I have stopped SMOKING!

“Awesome .... this is great news!!!! I knew you could.”

“Go! Go! Go!”

“boy, you are all great. Get more support here then one those "quit smoking boards" (just checked them out yesterday)

Already have some hard candy, but don't really need it unless I am driving.

Do not intend to slip, so let's hope it stays that way. I think I am on day 6. Still feels like day one for me though. Not much different. I guess it will get better, just takes a little longer for me.

Oh...I lost 2 lbs, so that's real good news. At least now I know that weight gain wont be a reason for me to start again.”

“A cigarette diet? Ugh! Smoke a pack and lose a pound. What a nasty way to do it. And there is no guarantee that it will work.”

“nowslimmer...naaaa. I don't smoke!! I am on a diet though, so I don't gain any weight during the first 8 weeks or so (supose to be the time you gain weight due to slower metabolism)

nooooo, I don't smoke!!!”

“i know for some of you this thread is starting to get boring, and I am sorry...but this is some tuff #&%!$ here.

I had a heII of a weekend, forgot to put that darn patch on me and really went through some tempting situations here for a while. So now I know that this nicoderm patch really works. I don't feel to tempted with the patch.

I guess I have to start living after what I belive: "giving up is not an option". Hmm...

my darn friends can't stop smoking in front of me, driving me nuts, but of course I know that they don't want to quit, it's me!!! I guess I have to just deal with it for a while until I am used to it. I think the first week or two just must be the worst.

9 days so far and still walking (not hiking) 6.1 miles every day!!!

Time to get out for the weekend!”

“Good for you Gemini :o)”

“May be time to make some new friends. ;)
Hang in there, Gem.”

“Good work Gem. Keep it going. Always remember, it won't be Geobeet you'll hurt by doing that silly thing.

After all the years since I stopped smoking, I still keep discovering smells. My blood stinks!”

“congrats, keep it up, dont let it pull you back...”

“

"May be time to make some new friends. ;)
Hang in there, Gem."
StoveStomper

I agree. You might check at your library for a schedule of organizations meeting there. There should not be any smoking there and you might meet a few nice non-smokers at one of the meetings. One never knows. You might enjoy getting involved in some new activities. You do not have to leave your current friends, but being busy with others may make it easier for you.

No way can I get bored reading about your success.”

“I quit smoking a month ago and lost 17 pounds as well”

“hey gemini--

has anyone suggested chewing on toothpicks while your friends smoke around you?? i know a bunch of people that did that to help them quit.”

“I used the patch to quit this christmas. It really does work, and, yes, the first couple weeks are the hardest. I was climbing the walls in my apartment with anxiety. But give it time...it gets easier.

Its good to see that you're exercising, 'cause I think that that is a great way to get your mind (and body) off of cigs.

Just always try to remember the reasons you decided to quit in the first place. Understand that that one cigarette you crave presently represents a lifetime of smoking and addiction. Good luck hon.”

“Yes, this that Temporary Insanity I was telling you about! <G>

This is the tough part, but it DOES get easier after this! Give the smokers a break for a few days if you need to.

Some chew toothpicks, or gum. One guy I know is a great believer in chewing on straws cut to the length of cigarettes(!)

Whatever works!”

“Thanks to everyone! Have not tried the toothpick yet. Hmm, that may would work. I am trying to stay away for a little while. Meaning: no evening drinking get togethers etc... I can handle it for a little while, but then I have to get out of there.

I am doing better today. Actually today I just felt like it once, that's all!

I am really not going to start this crap again. It's not worth it!

walking 6.1 miles everyday is not fun though...specially if you are looking at the same trees over and over and OVER again!!!

Going backpacking this weekend, should get my mind of things even more. lalalala!!!”

“Way to go, keep it up, the longer you last the easier it gets. I had to do something with my hands, and then something with my mouth. For my mouth I used sunflowerseeds... Till my tongue was sore. "Never did figure out what to do with my hands" LOL”

“cross stitch. Beadwork. Twiddle your thumbs, whatever, lol.

I'm glad your still at it Gemini! Good job.”

“Whatever you do, don't be going and having any of that sex.

You'll surely be wanting a cigarette after that!!!!”

“Keep it going Gem. Positive encouragement. E-pats on back.”

“Congrads on making it this far, Gem.
You going on the Big Creek trip this weekend? If I can kill this head cold I have, I'll be on the AT in the smokies that same time.”

“Today was one of my senior class trips, are hot yellow school busses dropped us off at a near by park in northern NJ. The park has a man made lake that when gards are out swiming is alowed, along with endless paths and quorts for baskitball and tennis, accopmanied by sandy beaches. I was walking allong the beach headed to the tables to grab a drink as I noticed one girl exihale this hidius smoke. Now it is not uncomon to see poeple smoke at my school, just like any other. Yet the issue at hand was that I never would have guessed her to be a smoker.

