SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

gaea · 05-06-2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Well done on making it through without a ciggie gaea. Stress and that bad self talk is no 'reason' to smoke, it's merely an excuse if you're looking for one.

Quite often I will acknowledge and give voice to the craving with a "I want a ciggie" ...if there are folks around they usually say "No, you don't", in effect telling me I don't actually know what I want. My reply is "Yes I do but I won't have one.". I dunno, it just feels right to voice it rather than keep it inside or deny the craving.

for me it was a reaction to what i was feeling suddenly that "worthless" feeling that was driving...

fuck that im not worthless....

05-06-2011, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gaea

for me it was a reaction to what i was feeling suddenly that "worthless" feeling that was driving...

fuck that im not worthless....

You're not worthless and you are a stronger person for getting over that 'hump' without smoking. I'm so proud of you and you should be proud of yourself.

It's not a bad thing to admit wanting to smoke, the bad thing is acting on the impulse.

gaea · 05-13-2011, 02:07 PM

I can't believe it been nearly 5 weeks since I made the best decision of my life

....

I grow more and more excited by this every day I want to share my excitement lol.

I have also picked up a 25 minute daily treadmill workout and today started strength training for my arms n shoulders utilizing the same exercises I learned in pt some years back.

next Friday my eldest will be 25 an I stoked to welcome her birthday as a non smoker.

05-13-2011, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gaea

I can't believe it been nearly 5 weeks since I made the best decision of my life

....

I grow more and more excited by this every day I want to share my excitement lol.

I have also picked up a 25 minute daily treadmill workout and today started strength training for my arms n shoulders utilizing the same exercises I learned in pt some years back.

next Friday my eldest will be 25 an I stoked to welcome her birthday as a non smoker.

*clicks the 'like' button*

I'm so glad that you're excited about being a non-smoker gaea. Long may it continue. Five weeks is awesome!

princessbelle · 05-19-2011, 04:29 PM

First Congratulations to all the non smokers!!!!

I am one of the last people to smoke on the face of this planet i do believe. Sooooooooooo many have quit and i've held on, i've continued, i've thought i'll be the last one that smokes and will have to grow my own tobacco secretly in a cave in the mountains and protect it with a bb gun or darts. I am stubborn to the core and really thought they would carry me away in a pine box with smoke coming out of it cause i'd find a way to smoke when i left here.

But, it's been on my mind a lot. Number one cancer runs strongly in my family and i had a recent scare myself and thank God i am ok. Number two i'm a respiratory nurse (you'd think i'd know better) and three omg the cost!!!!!

Today i made a huge leap. Today i bought electronic cigarettes. I honestly didn't give it much hope. I thought it would be like so many other things in life which has been a disappointment when it came down to helping me quit.

However, i'm BLOWN AWAY. These things ROCK. They are strongggggg even stronger than the brand i smoked. They are non toxic to the air and people around me. I am still getting the nicotine but not the carbon monoxide and not the tar. I really believe i could totally do this and not pick up my pack anymore. Huge surprise as to the taste and feel.

It is a start right? Am i a non smoker now? I feel like i am but i feel like i'm cheating with the e-ciggs. Either way it has GOT to be better than what i was doing, right?

Corkey · 05-19-2011, 04:35 PM

Its better, but the nicotine is the addictive part, the sooner you kick the nicotine, the better off you will be.

We used wellbutren for a couple of weeks for me, and about a month for Ami, long time smokers, and we quit cold turkey. No e-ciggies. Lots of gum, and a few carrots.

princessbelle · 05-19-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Corkey

Its better, but the nicotine is the addictive part, the sooner you kick the nicotine, the better off you will be.

We used wellbutren for a couple of weeks for me, and about a month for Ami, long time smokers, and we quit cold turkey. No e-ciggies. Lots of gum, and a few carrots.

Thanks Corkey. Yes i know the nicotine will have to be another hurdle. I know i will have to do that as well. Cold turkey and me are not friends, i always kick that bird to the curb. I never could do it.

I'm glad that the both of you did though!!!!

TY for the advice!!!!

DapperButch · 05-19-2011, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by princessbelle

First Congratulations to all the non smokers!!!!

I am one of the last people to smoke on the face of this planet i do believe. Sooooooooooo many have quit and i've held on, i've continued, i've thought i'll be the last one that smokes and will have to grow my own tobacco secretly in a cave in the mountains and protect it with a bb gun or darts. I am stubborn to the core and really thought they would carry me away in a pine box with smoke coming out of it cause i'd find a way to smoke when i left here.

But, it's been on my mind a lot. Number one cancer runs strongly in my family and i had a recent scare myself and thank God i am ok. Number two i'm a respiratory nurse (you'd think i'd know better) and three omg the cost!!!!!

Today i made a huge leap. Today i bought electronic cigarettes. I honestly didn't give it much hope. I thought it would be like so many other things in life which has been a disappointment when it came down to helping me quit.

However, i'm BLOWN AWAY. These things ROCK. They are strongggggg even stronger than the brand i smoked. They are non toxic to the air and people around me. I am still getting the nicotine but not the carbon monoxide and not the tar. I really believe i could totally do this and not pick up my pack anymore. Huge surprise as to the taste and feel.

It is a start right? Am i a non smoker now? I feel like i am but i feel like i'm cheating with the e-ciggs. Either way it has GOT to be better than what i was doing, right?

Congrats on the first step!

And yes, you are just as much a non-smoker as anyone who uses the patch, the gum, or the lozenge.

CONGRATULATIONS MISS NON-SMOKER!!!!!!

princessbelle · 05-19-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DapperButch

Congrats on the first step!

