Not giving up ... dammit - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

barb dwyer · 12-27-2007, 03:48 AM

hi -

well here we go again.

had the 'reaction' to chantix - extreme and sudden depression ... so 'off' that no kidding.

had to give it a while to work out of the system.

meanwhile -

I found the Montana Quit line.

They send you patches free -
call you with support
you can call THEM 24/7 ...

so ... my BP is up .. but only to the 'highe side of normal' ...
so I'm goin for it.

historyteach · 12-27-2007, 07:13 AM

Good for you, Barb!!!
Never give up is right. I quit so many times before my last quit, I can't keep count. But, it was a goal I wanted to achieve for me. Each and every time I relapsed, I learned something that helped me in my quit.

I also used the RI quit line. Patches, gum, and group and telephone counseling were provided with the tobacco settlement money. I got the zyban from my doctor, and also had telephone counseling from the Lung Association. I'm not ashamed to say I needed help and I used all that was available.

So, keep up the good work, Barb! You will win this battle. Your good health is the reward.

Shalom!

barb dwyer · 12-28-2007, 03:29 AM

Saturday is the day Teach -

I needed to be away from work ... just in case. I'm so 'reactive' to stuff any more. So, I've done the setting up of the house, and will go back to scrubbing walls this weekend.

I'm amazed at the support line of the State quit line... they were downright 'squealie' when I told 'em I was in recovery ... LOL ... because I could apply the Steps and all.

barb dwyer · 01-01-2008, 11:43 PM

ok SUnday - LOL

DAY THREE.

historyteach · 01-02-2008, 04:27 AM

Good for you, Barb!!!
Each day is a victory!!!

Shalom!

barb dwyer · 01-03-2008, 05:31 AM

four.

I went to the heart association website and downloaded some stuff.

I actually noticed a ... decrease in the tension part today.

Brittany Marie · 01-03-2008, 08:37 PM

I don't think people realise how hard it is to quit smoking.

It's also a drug, just like alcohol.

Keep up the great work though!

I can't count the number of times I've unsuccessfully quit.

Britt xx

best · 01-03-2008, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brittany Marie

It's also a drug, just like alcohol.

I was told it can be as addictive as coke or heroin.
3 days off and you body is clear of it though.

barb dwyer · 01-04-2008, 03:21 AM

shyeah, Best.

hardly.

had a half a smoke this morning.

back at it again.
(quitting I mean - not smoking)

I don't know if it's appropriate to cout it like alcohol - but it seems the only way I know. I'm not giving up on this.
dammit.

best · 01-04-2008, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barb dwyer

had a half a smoke this morning.

I found that I can't do that. A half after a quit is why I still smoke' It only took one for me to be right back where I started.

I may be joining you in the quit line soon.

barb dwyer · 01-04-2008, 04:25 AM

I tell ya Best - this is one big dog.

**Impurrfect** · 01-04-2008, 07:24 AM

Hey Barb -

I've got 1-1/2 packs of cigarettes left and them I'm going to try to quit cold turkey. The main incentive I have right now is I'm trying to get my own place and need $$...figure that $90 plus a month can be put to better use.

I'll have to warn everyone at work, because I figure I'll be quite a grouch for a few days. I REALLY don't want to gain weight by eating everything in sight, either (hard to NOT do it when you work in a restaurant).

Anyway, I'll let you know when I run out of the cigs. You'll probably hear me screaming from Atlanta

It's not gonna be fun.....everyone around me smokes.

At least I can come here and get some sympathy and advice!

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

barb dwyer · 01-05-2008, 04:00 AM

You can do it Amy -

I'm just making it harder than it needs to be, I think.

And yeah - everyone here at work knows - they're so fgunny ...

"how ya doin barb?' (in that 'hospital' voice ya know)

before they tell me anything. LOL

**Impurrfect** · 01-05-2008, 07:26 AM

People at work last night were (as usual) trying to bum cigarettes off me...told them "this is my last pack and I'm smoking every single one of them....so go buy your own!!"

I'm TRYING to keep a positive attitude about it. My cigarettes are a little over $3/pack, so I plan on putting $4/day in my piggy bank so I can actually see how much I spend. At least I know I can come here and get support. I'll have to at least "act" happy about it at work...I wait tables and won't get many tips if I'm grumpy.

Guess the bums at work will have to find someone else to bum off of. I can't figure out how you can say you smoke when you never have a cigarette OR a lighter!!! I finally started charging them .25 a cigarette.

Tomorrow, when I come back, I will have quit.

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

nodrinkingzone · 01-13-2008, 06:41 PM

Wow - in Australia cigarettes are between $8 and $13 a pack... evil things, I smoked roll-yer-owns for years because they were so much cheaper.

Just wanted to say that I haven't had a cigarette in over a month, don't want them any more, and that all of you can give them up!

18 years - never again. You can do it!

ndz

barb dwyer · 01-17-2008, 12:34 AM

I'm still not giving up.

Stubborn ... omg ... stubborn am I.

But I'm not.
Giving up.

I'm able to go a few days now - then - bang - half a smoke.

So I keep saying day one.

It's not the nicotine any more. I'vfe been doing this for almost six months now.
It's the BEHAVIOR ... that's slowly changing.

I'm not going to get all down on myself ...
that's the fastest way to get an alcoholic giving up.

IT's just another day.

