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01-08-2006, 07:16 PM | #61 | |
Tilly & Sami Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Syracuse, Utah
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Good For you!! " wow why didnt we do this a long time ago?" you made the first step! that is all that matters, But in order to quit, you must want it for yourself first!! keep telling yourself all these reasons listed here that you are the most important person to your family and you want to quit for yourself so you can fullfill all your reasons for being here now! It's not easy and you don't need any of us to tell you that! if it were easy we all would not have this darn addiction! If you would like to track your progress click on this link and it will take you to a quit smoking meter download.. good luck to you We can beat this!! http://www.dedicateddesigns.com/qk/ my meter.. I have been quit for 1 Day, 20 hours, 13 minutes and 32 seconds (1 days). I have saved $4.70 by not smoking 29 cigarettes. I have saved 2 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM | |
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01-09-2006, 02:32 AM | #62 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
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| Here are some things that helped me when I HAD TO QUIT because of health problems! I WANT TO QUIT! I NEED TO QUIT! I WILL QUIT! I WILL SUCCEED!! GOOD LUCK!! DOWN DEEP IN YOUR HEART, HAVE THE WILL TO LIVE!!!! DRINK PLENTY OF WATER – CAN EVEN SIP WATER THROUGH A STRAW. It helps. TAKE DEEP BREATHS AND HOLD TO COUNT OF 3 AND EXHALE SLOWLY THROUGH PURSED LIPS TO THE COUNT OF 5 OR 6 (EXHALE JUST LIKE YOU WOULD EXHALE CIGARETTE SMOKE). You exhale to twice the number of what you inhale. That’s the secret for your lungs. STAY AWAY FROM OTHER SMOKERS!! – THROW AWAY CIGARETTES, LIGHTERS, ASHTRAYS. KEEP YOUR HANDS BUSY. IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SNACK – TRY: CARROTS SUNFLOWER SEEDS APPLES CELERY RAISINS SUGARLESS GUM SUGARLESS HARD CANDY FRUITS (RAW) VEGETABLES (RAW) CUT A DRINKING STRAW INTO CIGARETTE-SIZE PIECES AND SEAL ONE END WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER – THEN, INHALE AIR THROUGH STRAW. W A L K ! ! ! GET EXERCISE!! DON’T JUST SIT AROUND THE HOUSE – GET SOME EXERCISE!! SIT IN NON-SMOKING AREAS AT RESTAURANTS, ETC. USE STRAW TO CHEW ON. USE SWIZZLE STICKS TO CHEW ON. USE A TOOTHPICK TO KEEP HANDS BUSY. BRUSH TEETH 3-4 TIMES A DAY. ASK PEOPLE NOT TO SMOKE IN YOUR HOUSE OR IN YOUR CAR AND IF YOU’RE AROUND SOMEONE WHO IS SMOKING, LEAVE THE AREA. GET YOUR CAR DETAILED TO GET CIGARETTE SMOKE OUT OF IT! GET UP FROM THE TABLE AND GO OUTSIDE AND WALK AROUND THE HOUSE AFTER EATING OR GO BRUSH YOUR TEETH AFTER EATING. LIE DOWN AND TAKE DEEP BREATHS. GOOD LUCK – BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - YOU CAN SUCCEED AND QUIT FOR YOUSELF BECAUSE YOU WANT TO - NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO QUIT!!!!!
__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster |
01-09-2006, 06:54 AM | #63 |
Tilly & Sami Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Syracuse, Utah
Posts: 1,133
| Our cheer leader!!! Muffie's Mom thanks for all the engouragement!! I have been quit for 2 Days, 7 hours, 51 minutes and 25 seconds (2 days). I have saved $5.95 by not smoking 37 cigarettes. I have saved 3 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
01-09-2006, 07:07 AM | #64 |
My Precious Pup Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York City
Posts: 2,092
| OK, HOW ON EARTH DID I MISS THIS THREAD!!!??????? I am a smoker and I am having a hard time quitting. I tried to last summer, but failed miserably! I haven't read this whole thread yet, but I am going to and I will definitely join teh quitting smoking group! Good luck everyone! |
01-09-2006, 08:45 AM | #65 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
Posts: 1,496
| Quit Smoking Oh man, do I know how hard it is to quit smoking. It took a heart attack, then some years later, while still smoking, I found myself in the hospital about to have a quadruple bypass. To show you how much of a diehard smoker I was, the night before my bypass I had 3 cigarettes with me and I wasn't about to throw them away so like a dummy I smoked all 3 of them one after the other in the private bathroom in my hospital room. It's a good thing the doctor didn't catch me! Here are some things that helped me when I HAD TO QUIT because of health problems! Print the list off and keep it to use and go by. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I WANT TO QUIT! I NEED TO QUIT! I WILL QUIT! I WILL SUCCEED!! GOOD LUCK!! DOWN DEEP IN YOUR HEART, HAVE THE WILL TO LIVE!!!! DRINK PLENTY OF WATER – CAN EVEN SIP WATER THROUGH A STRAW. It helps. TAKE DEEP BREATHS AND HOLD TO COUNT OF 3 AND EXHALE SLOWLY THROUGH PURSED LIPS TO THE COUNT OF 5 OR 6 (EXHALE JUST LIKE YOU WOULD EXHALE CIGARETTE SMOKE). You exhale to twice the number of what you inhale. That’s the secret for your lungs. STAY AWAY FROM OTHER SMOKERS!! – THROW AWAY CIGARETTES, LIGHTERS, ASHTRAYS. KEEP YOUR HANDS BUSY. IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SNACK – TRY: CARROTS SUNFLOWER SEEDS APPLES CELERY RAISINS SUGARLESS GUM SUGARLESS HARD CANDY FRUITS (RAW) VEGETABLES (RAW) CUT A DRINKING STRAW INTO CIGARETTE-SIZE PIECES AND SEAL ONE END WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER – THEN, INHALE AIR THROUGH STRAW. W A L K ! ! ! GET EXERCISE!! DON’T JUST SIT AROUND THE HOUSE – GET SOME EXERCISE!! SIT IN NON-SMOKING AREAS AT RESTAURANTS, ETC. USE STRAW TO CHEW ON. USE SWIZZLE STICKS TO CHEW ON. USE A TOOTHPICK TO KEEP HANDS BUSY. BRUSH TEETH 3-4 TIMES A DAY. ASK PEOPLE NOT TO SMOKE IN YOUR HOUSE OR IN YOUR CAR AND IF YOU’RE AROUND SOMEONE WHO IS SMOKING, LEAVE THE AREA. GET YOUR CAR DETAILED TO GET CIGARETTE SMOKE OUT OF IT! GET UP FROM THE TABLE AND GO OUTSIDE AND WALK AROUND THE HOUSE AFTER EATING OR GO BRUSH YOUR TEETH AFTER EATING. LIE DOWN AND TAKE DEEP BREATHS. GOOD LUCK – BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - YOU CAN SUCCEED AND QUIT FOR YOUSELF BECAUSE YOU WANT TO - NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO QUIT!!!!!