And yes, you are just as much a non-smoker as anyone who uses the patch, the gum, or the lozenge.

CONGRATULATIONS MISS NON-SMOKER!!!!!!

This brought TEARS to my eyes i kid you not!!!!!!!!!!!

tytytytytytytytytytytyty.

julieisafemme · 05-19-2011, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by princessbelle

First Congratulations to all the non smokers!!!!

I am one of the last people to smoke on the face of this planet i do believe. Sooooooooooo many have quit and i've held on, i've continued, i've thought i'll be the last one that smokes and will have to grow my own tobacco secretly in a cave in the mountains and protect it with a bb gun or darts. I am stubborn to the core and really thought they would carry me away in a pine box with smoke coming out of it cause i'd find a way to smoke when i left here.

But, it's been on my mind a lot. Number one cancer runs strongly in my family and i had a recent scare myself and thank God i am ok. Number two i'm a respiratory nurse (you'd think i'd know better) and three omg the cost!!!!!

Today i made a huge leap. Today i bought electronic cigarettes. I honestly didn't give it much hope. I thought it would be like so many other things in life which has been a disappointment when it came down to helping me quit.

However, i'm BLOWN AWAY. These things ROCK. They are strongggggg even stronger than the brand i smoked. They are non toxic to the air and people around me. I am still getting the nicotine but not the carbon monoxide and not the tar. I really believe i could totally do this and not pick up my pack anymore. Huge surprise as to the taste and feel.

It is a start right? Am i a non smoker now? I feel like i am but i feel like i'm cheating with the e-ciggs. Either way it has GOT to be better than what i was doing, right?

Belle I did not know you smoked! I am trying to quit the 3 cigarette every few days habit that keeps lingering. It is just so hard. Harder than it was to quit a pack a day 20 some years ago. I have never gone back to a pack a day.

I have been tempted to try the e-cigs. What brand did you get?

princessbelle · 05-19-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by julieisafemme

Belle I did not know you smoked! I am trying to quit the 3 cigarette every few days habit that keeps lingering. It is just so hard. Harder than it was to quit a pack a day 20 some years ago. I have never gone back to a pack a day.

I have been tempted to try the e-cigs. What brand did you get?

OMG girlfriend!!!!!!! I hear you!!!! Yeah i didn't exactly advertise that i smoked. I am/was ashamed of it especially since many know i'm a nurse. Not that medical people don't smoke but well....it's embarassing to me.

I've smoked Virginia Slims bout one pack per day for 30 years. Wow 30 years.

Anyway hon, to answer your question I bought the NJoy ones. I went to a truck stop cause that is where my boss got hers and recommended it to me. However, i looked online at NJoy.com and it's the same price pretty much. I first tried Walgreens and places like that. Some had e-ciggs but not the ones with the vabor that i knew i HAD to have.

I paid 29.95 for one ciggy and two filters and then bought 5 more filters for 19.95 more. I was paying around 60 bucks a carton for my Virginia Slims per week. From what i'm reading the filters should/could last several days each. And the e-cigg just charges and then you reuse.

Doing that math and it's a guess-ta-ment. It will be saving me over 200 per month!!!

Honestly Julie, i HIGHLY recommend this. I have not had a ciggy now for about 6 hours and this e-cigg is every bit as fullfulling as the real ones. I would have smoked about 10-12 cigs by now. Do it girl....you will be SHOCKED how much like smoking they are.

I should have done this long ago!!!!!

I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know if you do it and i'll dance in circles for you!!!!!

05-13-2011, 02:07 PM	#3
gaea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west coast Posts: 3,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,630 Thanked 14,363 Times in 3,381 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I can't believe it been nearly 5 weeks since I made the best decision of my life .... I grow more and more excited by this every day I want to share my excitement lol. I have also picked up a 25 minute daily treadmill workout and today started strength training for my arms n shoulders utilizing the same exercises I learned in pt some years back. next Friday my eldest will be 25 an I stoked to welcome her birthday as a non smoker. __________________ Gaea "Building a lifetime together one day at a time" Courage: the willingness to risk who you are for who you want to be and what you have for what you want You're not who your past says you are, you are who you choose to be today moving forward.

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princessbelle Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme ones Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,380 Thanked 30,496 Times in 5,198 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	First Congratulations to all the non smokers!!!! I am one of the last people to smoke on the face of this planet i do believe. Sooooooooooo many have quit and i've held on, i've continued, i've thought i'll be the last one that smokes and will have to grow my own tobacco secretly in a cave in the mountains and protect it with a bb gun or darts. I am stubborn to the core and really thought they would carry me away in a pine box with smoke coming out of it cause i'd find a way to smoke when i left here. But, it's been on my mind a lot. Number one cancer runs strongly in my family and i had a recent scare myself and thank God i am ok. Number two i'm a respiratory nurse (you'd think i'd know better) and three omg the cost!!!!! Today i made a huge leap. Today i bought electronic cigarettes. I honestly didn't give it much hope. I thought it would be like so many other things in life which has been a disappointment when it came down to helping me quit. However, i'm BLOWN AWAY. These things ROCK. They are strongggggg even stronger than the brand i smoked. They are non toxic to the air and people around me. I am still getting the nicotine but not the carbon monoxide and not the tar. I really believe i could totally do this and not pick up my pack anymore. Huge surprise as to the taste and feel. It is a start right? Am i a non smoker now? I feel like i am but i feel like i'm cheating with the e-ciggs. Either way it has GOT to be better than what i was doing, right? __________________ ~ I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou

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