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nogard · 10-18-2005, 02:45 PM

Its Day 17 for me and I am doing well, last two days have been great as I hardly thought about smoking, last night was more difficult and this morning I am feeling tired even though I slept well and enough.

I will be counting how much money I have saved so far today and doing some more exercise.

How are you travelling?

nogard · 10-19-2005, 03:05 PM

Day 18 here and still ok even though I am under some pressure at work.

hotwingeatter · 10-19-2005, 09:17 PM

great job

bikewench · 10-19-2005, 10:19 PM

Hey Nogard...

stress eh..
have any errant thoughts..?? ;o)

nogard · 10-20-2005, 06:25 AM

oh yeah, many errant thoughts but none about giving up and all too blue to put down here

I made it through the day and faced everything head on and it went pretty well.

Thanks hotwingeatter and how are you going?

nogard · 10-20-2005, 01:26 PM

well its the morning of Day 19 and even though I had a really stressful day yesterday and today will be long and a little stressful too. I even survived a call from my daughter last night to say her mum, my ex had not turned up to meet a friend outside a theater, after a few hours we discovered she had turned up and could not find her friend and had gone in and watched the play!

By then we had the police involved .... anyway I did not have a ciggy, so I guess that tells me I can do this whatever.

nogard · 10-20-2005, 01:27 PM

$558.60 Australian I would have spent by the end of today!!

hotwingeatter · 10-20-2005, 04:25 PM

AT DAY 4 on smoking AGAIN, I am hoping to get it this time.

nogard · 10-20-2005, 04:37 PM

Way to go hotwingeatter

**margo** · 10-20-2005, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nogard

$558.60 Australian I would have spent by the end of today!!

WOW!!! How much were you smoking a day, Nogard?

I was on two pack per day up to last year, now down to a half or three-quarter pack per day. I never did really feel any better after halving my consumption.

Big day coming up on Saturday - thanks for the inspiration!

nogard · 10-20-2005, 10:33 PM

Each pack (20) costs nearly $10.00 very expensive and I was smoking well over two packs a day sometimes 3!

Good luck for Saturday, I will be thinking of you

nogard · 10-21-2005, 03:10 PM

Day 20 today and feeling alive and strong

amymarie · 10-21-2005, 03:40 PM

still...very good.

nogard · 10-21-2005, 03:46 PM

lol thanks Amy

ummm, undecided?

Kevin

amymarie · 10-21-2005, 03:47 PM

i need to change that....yesterday would be the first day in 11 days without a drink....

nogard · 10-22-2005, 05:08 PM

Way to go

hotwingeatter · 10-24-2005, 10:30 AM

I need to figure out something for the weekends. All my friends work on the weekends so I am in my gym as much as possible. I don't really have much to do after spending 2 hours in the gym except take a nap (i love weekends). Can anyone help suggest something to keep me out of the smokes? No, I don't want to work weekends like my friends. I just quit working 2 jobs a month before I quit.

Chy · 10-24-2005, 10:43 AM

That is so awesome! Unfortunatly I'm not there ....yet.

nogard · 10-24-2005, 05:21 PM

At the weekends I have been painting, spending time with friends who happen not to smoke, relaxing, reading, walking.

What works for me is to change everythng about my routine and to change all my habits and even the furniture and where I sit to eat or watch tv....

Hope that helps

Day 23 here

hotwingeatter · 10-25-2005, 11:52 AM

my first attempt that weekend I tried squishing dancing bananas but it didn't work

nogard · 10-25-2005, 02:23 PM

lol, poor

hotwingeatter · 10-27-2005, 01:49 PM

I have given up for now, I don't smoke until I am done with my day at 8:00 PM in order to help make this easier when I do stop. I will try again soon though. I am going to blow second hand smoke in the banana's faces and try to give them lung cancer.

nogard · 10-27-2005, 03:05 PM

hey hotwingeatter, I understand and you have my support of course.