__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster Last edited by Muffie's Mom; 01-09-2006 at 08:47 AM. |
01-09-2006, 08:58 AM | #66 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
Posts: 1,496
| I hope you smokers don't wait until you get to the point where you have BAD health and then decide to quit because the damage will already be done. The damage cannot be reversed. Believe you me, I know for a fact as I have to live with the consequences every day and it isn't fun! I was told by my Vascular Surgeon that when FEMALES start smoking at a very early age, they stunt the growth of their blood vessels when means when you grow up they will have very narrow blood vessels throughout their whole body and in turn that means they'll be very susceptible to getting a blockage anywhere in their body as well as heart problems! I am living proof of this! If anyone wants to ask any questions, please feel free to do so. YOU have to decide for YOURSELF that you are going to quit. YOU DO IT FOR YOU not because someone is telling or asking you to quit. In your own mind, once YOU decide to quit, you've got the battle licked already. You'll be on the road to success. Good luck to all of you who are trying to quit!
__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster Last edited by Muffie's Mom; 01-09-2006 at 09:02 AM. |
01-09-2006, 09:14 AM | #67 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
Posts: 1,496
| Something I neglected to say is that you NEED to think POSITIVE about your stopping cigarette smoking. It will not help you in the least bit if you keep telling yourself "I can't do it"! If you do that, you are just setting yourself up for failure. So what you need to do is say, "I want to quit! I can quit! I will quit! I WILL SUCCEED!" GOOD LUCK! I HAVE BEEN SMOKE FREE FOR 4 YEARS NOW!
__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster Last edited by Muffie's Mom; 01-09-2006 at 09:16 AM. |
01-09-2006, 09:35 AM | #68 | |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
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Good tip! Don't even have the cigarettes available! PERIOD!
__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster | |
01-09-2006, 09:40 AM | #69 | |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
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__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster | |
01-09-2006, 03:14 PM | #70 | |
Tilly & Sami Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Syracuse, Utah
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one good thing!! I never smoked in my home! So I Lucked out there! Now my car I have been using my car to smoke in! so I will take your advice on having my car detailed!!! good advice, As soon as I got in to go to work this morning Yikes It stunk so Bad I had to stop at wall greens and find some kind of smoke oder remover, I found something but I like the detail the car Idea! I plan on making an appointment! I always had a thing about washing my hands after I smoked fear of being smelly,so I would always carry hand wash w/out water in my car then pop in altoids for breath refresher, and I would always tell myself If this bothers you QUIT! well today when I got into my car, I just knew no matter if I had been using the handwash and the altoids, I am so dumb to think I did not possibly stink like a ashtray!! And I printed out your tips and I have a copy on my fridge, in My bathroom and on my front door as I leave as A reminder... thanks again I have been quit for 2 Days, 16 hours, 12 minutes and 2 seconds (2 days). I have saved $6.84 by not smoking 42 cigarettes. I have saved 3 hours and 30 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM | |
01-09-2006, 05:10 PM | #71 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
Posts: 1,496
| Yes absolutely - I forgot to mention that.
__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster |
01-10-2006, 03:38 AM | #72 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
Posts: 1,496
| For everyone that is going to quit smoking, I wish all of you the very best of luck. Just take one hour at a time - one day at a time. There are some very good tips on this thread that will help you to succeed. It will help to save your own life! What a wonderful feeling when you've licked the smoking habit! Good luck in succeeding!
__________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster |
01-10-2006, 10:43 AM | #73 |
Tilly & Sami Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Syracuse, Utah
Posts: 1,133
| So How is everyone Doing so Far??? Comittment is the hard part and sticking to it! And believe It's just been a few days but Im hanging in there... So for all you wannabe's non-smokers come-on you can do this!!! we offer cheerleading encouragement from Muffies Mom were here for you!! I have been quit for 3 Days, 11 hours, 41 minutes and 1 second (3 days). I have saved $8.91 by not smoking 55 cigarettes. I have saved 4 hours and 35 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
01-10-2006, 10:46 AM | #74 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 1,485
| Update: I have cut down alot but I have not quit. This is a start.
__________________ Christine and Zoe www.dogster.com/?269135 Yes guys...Zoe is a BOY!! He finally forgave me. |
01-10-2006, 10:47 AM | #75 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 1,279
| Just some friendly advise, the more you think about smoking the more you want it. Try to devert you energy to other things like reading, working out, or playing with your little yorkie. Good luck!!!!!! |
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