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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 261

One of my favourite things on this site was a thread where people wrote down the kinds of devious ways their personal junkie was trying to get them to smoke. When it is only in your head the excuse sounds almost rational but when you put it in black and white - well it's too funny. Sorry - I'm not a techno chickie so I can't paste the link - it was in the general forum not too long ago. I'll find it and bump it for anyone interested. Go on - laugh at the nicodemon!! Take away it's power. Treat the junkie with the ridicule and contempt it deserves and boot it's a$$ down the stairs. cheers alison :) Kick the Herb to the Kerb [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/16/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 81 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,440 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1012.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 44 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 261

Yes, I found that thread & bumped it - It's called "What was your funniest or oddest junkie thought? " and is in the general forum. take care alison :) Kick the Herb o the Kerb [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/16/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 81 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,441 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1012.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8760

kayH, What have you replaced smoking with? To make the want go away, you have to find all the association you had with smoking and break them by either changing the routine or replacing that cigarette with something else. Ex: You use to watch T.V. and smoke to relax Now you watch T.V. and eat sunflower seeds You use to sit down with a cup of coffee in the morning and have cigarette. Now you take you coffee with you and drink it as you get dressed. Here's the thread Chickstarr was referring to: [url=http://www.stopsmokingcenter.net/support/viewmessages.aspx?forum=1&topic=22500]http://www.stopsmokingcenter.net/support/viewmessages.aspx?forum=1&topic=22500[/url] Ericon, If you're having trouble finding a thread use the search messages on the top right corner of the forum. If ever your post or thread is deleted, you will receive an e-mail from the SSC. Danielle _______________________ The SSC Support Team

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 962

kayH - It does get better. Just taking it one day at a time, one minute at a time until one day you realize that you haven't thought about it all day! What a miracle - you think to yourself! Amazing... Do we ever need to be complacent? No I don't think so...I think that's when the junkie will creep back in. Be ever vigil - be strong. I promise the want goes away. Island Girl [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/21/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 168 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,689 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $336 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

MMMMMMM This is great! I want it to get better, I picture it getting better and I am glad to know that for others it does get better. I will be patient and I will wait. Besides what is the alternative? ;p [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 171 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,420 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1282.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 27 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 56 [B]Seconds:[/B] 33

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8

Hi, something to think about. have you ever leaned forward too quickly with a seatbelt on and it locks. No matter how hard you push it will not move. You can use all your strength and energy untill you are finally eaxhausted and it refuses to move. But how do you release it ? You lean back slightly, that unlocks it and you can move forward effortlessly without any problem. Now this is not an analogy that tells you to stop trying or to give up it is just to help you realise that giving a feeling any attention gives it power. All feelings start the same way it is what we attach to them that makes them happy, sad, trying or easy. I found that for me to truly move forward I had to resolve a single issue. That was the conflict I had inside me. Many call it willpower. If you actaully look at what willpower is it is the will to do or not to do something. However the way I prefer to look at it is the devil and angel sat on your shoulder. The devil is saying "go on just have one, Why make yourself miserable when you can just smoke and it will all be over" and then you have the angel on the other shoulder saying "you are better than that, you really should stop, you will be a better person for doing it" So they sit there arguing until one finally wins out. unfortunatly for many the devil has the last say and can shout louder. BUT what if they were both saying the same thing, if they were to agree that quitting was the best and only option, think how powerful you would become. Double the voice. To acheive this you need to convince your subconscious mind that by quitting you are not going to put yourself in danger. That is the thing that has held you to smoking for all these years. The unconscious feeling that if you do not have that next cigarette something terrible will happen, Well believe me and millions of us that have quit. it will not. that feeling of dread is actually a natural responce that has been bread into humans to keep them safe, it is the fight or flight reposnse. The thing is it has been hijacked by smoking in a perverse twist of fate. We all thought that smoking was taking away the horrible feelings when in fact they were creating them in the first place. Everytime you smoked about an hour later you will have had a delayed checmical reaction th

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 989

Yes - happily it goes away! Far away. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/15/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 476 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,924 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1666 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 66 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 18

Yup, it surely does. I logged on especially for this thread because I remember reaching 36 days and finding a cigarette, even lit it, put it to my lips. I cried so much when I crushed it, I didn't think that 'want' would ever go away. You'll be ok Kay, one step at a time, it isn't a race. Although time stops still when you quit, as you become more comfortable it goes back to its normal speed. A year will suddenly go by and you'll hardly ever think about them. All I can offer is that you trust me on this. Believe in yourself Kay. :)

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 763

Stockport's observation is so so true. You have quit smoking....now you must "let it go". it's hard...it's ingrained in us to use smoking(which becomes nicotine dependence) to handle other emotions. Over time smoking ingrains in us a falsehook.....that smoking eases certain tensions, problems, relaxes us, comforts us. You have managed to run from the physical end of smoking....but now you must deal with the mental aspects of this dirty, disgusting and deadly addiction. hang right in here.....keep working, keep talking it out, and the lights will begin to come on in time. My quit is the greatest prize I ever gave myself....you will arrive at that conclusion also....just hang tightly to the prize. ;) Katy Kickin' ASH for Four years, seven months, one day, 19 minutes and 41 seconds. 66920 cigarettes not smoked, saving $9,541.64. Life saved: 33 weeks, 1 day, 8 hours, 40 minutes.

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

Tweety, Your body is getting used to the changes and is challenging you! Have your coping mechanisms by your side and you will fair well. Post often and let us guide you :) Keep Strong, Josie _____________________ The SSC Support Team.

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