Any of these guys ever in the military? I was in the Air Force and FNG is a pretty common acronym around there. I was the FNG along with my buddy Tom until 3 more newbies showed up about 6 months later.
Hang in there with the not smoking thing, Spolvy, it SUCKS, but Shayna promises me it’s worth it.
**Two days, 17 hours, 52 minutes and 43 seconds. 41 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6.38. Life saved: 3 hours, 25 minutes.
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jazzmine, the first 24 (now more) hours are under your belt. You’ve proven to yourself that you can get through any and every given hour of the day without smoking. I know you probably don’t feel too great about that just yet, but you will, trust me. I won’t kid you - today’s gonna be rough. You can do it, though. Like I said to Brat, walk, drink and BREATHE!
katzmeow AKA Suebee! Welcome, my friend! May I call you Ms. Meow? Thank you for your encouragement and support.
HEY, I just thought of something! Ms. Meow here can testify to my not smoking. She just spent 3 days/2 nights with me to help celebrate my birthday. Ok, ok, so she didn’t fly all the way from Florida just for me. Her son was graduating with his Master’s degree and she came to beam with pride at the ceremony. 
She can also attest to the fact that I don’t go anywhere without my water bottle. Hehehe Thanks again, Sue, er, Ms. Meow. Nice to have you here!
Demo, you know we’ll do whatever it takes to make sure you kick this thing. Psycat is one lucky lady. Not only does she have you in her life, but now she’s gonna have you even longer!
Wally, sigh, you bet I’ll marry you!! Sorry to DRY and xenophon. I love you both, but I adore Wally, so I choose him. I probably just lost DRY’s vote for Prom Queen, but he’ll forgive us some day, don’t you think, honey?
WAIT! You’re already married, Wally? Awww jeez. Dang my luck, anyhow. Is bigamy allowed in Canada? 
Wally, funny you should suggest watching a smoker. Just the other day I was driving home from work, turned and saw an otherwise attractive blonde woman in the car next to me puffing away on a stupidstick. She either doesn’t realize how unattractive it actually makes her, or she doesn’t care. You’re right - it looked stupid.
ruadh, girlfriend, it sounds like you had a blast! Wish I could’ve been there to party with you!! Don’t worry about the puffs. It’s not like you took up smoking again or went out and bought a whole pack or anything. Hell, for as much smoke as you may have inhaled, you probably would have gotten that much into your lungs just by hanging out in a bar where smoking’s going on all around you anyway. Feh! It doesn’t count. You’re doing great! Are you still wearning the patch, or did your day without it encourage you to give it up?
Jvanhorn, congratulations on your daughter quitting smoking! And for your own success - I just LOVE seeing your counter!!! Don’t worry about the boyfriend. Just remember, this too shall pass.
BratMan, you want positive reinforcement instead? Ok, how’s this? If you make it a whole month without smoking I’ll get you a new game for your Playstation! If you smoke, even just one cigarette, the clock starts ticking all over again until you manage to make it a whole month. And we’re working on the honor system here, ok?
Pick a catagory of the kind of game you prefer and I’ll give you some choices in that catagory and you’ll pick one that you don’t already have.
Your choices:
1st person shooter
Action Adventure
Arcade
Fighting
Puzzles
Racing
Role Playing
Simulation/Strategy
Sports
Wrestling
Spolvy, trust me when I tell you there will never be a better day. Or for that matter, even a good day to do this. Even if you didn’t have a bunch of crud going on today, at some point you’re going to have to learn how to get through the stressful times without relying on cigarettes to calm/relax you. Today’s as good a day for that as any. Besides, with all that commotion going on, you’ll have tons of distractions, so maybe you’ll think about not smoking less! Good luck and DON’T SMOKE!
How’s everyone else doing today?
BTW, I still want a cigarette, even now. But I’m still smoke free, and it’s been 1 month, 3 days, 8 hours, 58 minutes and 33 seconds. 400 cigarettes not smoked, saving $62.07. Life saved: 1 day, 9 hours, 20 minutes.
