK....

$13 a pack of 25...$26 a day

That's $9490 a year!!

That's $66 430 in seven years!

WOW!! I just wonder where that extra money went??

Man...If I can make it like I can spend it. I'd be rich!

Don't quit for the money...that's the bonus!!
Quit for your well being!!
Also to stick it government! Government wants me dead, then I'll stick around a little longer just to piss them off!!

Double Nickles! Whoo-Hoo! Spots on dice and cats on mice. On it today!

Ran down the stairs this morning, greeted my family and asked my wife to recite.....

"Say I'm sad,
say I'm weary.
Say that health and wealth have missed me.
Say I'm growing old, but add,
a non-smoker kissed me."

The kids liked it. My wife handed me a shovel. I think it's for the snow outside, but I can't be sure with her.

Best to all.

Afternoon Everyone,

Frankie valley and the four seasons said it best...."Oh what a night"

I was playing with the new puppy last night around midnight (high energy dog from hell) trying to wear him out when he knocked a drinking jar off of the table into another glass breaking the jar and slashing the ever loving shit out of his right rear paw....

I get down on him and the blood is literally pouring out of the poor little fella, gather up my wits/ senses and the wife, drive to the extremely overpriced emergency vet to get it checked out...

He winds up having three gashes, the first two shallow and just into the pad but the third slashed between the pads and into the muscle structure of the paw. Explaining the excessive amount of blood.

600 bux and six hours later he is home and acting like nothing even happened.
This dog is so active and it's tough to keep him calm, even with drugging him out...lol

Worst part for me is that Brrr (name is Bear but since it's so damn cold out I call him Brrr) can't do out thrice daily walk in the woods for THREE WEEKS! till the wounds heal.
These walks have been my quitting salvation these last 52 days and I am REALLY gonna miss them.

Through it all the thought of smoking was always there, but us being the well oiled willpower machine, we are able to adapt and overcome.....

Last Edited by CHL2T on 01/26/2013 05:24 PM

Kneel suckers, lol.

Another article, about screwing obese smokers

[link to hosted.ap.org]

Last Edited by CHL2T on 01/26/2013 10:57 PM

Checking in. I honestly cannot say how many days its been now. I think I've lost track... somewhere around 47 or 49.

How is everyone?

We are amazing.

:)

Hey thanks BX! Glad I can help someone to better their lives. I am grateful to Desert Fox for starting this thread around the time I quit. It has been a comfort to know that I am not alone. Congrats all quitters. Thanks for thinking about me Salt, I don't really have much free time to read, I work offshore and I work 14 hours a day so free time is looking at GLP for a bit a phone call home (10 stinking minutes) and off to bed to get up and do it all over again. I have been a source of inspiration for one guy here though, he has stopped for almost a month. It's hard here because there is a smoke area as soon as you go downstairs and there are a lot of smokers. I am to the point now that I cant even stand to be around someone who has been smoking. I feel kinda bad for the one's that have been around me all my smoking years that hated the smell. Well keep on quitting y'all!

Thanks for taking the precious time to come here and comment. DF

27.

Oh, man, Danger 27! Can you believe it? You're three days from a month.

Very happy for you. I've come to look for your daily day count. All together.

Congratulations.

27...HUGE,
52 over here
Grumpy not too far behind
Salt doing great as well in the twenties
Mac at 55, and shoveling something
DF, more than most of us put together
All those checking back in....excellent

We're doing it and doing it well!
Not to mention screwing the govt outta any more "sin tax"

My new favorite smiley




Last Edited by CHL2T on 01/26/2013 10:58 PM

day 18

LOL, mine too.

Go Catgirl, go. DF

Tomorrow, 4 months for the Fox. Some of you are doing a good job of trying to catch me. Go for it, I will looking over my shoulder. lol DF

Way to go Brother, you are an inspiration to all us followers!