I know exactly what you mean. The last time I quit I stayed off cigarettes for 2 years & 7 months. I then began smoking one here and one there until finally I knew I was hooked again.
Just pick a date and do it. There's no other way about it. DO IT!
Best of luck to you. We are all in the same boat! T.
Hang in there and have faith that you can do this 100%! The hardest part is just doing it! You can do this@!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 7
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 151
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $31.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
jess ,i so know wot your going through up and down up and down!!like you im finding it hard try find the get up and go to quit again,my hole body says i need to do it but in my head i think i wont cope ,that maybe i will be more ratty with aimee and hubby and they wont cope with that!thay did for 5 months!!at least we are thinking of it though,a few weeks back i was thinking "why the hell shouldnt i be able to smoke if i want to!"my sisters smoking again after 4 years why shouldnt i???? the fact i felt she was getting somthing i wasnt really pissed me off so off i went to the store and now im up and down every day wishing id not spoken to her at all[we dont talk often!] jess keep thinking about it ,we will get there maybe not tomorrow or next week but i know i want to be quit by summer .
we can do it we have befor. jan x :)
Hi Jess and welcome back-
Wow - alot of great advice here so I will just second it all and send love and blessings...
You can do this - its hard, its really hard, but you CAN DO IT -we are all here for you.
Stay very close to this site and yell if you need us; we're all right here for you.
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[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/5/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 79
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,794
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $367.35
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 28 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
Well i quit on 1/1 but went back a few months later. Some of you may remember me some not but I am finding it very hard to quit again. Or i should say can't get up the nerve. I have said to myself that after this pack i am not going to buy another one but then I find my self at the store buying them any way. I don't understand why this time is so much harder then the first. When I quit back in Jan it almost seemed easy to stop. Not easy to stay quit but easy to stop. I have been here every day reading (not posting). Seeing all my quit buddies make milestones and feel a loss cause I am not there with them. I miss the freedom I had when I didn't smoke. And it's weird but I am not as strong as a smoker now then i was. What I mean by that is I used to be like "oh who cares what people think I am a smoker so be it" but now I am very different I care. Sorry for the ramble but I need help. and would like any and all advise and opinions any of you can give.
Lady, Thanks so much for the response and the bump. It made allot of sence to me. I am going to stop going to the gas station. I just have to do it. :)
Thanks Mel.
You completly right Nascarfan!!! I just have to do it!!
Stu: So gald to see you made it back and that you are doing so well.. I just have to gather the courage that you did and just stop.
Does anyone else feel like a Yo-Yo :quest:
Thanks BFS. You took the words right out of my mouth. That post was great and exactly how I am feeling. Almost like the wind is out of my sails. I know that I just have to do it. Like instead of getting into a pool one step at a time from the ladder i just need to cannonball in. well I am going to NH next weekend for Laconia bike week with a hole bunch of friends (only 1 of them smoke) Maybe I will syke myself up and just quit that weekend. I know I know.. Maybe??? I should just do it. Darn yo-yo again
Hi Red,
It's good to see you too but I have to be honest I have been a bit of a stalker and still here everyday reading but not posting. I am glad to see you are back and I hope you are doing well.
It make perfect sence everything you said. I have actually chosen a quit date of June 8th. Hoping that this time will be it for me. I am going to prepare myself and basically become a nusance around here but that's what here is for right!!. You were always there when I needed ya before. Hopefully I may count on you again and everyone else here.. :)
LOL Red!!!! Thanks for being my cheerleader.. And hopefully my pom poms won't go up in flames this time.. Hey wait a min that doesn't sound confidant does it. Ok I WILL DO THIS!! on june 8th of course.. :p
TXst, You are so right we are all in the same boat and I just have to do it.
Carpepax- Thanks for the May group mention, I will check it out :) Gald to see your back too!!!
LindaM - Thanks it's nice to know I am not alone in this Yo-Yo effect!!
Hummy- HiYa!!! Thanks so much for all the reading material, allot of it does apply.. I am going to print it out and tape it to my walls.. :p
Fred (Jan)- You are so right. We can do this!!! Of course I am not that convinced yet but I am getting there.. I hear ya on the "why shouldn't I be able to smoke if I want to".
Healerwithin- thanks I am going to need allot of support. and will probally get carpal tunnel from typing so much. But it's better than other things I can get due to smoking!!
Hey Stu - Not yet, I think I am picking June 8th to Stop, Very random but I will be going to Laconia that weekend so at least I will be very busy and you can't smoke on the bike anyway!!
It's funny when I first quit my BF was so proud he never really said much about me smoking before because I was smoking when we started dating but now oh man!! he never stops nagging me about it. There was a commerical on tv about a woman who kept saying that she started seeing lines all over her face and it was due to smoking and now that she quit her skin is so much better. Now I know that is a very true statement but after the commerical my BF got right up in my face (joking of course) and was like oh I see a line oh and theres another one. Now being a woman I wanted to SMAK him for pointing out my flaws but I know he is only doing it because he cares. But I am worried that I won't get the support that I know I need this time cause I already failed. And it's not just from the BF but from the fam too. I know that you guys will all be there for me but I am alittle scared. Heck Allot scared..
