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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:04 PM
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70 Smoke Free Hours for Me!
Egads, today was hell on Earth, but I'm feeling good right now. The funny thing is, I haven't craved a cigarette since the first morning (Saturday). My personality, on the other hand, has been completely Jekyll and Hyde. Ugh...It's ok though, at least my lungs are clear for all of the crying and yelling I've been doing today.

I'm going shopping tomorrow for books. That will cheer me. Thanks for all your support folks, I appreciate it. :grouphug:
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:06 PM
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1. Please hang in there.
n/t
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:07 PM
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2. Way to go! Keep going--it gets easier and easier.
:thumbsup:
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:08 PM
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3. HOORAY for your new-found health!
:toast:
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:09 PM
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4. WAY TO GO!!!
Hang in there. It just keeps getting better.

Think of it this way, the only way to PERMANENTLY get rid of the cravings is to tough them out. If you give in to a craving, you start the whole craving cycle all over again.

I quit after smoking for over 40 years. If I can do it, so can you.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:10 PM
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5. Just take it one day at a time.
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trag Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:10 PM
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6. Still on cigs for now but.
I'm 30 days weed free. :) I figured I better just quit one bad habit at a time.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:15 PM
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11. Hehe We're Opposites
I'm off the butts but still hitting the bong, which has helped quite a bit. I already quit drinking ages ago...As you say, one vice at a time. :-)
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trag Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:24 PM
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14. Drinking was my first sacrifice too.
We will kick it all sooner or later. :)
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chairman Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:10 PM
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7. Good work
Keep rocking!
I have tried multiple times to quit. I found, more than that I couldn't stand to live without a smoke, that I was an intolerable jerk whenever stressed. Then...
I find ferociously working a piece of Big Red can help. Good Luck!
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kevinam Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:10 PM
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8. way to go...
What things are working the best for you?? Have you been visiting any of the websites suggested?? Have you taken up sniffing glue to relieve stress?? :) From what I have read, the worst of the symptoms happen at 72 hours, so it will be all down hill from there. Keep it up you will be so much better off...Kevin.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:13 PM
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10. Quitnet's good
I like checking my lil stat sheet and reading the forums with people who are feeling exactly the same way as I am has been really helpful. Lots of Cinnamon Altoids and Trident Freshmint gum. Food, food and more food. :P
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kevinam Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:20 PM
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13. more food is probably better than...
sniffing glue, but hey, each their own. The other day when you first posted about trying to quit, I suggested a website www.whyquit.org if you haven't checked it out, I would still suggest it. Different people get motivation from different places, and when I tried to quit (not successfully though) I found that site to be very helpful. If you are doing the food thing. You might try carrot slices or whatever they are called, spears maybe. That way your skin will turn orange, and it might be a shade healthier than bon bons. Great job with it though...Kevin.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:16 PM
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20. What an amazing site.
I hadn't heard about it before. If anything, they should have more stories and photos showing the terrible ravages of cancer caused by smoking or even (as in the case of the 19 year old) smokeless tobacco.

Dying from cancer isn't glamorous and pretty. It's ugly and painful.

Oh, and then there's the terrible teeth many smokers have. Even if they are absolutely scrupulous about brushing and going to the dentist, their teeth are usually worse off.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:13 PM
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9. If things get tough...
...you can make a home made nictine patch with a can of chewing tobacco and a roll of duct tape. ;) (just kidding of course. Please don't actually do it!!!)
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Upfront Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:19 PM
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12. Good For You
You have the worst part behind you now. It will get better as you go along. Good job!
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SnowGoose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:27 PM
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15. Way to go!
Nice going - hang in there.

It sounds like you're making it, so you probably don't need this tidbit, but Zyban helped me quite a bit. Considerably lessened the urge - ultimately I had to give up the zyban because the nightmares woke me in the night with screaming-bloody-murder fits of terror.

But by then, I had the smoking licked. I'd rather have a few weeks of nightmares rather than die of lung cancer in 20 years.

Good luck, everybody's pulling for you.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:29 PM
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16. I'm laughing here, forgive me
After coming out of my rage-filled haze of earlier today, this struck me as hilarious, please forgive:

"ultimately I had to give up the zyban because the nightmares woke me in the night with screaming-bloody-murder fits of terror"

Hehe...thanks for the giggle. :P
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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:39 PM
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17. I loooooooooooooove Zyban.

It's the "killer ap" of the pharmacutical world.

On it now - 4 weeks SMOKE FREE - and no cravings, no thoughts about smoking, nothing. I didn't even particularly WANT to quit. And I've been smoking more than half my life.

I don't get the nightmares thing though - I haven't had any. I DID have one dream about smoking however. Cracked me up.
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StaggerLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 10:42 PM
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18. Did anyone tell you about the secret handshake once you do quit for good?
Well I gotta tell you it's pretty cool.

:P

Hang in there 'cause we're all pullin' for ya. :hi:
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SnohoDem Donating Member (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:14 PM
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19. GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO!
Edited on Mon May-31-04 11:14 PM by SnohoDem
Do it! It sucks at first but it gets lots better.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:19 PM
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21. 70 hours? You're almost there!
Shouldn't be that much residual nicotine left in you. Now you gotta work on the socio-psycho aspects of the addiction, the "Trigger Events" I think they call them.

My last smoke was on 18 March, 2003.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-04 11:37 PM
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22. Hint Number Two... BRAG LOUDLY, BRAG OFTEN...
to all your friends and family and anyone who supports you and who can encourage you to continue!

KEEP IT UP!!! You're getting there.

After tomorrow, your addiction will only be psychological. Granted, that IS a tough one to overcome, but the actual physical cravings will be gone. Your only desire will be that of your brain remembering the calming effects, etc etc.

Good luck!

-- Allen
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Liberal Classic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 04:00 AM
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23. I quit last month
I think this time I'm going to stay off.
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 06:42 AM
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24. Wat to go.......
Its a GREAT accomplishment
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 06:46 AM
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25. yes, treat yourself
you taking vitaminC--make sure you are, it's help to speed up the removal of nicotine from your cells.

my inbox-email is always open to you if you should need support. way to go, Baby!!!

keep us posted. :hug:
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 07:23 AM
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26. Good for you!
Edited on Tue Jun-01-04 07:24 AM by SarahBelle
It's been almost a year for me. Just never even pick up that first one again. I went 8 years at one point (and over a year at another), then I picked up this little 3-5 cigs a day habit. It was just enough to make me have chronic respiratory illnesses. Smoking sucks, but that nicotine's a bitch to kick. (I'm better now. I didn't even get a cold this past Winter.)

Take care. Be vigilant!

:hug: :yourock: :bounce:
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