I can not believe how many times this post has been viewed! WOW! If my struggles can help others than this is all worth it.
(Plus the fact that I am also learning!)
We all fall and slip thats for sure. I can't beat myself up for having a relapse. I think the reason why I have been so hard on myself was that I thought I was disappointing everyone else around me. When in all actuality I was more disappointed in myself!
Why on earth be so hard? Everyday that I don't light up I am beating this addiction. Everyday I am letting go of the hold it has had on me for so long.
We can do this. I can do this. Have faith in yourself. Believe that you are strong.
We can take it one day at a time or one minute at a time or one second at a time. Just don't give up fighting. Fight the addiction that has kept a hold of you for all this time.
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[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]9/18/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 20
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 40
Love the kitty :)
Lolo you are doing so well, just hang in there and as Ros suggested may Lottalifeleft and you can be quit buddies.
Ros you are luck to have Rusty as a quit buddy, she is my friend and mentor.
So you see guy a connecting with someone will keep you honest. Try it.
Keep the Quit
Sparky
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]4/30/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 142
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,420
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $426.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9
Well done Lottalifeleft and Lolo, you are both doing really well! :)
Looks like you could be quit buddies?
My main quit buddy was Rusty, it really helps to have someone else along on the journey.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/16/2004
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1007
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 32,224
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �6,042.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 138 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 26
Hi Lolo,
This is day 5 for me. This is not easy at all. I am focusing on the pride I feel at the moment for having not smoked for 1 day, 5 days in a row. It was really bad on my way in to work this am but, once that obsession passed, I was like a kid on Christmas day. I didn't smoke. So hang in there. We can do this!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]9/14/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 5
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 125
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $28.13
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39
A Dancing frog!! Awesome!
Day two: I WILL NOT SMOKE!
thank you for holding my hand.
?Lolo
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]9/18/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 20
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49
Lolo
Well done on getting through the first day.
Now, if you don't smoke today do you think Sparky will give that poor frog a rest!?
Good luck.
Gen
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/28/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 175
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,800
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �875.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 23 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 52
WTG, Lolo! Now get through today the same way you got through yesterday.
I'm not smoking today, how about you?
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/13/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 129
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,580
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,419.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 12 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 30 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2
That is awesome!!! Now let's get this next minute, hour or day underway.
Now go look in the mirror, smile, tell yourself you are worth this quit and give yourself a hug. You can and will do this. Here is another smile for you.
[IMG]http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p173/osd1944/dancingfrog.gif[/IMG]
Keep the Quit
Sparky
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]4/30/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 142
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,420
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $426.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 14 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0
that is great lolo!!!
now, what's your plan for this day?
keep posting
i'm on im for a bit if you want to talk
-aloha
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/22/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 181
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,240
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,230.80
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 25 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27
OK I MADE IT!! Lolo 24 and Junkie 0!
One day down a lifetime to go!
I know that a lot of it has to do with the way that you are thinking. When you throw up your hands and say I don't care! What does it matter any way? You really do care and it really does matter.
We know it does because we are trying to reach out and grab onto anything that we can to grab and hold onto. I know that at times I feel like there is no way that I can ever change the bad habits. But, I reach out(even if it is just reading the boards)and hold on so that I know that I am not alone. We can do this.
Thank you for your support and encouragement everyone. I can do this! I will do this even if it takes me...
One day at a time,
one minute at a time,
or one second at a time.
I wil do this.
X[color=Red]?[/color][color=Black]Lolo[/color][color=Red]?[/color][color=Black]X[/color]
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]9/18/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 20
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49
