MarylandQuitter
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Set a firm date and the focus on getting through 3 days. Have you read Allen Carr?
Also, there is a whole area of this message board http://quittrainblog.com/
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When is your quit date?
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How long has it been since you last smoked?
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Hi Juan!!
This will be your last attempt at quitting. If I can do it, anybody can.
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No matter what, I'm not taking a single puff from one of those death sticks!
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Our guidelines are simple. If your post content, signatures, profile images, etc. are disruptive and impact our members' enjoyment of our community we may ask you to refrain from such actions or revoke your access to this community.
As I've stated elsewhere my views on freedom of speech or more aptly, the right to be published, as is often the case here, I've added them to QT's guidelines.
There is a difference between freedom of speech and the right to be published. Freedom of speech will only give people the right to make their own web site to express their opinions, but they may not demand to be published on any other web sites. A good example is book publishing: You may write your own book, but you may not go to a publisher and demand them to publish it for you. If you want to publish it, and there are no publishers willing to do it, you would have to print the book yourself and contact any stores and ask them if they would sell it. If nobody will sell it, you'll have to open your own store to sell it.We're here to help and support one another and have some fun along the way. This is your community. Make it count for something.--MQ
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There is no way I'm gonna smoke today! NOPE.
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Getting ready to watch "Runner Runner" w/ Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck and "The Family" w/ Robert DeNiro. Both look like good movies.
Gotta do something to stay awake all night. Grrrrrr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFPqyNvNzvU
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Me either!
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I wonder who?
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What about a "dislike" button? In case we change our minds?
It would get too much use.
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Wait, we did have a like button. I have to find out what happened to it...
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I'll have to activate the like button! Thanks for the heads up.
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I love Gandhi quotes. Very humbling aren't they?
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Which....tonight...I could finally see my reflection in the mirror. Lemme tell ya, I look like shiz. Hopefully I will be back to driving and running, by Monday.
At least you know you're not a vampire now!
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I think Netflix, Redbox and FIOS will replace the renting of DVD's. Redbox has some deal with Verizon where they stream just like Netflix.
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Another great series exclusive to Netflix. Cannot wait for the next season, but right now it's up in the air because they are wanting more money from the state of Maryland (they film about 15 minutes from my home) and right now they're going back and forth. Much like the politics are portrayed on the show.
The Underwoods are nasty people. This next season can go in so many different directions that I can't wait to see where it goes...
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What value at $8 per month. If it wasn't for watching the Orioles and Ravens, I would ditch the expensive cable.
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I'm currently only on the 3rd season so don't spoil it for me. lol Put in big letters SPOILER at the top of your post to protect slow pokes like myself. :)
When I started with the 1st season, I didn't care for the first couple of episodes and then I got bored one night and watched them all. Been hooked ever since!
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I am a huge John Grisham fan and if I had to pick my favorite book, it would have to be "The Summons".
Right now I am working on finishing up two books. One is "The Appeal" by John Grisham and the other is "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart" by Dr. Gordon Livingston.
I wish I had more time to read but I love the escape that it provides. Reading takes you to another place and time and is a great distraction to life's curve-balls.
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The Health Benefits Of Quitting Smoking Start As Soon As You Put Out Your Last Cigarette
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Quit Smoking Recovery Timetable
Within ...
20 minutes
Your blood pressure, pulse rate and the temperature of your hands and feet have returned to normal.
8 hours
Remaining nicotine in your bloodstream has fallen to 6.25% of normal peak daily levels, a 93.75% reduction.
12 hours
Your blood oxygen level has increased to normal. Carbon monoxide levels have dropped to normal.
24 hours
Anxieties have peaked in intensity and within two weeks should return to near pre-cessation levels.
48 hours
Damaged nerve endings have started to regrow and your sense of smell and taste are beginning to return to normal. Cessation anger and irritability will have peaked.
72 hours
Your entire body will test 100% nicotine-free. Over 90% of all nicotine metabolites (the chemicals nicotine breaks down into) have passed from your body via your urine. Symptoms of chemical withdrawal have peaked in intensity, including restlessness. Unless use cues have been avoided, the number of cue induced crave episodes experienced during any quitting day have peaked for the "average" ex-user. Lung bronchial tubes leading to air sacs (alveoli) are beginning to relax in recovering smokers. Breathing is becoming easier and your lung's functional abilities are improving.
5 - 8 days
The "average" ex-smoker is down to experiencing just three cue induced crave episodes per day. Although we may not be "average" and although minutes may feel like hours when normal cessation time distortion combines with the body's panic response, it is unlikely that any single episode will last longer than 3 minutes. Keep a clock handy and time the episode to maintain an honest perspective on time.
10 days
The "average" ex-user is down to encountering less than two crave episodes per day.
10 days to 2 weeks
Recovery has likely progressed to the point where your addiction is no longer doing the talking. Blood circulation in your gums and teeth are now similar to that of a non-user.
2 to 4 weeks
Cessation related anger, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, impatience, insomnia, restlessness and depression have ended. If still experiencing any of these symptoms get seen and evaluated by your physician.