Shayna! Thank you for the welcome! And yes, everyone, I can attest to the fact that Shayna IS NOT smoking:)and that her trusty waterbottle is with her at all times! We even had to go back and get it before one of our little jaunts! Let me tell you that we had a ball while I was visiting! Now if the weather had co-operated a little better but gee, I guess you can’t have everything!
You’re too sweet Shayna, but don’t do that. At the end of one month, I’ll have saved enough money not buying cigarettes to get myself a couple of new games. Besides, right now I’m so wrapped up in playing a full baseball season that I don’t think I’d play anything else. (I can create my own players, so naturally the 2nd baseman is named after me, and I think I have a good shot at making the All-Star team this year :D)
Wow, that last sentence really sounded kinda dorky, huh? Oh, well, if I can’t do it in real life anymore, I’ll do it vicariously through my Playstation.
So far I’ve been smober for:
**Two days, 19 hours, 5 minutes and 54 seconds. 41 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6.50. Life saved: 3 hours, 25 minutes.
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And the good news is, I haven’t been craving one too badly today. I still feel a little out of it, but I’m not really freaking out too bad like the last couple days. And it is so great to wake up without a hacking cough for a change.
You’re doing great Bratman. The physical cravings will begin to ease up but don’t let that fool you. You still have the mental cravings. Don’t let yourself think about having a couple of puffs after a meal or right before bed or whatever your regular smoking pattern was. Don’t do it! You’ve had a habit of smoking while you did certain things so you’ll have to really make yourself not continue. You’ve worked very hard at not smoking these past couple of days. Keep it up! I guarantee that it’ll be worth it.
Speaking of the mental cravings . . . is it normal to be feeling a little depressed? It comes and goes in waves, I don’t remember this from the last time I quit, but that was a couple years ago.
Smober meter:
Two days, 20 hours, 18 minutes and 53 seconds. 42 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6.62. Life saved: 3 hours, 30 minutes.
Hey, look at all that money I’m saving!! I can supersize my fries next time I go to McDonald’s!
Brat, not only is it normal to feel depressed, but I was ANGRY a lot, too. I was supremely pissed off that I couldn’t have a cigarette. I wanted one, dammit! And if you read Part 1 you’ll see where I spent one full day (I believe it was day 3) in tears ALL DAY LONG! 24 hours of non-stop crying. You’ll be ok, I promise.
Disorientation, confusion and the inability to concentrate are also common. Do you cheeks hurt yet? LOL
Hang in there. Grace will be righteously ticked if you smoke on her watch! You can do it!
Well, like I said before, the physical cravings aren’t that bad at all today. I still want a smoke, but I think it’s more just out of habit of having something in my mouth (no rude comments, please, thank you! I know what you’re all thinking!)
No shayna, my cheeks don’t hurt yet, but I can’t wait till tomorrow to see if my 3rd full day is as interesting as yours.
Two days, 20 hours, 42 minutes and 58 seconds. 42 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6.66. Life saved: 3 hours, 30 minutes.
I knew it! Look at that! The mark of the Devil! Final proof that cigarettes are bad
One day, 13 hours, 21 minutes and 36 seconds. 46 cigarettes not smoked, saving $5.84. Life saved: 3 hours, 50 minutes.
and just because I’m so proud of him, here’s my husband’s:
One day, 12 hours, 23 minutes and 27 seconds. 60 cigarettes not smoked, saving $7.58. Life saved: 5 hours.
Guys, I have to tell you, Zyban has done this for me. I cannot say enough about it. I still have a slightly rough time after I eat anything…but it’s really not that bad. Every other time I tried to quit (and there have been many) I’ve gone maybe…oh…six hours tops.
Shayna, you are VERY encouraging big hugs and kisses
Thank you everyone!
trisha
Bratman - yeah, I think some of those guys were in the military…dunno which branch or where.
don’t mind me…just fighting my after-lunch crave.
