Adding on - I got a huge shock!! UPDATE

[Cinderella]

Well i wound up getting the 250 point add on I just finished reading the allan carr book recommended by toesmom yesterday and finished my last cigarette. So far i'm not doing too bad, but i could use some support and encouragement. Today, i just feel hungry and tired all the time? Is there anything i can do to stop those feelings? Would appreciate some recommendations. Thanks.

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I'm planning a 200 point add on at SSR in December (if I like it) - or one of the other resorts, if i don't.

Rather than pay for all the points in a huge lump, I decided to put down 15%, take disney finance and pay over a year. I'm planning to stop smoking in January and cut down on my wine with dinner intake - I've had a stressful year, and my cigarette and wine intake has gone thru the roof. Well cigarettes are expensive in the UK - about $8.50 for a pack of 20 - so I figured i would work out how much quitting smoking and cutting down on wine would pay towards my add on. Thought this would give me a great incentive, but i have to say i was horrified - the cash I spend on wine and cigarettes would pay for the whole of my add on in about 15 months! I had no idea i was spending so much - as i earn quite good money.

This is definitely all the incentive i need. There i was wondering if the cost of 200 extra points was worth it - and i can have them for the price i have been paying to ruin my health. Plus, this way, I might actually live long enough to enjoy them.

Has anyone else given up bad habits to pay for DVC?

 

[MickeyCrazed]

No stories of my own to tell but...
I just wanted to say Congratulations regarding your add on (but most of all for quitting smoking!) It's a hard habit to break, and you picked a fantastic way to reward yourself!

 

[dianeschlicht]

CONGRATULATIONS! Both for the add-on and for the decision to better your health!

 

[AnnaS]

I smoked many years ago (as did dh) and I have not smoked in almost 14 years. When people look at me like I have two heads upon hearing I have a "timeshare" or what they could do with the amount of "dues" I pay - I never reveal the amount - I just tell them - it's my pack of cigarettes a day but it's better than smoking them. That is not counting the money we have also saved from dh quitting the same time that I did.

Enjoy your health - it's not easy to quit. It's definitely a great incentive.

 

[rocketriter]

Enjoy your points, and enjoy making a profit on renting them out in years when you don't use them all!

 

[jarestel]

Congratulations on your plan and good luck!

 

[Pluto 2]

you got the add on , now sop smoking

 

[jsinohio]

Has anyone else given up bad habits to pay for DVC?

You mean drinking wine is a bad habit!?!?! Guess I'm in trouble then!!

 

[bobbiwoz]

You've a great plan! I wish you great success, and enjoy those extra points! Pixie dust!

Bobbi

 

[Kadorto]

Congratulations on your decision to stop smoking!! Wouldn't it be great if all DVCers did the same...at least while in the resorts!

 

[gppnj]

I relate to what you're saying. Although my eating has been good lately, I've overeaten for most of my life. What I regularly spent on food I shouldn't be having would go a long way toward paying for DVC.

 

[jenny2]

Congratulations! Both on the add-on, and the decision to stop smoking!

 

[manning]

I'm planning a 200 point add on at SSR in December (if I like it) - or one of the other resorts, if i don't.

Rather than pay for all the points in a huge lump, I decided to put down 15%, take disney finance and pay over a year. I'm planning to stop smoking in January and cut down on my wine with dinner intake - I've had a stressful year, and my cigarette and wine intake has gone thru the roof. Well cigarettes are expensive in the UK - about $8.50 for a pack of 20 - so I figured i would work out how much quitting smoking and cutting down on wine would pay towards my add on. Thought this would give me a great incentive, but i have to say i was horrified - the cash I spend on wine and cigarettes would pay for the whole of my add on in about 15 months! I had no idea i was spending so much - as i earn quite good money.

This is definitely all the incentive i need. There i was wondering if the cost of 200 extra points was worth it - and i can have them for the price i have been paying to ruin my health. Plus, this way, I might actually live long enough to enjoy them.

Has anyone else given up bad habits to pay for DVC?

By golly, I think she's got it!!

Congrats.

 

[manning]

you got the add on , now sop smoking

I think Pluto is going to have to sop drinkin. Hic

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

Good Luck!

 

[Cinderella]

Thank you all for your kind words of support and encouragement. Whenever I am struggling, I will read this thread again, and it will help me stick to it.

 

[toesmom]

Allen Carr is an english fellow who wrote an excellent book published by Penguin called "The only way to stop smoking permanently"... Excellent book, I read it and never smoked again and never wanted to smoke again either!!

 

[Cinderella]

Toesmom - thank you, I've just ordered two copies of this book from amazon (one for my partner too). I didn't even know it existed until you told me about it, but the reviews on there are amazing. I have been off work for days with the worst cold i had in years, and i am sure that smoking is making it worse. Who knows, if the book comes in time, I may even have quit before my trip to WDW next week - that would be great, and probably one of the easiest places in the whole world to stop smoking. Thank you.

 

[cobbler]

Congrats to you! DVC is so much better than smoking and wine

 

[crazywig]

congratulations on your decision to quit!

i smoked for a long time, when i got pregnant for the first time at age 35, i was forced to quit cold turkey. one of the hardest things ever. (dh also quit with me).

i have been smoke free for 4 yrs and love it. i would never have thought i would say that...as a smoker you think you can never drink without smoking, drive without smoking, etc. but you can. and you will!!!!!