Quitting is Contagious

[justjezmund]

ok im out of smokes and not going to the store.  wish me luck.

[thatfargone]

ok im out of smokes and not going to the store.  wish me luck.

Good luck!

[Superfreakie]

ok im out of smokes and not going to the store.  wish me luck.

Good luck!

luck jj.

[nab]

ok im out of smokes and not going to the store.  wish me luck.

Good luck!

One week today.  Things are getting easier, but I still have some tough times.  Those times are fewer and farther between though. 

[phuzzyfish12]

ok im out of smokes and not going to the store.  wish me luck.

Good luck!

One week today.  Things are getting easier, but I still have some tough times.  Those times are fewer and farther between though.

Nice Job!!! 

[Superfreakie]

ok im out of smokes and not going to the store.  wish me luck.

Good luck!

One week today.  Things are getting easier, but I still have some tough times.  Those times are fewer and farther between though.

Nab....the one week barrier is HUGE and not to be underestimated. Congratulations  :rawk: . But watch out for week two, it's a mind fucker. 

[guyforget]

just keep doing what youre doing, nab, concede nothing. 

[rowjimmy]

just keep doing what youre doing, nab, concede nothing.

THIS.


And jj, hold to it, man. The longer you smoke the harder it gets. Remember the rule of threes.

[sls.stormyrider]

 

[justjezmund]

well here comes day three.     ive tried to do this before and this day sucks.

[nab]

well here comes day three.     ive tried to do this before and this day sucks.

Keep it up.  I actually found the latter half of week one to be slightly harder, but that may have been environmental.  Now the first half of week two, the pressure seems to be easing up.  I get the strong attacks every 2-3 hours instead of every hour.  Also, this was the first morning I woke up that I wasn't afraid of facing the day without smoking.

This thread has also been immensely helpful to me.  From here I have picked up:

1. The rule of threes (You're about to conquer the first one)
2. The fact that smoking does nothing to get rid of nicotine addiction (I believe it was pieguy who said, and I'll paraphrase:  "If have a smoke now, I'll still want one in a half an hour if I smoke one or not, so I might as well not smoke one")
3.  Support
4.  Accountability- I know that if my posts stop here, everyone will suspect that I have not succeeded.  I don't think that anyone would pass judgment on me for that, rather the relationship is positive- that I want them to think better of me than they did before.   


Thank You 'paug.

[rowjimmy]

Nice Post, nab.

Stay with it jj. You just gotta keep on pushing.

4.  Accountability- I know that if my posts stop here, everyone will suspect that I have not succeeded.

Which reminds me...

A certain potser has stopped giving us updates.
Here's hoping he's too distracted by all the crazy levels of oxygen in his breathing...

[UncleEbinezer]

I haven't forgot, I have been super slammed the past few days.  Before I go forward, excellent work nab and JJ.  It is a challenge, but beginning the challenge is step 1.  Conquering is steps 2-100,000,000,000.  Keep it up!!!

I have to agree whole-heartedly with #4.  I definitely was using this as an option for accountability and having support from other here has been so helpful.

Now, comes the news (bad and then good).  So this weekend was my brother's bachelor party.  Every single one of his friend's smoke and so does he.  The temptation was just absolutely ridiculous.  I broke down and basically had a weekend bender with cigarettes.  It is definitely an excuse, but it is what happened.  For this I am dissappointed that the streak ended.

Now the good news!!!  I can report again, that I have entered day 3 of non-smoking again and expect to be back on track.  Monday, kind of blew, but I remembered that I just went weeks without them so I just have to start over.  I have used my chewing sticks and just kept on plugging away. 

[VA $l!m]

wow, i cant even read each post in this thread, because i want to quit so bad... whoever is quitting --mad props and blessings,,,, i was telling myself last nite that if i could quit in a month then i would allow myself to see more shows this summer. i really need to quit. bad. :|

[rowjimmy]

Fight the good fight, dude.

Many's the night I've found myself the only one not smoking.

I'm also the one who is more likely to go home not reeking of smoke (especially with the new no-smoking laws in VA.)
I'm also the one who is more likely to wake up and not hack up a lung.

The urge to conform to your environment is strong. There are still moments when I feel a cigarette seems the totally obvious way to pass the time waiting for a train or whatever and I haven't been a smoker for 15 years.

You just have to remind yourself that not-smoking is ok too.