Good questions here. What makes this quit different? I can't think of anything, really. It seems the same. I'm not even as optimistic as I was the last time. I quit on my birthday and stayed quit for almost 4 weeks. I've done this so many times it's hard to believe any more that I'll stick to it this time. I say 'this is it' every time and I really mean it and I'm always so proud of my self for quitting and I always feel really good about quitting. I just don't want to be quitting all the time. I want to quit once and for all.
My triggers? Sometimes there are none, I just walk out side and ask the next person for a cigarette. Sometimes it's being around 'some' people that smoke, going to a party, traveling. Once it was seeing a cigarette in an ashtray and no one was around, so I smoked it, hiding. I forgot I didn't want to smoke any more.
I think I just need to say my mantra all the time. "I don't want to smoke anymore. I'm no longer a smoker"
I�ve tried everything over the years. Zyban, hypnoses, acupuncture, nicotine gum, seminars. My mom died of lung cancer last year, she was only 67. That should really scare me! And it really does, believe it or not. The easiest way for me to quit is to be here, reading posts here. I think if I stay here for a few months and not get so cocky because I�ve managed to quit again, I might get enough time under my belt to stay away for good. It�s worth the try, haven�t done that one yet.
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[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/24/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0
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$46,988.00
Amount Saved
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Days: 713
Hours: 9
Minutes: 44
Seconds: 28
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5528
Smoke Free Days
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110,560
Cigarettes Not Smoked