THE SMOKERS QUIT CAMPAIGN - ADDITONAL NOTES

[B. Saffles Farms]

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That is fantastic dropping 9 cisgarettes is a feat in itself.....Yeah You!!!

Go for a drop of 10 2day..see how you go, I am also tapering off...good luck ......YEAHHHHHHH !!!

see.....we CAN do this!!!! We are all going to be so much happier, healthier AND wealthier!!!!

Oh my....bsaffles......that is so young for that serious a wake-up. I have no clue how I have made it to 38 with no major kick in the rear but it is time to stop tempting fate. I have three young children and I want to grow old playing with my granchildren.

Yeah I know exactly how you feel. To beat it all, my Dr.s keep asking does heart disease run in my family? And it doesnt, both of grandfathers had heart attacks but was around 60. Other than them thats it. So its a very scary feeling when something is wrong with your heart. Ive been out of work since September 13th, still having chest pains but they say everything looks good. So maybe Ill be back to normal soon.

 

[English Chick]

Try not too worry too much bsaffles..it takes time to recover from a heart attack and three months is not long enough yet......dont forget you have to recover from it mentally as well.....I am sure someone told me once, that when you have had an attack over a period of time the body releases a chemical into the bloodstream....that chemical can produce depression.....so try and keep positive, we are all here for you if you need anyone to "chat" too. Give yourself time to heal..........

 

[therealsilkiechick]

i'm 31 and been smokeing since i was 9 years old. i'm proud to say fineally after all these years on new years day it will be 2 mths since i have quit and 2 days before same for my hubby also.

we were smokeing anywhere from 1-4 packs a day all these years.
we feel tons better and so much happier and healthier!!!! good luck to all of u it was the hardest thing i have ever had to do and tried many times but i fineally did it and no going back.

if i can quit u all can too and i'm proud of all of u keep going U CAN DO IT!!
silkie

 

[Jena]

Yeah!!!!!

Lol... thank you all for writing your stories here. It really gives us all something to reflect on and helps us to prepare and stay strong.

While I was reading these and catching up, I was thinking about the last time I quit, which was for a long time and I hoped would be for good.

I am also 55, and I had a TIA (mini stroke) 7 years ago, and as I am gettiing older I have increasing concerns about my health and the future.
Hmmm just realised it was that long ago and 7 is my lucky number.

I HAVE BEEN a stress head, really working very long hours, no holidays and lots of responsibility both in work and at home, and taking care of my mother. Liing to work instead of working to live.

Long story short:

The one thing I loved about being nicotine free was being clean and smelling fresh.

I didn't smoke until I was 24, and I always hated it in my house before that. I used to send smokers out the garden.

I started on the day I was divorced, Life had been tough up to that point but now it was tough and I was alone, the cigarettes stepped in and the nicotine became the partner that would never desert me.

The price for that companion was the smell, on me, my clothes, my home, and the one price I could not afford from that day on... the cost.

I can not even imagine the amount I have spent through the years on killing myself slowly.

A I read your posts, I remembered that clean feeling, and I could actually see a clean me.... lol.... ( crazy to visualise like that but I do ) and from today my next step to Jan 1st is smoking is banned in my house.

Thank you all for sharing your stories, and I just thought I would let you know the strength you pass on to others when you do this.


lol.... I feel quite excited now... THANK YOU GUYS!!!!!!!


Jena.

 

[English Chick]

Go Jena yeah!!!!

The power of positive thought can work miracles...

FOR EVERYONE....... New Year, New You, New Mindset....WE WILL BE SMOKE FREE ZONES!!!!

 

[Jena]

Lol.... and you get up early too.

Have a good day Linda.

Thanks,

Jena.

 

[therealsilkiechick]

as an added thought as to things that might help others, we both have tried, patches, gum, welbutrin ect to help us quit several times over the years. the only drug we found to truely work out of all we had both tried is chantix, it blocks nicotein from ur body and is the only one that does that.

if u don't smoke and r on it for 3 days or longer ur body is 100% nic free and up to 6-9mths later ur lungs will kick the rest of it out to get the junk out. insurances should cover it and it must be name brand to work the generic most say is bupropien that is not it that is welbutrin for mental smokeing, it doesn't work the same. it is the only prescription i will reccomend and say it truely works if u stick to the schedule to take the pills. as long as u can control the hand habbit and craveings once past a certain point u got it down pat and need nothing.

i had craveing and withdrawls, mood swings, i used chewing gum, sucking on lollipops, pop sicles, playing internet games, sewing, spending more time with the kids ect to help keep me occupied. i cheated twice, once on day 6 i had a cig and it made me sick and light headed. the 2 days later i had a pack i forgot on the table took 3 drags and they tasted stale and nasty i smashed the pack in the garbage, made myself a promise and got rid of all ashtrays, lighters, anything to remind me of it and would not go around anyone who smoked. i haven't touched any since. someone comes around me now and i smell it i get sick to my belly, i hate the smell of it, people smoke in front of me now it doesn't bother me or make me want it i hate it and i'm annoyed, never thought i'd see the day but i'm totally happy more now than ever even though i did gain some weight quiteing. we both smoked a full pack a day and at times i've done it up to 4 packs a day on some of those years. i know before we quite we spent $300 a mth easilly on smokes some years was way worse, now that money can be spent on my 5 wonderful children.

i never realized how much it took from all of us and how bad it was hurting us.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

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Thank you so much. I really appreciate that. It has been a struggle at times but we are getting thru it one day at a time.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Well, I started this morning with my normal one cigarette (should have waited) but the pack it came from (the one I had 11 from yesterday) now has one left and I have no more. Sooooooooooo I am seriously debating trying to stop now. If I don't buy more I can't smoke them. Right????? And tomorrow I will be going to my mother's house for the Holidays which will be the ultimate test of my ability to handle stress while trying to quit.

We will see. Besides, before I can leave this house to go buy any, anyway, I have to shower and get 3 kids motivated, around, and convinced they have to get dressed on a non-school day. NOT an easy task at my house. Wish me luck.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

I could never quit by trying to cut back, Id do good for a few cigarettes, then before I knew it I was smoking as many as usual. If Ive got them I smoke them.