I’ve just decided (and I hope this will pass) that with the exception of my kids and you guys, everyone and everything that I have come in contact with today is a complete and utter moron. The delivery girl,ex, the putz that built my house, ISP, cat, neighbor, mom (sorry), clerk at the convenient store…(no I didn’t buy smokes), car, screen door…oh yeah, and me. AAACCCKKK!
frustrated, angry, bitter, and pissed off just to name a few. Thinking I should have gotten addicted to something that was at least halfway fun…but NOOOO, I had to start smoking (idiot)
I’m just a little edgy, can you tell?
Anyway, gonna take my girls for a walk to the lake…anybody care to join me?
15 hours, 58 minutes and 22 seconds. 16 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3.12. Life saved: 1 hour, 20 minutes.
(that’s it? oh boy, now I feel like a wuss) NEVER MIND!
Hello, everyone. Checking in again to see all the great progress!I can empathize with the bad case of the grumpies, to be sure. I’d commit bodily harm on someone just for some chocolate truffles… Sigh. Being a chocoholic and trying to lose weight at the same time as give up chocolate is turning me into the Wicked Witch, I’m ashamed to say. 
So, BratMan, Spolvy, jazzmine, Shayna and all the others, hang in there, and if you won’t smoke, I won’t go raid the pantry, where I’m sure there’s some chocolate in there somewhere… 
Deal? Good!
I have to brag on Mr Bear too. Much to my amazement, he came home for his 2 wks here not smoking!!! 
I don’t have the words to tell you how awesome, amazing, incredible, happy, ecstatic, grateful and a bunch more stuff I am that he finally, after telling me for almost 20yrs, actually quit. He said he did it with the help of Wellbutrin and the knowledge that I was terrified of losing him to cancer. I lost both parents, my FIL, an aunt and a cousin to those <'scuse my language> DAMN things, all in the last 17yrs. Need any more reasons to quit?!
Hi again, I just wanted to give the other new quitters a ray of hope. Here’s how long I’ve gone without a cigarette:
Three days, 0 minutes and 32 seconds. 45 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6.98. Life saved: 3 hours, 45 minutes.
Three full days into it and I feel great. Sure, I’m a little moody, but it feels as if the physical cravings have seriously dropped. I know it’s not the same for everyone (I didn’t have cheek-aches like some people) but just remember that the headaches, the disorientation all goes away. In fact, aside from feeling generally distracted (that’s the best way I can describe it) I don’t feel many withdrawal problems at all. The day hasn’t dragged on and I’ve barely missed not having a cigarette. I didn’t think I was gonna make it at first, but I really think I’ll be able to kick it this time.
Thanks to Shayna and Eve and Grace and everyone else for their support. I won’t see you for the next couple days, but I’ll let you know how the weekend goes when I’m back on Tuesday.
Wooo Hooo!! That’s the spirit.
Good Morning Shayna! I wanted to be the first this morning to encourage you in your battle against the mighty cancer stick. For that matter to encourage all of you guys who are trying so mightly to kick the awful habit! So get out your waterbottle, fill it to the brim and don’t even think about those nasty cigarettes today. You could go rollerblading along the beach, flirt with a certain jewelery salesman(had to put that in LOL)and have a healthy, fun day. How many days, hours and seconds has it been now? Give yourself a big pat on the back and have a really great day. Thinking of you!
Hey guys, everyone is doing so good!!! I’m proud of all of you. I’m still hanging in there. Haven’t smoked another one since I started back.
Shayna when you read this, you may want to go ahead and start another thread, part 3, so it won’t bog the board down with too many pages.
I’m watching you guys!!!
Hi! I’m still hanging in there! Who needs a sponsor???
Oh hell no, my day without it just convinced me how much I still need it! But I have gone down to the lower level dose. It’ll be a couple months before I’m ready to do without, I think.
