Adding on - I got a huge shock!! UPDATE

[pattys1231]

Congratulations, and many happy years at DVC!

 

[vascubaguy]

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.

First, congratz to Cinderella on the add-on and the decision to quit smoking and cut back on the wine. Here's some to help.

I don't smoke and rarely drink; however, food has always been my "addiction." And no, not the good kind. I love junk food, especially chocolate. I need to utilize this methodology to cut back on the "junk food" and eating out. No telling how much of an add-on I could get from that in a year!

Anyway, best wishes!!!

 

[Cinderella]

Just bumping as updated

 

[lor1277]

Congratulations on your add-on and your quitting smoking!!!
I quit almost 4 years ago...cold turkey. You can do it! It really is all in your head. Chew alot of sugarless gum, and keep yourself as occupied as you can...you'll find that you can go longer between each "nic fit". It becomes a little game you play with yourself to see how long you can go without thinking about it! Stick with it! You can do it!!!!


Lori

 

[Disneymooners93]

Sorry I can't help you with tips. All I can give you is morale encouragement and a little pixie dust.

Much luck, we're pulling for you.

 

[pbharris4]

Congratulations on the add on AND even more importantly..quitting smoking! I am a former smoker myself. Started when I was 14. Quit at 24 w/ 1 st pregnancy. Started 1 week after she was born (stress!) Quit for good with 2nd pregnancy at 31. I am now 34. So I have been smoke free since 10/24/02. At the 5 yr mark I am buying myself something really nice. (Well..it'll be a double reward, because I plan to be back at the weight I was when I met my DH by then too).

It's tough at first, but you can do it. I smoked to ease stress and for a few moments alone. I just don't handle stress. What worked for me was whenever I feel really stressed my DH would give me a back massage. Sometimes I would be so stressed he'd practically have to pound the stress out of me, but it worked! He used to joke and say he was going to start charging me. If you haven't already, find something that calms you and stick to it. After awhile you won't even think about it anymore. $8.50 a pack!!!! Gasp! I thought $3.50 a pack was bad. By giving up that bad habit..you have gained a new and better one.....more DVC!!!

 

[Jimbo]

DW read one of Mr. Carr's books last year, and they helped her a lot. March 7th will mark one year since her last cigarette! She was a pack a day smoker for 25 years, too.

It's not all rosy, though. She still has cravings occasionally, and she put on 20 pounds since she quit. She had lost a lot of weight before she quit in order to prepare for it. But it still made her nuts to put on the pounds, because she had worked so hard to get her weight down in the first place.

DD read the book and quit, too. Her one year anniversary is this week. We're taking the whole gang to WDW in October, staying in a GV, and my son-in-law is now the only smoker in the group. And we're hoping to browbeat him into quitting by then, but it has to be up to him.

 

[Kez250]

When I gave up i tried to change my routine - i had it timed so that the route I walked from the tube station to the office was just the right amount of time to have a cigarette - i changed the route i walked and started counting the cracks in the pavement just to keep my mind off of the non-smoking

And at lunch instead of just walking round and smoking i'd either go to a
gym-class or go somewhere smoking wasn't allowed

When I went to the pub afterwork i kept my cellphone in one hand and a drink in the other - no free hands to itch for a cigarette

After a while I returned to doing things how I used to but I never got the urge to smoke again

K.

 

[Cinderella]

Thank you so much for all your advice and encouragement - it is tough but i will persevere. I already made ressies with my add on, and we are saving a fortune compared to rack rate, so stopping smoking will be the icing on the cake.

And for anyone considering DVC - we will easily break even on the downpayment for this add on within 2 to 3 years - simply because we got 2005 points and only paid prorated dues (we bought in dec so paid half a months dues for the 2005 points). With the 250 point add on we paid about £12000. I downpaid £6k out of my savings and will pay the rest over a year. We have 2 bed 8 nts in VWL for May and booking thru disney uk would have cost over £3600. We also have SSR October 1 bed 7 night in October which would have cost us over £1900. So the ressies we already made amount to nearly half our upfront payment if we paid cash.

Now I just need to beat this smoking and wine drinking thing. I had already put on quite a bit of weight due to the wine drinking, but i'm not overly worried about that, as i was too skinny before because of stress! If I can quit these bad habits, they will pay the rest of my upfront payment in a year, and hopefully i will live long enough to enjoy SSR for a long time!

Thank you all again for your support - you've been brilliant.

 

[donald...really]

Congratulations and best wishes. I am sure it will be tough, but I am sure you can do it.

When making your DVC reservations, did you request a non smoking room? If not, call back and request it. You might as well start thinking like a non smoker, plus there will be less temptation to smoke while on vacation if you are in a non smoking room.

 

[Hef4545]

I was a smoker so I know what you are going through. Haven't touched one in 14 years.
It isn't easy. My DH has just stopped. He is using the Nicorette gum and has found it a huge help.
He is on week 4. You will definitely feel better as time goes on. Your body has to withdraw from all that crap you have been filling it with. As suggested by others, he also changed his routine. On the way to work in the morning, he would stop and get coffee and cigarettes. Now, he brings his coffee with him and goes straight to work.
Keep letting us know how you are doing. You can do this!

 

[deide71]

My DM died Dec. of '04 from lung cancer. She was 59 and smoked at least a pack a day for 40 years.

My DF died 8 years earlier from a cerebral hemhorrage secondry to liver disease and hypertension. He was a drinker.

I never imagined I would be without both parents at the age of 33.

I know it's not easy, but I would imagine each day will get easier.

You are doing yourself and those who love you a great service by quitting.

 

[senecabeach]

Cinderella.........

What timing!!

I have set 2/4 Saturday, as my goal date to start becoming "smoke free".

I know I need support and a friend will also join me in "begining our new lives".
I'm sooo tired of the shortness of breath and smelling like an ashtray!

This will be my 2nd attempt...the first was for 2 yrs. and how wonderful I felt....but it WILL be the successful one! YES...I'm not setting myself up for failure..it will happen.

My DH and I have enjoyed WDW, every year, since its opening in '71 and I have such beautiful memories with him and mom.
Did I stop when my DH passed away from lung cancer..No.
Did I stop when I saw mom pass with emphazema...No.

How stupid can I be?? I've just reached my limit. I'll be 60 in May and somehow felt this "wake up call" happening.

When my DVC ends, I'll be 97 and want to be around to decide...what's next?

Guess its time to "get off this couch" now.....So...I'm here for YOU as I know YOU will be for me

Please pm me..and we'll swap e-mail addresses...and GET through this!

 

[dianeschlicht]

Way to go!!! Hang in there, and keep us posted!