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Chrysalis, thank you... and you are sooo right, we do "get there" if we keep at it..some (like myself) it takes a bit longer..when I was new to my quit, the "older" quits would tell me - non / never smokers handle what life throws at them every day without thinking of putting something in their mouth and lighting it..you will get there - you just have to stay with it, guess what?they were right LOL!! Chrispy, thanks, "like a boss" ? I like that, :D Doreen, thank you, I don't remember the last time I was that scared...it really is a great feeling to know - really know you can get thru a crisis without wanting to smoke! (thanks for the hug too, I am right proud of myself :rolleyes: ) Thanks El B, it seems somewhere along the line I got off of the shoulders that were carrying me and got up on my own two feet - who knew!?! .. and yes, I'm happy the folks were "shaken not stirred" too!! :laugh2: Thanks Wendy, My imagination was on overdrive during the ride to them, sure was nice to see them get out of the back of the ambulance and wave at me! Thank you Miss Tracey .. (love your new avatar by the way) .. for the record, I got myself a bag of chocolate chip cookies, they're half gone already!! B) Thanks Dentalfloss, thats a wonderful way to put it, "the silver lining" :)

I was wrapping presents when my dad called, he said "we've been in an accident, can you come get mom?" I said, "where are you - are you hurt? why just mom?" "Just please come get your mom" he said and told me where they were..so I hung up grabbed my stuff an headed out..a thousand things running through my mind.. I had to keep tellin myself "keep calm, speeding won't help them if you don't make it there - don't speed, don't speed.." When I got to the accident they were both ok, shaken up, but not hurt,..they were coming to a stop so the car ahead of them could make a left turn when the car behind slammed into them sending them into the car in front.... the cops took all the information from everyone and let me take my folks home, .. I got them all settled in at their place and came home,.. my adrenalin was still pumping but not nearly like it was on the way down or when I was first coming on to the scene and saw all the flashing lights from the cop cars and rescue... They were ok, I was ok, everything was ok... I needed to tell the kids, but they are all working today so I sent an CC email out them... and thats when it hit me.. Two or three months ago I would have been "so stressed out" all I would have thought about was smoking "to calm my nerves" the drive over, all the lights, the waiting until they would let me see my parents while they were being checked out on the scene..I would have "needed" to smoke..... But it didn't even enter my mind.... So what have I learned from this?...I learned that the time and effort and fighting the addiction is well worth it, it DOES get easier.. what once would have sent me into massive craving - just wasn't there - I am a non smoker, and today I was able to take care of my 78 year old dad and 76 year old mom when they were scared and needed me - without the selfishness of wanting to smoke and being agitated because I couldn't.. today nicotine was an after thought.... and because of that, my focus was where my parents needed my attention to be.. on them. If you haven't stopped smoking yet but want to.. do it, just do it.. you never know when the phone will ring and someone will need you... ALL of you, ..

Good for you rowlyd!! Wonderful news!!.. keep hang'n tough.. you can do this!!

You know that you really don't want a cig... you came here and posted an sos... BRILLANT!!... now you have to remind yourself that addiction is a sneaky little evil thing that sneaks up on you and trys to knock your feet out from under you... you're better then that... you're stronger then that... you have a wonderful quit going..and you know that smoking won't "fix" whatever is going on right now, it'll only make you feel worse.... your nicotine "demon" is dying..thats why you feel the way you do today.you're winning, you're killing it.... don't feed it by smoking... you can do this, just hang on!

come on Rowlyd... talk to us.... let us know whats going on... if you're posting you're not smoking right? thats the purpose of the sos... talk to us....we're here for you

Grumpy... mean.. irritable.. hateful.. hard to get along with.. yep I had those in the early days.. but it levels off and soon you'll be back to your normal wonderful (non smoking) self :)

No you don't,.. the junkie in you wants "just one" to get you sucked back in.. DON'T LISTEN!!!!!... you know you can say no to one,,, just say no to this one.. hold on and fight the junkie, "he" will tire and this will pass... just keep saying no to this one... no - no - no.. you can do this, I know you can!!! {hug}

Congratulations on one week of freedom!! keep climbing, you're doing an awesome job!! :yahoo:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Wonderful news, keep climbing!!! :D

Oh Wendy, I'm sorry you're having a hard time sleeping hun...messed up sleep patterns are pretty common after we quit,.. someone smarter than myself will have to explain why.. as for remedies,.. for me walking and playing boxing on Wii helped to tire me out a few hours before bed time.. sometimes warm milk at bedtime and I'd put something boring on tv - it kept me from jumping from one thought to the next to the next keeping myself awake..if nothing else maybe you should see your Dr.. sleep deprivation can really wreak havoc in your day to day life..hope you're sleeping soon ! :)

Wonderful job, CONGRATULATIONS!!! :D

Welcome aboard the QT!!

Welcome to the QT!

Great job, CONGRATULATIONS!! :D

Congratulations Natalie!! :D

Here DD!

One month is huge! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Congratulations!!

A month down, I'm soooo happy for you - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :D

Hi, welcome and congratulations on your wonderful new quit!! :D

Great news! Welcome to the non smoking club! :D

So sorry to hear about your mom EL B, sending prayers for her and your family, Congrats to you an mrs EL B on your 10 months quit, congrats to you for not smoking those found in your pocket, but then you wouldn't smoke, you're quit.