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Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:26pm » |
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Day 9 of being a nonsmoker. It should be getting easier, but instead, it seems to be growing more difficult with each passing hour. I keep getting hit with one crave after another, and yet, I don't want to screw this up, and the very idea of actually lighting a cigarette and smoking it is nearly nauseating to me. This sucks... It's like I'm being torn in half by two lions. No matter who wins the tug-of-war, I'm fucked.
Okay. That's my annual quotient of whining.        
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #1 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:29pm » |
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Hang Tough FRANK..... Don't Do It......
You are doing great........
You can beat this thing.........
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PFDAN's to YOU !!!!
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #2 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:30pm » |
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Ya got to stick to it dude ok we are counting on you ... besides the more people that quit the more cigs left for me .... 
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #3 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:31pm » |
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To quit smoking is one of the hardest things to do....
But, you can do it.
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #4 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:36pm » |
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Thanks, guys... It's wearying, because after this long, it feels like it should be getting easier. *sigh* I'm not going to smoke, but I don't know... Maybe I'll go to bed early tonight, or something.  
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #5 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:37pm » |
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Give in and light one up you fag!
Think about it....there will be no loss on your part
On the other hand, your beautiful daughter could end up growing up without a father!
Like I said.....Think About it!!!!
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #6 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:40pm » |
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Very true, Jonny. Like I said, it sucks.... 
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #7 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:40pm » |
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now's not the time to buy in to all the garbage that smoking is soooo hard to quit. That's propaganda put out by the tobacco conglomerates to drag you back down. They're even behind the stop smoking tools that keep drumming in your head -- it is sooooo hard, you'll probably fail, unless you have "us" to help. Fuck all that! You'll beat it damn it because you can beat it and you want to beat it. I loved every cigarette all the way up to the last one. But I had to quit and you have to quit if you want to be there down the road. So, beat it. Don't let the tobacco propaganda suck you in.
Now, i'll step down from the very tall horse I was sitting on.
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #8 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:45pm » |
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I am pulling for you Frank!
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #9 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:46pm » |
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You're absolutely right, Scott. And it HAS been pretty easy, so far. Maybe I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop, or something... I don't know.
A few things that I need to keep reminding myself:
1. The craves are caused by smoking. Not quitting!
2. No single crave lasts longer than 5 minutes.
3. Lighting "just one," means that I am consenting to being a smoker for the rest of my life.  (This one scares me)
4. There is no place anywhere on my body, that I am physically in pain from a crave.
*breathe.....*
Thanks, Scott. You da' man. 
Thank you to you too, Elaine. 
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #10 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:54pm » |
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Frank, it was suggested to me, that, for every time I craved a cig, I should drink a big glass of water,,,,,,,,
well, between drinking the water, and doing the natural next step.......I didnt have TIME to smoke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Think about it..that's my  !!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #11 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:56pm » |
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LOL! Thanks, Cathi. I've been drinking lots of water and taking vitamins and everything else. I'm actually feeling much better, now. Thank you! 
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Re: Day IX, but not feelin' so fine...
« Reply #12 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:58pm » |
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You are tougher than little bits of tobacco rolled up in paper. Deal. You can do it. I haven't had one is almost a month.
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« Reply #13 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 3:59pm » |
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Outstanding, Thomas! Keep it goin'!
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« Reply #14 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 4:12pm » |
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Remember how it was down in the bar on Thursday night in Dallas? You could have cut the smoke with a knife. I had just made 5 months smoke free and this was the first time that I had actually dealt with a lot of people smoking. If I was able to keep from bitch slapping somebody and taking their cigarette away (really really wanted a cigarette), you can make it through this.
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« Reply #15 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 7:26pm » |
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Frank you can do it, if I can do it anyone can. I lived on sunflower seeds for the longest time, they actually helped me and I'm starting to get used to not having those either. Hang in there it does get better. Just think of all the money your going to save along with your health.
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« Reply #16 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 7:32pm » |
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You're doing something your family will thank you for.
The other thing is that it's so much less complicated when you don't have to deal with tobacco.
Keep it up. 
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« Reply #17 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 8:28pm » |
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Keep it up Frank. Good decision!
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« Reply #18 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 10:44pm » |
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I always heard people had some bit of relief by buyin the long sticks of cherry or strawberry liquorice and grabbin one of them for cig craveings and chewin on it slowly......heard it helps keep ya busy. I only smoke when I am out......my doc told me to quit goin out then. Casual smoker Pam
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« Reply #19 on: Aug 4th, 2005, 11:59pm » |
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Good job, Frank......I'm rootin' for ya too and I'll pray that it gets easier and more rewarding....That's the real ticket....When you start to feel the difference.....Much better!!!!!
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« Reply #20 on: Aug 5th, 2005, 7:36am » |
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Thank you, everyone. Day 10, now. Just taking things one day at a time... If I could tell you how close I've come to buying a pack of cigarettes, and then if I could express how awful it would make me feel, and then if I actually smoked one, how defeated I would be... Sheesh...
I think most smokers live with this kind of schizophrenia: Deep down, they all want to quit, and at the same time, they all want to continue smoking.
Hellish....
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
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on Aug 4th, 2005, 10:44pm, cootie wrote:| I only smoke when I am out......my doc told me to quit goin out then. Casual smoker Pam |
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Always envied casual smokers. Sorry to say I had to consider myself to be like a crack addict when it came to smokes. I either all in or not
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on Aug 5th, 2005, 8:07am, seasonalboomer wrote:| Always envied casual smokers. Sorry to say I had to consider myself to be like a crack addict when it came to smokes. I either all in or not |
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« Reply #23 on: Aug 5th, 2005, 8:36am » |
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Hang in there Frank, don't break now, you're on the right path and past the physical dependence stage.
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Re: Day IX, (Feeling much better, now)
« Reply #24 on: Aug 5th, 2005, 10:05am » |
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Good job, Frank!
You're 10 days in.... don't give in to a craving now - you'll just have to go through these first 10 days again, and it's not worth it.
You can do this!
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