I am still here but not doing at all well see the thread I started in the newcomers this morning

Kevin

10-18-2005, 02:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	How are "we" doing Its Day 17 for me and I am doing well, last two days have been great as I hardly thought about smoking, last night was more difficult and this morning I am feeling tired even though I slept well and enough. I will be counting how much money I have saved so far today and doing some more exercise. How are you travelling? __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-19-2005, 03:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	Day 18 here and still ok even though I am under some pressure at work. __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-19-2005, 09:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
hotwingeatter Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VALLEY CENTER, KS Posts: 197	great job __________________ SOBRIETY DATE 9/12/05

10-20-2005, 06:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	oh yeah, many errant thoughts but none about giving up and all too blue to put down here I made it through the day and faced everything head on and it went pretty well. Thanks hotwingeatter and how are you going? __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-20-2005, 01:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	well its the morning of Day 19 and even though I had a really stressful day yesterday and today will be long and a little stressful too. I even survived a call from my daughter last night to say her mum, my ex had not turned up to meet a friend outside a theater, after a few hours we discovered she had turned up and could not find her friend and had gone in and watched the play! By then we had the police involved .... anyway I did not have a ciggy, so I guess that tells me I can do this whatever. __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-19-2005, 10:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
bikewench Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: western canada Posts: 1,440	Hey Nogard... stress eh.. have any errant thoughts..?? ;o)

10-20-2005, 01:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	$558.60 Australian I would have spent by the end of today!! __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-20-2005, 04:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
hotwingeatter Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VALLEY CENTER, KS Posts: 197	AT DAY 4 on smoking AGAIN, I am hoping to get it this time. __________________ SOBRIETY DATE 9/12/05

10-20-2005, 04:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	Way to go hotwingeatter __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-20-2005, 10:33 PM	#11 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	Each pack (20) costs nearly $10.00 very expensive and I was smoking well over two packs a day sometimes 3! Good luck for Saturday, I will be thinking of you __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-21-2005, 03:10 PM	#12 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	Day 20 today and feeling alive and strong __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-21-2005, 03:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
amymarie No more hostages Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: houston Posts: 790	still...very good. __________________ recovery begins with a willingness to do whatever it takes... and for me that means WHATEVER it takes...

10-21-2005, 03:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	lol thanks Amy ummm, undecided? Kevin __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

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amymarie No more hostages Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: houston Posts: 790	i need to change that....yesterday would be the first day in 11 days without a drink.... __________________ recovery begins with a willingness to do whatever it takes... and for me that means WHATEVER it takes...

10-22-2005, 05:08 PM	#16 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	Way to go __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

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10-24-2005, 10:30 AM	#17 (permalink)
hotwingeatter Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VALLEY CENTER, KS Posts: 197	I need to figure out something for the weekends. All my friends work on the weekends so I am in my gym as much as possible. I don't really have much to do after spending 2 hours in the gym except take a nap (i love weekends). Can anyone help suggest something to keep me out of the smokes? No, I don't want to work weekends like my friends. I just quit working 2 jobs a month before I quit. __________________ SOBRIETY DATE 9/12/05

10-24-2005, 10:43 AM	#18 (permalink)
Chy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 5,886	That is so awesome! Unfortunatly I'm not there ....yet.

10-24-2005, 05:21 PM	#19 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	At the weekends I have been painting, spending time with friends who happen not to smoke, relaxing, reading, walking. What works for me is to change everythng about my routine and to change all my habits and even the furniture and where I sit to eat or watch tv.... Hope that helps Day 23 here __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-25-2005, 11:52 AM	#20 (permalink)
hotwingeatter Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VALLEY CENTER, KS Posts: 197	my first attempt that weekend I tried squishing dancing bananas but it didn't work __________________ SOBRIETY DATE 9/12/05

10-25-2005, 02:23 PM	#21 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	lol, poor __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

10-27-2005, 01:49 PM	#22 (permalink)
hotwingeatter Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VALLEY CENTER, KS Posts: 197	I have given up for now, I don't smoke until I am done with my day at 8:00 PM in order to help make this easier when I do stop. I will try again soon though. I am going to blow second hand smoke in the banana's faces and try to give them lung cancer. __________________ SOBRIETY DATE 9/12/05

10-27-2005, 03:05 PM	#23 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,631 Blog Entries: 3	hey hotwingeatter, I understand and you have my support of course. I am still here but not doing at all well see the thread I started in the newcomers this morning Kevin __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

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