DO YA WANNA QUIT OR NOT?

[spirittalker]

I am almost 1 week down. Tomorrow it will be 1 week free of nasty lungclogging, cancer inducing, cough causing , icky yucky cigarettes! I hope everyone jumps on the wagon with me becuase it is so liberating

[Laurenfra]

Yea yea yea

[Bugaboo]

spirit, I am SO proud of you I can't even describe it. You've really been inspiring me. Allen Carr was right, I really envy you. This morning I woke up and lay in bed thinking I could be a non-smoker today. I could get up out of bed and flush the rest of my cigs because I don't need them. There is nothing that is going to happen today that those cigs will change. And then I thought "eeep! I have a math test Monday!" Well, wasn't that a nice little way to lie to myself. That math test is still going to be there whether I'm a smoker or not. And it's not like I can smoke while I take the test anyway!!!!! I need to tell my husband about my plan to smoke my final cigarette before bed. He's so encouraging in everything I do that I need him to really cheer me on and fill up my little noggin with "Atta girl!" He used to smoke as well and I know it will make him tremendously happy when I become a non-smoker. More importantly I know how much happier I'll be.

[spirittalker]

Bugaboo, you can totally do this! You definitely do not need cigarettes to get you through the test. In fact your mind will be clearer without them. Remember, follow the instructiojns as he lays them out in the end of the book. Read them over and over again if you need to but follow that instructions and not only will you be a non-smoker tomorrow but it will be EASY! He's not lying. I promise sweety.

[Laurenfra]

I can understand wating to wait until after the test, but there will always be something to wait for.

[Bugaboo]

Thank you so much you two. I hear what you're saying Lauren and that's why I realized it's silly to think "Oh, I'll wait until this or that happens." There's always something and I can't go making excuses. It's like dream's sig of "Gonna stop talking about it and make it happen!" And you know spirit, you're right. My mind will be much clearer for that test. Not only will the poison not be in there mucking things up I won't be stressed about "Is it over yet? Is it over yet?" because that little monster will distract me. It will be so great to be freed from that slavery to the poison.

[Bugaboo]

Had my last cigarette last night (or this am however you look at it)! I am FREE!!!!!!! No more sucking filth into my lungs. No more sludge in my blood stream. Having my morning coffee is great because I'm enjoying the coffee all by itself. Today is my 1st day of freedom and I'm sooooo excited. Ironic that my first day of freedom is Father's Day. My dad died of lung cancer over 7yrs ago.
FREEDOM!!!!!!! I know I made the right choice and couldn't be happier. I'm not really having any withdrawl symptoms except urges but they're easy to fight because a. no cigs and b. I tell myself that any urge I have is the nicotine monster and pretty soon he'll be dead and so will the urges. I went from over a pack a day to 0 and I feel like I've given up NOTHING. I've just gained so much. Happy Happy Day!!!!!!! :joy

[Laurenfra]

Happy smoke free fathers day. We are proud of you.

http://www.geocities.com/tams58/quitsmoking.html

These are some cute grafics that lostandfound(tammy) made these for all you quiters. PM her or me and with which one you would like.

[spirittalker]

YAY!!! Bug is free from the nicotine beasty!!!!! Just remember follow the rules and you are free forever and ever!!! :icondance :icondance :icondance

[Bugaboo]

I'm doing a lot better than I thought. Following the rules to a "t" really makes all the difference. I won't lie, it's a constant thought right now. But I just keep telling myself "I'm free." "I don't need or want it." "This is temporary, the nicotine monster will be dead soon." I thought I'd be all stressed out but I feel a lot calmer than I did when I was smoking!! Amazing!

[Laurenfra]

:icondance :icondance :icondance :icondance :icondance :icondance :icondance

[jimmie 48]

i popped in here to see how you guys were coming along. looking good now!

i am a numbers kind of person. do you see you guys have 7 pages here and 100 replies and the kicker is you now have over 700 views! that means people are interested in what you are doing and i got a feeling there are a few lurkers out there that might be getting help through your words and deeds!

way to go you guys!

[Bugaboo]

Well any lurkers out there who think they are a "confirmed" smoker let me tell you, it really doesn't exsist. I've escaped after 14+ yrs or so of smoking. And I was one of those who was hooked from the start. The only problem I'm having is the "transitional" times. Before say a meal or a t.v show would start I'd have a smoke. Or before taking a shower or whatever. Now I just do it. Instead of "I'll have a smoke and then..." I find myself drawing almost a blank for a moment, then getting on with what I need to do. I'm still thinking about it, but I'm thinking how I'm not sucking filthy searing smoke into my lungs. I don't picture myself lighting up, I picture myself as a non-smoker and not willingly putting poison into my body anymore. And not to be gross or anything I'm not hacking up those lung boogers. I still have a bit of a smokers cough but those lung booger thingies must have been my lungs trying to throw stuff back out immediately. I can tell my sense of smell is getting better as well. Just everything is getting better and better. My husband has been great through all this. As an ex-smoker he told me that I would basically feel like I was climbing a hill. I'm going upward right now, I'll peak, resist and not light up and it will be smooth sailing from there. He said there's not a day that goes by that he regrets not smoking anymore. Even after living with a smoker day in and day out. He quit 8yrs ago. I used to wonder how he could stand watching me smoke all I wanted. Now I know. Now I get it. Because the freedom from nicotine means more.

[Laurenfra]

You make it sound easy your doing great

[Bugaboo]

On one hand it is easy...on the other hand it's hard. I would light up right now if it was yesterday...but today...ahhhh today...I've got a taste of the freedom and I want that freedom completely. My husband asked me earlier "It's driving you crazy isn't it?" and I told him "Yes. But I'm free. It's not worth it giving up that freedom." As an ex-smoker he nodded his head and agreed with me. I've also realized that everything that happened to me today a cigarette wouldn't have affected it. It wouldn't have changed a damn thing. A lot of the family went to my husband's grandmother's house for Father's Day and before I would have had to find an excuse to "go out to the car" so I could light up for 4 minutes (that's how long it took me to smoke a cig) And I would come away with the nicotine monster already on my heels wondering and pestering me when I would light up again. It's pestering me...it's on my heels and honestly I can't wait until it's dead. It's not going to be fed again. This freedom is too precious.