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Thanks for the bump! Danielle _______________________ The SSC Support Team

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Bump for Judy? Peace Patience and Power. The power within! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 278 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,967 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2224 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 45 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22

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Exactly what I was gettin at. Thanks. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 7 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 158 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $80.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 55

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Phillip, You have come so far in the last 6 months! We are so proud of the you who has changed, but also the you that refuses to change because that's part of growing... learning what parts of you to keep and what parts to change. You have done a wonderful job and should be so proud of yourself! Congratulations on a hard-earned 6 months! Crave the Quit! Pam [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 291 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,295 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1201.83 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 21 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

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Thank you so much Riv for such an insightful post, and for being so brave. I can really empathise where you're coming from 'cause in my work I deal with some of the results of violence. I have felt anger during this quit - unfortunately mostly at myself for letting the "nicodemon" have control for so long. I haven't liked this part of the quit and I wonder if this is what caused me to fail in the past? The difference this time around perhaps is that I have seen the anger as part of the grieving process, rather than as a negative hatred / anger at self. Cheers alison :) Life. Be in it. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/16/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 91 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,759 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1137.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 13 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 54

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for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 8760

Riverdale Man, Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I'm sure it will encourage others to look at their own journey. Congratulations on a job well done! We are proud to see you standing strong at 6 months! Danielle _______________________ The SSC Support Team

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 2614

This is my rant at the end of six months. This is particularly about me and please, please, please take what you want, what you can use and please leave the rest. Hello fellow ex smoker. I am at the end of my first 6 months of not smoking. I have not smoked a single puff. I have kept my agreement to myself and for that I am happy, grateful and somewhat surprised. Here we go. Remember this is all about me finding balance. Hate. A big word and a word I see often. �I hate the nicodemon�, � �kick that hateful nicodemon to the curb�. � �I hate smokers�, �I hate the new laws�, � I hate the junkie in me� � . I hate � could be a whole lot of things. Hate is a word and hatred a behaviour that I work to balance myself against in almost every avenue of my life. I have worked for almost all of my life as a peacemaker. I have tolerance and boundaries now that I didn�t have when I smoked. I have a very hard time with hatred. I have an even harder time with violent behaviour. So I get very unbalanced and not wanting to play the game, participate in the festivities when I see them taking on a (this is very much me seeing and responding to this) violent, intolerant and hateful tone. I have held onto this for a long time. I have a very difficult time programming myself to hate a part of me, and I absolutely cannot do it. Yes there is a part if me that I need to change. The part of me that smoked, endangered my life and health. The part of me that smoked took away a lot and gave back very, very little. Most of what the smoking did was provide a false sense of security and calm. Smoking was a huge stressor. I only know any of this now that I have not smoked for 6 months. Fear, I fear growing old and becoming intolerant. I fear getting angry and bitter and becoming hateful, and I very much fear violence, because it was so much like what I have seen and experienced in my life. I don�t want to recreate my past. I have found after 6 months of being quit that I absolutely do not have to recreate my past. I don't have to be afraid, because I know that I can design and build my future the way I want it to be, I've been doing this for 6 months. I am very attached to changing my behaviour, stopping smoking, in a kinder, gentler more loving way. I have the hardest time

for 18 år siden 0 +0 / -0 2614

Oh Luna you don't know that I have a tackle dummy and wiffle bats. Anger is a very productive and informative emotion. Just how much anger I held towards myself and directed at myself was unmasked for me as soon as I quit. The direction and expression of anger is for me one of the most important learnings for me in this quit. The expression of anger in a safe, uplifting and constructive manner is an artform. I hope I can be an artist! Thanks for reading and your gracious responses. Nothing I enjoy more than having those around me know more of me and for me to learn more of them. Happy No Smoking Day tomorrow, and the next day and the next day and the next ... :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 179 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,599 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1342.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 29 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 55 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10

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Ditto to what Luna said (very insightful post about you) and to expand on a portion of what she is saying: When I am fearful of the unknown, allowing myself to get �angry� can help me to muster the �courage� to take that next step. Also, I think I really do hate (or well perhaps, detest is a better word~lol) big tobacco companies. Here�s why. During my research to �outsmart my addiction� I learned a lot about the 'addiction cover-up' (that occurred in the 1960's when cigarette advertising began target marketing women.) Plus, allowing myself to feel this way toward the makers of the death sticks makes it VERY easy to never consider purchasing another cigarette. I hope that helps you to understand the other side of it a little. I enjoy learning why people think the way they do. Thanks for sharing with us. :) Congratulations on the big 6 mo Phillip! [color=blue][font=Tahoma]All the best~[/color] [img]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6922/n3us.gif[/img][size=3][color=blue]2[/color][/size][img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2344/k6ob.gif[/img][/color] [b]U.S. Patent No. 6,202,649: 'Method of Treating Tobacco to Reduce (but not eliminate/can't do that) Nitrosamine Content, and Products Produced Thereby'[/b] � Star Scientific's heat-exchanger/tobacco curing patent, granted in [u]2001.[/u] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 360 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,939 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1800 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 34 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29

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Wow, Phillip. A very insightful post about your own journey of self discovery. That is so much of the battle (oops a violent word) - the struggle - finding what attitude, what approach, what realization will work for us as individuals. That is why a formula doesn't work. That is why every person's quit has to be their own. For some, (maybe, as I think about it, for those less assertive in their lives?) anger is a very important part of their quits. To get furious enough to tell Nicodemon to go to hell. To throw dishes, to pound pillows, to scream. For you, it sounds like this is not your way. No less of a struggle, but just that your means to your end are different. How lovely to come to the realizations that your success depends on loving yourself more and embracing your quit with peace, balance and compassion. Congratulations on your 6 months. Sincerely, Carole [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/15/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 487 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 12,195 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1704.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 67 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24

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