Thanks for the encouragement though, I’m going to try not to let this slip up stop me!
jazzmine, I am so happy to hear that the Zyban is working for you. Whatever it takes! For me, it was going public, for ruadh it was the patch, for BratMan cold turkey, etc. I’m just thrilled it’s WORKING! Yee Haa!! Go jazzmine!!
Spolvy, you had a rough day yesterday. How’d it turn out? “frustrated, angry, bitter, and pissed off just to name a few.” Heh - that was ME, too! Does it help to know I don’t feel that way anymore? I’m enjoying my Sunday morning brew smoke-free and very content. You’re not a wuss at all - you’re STRONG. Stronger than these stupid things. How was your walk to the lake with the girls?
purplebear, how did I manage to miss, or did he just not mention it, that Mr. Bear was a smoker? That’s SO COOL that he quit, too!! If we can do anything to help encourage him, let us know, ok? {{{{{purple and Mr. Bear!}}}}}
BratMan, you rock! The nicotine is now OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM! Is that great, or what? I know you won’t see this until Tuesday, but I’m here pulling for you today and tomorrow.
Ms. meow, you’re such a sweetheart. I’m gonna fill my water bottle up (which is right next to me) after I’ve had my fill of coffee and blueberry muffins. And you know what? Rollerblading is a dang good idea - I think I’ll take you up on the suggestion. I hope you have a wonderful day, too!
ultress, congratulations for hanging in there and doing so well. I was thinking this time I wouldn’t let the topic go over the 5 pages that you can see from the front of the board, but maybe you’re right. Perhaps I’ll cut it off at the end of 4? I’d like to keep this one going just a little bit longer because there’s so much great stuff in it!
Jeannie, you have come such a long way. I am so very proud of you for all the effort you’ve put into doing this in spite of a few slips here and there. {{{{{Jeannie}}}}}
I’ve been smober now for 1 month, 4 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes and 31 seconds. 413 cigarettes not smoked, saving $64.10. Life saved: 1 day, 10 hours, 25 minutes.
I know I said I wouldn’t be back till Tuesday, but I’m on my GFs computer while she’s getting ready for us to go out. Just thought I’d pop in and give an update, but now that I’m here, I realize there’s nothing new to update and since I’m not at my own computer I can’t even paste my meter here. Anyway, still smoke free. I’ll see everyone later.
Hello Sports Fans,
It’s not so much that I want a cigarette, although it may help, I just feel completely insane. Yesterday, everybody was a moron. Today, I want them all dead. Dead I tell you! It is a a good thing that I am not really a nutball otherwise this would certainly drive me over the edge. Can’t concentrate, couldn’t sleep last night, so much energy but I can’t even tie my shoes. ( I’m wearing sandals, actually, and the velcro wasn’t a big deal but you get the point.) I kinda feel like the character from Liar, Liar. I have no personal filter and I will say anything to anybody. How does that song go…“don’t ask me now what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to…” I hope this clears up by tomorrow or I’m sure to end up with more than a few pissed off clients. My lungs are still full of junk but they are clearing out, slowly. The walk yesterday was great! Nice sunny day and there were a few boats out on the lake. Today it’s raining and the girls are playing at the neighbors. Trying to build a new bathroom and not succeeding at all. Good thing the house is empty, nobody can hear me when I start swearing. Feel VERY scatterbrained, like I took too much speed or something. Think of a million things to do but before I can start on one, anther pops into my mind. Wow.
Why do people get insulted by honesty? I’m sure my delivery isn’t the most soothing but c’mon. Does everyone go around with blinders and PC answers on the tip of their tongues? Do I normally? Or am I just being a Prick? Hmmm. Not going to worry about it now. It is actually kind of fun to see the expression on peoples faces…the waiter at breakfast this morning with that stupid little “how is everything?” “well, since you asked,…”
Anyway, I’m going on too long. I’ll stop back later tonight. C Ya
One day, 16 hours, 35 minutes and 12 seconds. 42 cigarettes not smoked, saving $7.93. Life saved: 3 hours, 30 minutes.