I found cigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I found cigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 10:16am
in my truck....oh my ...how I wanted one!!!! alas, I had no fire (;) I searched and searched, but couldn't find a lighter.

I hope you all won't be disappointed, but I do believe I'm going to have one after work today...

~~~ Mae~~~

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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 10:27am


>alas, I had no fire (;) I searched and searched, but couldn't find a lighter.

**Thank heavens! I do hope you got rid of the butts too hon. I think the third day can be the roughest. Get angry at those life sucking things and stomp on them!

Ok now, about that thought of after work. Please don't dwell on it (romance it). What it will give you is a momentary *hit* of nico and then hours, days, weeks of regret for having smoked it and the fun and joy (not) of going through all of this again.

Hang tough Mae, you can do it!

~Golly

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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 10:27am
"""I hope you all won't be disappointed, but I do believe I'm going to have one after work today...""

And WHY is that?? You are going to have a cig after work??

Mae, you are going to "want" one. . . that's perfectly natural since you were a smoker.

Do you know how crappy you will feel if you smoke that cig???? It is NOT worth the personal agony for that 3 minutes of smoking "pleasure" which is not REALLY pleasure at all but instead it is sucking on a tube of nasty chemicals that is going to eventually kill you not to mention stink up your hair, your clothes, your breath and stain your teeth that you want white. Mae, it is NOT worth it. You will feel really Bummed if you smoke. You can get thru this. Plan a special treat for after work. A SMOKE is NOT a TREAT!!

HUn, I'm not disappointed, I just hate to think of the mental suffering that is going to happen in your head if you smoke. Get that strength back. You can do this. NOTHING is going to be fixed or made better or ease pain and frustration by SMOKING!! You will only be mad at yourself. I want you to LOVE YOU!! Take Care of You Mae!!

xoxo,

tracy




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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 10:34am
{{{Mae}}}...now listen to me. You know who's gonna be the MOST disappointed?????

YOU!!!!

I can remember in my early days of this *journey*, that it was THE BOARD

that kept me away from cigs alots of times. But...you KNOW you have to be the one ready to make it thru HELL WEEK!!! If you can just take it one minute at a time, you will

DO IT!!!

Keep posting...as much as you want...go to whyquit.com & read all you can.

Take long deep breaths. Rub that patch (think Golly used to do that )

Hey, it worked for me:) Try to stay as busy as you can. Get up & MOVE as

much as you can, being in an office.

KEEP TRYING, k?

"Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it." -

Ellen Glasgow (my quote on my profile)

Had you rather be a smoker with a CONSTANT desire to quit,

or a non-smoker with an OCCASIONAL desire to puff?

xoxo stel






* Stel *

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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 11:37am
You know...the more I think about it, this is a war ....me against my low self esteem.

I have tears in my eyes reading your posts.

~~~ Mae~~~
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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 11:42am
Hey, girlie...I've been thinkin', here at my desk.

How 'bout we make a 'quit deal'? I'll quit the nic gum, which is actually killing my mouth, PLUS its STUPID to do with the patch. I'll see, starting now, if my 14 mg patch

(I just slapped on the other 7mg half) will do. It SHOULD!!! I WAS down to 3.5 before

I started having probs.

YOU can do this!!! If I e-mail you thru here, will you get it at work???

KEEP POSTING!!!! and checking!!! I'll send ya some stuff tonite from home for you

to read tomorrow at work. Believe me, I KNOW what you're going thru.....but NOW'S

the time!!

xoxo stel

* Stel *

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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 11:54am
Thanks Stel....

email me at peacefortoday2000@yahoo.com....I look forward to your wisdom!!!

~~~ Mae~~~
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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 11:56am
Hun - you are RIGHT!! It IS a war!

Trust me - - this is the hardest thing you will do - BUT - - you WILL do it and Mae, you will come to know Such a feeling of TRIUMPH!! You REally will!!

Do NOT think about how you will get thru this week or month - - ONLY think about today. Mae, you can get thru today. You Can. You are Much stronger than you think.

This is something you must do for yourself. YOU are the one that will be disappointed if you don't win....what other people think doesn't mean diddly.

Right now the Nic voice is STRONG - - Do NOT listen to him....there is a little tiny voice back in there, deep down, that is saying ...Please Mae don't smoke. Don't let that Nic voice drown out the Mae that WANTS to be an EX-Smoker. Trust - - the Nic voice slowly weakens. Right now, since it's still so strong, you must simply TRUST. Trust that you have the power to regain your Freedom. I am SO proud of you because I KNOW this is PAINFUL!! it IS!! but, it will not last forever and you WILL get thru this. I think it's so hard because it's a Pain that we put upon ourselves when we quit and it would be so easy to give up on ourselves. Very easy to just say , Oh, never mind I'll do this some other time. . . . some other time WHEN - - - like when the doc says - You have Cancer?? .... This IS the TIME Mae.

Stay strong and keep focused. I know you can do this.

xoxo,

tracy

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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 3:20pm
You give the BEST pep talks Tracy!!!!!!!!

Trust...that's the hardest for me Tracy...it's so hard.

Focus...that's hard too..but not as hard when I have you ladies (;)

I thank you from the bottom of my heart. My coworker said she'd go with me to my truck and throw them away...cuz I just can't do it...I can't...or I won't...who knows.

~~~ Mae~~~
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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 3:35pm
>>You give the BEST pep talks Tracy!!!!!!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Doesn't she tho?

BIG CONGRATS on seeking help in this...i.e. getting your co-worker to help you get rid of the cigs. STOMP THEM on the ground, break them one by one in half (like a ceremony)...then go soak them.

I am very proud of you Mae:) By tomorrow, the dreaded 72 hrs will be over, and as you

know, usually after a bad day comes a good day. Go have some fun after work and RIDE

Brave...you DESERVE IT!!!!!

xoxo stel

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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 3:39pm
Yes, but YOU do TOO!!!!! I don't know what I'd do without you ladies!!!!!!

I don't think ::I:: can do it...she'll have to stomp them into the ground for me (;)

Brave is getting a massage tonight...so no riding...hmmmm...I think ::I:: need that massage (;0

Thanks so very much Stel!!! The day isn't over yet tho...

~~~ Mae~~~

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