2 weeks to 3 months
Your heart attack risk has started to drop. Your lung function has noticeably improved. If your health permits, sample your circulation and lung improvement by walking briskly, climbing stairs or running further or faster than normal.
21 days
The number of acetylcholine receptors, which were up-regulated in response to nicotine's presence in the frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, basal ganglia, thalamus, brain stem and cerebellum regions of your brain have now substantially down-regulated. Receptor binding has returned to levels seen in the brains of non-smokers (2007 study).
3 weeks to 3 months
Your circulation has substantially improved. Walking has become easier. Your chronic cough, if any, has likely disappeared. If not, get seen by a doctor, and sooner if at all concerned, as a chronic cough can be a sign of lung cancer.
4 weeks
Plasma suPAR is a stable inflammatory biomarker that helps predict development of diseases ranging from diabetes to cancer in smokers. A 2016 study found that within 4 weeks of quitting smoking, with or without NRT, that suPAR levels in 48 former smokers had fallen from a baseline smoking median of 3.2 ng/ml to levels "no longer significantly different from the never smokers' values" (1.9 ng/ml)
8 weeks
Insulin resistance in smokers has normalized despite average weight gain of 2.7 kg (2010 SGR, page 384).
1 to 9 months
Any smoking related sinus congestion, fatigue or shortness of breath has decreased. Cilia have regrown in your trachea (windpipe) thereby increasing the ability to sweep dirt and mucus out of your lungs. Your body's overall energy has increased.
1 year
Your excess risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke has dropped to less than half that of a smoker.
5 years
Your risk of a subarachnoid hemorrhage has declined to 59% of your risk while still smoking (2012 study). If a female ex-smoker, your risk of developing diabetes is now that of a non-smoker (2001 study).
5 to 15 years
Your risk of stroke has declined to that of a non-smoker.
10 years
Your risk of being diagnosed with lung cancer is between 30% to 50% of that for a continuing smoker (2005 study). Risk of death from lung cancer has declined by almost half if you were an average smoker (one pack per day). Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus and pancreas have declined. Risk of developing diabetes for both men and women is now similar to that of a never-smoker (2001 study).
13 years
The average smoker lucky enough to live to age 75 has 5.8 fewer teeth than a non-smoker (1998 study). But by year 13 after quitting, your risk of smoking induced tooth loss has declined to that of a never-smoker (2006 study).
15 years
Your risk of coronary heart disease is now that of a person who has never smoked. Your risk of pancreatic cancer has declined to that of a never-smoker (2011 study - but note a 2nd pancreatic study making an identical finding at 20 years).
20 years
If a female, your excess risk of death from all smoking related causes, including lung disease and cancer, has now reduced to that of a never-smoker (2008 study). Risk of pancreatic cancer has also declined to that of a never-smoker (2011 study).
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Benefits_Time_Table.html
Tips For Gaining Freedom From Nicotine Addiction
The Isolation Of A Widowed Smoker
Gradual Withdrawal For Your Worst Enemy
Make a ticker/quit meter to track how many days you've been quit, how many cigarettes you've not smoked and how much money you've saved. It's amazing to see how much money we've wasted on cigarettes, not to mention how many we've NOT SMOKED. You can make them right here on our forum.
http://www.quittrain.com/tickers/
Allen Carr’s Easy Way
I’m a huge advocate of Allen Carr’s book and highly recommend that everyone give it a read. Study the book as if you’re taking an exam in college and have to pass the course. Study it some more. Grasp the concept that cigarettes do nothing for you and you’re not giving anything up by quitting. I’ve been carrying Allen Carr’s book around with me like Linus toting his blanket. Remarkably, the book and the blanket serve the same objective.
Something written in the foreward, by Damian O’Hara, really hit home. Previously the book had been used as an apparatus; direction and information which laid the prep work for success. This time, the well-worn paperback means a little more to me than just a revelation. Here is the lucid sentence that brought me back home.
“In fact, like many smokers, I came to see the cigarette as my best friend, my ‘me’ time, my island of peace and tranquility in a crazy world, my ever present companion.”
Ah yes, this crazy, messed up world in which we live. My crazy place in time still remains and smoking didn’t change it, ease it or make it more tolerable. All it did was leave me with regret. I can’t go back and undo what has been done but I can move forward. The good news is that I didn’t go back to where I had left off and quitting now is simply like dropping junk-mail into the recycling bin.
I first saw the video clip below of Allen Carr speaking about his Easy Way to stop smoking. I was intrigued enough to buy his book, “Easy Way To Stop Smoking”, and it was a game changer for me. I never looked at smoked the same way again. I never in my wildest dreams could have thought that quitting smoking could not only be enjoyable, but also easy.
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Before you take that one puff and throw your quit away, remember that everything you've gone through so far will have to be repeated. Please make a new thread in this board so we can respond and help you keep your quit. Whatever you're feeling is only temporary and nothing is worth giving up your quit over. Not one puff ever.
Myself and the moderators are immediately alerted each time a post is created in this forum. Please do not smoke!
"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
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Hi Lisa!!!