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UNBELIEVABLE!!

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deleted_user
MY SON, UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, STARTED SMOKING AT THE AGE OF 9!! HE IS 23 NOW AND HIS LUNGS ARE SHOT. MY OTHER SON ALSO STARTED YOUNG, QUIT FOR 2 OR 3 YRS AND THEN WHEN I QUIT, HE STARTED AGAIN! AMAZING! THEY BEGGED ME TO QUIT FOR SO LONG. I STARTED WHEN I WAS 18. HOW DUMB WAS THAT?!
I QUIT FOR GOOD ON MY SECOND TRY. THE WORST PART IS THAT NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU HAVE NOT SMOKED, THERE IS ALWAYS THAT DESIRE. I REMEMBER WATCHING CRAIG FERGUSON ON LATE NIGHT. HE WAS JOKING ABOUT ALL THE TALK CONCERNING THE END OF THE WORLD. HE COMMENTED THAT IF REALLY THE END OF THE WORLD WAS COMING, THE FIRST THING HE WOULD DO IS HAVE A CIGARETTE. HE QUIT 10 YEARS AGO!!! SCARY.
TIL NEXT TIME,
JERI
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MY DAD QUIT COLD TURKEY WHEN HE REALISED THAT HE WAS ON HIS THIRD CIGARETTE BEFORE 9 A.M.!! MY BROTHER...QUIT WITH THIS COMMENT OVER 30 YRS AGO..."I'M NOT PAYING .75 CENTS FOR A PACK OF CIGARETTES!!!! HOW FUNNY IS THAT CONSIDERING WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING TODAY?!
JUST SOME "FOOD FOR THOUGHT"!
WARMLY,
JERI
dobiedots
dobiedots
Oh great. I'm 4 days smoke free and the cravings are killing me. Now I know they will never end! So why bother right? First thing in a.m. I'm buying a pack. I can't deal w/non-stop cravings.
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dobiedots don't be crazy, really are you just being sarcastic? Four days, come on, you can do this, cravings come but they also go, more and more quickly. whyquit.com Go there!
dobiedots
dobiedots
no, the cravings are really bad today. It's constant. And then hearing taht they never go away is just the last straw.
I don't know what to do.
Sarcastic? Why would I be sarcastic when I am DYING HERE!!!
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deleted_user
I am on day 10. the cravings are not the same as the first few days. They are less prequent but also milder...more of a thought or for me a craving for chocolate. When I ignore the craving I don't feel anxiety. It is certainly getting easier for me with each day. Keep it up or you will just be doing this process again!!!You just have to DO IT!!!!
dobiedots
dobiedots
Ok. I'll try not to think about it. ugh
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deleted_user
Dobiedots- Do anything it takes it not think about it. You're almost in the clear. Don't give up now.
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dodiedots,
Don't start smoking again. I'm smoke free for over two months now, and TRUST ME, your craving for nicotine will subside. First couple of weeks are rough, but hang in there. It gets better.
dobiedots
dobiedots
Thanks guys. I feel "encouraged"!!!
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THAT CIGARETTE IS SO DARN ENJOYABLE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT DOWN. HOW TO HAVE A GOOD MEAL AND NO CIG AFTERWARDS? I HAVE TO STOP AGAIN AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE FIRST STEP! I KEEP SAYING AFTER THE NEXT ONE....OBVIOUSLY, THIS DOESN'T WORK, I AM STILL LIGHTING UP! I JUST LIT ONE AGAIN...MAYBE I SHOULD TRY CHANTIX..........
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