12-27-2007, 03:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	Not giving up ... dammit hi - well here we go again. had the 'reaction' to chantix - extreme and sudden depression ... so 'off' that no kidding. had to give it a while to work out of the system. meanwhile - I found the Montana Quit line. They send you patches free - call you with support you can call THEM 24/7 ... so ... my BP is up .. but only to the 'highe side of normal' ... so I'm goin for it. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

12-27-2007, 07:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 9,303	Good for you, Barb!!! Never give up is right. I quit so many times before my last quit, I can't keep count. But, it was a goal I wanted to achieve for me. Each and every time I relapsed, I learned something that helped me in my quit. I also used the RI quit line. Patches, gum, and group and telephone counseling were provided with the tobacco settlement money. I got the zyban from my doctor, and also had telephone counseling from the Lung Association. I'm not ashamed to say I needed help and I used all that was available. So, keep up the good work, Barb! You will win this battle. Your good health is the reward. Shalom! __________________ IMAGINE

12-28-2007, 03:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	Saturday is the day Teach - I needed to be away from work ... just in case. I'm so 'reactive' to stuff any more. So, I've done the setting up of the house, and will go back to scrubbing walls this weekend. I'm amazed at the support line of the State quit line... they were downright 'squealie' when I told 'em I was in recovery ... LOL ... because I could apply the Steps and all. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-01-2008, 11:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	ok SUnday - LOL DAY THREE. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-02-2008, 04:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 9,303	Good for you, Barb!!! Each day is a victory!!! Shalom! __________________ IMAGINE

01-03-2008, 05:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	four. I went to the heart association website and downloaded some stuff. I actually noticed a ... decrease in the tension part today. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-03-2008, 08:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brittany Marie Doesn't use this site anymore Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 140 Blog Entries: 1	I don't think people realise how hard it is to quit smoking. It's also a drug, just like alcohol. Keep up the great work though! I can't count the number of times I've unsuccessfully quit. Britt xx

01-04-2008, 03:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	shyeah, Best. hardly. had a half a smoke this morning. back at it again. (quitting I mean - not smoking) I don't know if it's appropriate to cout it like alcohol - but it seems the only way I know. I'm not giving up on this. dammit. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-04-2008, 04:25 AM	#11 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	I tell ya Best - this is one big dog. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-04-2008, 07:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
Impurrfect Social Network Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 18,349	Hey Barb - I've got 1-1/2 packs of cigarettes left and them I'm going to try to quit cold turkey. The main incentive I have right now is I'm trying to get my own place and need $$...figure that $90 plus a month can be put to better use. I'll have to warn everyone at work, because I figure I'll be quite a grouch for a few days. I REALLY don't want to gain weight by eating everything in sight, either (hard to NOT do it when you work in a restaurant). Anyway, I'll let you know when I run out of the cigs. You'll probably hear me screaming from Atlanta It's not gonna be fun.....everyone around me smokes. At least I can come here and get some sympathy and advice! Hugs and prayers! Amy __________________ "I'm not where I want to be, but thank God I'm not where I used to be" - Joyce Meyer "You got what it takes you can win, today is your day to begin. Don't give up here, don't you quit, the moment is now, this is it I know that you can then you will, get to the top of the hill. Part of the fun is the climb, you just gotta make up your mind" - Shania Twain (Tinker, Elvis, Patches and Mots - Mouth Of The South)

01-05-2008, 04:00 AM	#13 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	You can do it Amy - I'm just making it harder than it needs to be, I think. And yeah - everyone here at work knows - they're so fgunny ... "how ya doin barb?' (in that 'hospital' voice ya know) before they tell me anything. LOL __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-05-2008, 07:26 AM	#14 (permalink)
Impurrfect Social Network Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 18,349	People at work last night were (as usual) trying to bum cigarettes off me...told them "this is my last pack and I'm smoking every single one of them....so go buy your own!!" I'm TRYING to keep a positive attitude about it. My cigarettes are a little over $3/pack, so I plan on putting $4/day in my piggy bank so I can actually see how much I spend. At least I know I can come here and get support. I'll have to at least "act" happy about it at work...I wait tables and won't get many tips if I'm grumpy. Guess the bums at work will have to find someone else to bum off of. I can't figure out how you can say you smoke when you never have a cigarette OR a lighter!!! I finally started charging them .25 a cigarette. Tomorrow, when I come back, I will have quit. Hugs and prayers! Amy __________________ "I'm not where I want to be, but thank God I'm not where I used to be" - Joyce Meyer "You got what it takes you can win, today is your day to begin. Don't give up here, don't you quit, the moment is now, this is it I know that you can then you will, get to the top of the hill. Part of the fun is the climb, you just gotta make up your mind" - Shania Twain (Tinker, Elvis, Patches and Mots - Mouth Of The South)

01-13-2008, 06:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
nodrinkingzone Fighting the good fight Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 309	Wow - in Australia cigarettes are between $8 and $13 a pack... evil things, I smoked roll-yer-owns for years because they were so much cheaper. Just wanted to say that I haven't had a cigarette in over a month, don't want them any more, and that all of you can give them up! 18 years - never again. You can do it! ndz

01-17-2008, 12:34 AM	#16 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	I'm still not giving up. Stubborn ... omg ... stubborn am I. But I'm not. Giving up. I'm able to go a few days now - then - bang - half a smoke. So I keep saying day one. It's not the nicotine any more. I'vfe been doing this for almost six months now. It's the BEHAVIOR ... that's slowly changing. I'm not going to get all down on myself ... that's the fastest way to get an alcoholic giving up. IT's just another day. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

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