Later on in the day I was haning around her and about 7 other friends as she spark up another one. I said "I am suppriesed that you smoke" and she replied "suprise", and another friend said something like "yeah she is addictable, if we gave her coke she would be hoked in a second. The person who said those last words was joking about the coke, but serious about how this girl is addictable.

I simply don't understand her. Typicaly people who smoke or do drugs at my age are people who are insicure and need to fit in. Yet this girl is gorgiouse, and smart. She has been president of the class for 3 of the 4 years (that one year being me). When she rolled over on her stomack so I could see her face as she exhaled I felt sick. I don't know why it bothered me so much, having smokers in my family and friends at school that smoke too. But when she exhaled the thought crossed my mind and lingered for a minute or so, to get up and say "I can't believe a girl so beatiful as you would do something so discusting as this and walk away.

I think I was blown away, that one of the girls I really enjoyed being around would be so weak to smoke cigerates.”

“keepin the thread alive....”

“oh boy. I don't think you ever smoked. Most of use smokers started it for some stupid reason, after a while we still think it's not a problem to stop. when we are ready to stop we realize it's not as easy to quit this #&%!$ then we thought.

It's an addiction dude!!! Stupid childisch reasons that got me into it!! now I have to deal with the withdrawl symtoms.”

“Hey Gem, I am reading the your second sentance saying that you think I smoke. But I don;t know why you would get that idea after what I just wrote. Either way, maybe I wasn't clear, but I will be now, I have/will never smoke/ed.”

“Keep at it Gem,”

“I'm like you Ice tea...but I am glad she has quit..cause I ride with her to some hikes..and I will be loving it..I may even insist on buying her a drink the next trip...as a reward of course..and not while she is driving..lol”

“okay, I have a whole pack of nicorette gum to give away. (2 or so are missing) Anyone wants it?? Yuck, that stuff is nasty!!!”

“Me Too!!

No more cigars!!

OMG...did I say that ?”

“you serious now? if so, congrats!”

“yep...gave away all my cigars. Now my humidor is empty.

Whaaaaa!!

Shhhh...I don't miss them but don't tell anyone I said that. LOL”

“I had been wondering how that was going for you, but was leary of asking. LOL I knew you could do it. My better half has also quit smoking and his kisses are alot sweeter now! I am delighted for I want to keep him around for a long time!”

“Dana, how do you know I don't need the gum anymore because I started smoking again?? (hmm, did I say that right??)

Naaaa!! I am still not. I think I am around 80 days or so now. Have to be honest though, it's hard. I keep finding myself thinking about excuses to smoke just one. (didn't so far though)”

“I had only 1 ciggie yesturday and none - so far - today. We'll see how long this lasts.

Congrats to those of you who have quit.”

“I admire your willpower Gem!
Way to go!”

“Thanks Stovy!

Congrats Twinkle toes. There is actually a website out there... if you need support (I think they're a bunch of idiots though)
the url is:
www.quitnet.com”

“1 cigar a day and I still like to chew!


8)”

“Way Ta Go, Guys!

My My those nicorettes sure are Tasty, are they not? <G>”

“Tilt did you ever try one of those nicorrette gums? they are sooo nasty, no wonder people stop smoking. I don't even understand how someone can chew them.”

“I heard some woman say she thought that using nicoderm patches put the frustration factors of trying to quit smoking all in one equation for her. Said that no matter how tightly she rolled the little bastard$ she could not keep them lit! LMAO”

“Great Job Gemini!!!

Today is 231 days for me.”

“Hang tough 17 months for me yesterday!”

“tara and bear rule! I'll make it, just wait an see.”

“Good luck Gemini & MDSHiker (2004 HMWH Club Hall of Fame Nominee)”

“well it's getting harder and harder. need a smoke real bad!!!

i have been soooo good about not smoking. only fell off that wagon once. something about skinnydipping and a lot of booze.
but now it's due to stress and thats what scares me the most. i even asked someone at work. they said they did not have any but i know it's becasue they know i stopped.

:(”

“Don't do it, mapes! Really, you CAN resist! Hang in there! [Supportive thoughts being transmitted now....]”

“Yeah, don't do it! You'll only regret it. Besides by this time it won't even taste good.”

“Think about how many times you've said "I'd do anything for my children" Now it's put up or shut up...do it for your kids!”

“maple...I am gonna come up there and kick you in the a$$. don't do it.

that's how I started back up again a couple years ago, so don't you dare do it!!!”

“Skinny dipping, booze, and smokes?

Why do I ask "is there a God?"”