I think I better think about my relationship to my beautiful guitar. Oftentimes I think it is broken until someone else picks it up and makes music come out of it. All I can really do is brag about how beautiful it is.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,655
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $303.4
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31
my relationship with my potential smoke. It now has hit me that my coping mechanisms must kick in long before then.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,653
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $303.4
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28
Thank you. I did not smoke yesterday, and do not want to today. But I came awlfully close to smoking yesterday.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,665
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $303.4
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 54 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23
Way to be strong....you can do this. Stay with it, it's the best thing you can give yourself.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/19/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 63
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 637
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $126
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9
Bgaines,
That's a great distraction to throw your concentration into. Try to start substituting those romantic thoughts for disgusting negative ones. A little research and a few pictures should help you get started.
Keep persevering,
Danielle
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The SSC Support Team
Bgaineshunter,
Distraction is the name of the game! Whenever I started to think in this way about a smoker, I would visualise my dad one week away from his death, virtually a skeleton having always been a fit and muscular man.
That soon put things into perspective for me.
Harsh and extreme maybe, but then again my father always dreamt that I would quit someday.
Mr Ed
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/13/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 189
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,686
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �1417.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 31 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31
I hear you. It's kida like looking back at that first girlfrien/boyfriend after many years. They were the best, the sweetest, the nicest, you kinda wonder why it ever ended between you and then you run into them on the street....
They are nothing close to what your memory has made them.....
REALITY CHECK - GET OVER YOURSELF!
The junkie in your head is working on you. Be very aware and don't buy the crap it's telling you. There is nothing "special" about smoking a cigarette unless stinking like death is special to you.
Good work - sounds like your guard is up.....
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/7/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 167
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,857
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1419.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 27 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 8
