Ramona

WOooooooOOOOOO-HoooooOOOOOOOoo!!!!

Ugggg. Time.

Temporari Temporaius. So true.

All good advice (above). I would (perhaps) ask myself these questions: ~ Do I want to be dependent on this particular chemical for brain adjustments? ~ Do I want to spend money on this dependency? ~ Can I feel I've overcome or accomplished my goals if I'm still using this chemical? ~ What is it about my smoking/using that drove me to make a change in the first place? And will these be accomplished by staying on aforementioned chemical? It's totally a personal thing! All of it! You got this.

Bet you're sorry you posted

Not that I can accomplish that.

No refined sugars. I think that's it.

Yup. What Karen said - Keep the mind and hands busy. Spread sounds good. I wish I had veggies and salad right now. I'm hungry. And I can't take another lick of sugar at the moment. I been eating cake, chocolates and donuts. Uggg.

!!!!!!!!!!TWO WEEKS IN DUH-BAG!!!!!!!!!!

You can be the example to your husband for sure. I want to be the example to my 10 (almost 11) year old niece. All the adults in her life are smokers who've been unable to quit. She thinks it's literally impossible. I will show her otherwise. I love to hug her even more now because I know she won't smell smoke on me. For some asinine reason she looks up to me! Poor girl. :) Maybe his words felt profound because they're true, true. The choice is yours alone. Like REZ says: all the help in the world means nothing without your commitment and desire. You can use anything as an excuse to relapse..."whaa, the forum didn't care about my milestones, whaa, my attitude is effecting others, whaa, my friends & family don't 'get it', OR whaa, my Husband still keeps them around. Any justification and/or rationalization is ONLY a trick your thoughts use so your brain can get its nicotine fix. That's it. Nothing more. See all these tricks for what they are and make a solemn VOW to yourself. Then honor your vow. Cigarettes will be available forever. There's no avoiding them. Any one of us can smoke at any time. It's our choice. You have 10 days right now. Don't throw this away. Blessings are coming.

Stages of grief - absolutely. I know how it feels with a significant other who smokes - not fun. There are times I don't mind his smoking at all and then I'll do a complete 180 and resent him. So he'll be like, "what's the rule today? smoke or not?" (In the car). Because sometimes I truly do not care. But other times I'm very irritated. Guess that's tough on him but HIS SMOKING IS TOUGH ON ME. :blink: Power through. There is no benefit to smoking. My recent relapse illustrated this - - NO GAIN. It's just gross. In a matter of hours I lost circulation in my fingers. Seriously. I was like, "oh yeah, I remember this little fun side effect." And when it's -20 (with windchill) I really don't want to screw myself over in that regard. Cigarettes are POISON and nothing more. Non-smokers are the lucky ones. Clear as day (right now). You got this!

Cute Indigo! "Mildly certain."

TEW present.

Yup.

Good mornin'. Time to get back into the coffee and QT routine. It's - 2 degrees here but I'm about to leave for a morning jog. I'm grateful to have the lungs & legs for it. Grateful to be a relatively young quitter. Grateful to be NOPE-ing it. As always, thanks y'all for the community support here.

67 Here's to a gentle crossing...

13th...lucky!! Mine is the 10th. You're only 3 days behind me.

Nicely done. Day by day to conquer the others.

More energy, right? I'm happy for you!

Uh. I wonder how long these now-open reward centers are going to cry out. I had shut em down but they're having an industrial revolution up in there. A couple days of my business and they think they're back in business. Arrrg. Such polarized thought: Well, I blew it so I should take advantage and smoke for awhile I can't really blow it, I don't want to smoke for even one more day Sigh.

Bang. Without using an i what do you do on a mountain?

BTW: You should take pride in the first-try-first-quit. That's noteworthy.

Forget coding - proofread that bizz-nizzle. But no. Great post!!! Thanks for your contribution.

Ambivalent about ticker. It's hard to illustrate 1 year, 3 months minus Superbowl Sunday and half of Ash Wednesday!!! But I like the idea of designing a new one. So not yet...but maybe soon. 24 hours down. Ate a lot of food...going easy on myself. I think a development here is my realization of how disgusting & unappealing the habit. Maybe I needed this to remind me that I don't want to smell crappy and feel jacked-up. I love running, clean hair, money, deep-breaths and doing absolutely nothing. I love presence and focus and peace.