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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Beth E]
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10/11/07 06:42 PM
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DS, this great news.
I wish you all the best with this.
TIS and DC - what's the latest report?
Signor V.
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"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Signor Vitelli]
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10/13/07 09:25 AM
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DS, the best of luck to you. If you need to vent or just release your feelings this is a good place for "mental" therapy. You'd be surprised how writing feelings down can be an emotional aid. Good Luck!  Monday will be 4 months for me and I am happy to say I'm still doing very well. One thing though....I'll make this as brief as possible: There were some issues at my work two weeks ago in which I felt myself and co-workers were being treated unfairly. I won't go into detail, but I told the Administration exactly how I felt. Anyway, we had a meeting with all the office workers. Our Principlal spoke to each of us and said to me, "I have never seen TIS get pissed off so I know something is wrong."  I don't think I am a bitchy person by nature, but wondered if I was so angry because of smoking withdrawal???? Yet, I asked the others in the office about the issues we had at work, and all of them felt as I did, PLUS it's been 4 months, and the cravings have diminished a whole lot, so I don't think it's part of the withdrawal process, do you??? OMG!! Am I turning into a "bitchy" woman?  TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Don Cardi]
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10/15/07 12:34 PM
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t I just feel fat!!! For me I guess, the good news is I wasn't fat before so it won't be like "added" weight.
Wish it wasn't "added" weight for me! Right now I'm a fat bastard! Smoke free...but a fat bastard. You mean like that Mike Meyers character?
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: klydon1]
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10/16/07 02:05 AM
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OMG!! Am I turning into a "bitchy" woman?  Wasn't that a song by the Eagles? Oh...that was Witchy Woman. Never mind.  Right now I'm a fat bastard! Smoke free...but a fat bastard. You mean like that Mike Meyers character? Nah...reminds me more of Alexei Sayle! ("Who was that fat bastard?") Put my pipe back on its rack around two weeks ago. Dammit, I do miss it at times. But, I'm gonna see how long I can hold out. (It's ironic, considering that in another life I'm known as a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast.) But, I know that quitting cigarettes is 1000 times harder than giving up pipe smoking. Still, there is the occasional wailing and gnashing of teeth in Brooklyn... Signor V.
"For me, there's only my wife..."
"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Don Cardi]
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11/26/07 10:02 AM
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Wonderful DC!!  Yes I am still "on" the wagon too. Dec. 15 will be, to me, a notable landmark of 6 months of clean & sober (so to speak).  I can't believe I am doing it. It is so much easier now. I don't even think about it as much. However, I notice everyone who is smoking. Like when I went for a walk with my brother, and passed a couple people who were having a cig. I took a deep whiff and more or less tried to snort the smoke.  Yea, I guess it does still smell good, if you can believe that. Yet, I knew I wouldn't really want to go back. Thanks everyone here too, because whether you realize it or not those who have replied have been an encouragement during the quitting process. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Beth E]
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11/26/07 10:34 AM
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Thanks Beth. Of course everyone is happy I quit.  My trip to Michigan made me even more determined to quit, as one of my cousin's (she in one of the pictures I posted (with scarf on her head due to chemo)does have lung cancer.  She smoked at least two packs a day and was given a mere few months. I'm so so sad for her. She was on oxygen 24/7 but now can be off it a few hours at a time. The doctor said that the cancer is shrinking but that it is normal for lung cancer and usually comes back. Seeing what she has gone through breaks my heart, and although it's so sad to say, she has been a source of my determination to quit. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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11/26/07 10:02 PM
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It is so much easier now. I don't even think about it as much. However, I notice everyone who is smoking. Like when I went for a walk with my brother, and passed a couple people who were having a cig. I took a deep whiff and more or less tried to snort the smoke. Yea, I guess it does still smell good, if you can believe that. Yet, I knew I wouldn't really want to go back. TIS OH!!! I totally understand it! I love to take a whiff of it when someone is smoking. I too am finding it easier as time goes on. And truthfully with each day that passes, I realize that I am thinking about it less and less. Glad to hear that you're still going strong. Keep up the good work!
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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11/27/07 10:06 PM
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Wonderful DC!!  Yes I am still "on" the wagon too. Dec. 15 will be, to me, a notable landmark of 6 months of clean & sober (so to speak).  I can't believe I am doing it. It is so much easier now. I don't even think about it as much. However, I notice everyone who is smoking. Like when I went for a walk with my brother, and passed a couple people who were having a cig. I took a deep whiff and more or less tried to snort the smoke.  Yea, I guess it does still smell good, if you can believe that. Yet, I knew I wouldn't really want to go back. Thanks everyone here too, because whether you realize it or not those who have replied have been an encouragement during the quitting process. TIS Thats great guy's you can do it ! It's five years for me thought i could never do it, But I got a scare in my life & thats when i said to myself it's stop or die from lung cancer! That is one way -i just don't want to die!  When you feel like a Cig look at a picture of a smokers lung's 
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Don Cardi]
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12/01/07 01:20 PM
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I gave up Diet Coke on June 2. Does that count for anything? Guess that we both gained weight!  Seriously though, if you were a diet coke addict, then it absolutely does! Good for you Saladbar! Ha, well considering I've been training for a marathon too, I haven't gained weight! In fact I'm leaving town because my marathon is TOMORROW!! EEEK! 26.2 miles of insanity, but you already suspected my insanity right?
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: SC]
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12/02/07 08:45 PM
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I've heard others say the same thing SC. It is kind depressing isn't it?  I started out taking this one day at a time and now feel fairly confident and don't ever expect to smoke again. Vegas was a big test that I survived. Yet, from some stories I've heard, if, God forbid some horrible tragedy/event swept my life, I just don't know, but having smoked before, I can understand where the urge "could" come back if you let it. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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12/16/07 01:41 PM
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I've reached my "six month" landmark yesterday you guys.  It's much much much better. Do I still think about it? Yes! As a matter of fact, just Friday going to my daughter's house I was in traffic that was crawling like a snail. Pissed me off.  What should have been an hour drive (from work) turned into an hour and a half. Anyway, I had my cigarets/lighter right in the counsel. For the first time in quite a while, I looked down and thought, boy this is a "light-up" time if ever there was one. Deep down though, I knew I'd get through it. My daughters' asked why do you still have your cigs? I have a full carton and a half carton in my houe. Well, don't know why I kept them, but today is the day I'm getting rid of them.  Thing is, they are six months old, I don't have a store receipt and they are most likely stale. I was thinking of putting outside my complex with a note saying "free, I quit". At any rate, I'm getting rid of them. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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