Longgone
John/68 Barracuda & Dart
The new tax hit cigarettes here yesterday. I see they`ve gone up around $10.00 a carton. Wow, now that`s a tax! Good luck people!
I'M REALLY<REALLY PISSY!!!!!!!!!! IT TOOK ME 5 HOURS TO DO 1 HOUR WORTH OF SCHOOL WORK YESTERDAY!!!! THAT IS WHY YOU DID NOT HEAR FROM ME TOO MUCH YESTERDAY!!!!!! IT IS WORKING OUT SO FAR BUT I'M AFRAID TO GO ANYWHERE IN CASE I SEE SOMEONE SMOKING!!!!!! How is everyone else doing???? I almost lost last night when I got done with my school work. I found a whole smoke in my jacket. I threw it away though. Then I dug it out of the trash an hour later and flushed it down the toilet. I'm kinda hurtin so I could use some encouraging PM's from anyone who may care.
You can do it!!! Keep a bottle of water with you, whenever you get a craving take a drink. Flushes out your system too. Chewing on a straw really helped me. Remind yourself you're doing this for your loved ones too. Remind yourself how much better you'll feel, and you won't have the aggravation of always making sure you have cigs, lighter, etc. Your sex life will improve. Hope this helps, we're rooting for you all!
Hang in there, guys!
I quit 22yrs ago, and I'm sure its no different now as then. One thing I did was to carry around a container of Altoids mints. Every time I wanted a smoke, I would pop a mint and go about my business. When you get to the point that you don't need the sugar hit, you may graduate to sugarless mints...
I remember the first 2 weeks being the toughest. Then you will only desire a cigarette only once in awhile when a new environmental trigger occurs.
After a month you will be on your way to really feeling good about yourself for succeeding. Shortly thereafter, you will start to become one of those "reformed smokers" and start to hate the smell of a smoke-filled room.
Although you are feeling mighty lousy right now, think of this month as the equivalent of a month's recovery from open heart surgery, or chemotherapy. without the side effects.
Each day will soon become easier, and you will start saving so much money that you all will be able to afford a spare "B" or "E" body!
As I started to stay, HANG IN THERE!
Lol. Only you Mike.:-DYour sex life will improve!! If mine gets any better the son will have to move out :toothy10:
I managed to go a little farther today, but I gave in. I did cut my daily usage to 1/4 of what it was on Tuesday. I will keep doing my best.Today is harder than yesterday, but i'm not giving in. So if you don't hear from me again it is either because I killed somebody or somebody killed me.
George - when you fall off the wagon you can just lay there on the ground or get back on the wagon. Don't beat yourself up over it, Rome wasn't built in a day.
That has worked for me George :read2: You can se where I started to quite and it has been a couple mouths ago, Keep up the good work :cheers:I managed to go a little farther today, but I gave in. I did cut my daily usage to 1/4 of what it was on Tuesday. I will keep doing my best.
Ya know, I was at or over 2 packs a day. I figured if I can cut down to less than 1 pack a day, it is easier to jump from 10 feet than it is from 40 feet.
Tomorrow is another day.
George
It doese seem like an eternity don't it dude. Its all in what you want out of the rest of your life and do it :cheers: Proud of ya dude.:cheers:Well, I'm still hanging in there. It seems like it has been forever. But only a couple of days.