Hi ChickenStix,
I have been thinking of you since I read that your husband did not manage to quit, last year exactly the same thing happened with me and my boyfriend... I came on here and said, "How can I make him quit?" and the answers were that my quit had to be for me, I could not make him quit, blah blah... In the end, I did go back to smoking. A couple of months later I came across a book by Allen Carr, "The only way to stop smoking permanently". Apparently some people feel absolutely jouyous after reading it and never want to smoke again. Well I wouldn't describe myself quite like that BUT I found that whilst I did want to smoke, a stronger part of me did not... and I was successful. To get me through the early days, this is probably not common advice, but I kept telling myself, "I will stay quit for a year, then start again. That way, when people go on about how I shouldn't smoke, and if I'm ever diagnosed with a horrific disease, I can say, 'well I stayed quit for a whole year and hated it, so I started again'" I assumed that in a years time I most certainly would not want to start again, so my promise to myself would be meaningless. However, I have had a rocky patch recently since boyfriend has gone back to full time smoking and I actually considered following through on my plan...Luckily the good people at the SCC put me right... I think it will work for you, all you need to do now is keep on NOT smoking so it will be more to lose if you were to start again. I don't think you should just take it 'one hour at a time', that is 24 promises to keep each day and you will never stop thinking about it. Good luck I am thinking of you. Read my post "an addict's denial" on the next page, to remind yourself that you will hate it if you do start again.
Celia
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/6/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 245
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,689
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1592.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 17 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26
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$100,509.20
Amount Saved
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Days: 4837
Hours: 9
Minutes: 31
Seconds: 56
Life Gained
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45686
Smoke Free Days
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182,744
Cigarettes Not Smoked
