Stephanie (Brighteyes) How are you doing....

[Tantor]

with not smoking??

Just thought I'd post to see if your still doing okay......

 

[brighteyes]

Awww...thanks for checking on me. Well (not counting the slipup I had on my 7th day of having one puff of a cigarette) it has been 12 days

That 7th day I was really craving don't know why maybe cause I got my script late that day.

Still going through tons of licorice. Had an emergency last night at 11 and ran out so had to run to the corner store to replenish.

12 days I think at 3 or 4 weeks I can call myself a non smoker.

Stephanie

 

[bababear_50]

Sending healing HUGS Stephanie!!! Your doing great!!!!

Hugs Mel

 

[brighteyes]

Thank You! Not really thinking about it much anymore. But today while I was waiting for my Timmie's I thought I'll have my timmie's and my smoke, THEN thought WAIT A MIN - U DON"T SMOKE Then it was gone and I was OK.

Stephanie

 

[Shir Kahn]

Once you finally stop, it's fantastic. I've gone about 5 years without one now and I used to be a pack a day+ while working on the oil rigs. Lots of days we'd have nothing to do except sit in the doghouse and you know how it is, whenever someone lights one up, you feel like lighting one up too! At my worst, for a few months, I was 3 packs a day. I'm really glad I stopped that. It's definitely worth quitting, I feel great and I have more money to spend at WDW!

 

[Tantor]

Awww...thanks for checking on me. Well (not counting the slipup I had on my 7th day of having one puff of a cigarette) it has been 12 days

That 7th day I was really craving don't know why maybe cause I got my script late that day.

Still going through tons of licorice. Had an emergency last night at 11 and ran out so had to run to the corner store to replenish.

12 days I think at 3 or 4 weeks I can call myself a non smoker.

Stephanie

Way to go Stephanie!!
I am so proud of you.
I have a friend (best friend) who smokes and keeps telling me she is going to quit. I wish she would It worries me.........

 

[tmli]

Good for you Steph!! I know how you can spend all of the money you will save !

 

[brighteyes]

Good for you Steph!! I know how you can spend all of the money you will save !

Ha ha. Who's saving money with the cost of these meds and all the licorice, celery and sunflower seeds I am buying Now to wean myself off all this other junk.

I was going to come and see you today when I was buying my stash but it will still be about three weeks before I know anything.

Stephanie

 

[brighteyes]

Way to go Stephanie!!
I am so proud of you.
I have a friend (best friend) who smokes and keeps telling me she is going to quit. I wish she would It worries me.........

Yes, this was me for the last 4 or 5 years. I started again about 5 years ago after 6 years of quitting. No one believed me ever when I said I was going to quit, not even me. Even though you know it is not good for you, it's a hard thing to give up. It took my Dr. telling me to quit because I have beginning emphysyma, which is not good, and it was still hard to think of quitting.

You know, you think it can't happen to you, and I just kept thinking as I did my research project on smoking for school what would I do if I had cancer? It might be too late then, and then what?? Would smoking be worth it if I was dying? Would my son think it was worth it if I died on him? I think not.

If your friend thinks she is too young to see the effects of smoking tell her I am only 38 and have smoked for probably about 19 years all total, that is half my life Started when I was 13 but didnt smoke much then. Until the dr asked me and I had to think about it, I really never thought I smoked that much or that long. And had it not been for the asthma and allergies giving me shortness of breath, I never would have had the lung test to discover I had beginning stages of emphysyma. I was lucky to find out so I can stop it. Not everyone is so lucky.

Please don't give up on encouraging your friend in a gentle manner. Nagging even by my family just made me feel guilty and made me smoke more. Doesn't make sense I know, but true.

Stephanie