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Topic: National Smokeout
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aquaspryt69
Knowflake Posts: 411
From: Arizona
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted November 18, 2006 12:04 PM
 
I'm just curious if anyone else here is trying to quit smoking and to find any helpful suggestions or tips on getting through the first week.
This is proving to be quite the challenge. I know all about the breathing techniques and am using one of the stop smoking kits, but that hand-to-mouth habit is getting to me.
I try to stay busy doing something, but one can't be doing something all the time and it's that down time or times of boredom when everything else is done that seem to be the most difficult to get through. Spry IP: Logged |
BlueRoamer
Knowflake Posts: 1809
From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted November 18, 2006 02:00 PM
You can do it!  IP: Logged |
tuxedo meow
Knowflake Posts: 223
From: Texas Gulf Coast, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted November 18, 2006 04:03 PM
You can do it! It is just the most addicting habit ever known! I am sending you some light and love on this one! Keep those urges busy by exercise, whatever works-I gave up a 3 pk a day by watching myself in thye mirror and seeing myself get uglier as i inhaled and all-then i supplemented with Swisher Sweet little cigars when out drinking and shooting pool as those times were hardest for me-IP: Logged |
aquaspryt69
Knowflake Posts: 411
From: Arizona
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted November 23, 2006 09:28 AM
Sorry I didn't get back here sooner. Thanks for the support and encouragement. Though I am still struggling with this stupid addiction.
It seems strange that just yesterday I celebrated 18 months sobriety, but I can't leave cigarettes alone for one day.  It's good to see there are still some nice people here at LL. I noticed that "so friggin' dumb" thread is back in the top ten. Why??? So we can let one person succeed at getting the rest of us to fight and insult one another? Steer clear of that bad energy!!  IP: Logged |
teaselbaby
Knowflake Posts: 1130
From: Northeast Ohio
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted November 23, 2006 12:45 PM
quote:
It's good to see there are still some nice people here at LL. I noticed that "so friggin' dumb" thread is back in the top ten. Why??? So we can let one person succeed at getting the rest of us to fight and insult one another? Steer clear of that bad energy!!
Yeah, I'm sorry I ever got involved in that ~ I hardly ever get into that type of thing, because I don't want to give "trolls" the satisfaction by feeding the energy. I purposely avoided comments by one person in that thread for ages, after having seen her antagonistic behaviour all over the place. I scrolled back to read, however, after seeing someone's comment about something that had been said. It just got to me that night. Anyway, good luck quitting smoking, and congratulations on your eighteen months of sobriety.  IP: Logged |
hippichick
Knowflake Posts: 729
From: The Ether
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted November 23, 2006 03:08 PM
Hey TeaselbabyHappy T day!!! Terri IP: Logged |
aquaspryt69
Knowflake Posts: 411
From: Arizona
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted November 24, 2006 08:19 PM
Thanks Teaselbaby. IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
Knowflake Posts: 3324
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted November 25, 2006 06:51 PM
Hey spry  Chewing gum.
The sugar (or aspartame) is a little bit less harmful than the tobacco and 100+ chemicals that go with it..... Do things. Wash windows. Cook. Anything that keeps your hands busy. Every time you feel like grabbing a cig, get a bottle of water and put that in your mouth instead. It took me two years to quit smoking after I quit drinking -- the patch was the only thing that helped, along with the gum..... Good luck, sweetie!!
 Zala IP: Logged |
aquaspryt69
Knowflake Posts: 411
From: Arizona
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted November 26, 2006 09:00 AM
(((((((((ZALA))))))))))) Long time no see! Thanks for the tips. I do chew on sugar-free gum, keep toothpicks handy and try to stretch, and walk. My co-worker used the patch and he's now 50 days without smoking.
I guess when the time is right, that's when I'll quit. I just have to remember to quit beating myself up for caving in and lighting up. IP: Logged |
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