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07-08-2004, 02:34 PM
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| Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis MN
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| My Story, 10 years, 3rd time Quitting
Hello everyone. I haven't smoked since this morning. Today is my 10th day on zyban. I was planning to wait until the 14th BUT I am so sick, in the middle of summer, I think it is a sign from god to stop now. My throat is raspy and I've had sinus congestion for 2 days, I left work early today because I felt so s**tty. I have washed the ashtray well and have candy in there now. I am drinking tea with honey and have candy on hand. I wonder if I will be better in 5 days time.... Is someone out there a few days quit? History of my smoking I started smoking when I was 14...smoked all the way until I 1998 (age 20 when I started feeling bad about it. I quit for a couple months with the patch but had dreams and always thought about smoking. I started again. I now realize that is how it must be for an alcoholic who quits for others and not themselves. 2001 was not a good year for the world or me. After 9/11 I quit my job, my boyfriend and smoking. I think I associated smoking with the other crappy counterparts I quit. This time went very well. I woke up, ate, drank coffee and alcoholic beverages with no cravings...took a couple months but. I was free. I then picked up smoking last year at a job that was very stressful. I started hanging out where other employees smoked, started taking drags, started bumming and I was back to buying my own packs. I need to quit this. It will kill me. I'm glad my throat is so sore......It is good giz |
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07-08-2004, 06:34 PM
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Hey giz... I'm almost a year quit. You'll start to feel better after the first 3 or 4 days. Isn't it funny? I had quit a number of times, too... but never remembered how it went. When would the headache stop? When would I stop coughing? When would I stop beating the passenger seat at stoplights? I did begin to recognize that day 9 was my cave-in day. May I recommend Charms Caramel-Apple pops? Hugs! Smoke
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07-08-2004, 10:12 PM
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Welcome Giz Smoke's right, it does get easier with time. I'm glad to have you join us and hope you can hang in there until you're smelling like a rose, LOL. Hugs Ann
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~  |
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07-09-2004, 12:56 AM
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15 hours now...grr Honey sticks are really, really good. I pick them up at the Farmer's Market in downtown but here is a site selling them too: http://www.wyomingnetwork.com/honey/...get=Honey.html |
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07-09-2004, 04:07 PM
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YAAAAAAAY GIZ!!! Woohoo for YOU! I won't have a latte, but I'll toast to yours with my Cappucino Slimfast. LOL
__________________ It is better to have loved and lost than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life. 21st century proverb |
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07-09-2004, 05:15 PM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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Hang in there Giz. This is my second major quit and it is over 6 months now. I am determined to make it my last, and actually find it much less difficult (note that I didn't say "easy") than last time. I just try to see past the craving and keep looking at the big picture!! A healthy, smokefree ME is what I really strive to be, and so far so good, Hugs Ann
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-10-2004, 12:49 PM
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Smoke, I remeber the time when I was free. I would wake up and want coffee or juice, not a smoke. The thought of a cig didn't cross my mind anymore. I enjoyed wine and mixed drinks w/o needing a smoke in the other hand. I keep looking at the ashtray, thinking there will be a burning cig, instead, there's candy...okay...Another HALL's Fruit Breezer. Smoke, why do hardships all come clumped together? Quitting my addiction and dealing with the bf's A....dang. giz |
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07-10-2004, 04:39 PM
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I know it seems like an avalanche. But really I think both things came out of your feeling dissatisfied and needing changes. Not everyone decides to change so much at once  , but maybe it's easier for you that way. Kind of like wanting to wake up tomorrow with a whole new life. If you buy new underwear and sox and change your hair it will be a complete transformation. LOLHUGS!
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