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BobbiS
Quit Date: July 2, 2010
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Posted: July 2, 2010 1:25 PM Post subject: I threw them away!!!! |
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This is the first time I've ever thrown cigarettes in the trash can. I had four left and I just got SO sick of it! The stuff I tell myself sometimes. Like, I'll just finish this pack and then quit. Why waste them? Well, why not? They wasted me!! And who cares about the cost anymore? They are $5.34 a pack, but look how much I'll have in my pocket each time I don't buy a pack. I am really sick of cigarettes. Everything about them makes me sick!
You all can help me through this I know. You have been a good source of support already. I think that "slipping" or maybe going back to smoking may just be part of the quitting process. I have quit several times, so I know I can do it. Addiction is equivalent to insanity!!! That's what I'm thinking now because I have been in so much denial and I kept smoking even though I knew it was killing me. Even though I knew I didn't want to. I understand what you mean when you call it slavery! It's all a pack of lies. I guess I'm ranting, but I know you understand what I am going through and how I feel. Some of you have been there or are in the same boat now.
Thanks for listening.
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moose200x
Quit Date: May 11, 2009
Posts: 182 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Posted: July 2, 2010 2:35 PM Post subject: Re: I threw them away!!!! |
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BobbiS wrote: |
I think that "slipping" or maybe going back to smoking may just be part of the quitting process. I have quit several times.
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Bobbi- I hope you understand that once you quit you can never take another puff. Quit means Quit. and you only quit once. Either you stop smoking or smoking stops you.
And gratz on the quit! _________________
Quit attempt #2! |
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Barbara K.
Quit Date: December 23, 2004
Posts: 5977
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Posted: July 3, 2010 1:04 AM Post subject: |
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Bobbi,
Many of us have quit more than once before the final quit. This sounds like your final quit and I applaud you for throwing those cigarettes away and quitting now. Keep posting and reading. You are doing good. _________________
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn arouind and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Blessings,
Barbara K. |
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BobbiS
Quit Date: July 2, 2010
Posts: 15
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Posted: July 3, 2010 6:46 AM Post subject: |
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I've heard it said before, and I tend to agree that if you have quit before and started again, the quit is practice for the final quit. The real deal. The one where you never take another hit, puff, drag, or whatever you want to call it. In those quits that we didn't commit to, we learned. All of those days or months at a time I was smoke free count for something. I can't forget what I went through as a non smoker. And being a non smoker on any given day was much better than being a smoker....even if my smoke free days were less than a year. I had several days strung together of my nonsmoking lifestyle. And those days turned into months. I can't throw that out. I won't tell myself I'm a failure because I picked up the smokes again. I won't allow guilt to invade me so I can have a reason to smoke, or a sense of not measuring up to the nonsmokers who have "never understood me or my addiction" as an excuse to keep puffing away to my grave!
Peace,
Bobbi |
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kannprint
Quit Date: April 10, 2004
Posts: 4988 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: July 3, 2010 9:12 AM Post subject: |
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You're on the road to a strong and permanent quit. Please don't let anything lead you back to the addiction. Freedom is wonderful! _________________
LIVE WELL, LAUGH OFTEN, LOVE MUCH.
Jo |
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Mary Dude
Quit Date: June 15, 2004
Posts: 4803 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Posted: July 6, 2010 10:44 PM Post subject: |
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Bobbi - it's your quit - you will find your way to freedom! Believe you can and you will...believe you can't and you won't! _________________
Mary D.
Smoke-free one day at a time!
Worry doesn't help tomorrow's troubles, but it does ruin today's happiness! |
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BobbiS
Quit Date: July 2, 2010
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Posted: July 7, 2010 8:04 AM Post subject: |
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I'm still a nonsmoker today! Smoke free going on day 5. I'm 4 and a half hours away from day 5. I tried to post a very helpful link for support for quitting but it didn't work. Let's see if I can do it this way...
become an ex dot org
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why quit dot com
Just put them in computer language and you'll discover some really cool facts, help tips and most of all, some very strong support from those who have been there.
Peace and thank you for the support and encouragement!!
Bobbi |
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Cowgirl UP!
Quit Date: July 26, 2004
Posts: 5029 Location: Ala
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Posted: July 7, 2010 2:31 PM Post subject: |
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Choice sweetie...that is the magic word....it is all about choice and making the right one....make it your first thought each morning before you even open your eyes that you will not smoke......it works, promise....
Kay _________________
All with a little help from my friends, COWGIRL UP |
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