QuittingGirl

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Ohh ok Jill...I wasn't sure where to post it. Hopefully it will help people!

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Hi everyone! I was looking back at my original post from May of last year, and it's really amazing how far I have come since that first post that I made, where I was still smoking 2 cigs a day using the weaning method. OMG, I remember how horrible I felt, in a constant state of perpetual withdrawal all day and night! It was so horrible. Finally after a couple days several of you told me to give it up, I just let go and went cold turkey, I think 2 days later. Plus, all the meltdowns I had where I really couldn't handle it anymore and I was treating my family like crap. You all helped me so much!!! Wow, it all seems like ages ago!! I really have come a long way, thanks to all of you!!! The friendship and support you all gave ME, a total stranger, was mind boggling! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart! I truly couldn't have made it without all of you! I was reading a post that I made from very early in my quit and I wrote how one of the withdrawal symptoms was like a feeling on my tongue...LOL!! It wasn't a pain, just an annoying feeling. I can look back now and laugh at that, but at the time it was just horrible, plus I had a horrible sense of doom. I definitely will not go back to smoking, not only because is it bad for us, BUT, who the hell wants to get those withdrawal symptoms again!! Not me!! I have enough aches and pains in my life...LOL!!! Anyway, thank you all so much again for being here for me! Love, Sandi

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Congratulations!!!! 6 years is amazing!!!! All the best to you!!

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LOLOL!!! Stew, you are so funny!!! It only took me 8 months on this forum to sort of figure out how to play the game!!

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Thanks Doreen!!!

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Doreen and all of the other people on here that have quit for many years are the best people Susie!! Listen to them! I know I'm just a newbie, sort of, as I quit before for 6 years!! This time it's for good! Susie, smoking is horrible! You are still so young, you can give it up!! I started smoking when I was a bit older than you, at 17.... but, please quit!! As a young woman, it will be the best thing for your health! You have your whole life ahead of you! I started smoking when I was 17 which was 47 years ago, and many others have been smoking almost as long as me, or longer!! Don't smoke Susie!! It's a horrible habit!! I know it's so difficult in the beginning and many times I just wanted to crawl in a hole and cry and smoke, but I got through it! I got through it because of the people on THIS FORUM!!! They are amazing people and they have become my friends. They have helped me so much! Susie, please stick around and let us help you!!

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That's great!!!! Onward to week 2!!!

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NOPE!!

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Ok, I'm gonna give it a whirl now.

LOL!!! So the sticks are the men? If that's the case, how do I know who is a man if it's not obvious in their username or it doesn't say in their profile? Ok tell me if this is correct....say Doreen posts the number 15 and then I come along and post 14. Is that correct?

I have a question about that Chicks and Sticks game. How do you play? I can't for the life of me figure it out...LOL!! I would have been playing it months ago, if I knew how.

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I know it's very difficult, the cravings are terrible, we all know exactly what you are going through!! What I found that helped me is taking a cinnamon stick and holding it like a cigarette and sucking on it, making believe I was smoking plus the taste of the cinnamon was nice. You can also use cut up straws. Even if you need NRT's then why don't you use them? You have to use whatever will help you. The urges will get less and less as time goes on, I can promise you that. I was a basket case the first couple of months. I was acting absolutely horrible to my husband and family that I was insane! It was a terrible time but I got through it and you can too, you really can!! Just keep coming on here and vent to us, we are here to help you! Whatever your triggers are for smoking, try and get away from them. For example, after I would eat, I would go outside and light up a cigarette. In the beginning of my quit, I would do something else, anything that is different from what I would do when I did smoke. After a while you won't even remember that you wanted a cigarette. You can definitely do this Susie!!!

Hi Susie, So glad you decided to quit! I know it's not an easy decision and it's quite scary with all sorts of emotions going through your head. I am a relative newbie here as I am only 8 months quit, although this is my 2nd and last time that I quit smoking. The last time I was quit for 6 years. Anyway, the people on this forum are amazing and will help you get through it so just ask for help when you need it. They helped me tremendously and I am very happy to call them my friends! They will listen to you complain about the urges and just about anything else because they have all been through it. So keep close to the "train" and it's "riders" and you will do just fine!!