We Quit Cigarettes

[casportpony]

@Kiki congrats on day 50!

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Oh no, I am so sorry.

Thanks, Kathy.

 

[jolenesdad]

Hello, everybody! How are you all doing today?
Kiki, you're doing great! It's, what, 50 days now? Keep going, girl!
@Meg-in-MT, how have you been doing?
@21hens-incharge, that goes for you, too -- how goes the quitting?
@jolenesdad, @WVduckchick, how is it going?
And @ShannonR, too, of course!
Last but certainly not least, @webbysmeme! It's been almost two weeks, how have you been? Are you okay? Please let us know how you are doing when you have the chance!
Good luck with today, everybody! You can do it!

Had a horrendous week. Haven't been online again for a week, we lost our dog that got sick at the beginning of this thread. :-( We got a wonderful extra few weeks, and I'll always be thankful for that, but it's just been a hard week. I lost 3 dogs this year, and I am awful with change. AWFUL. However, with so many animals in my life, I really have lately come to appreciate more the "seasons" of life. I can see in myself that everything right now for me is a change in season of my life. My husband and I have been married 12 years, we have moved from urban life to rural, we have a kid now, our original dogs are all gone, and I'm making the necessary moves and commitments for what I find important in my life.

But smoking is this awful breakup that is proving so much harder than I thought it would be. I think I've said it before, but I feel like I am giving up this part of me. It's insane and dumb, but, it is what it is. All this rambling to say that I think I am maybe—albeit slowly—coming to terms with this change for me. This holding on and fighting against the change is a typical part of my pattern, but, it's just taking longer.

I've had good days and bad. A couple entire days without a cigarette still, although maybe less than in the beginning. Im actually thinking I may need to call in a prescription to get me through this last hump I can't seem to let go of 1-3 (the day we lost our dog 4 or 5) cigarettes a day. I'm not losing hope AT ALL, but I am just frustrated and feeling like I've stuck myself in some Groundhog Day reality. I go through this entire (chemical addiction related, Im sure) conversation with myself that I shouldn't need a prescription when I can go so far from 20+ cigarettes a day for years to 1, and that the best way for me to do this is without any help, but then I also see myself constantly sabotaging myself.

I'm giving myself the rest of this week to fight the fight myself, and I'll call my doctor for chantix next Monday if I have to.

Sorry to be a bit of a downer, but, there's light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[jolenesdad]

Feeling the stress and pressure here too.
Not making the progress I had wanted to either.

<3 It's a journey.

Well, who knew this madness was coming? It might just take us a little more time is all

What really made me give up was saying goodbye to my best buddy last Sunday. She was closing in on 12 yrs. Broke my heart.
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Oh no, I'm so sorry. Feeling your pain, and wishing you peace.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Well, who knew this madness was coming? It might just take us a little more time is all

What really made me give up was saying goodbye to my best buddy last Sunday. She was closing in on 12 yrs. Broke my heart.
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I am so sorry.

Had a horrendous week. Haven't been online again for a week, we lost our dog that got sick at the beginning of this thread. :-( We got a wonderful extra few weeks, and I'll always be thankful for that, but it's just been a hard week. I lost 3 dogs this year, and I am awful with change. AWFUL. However, with so many animals in my life, I really have lately come to appreciate more the "seasons" of life. I can see in myself that everything right now for me is a change in season of my life. My husband and I have been married 12 years, we have moved from urban life to rural, we have a kid now, our original dogs are all gone, and I'm making the necessary moves and commitments for what I find important in my life.

But smoking is this awful breakup that is proving so much harder than I thought it would be. I think I've said it before, but I feel like I am giving up this part of me. It's insane and dumb, but, it is what it is. All this rambling to say that I think I am maybe—albeit slowly—coming to terms with this change for me. This holding on and fighting against the change is a typical part of my pattern, but, it's just taking longer.

I've had good days and bad. A couple entire days without a cigarette still, although maybe less than in the beginning. Im actually thinking I may need to call in a prescription to get me through this last hump I can't seem to let go of 1-3 (the day we lost our dog 4 or 5) cigarettes a day. I'm not losing hope AT ALL, but I am just frustrated and feeling like I've stuck myself in some Groundhog Day reality. I go through this entire (chemical addiction related, Im sure) conversation with myself that I shouldn't need a prescription when I can go so far from 20+ cigarettes a day for years to 1, and that the best way for me to do this is without any help, but then I also see myself constantly sabotaging myself.

I'm giving myself the rest of this week to fight the fight myself, and I'll call my doctor for chantix next Monday if I have to.

Sorry to be a bit of a downer, but, there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Losing those sweet souls is incredibly hard.


I lost my Jack Jack in December. His brother passed the December before last.
I sure do miss my big guys.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Oh no, I'm so sorry. Feeling your pain, and wishing you peace.

Thank you. I'm so sorry for your loss, as well. It's a terrible thing. Big hugs.

I am so sorry.



Losing those sweet souls is incredibly hard.


I lost my Jack Jack in December. His brother passed the December before last.
I sure do miss my big guys.

I'm so sorry to hear about your boys. They really do take a piece when they go

 

[Kiki]

Well, who knew this madness was coming? It might just take us a little more time is all

What really made me give up was saying goodbye to my best buddy last Sunday. She was closing in on 12 yrs. Broke my heart.
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. Oh no. I am so so sorry.

 

[Kiki]

Had a horrendous week. Haven't been online again for a week, we lost our dog that got sick at the beginning of this thread. :-( We got a wonderful extra few weeks, and I'll always be thankful for that, but it's just been a hard week. I lost 3 dogs this year, and I am awful with change. AWFUL. However, with so many animals in my life, I really have lately come to appreciate more the "seasons" of life. I can see in myself that everything right now for me is a change in season of my life. My husband and I have been married 12 years, we have moved from urban life to rural, we have a kid now, our original dogs are all gone, and I'm making the necessary moves and commitments for what I find important in my life.

But smoking is this awful breakup that is proving so much harder than I thought it would be. I think I've said it before, but I feel like I am giving up this part of me. It's insane and dumb, but, it is what it is. All this rambling to say that I think I am maybe—albeit slowly—coming to terms with this change for me. This holding on and fighting against the change is a typical part of my pattern, but, it's just taking longer.

I've had good days and bad. A couple entire days without a cigarette still, although maybe less than in the beginning. Im actually thinking I may need to call in a prescription to get me through this last hump I can't seem to let go of 1-3 (the day we lost our dog 4 or 5) cigarettes a day. I'm not losing hope AT ALL, but I am just frustrated and feeling like I've stuck myself in some Groundhog Day reality. I go through this entire (chemical addiction related, Im sure) conversation with myself that I shouldn't need a prescription when I can go so far from 20+ cigarettes a day for years to 1, and that the best way for me to do this is without any help, but then I also see myself constantly sabotaging myself.

I'm giving myself the rest of this week to fight the fight myself, and I'll call my doctor for chantix next Monday if I have to.

Sorry to be a bit of a downer, but, there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Get the magic blue pills. They are magical. I couldn't have done it without them.

I highly recommend them.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

. Oh no. I am so so sorry.

Thanks, lady.

 

[duluthralphie]

Doc says finish this month and at the end of this month if I feel like I need to continue taking it then she'll prescribe it to me for one more month.


I'm just kind of done with medicine.
I mean I took my pill this morning and I'm going to go ahead and finish taking it for the whole month like I'm supposed to but I'm ready to be done taking it.

i understand the desire to dump the pills, and it sux to take em..

but it’s 1,000 times better to take them than to relapse and start over again..