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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/25/2008 9:28:51 PM
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Shells54
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I don't know does this sound silly. I am actually getting excited about May 1st.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/26/2008 4:41:38 PM
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i don't know if this helps but i smoked for several years before i finally quit. I was pregnant with my son and tried several times to quit - all which were unsuccessful. Then one day i woke up and was running late so i didn't have time to sit down to "my morning cigarette" I decided after that to see how long i could go without one. That evening everyone noticed i hadn't been smoking. I never once said i was quiting - just seeing how long i could go. Well thats been a year and a half ago. My hubby stopped the day after i did. I now say that i quit but then i never did at the time. It was really hard to begin with cuz my emotions were already out of wack cuz of the pregnancy but not saying that i was quitting always left the option up to me. And it wouldn't have made me feel like a failure if i would have picked one up. I hope this helps all of those who are trying to quit.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/28/2008 12:31:13 PM
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Mrs.X
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Jimbo, thanks for that info on caffeine. When we go off the patch, I'll probably start making me and hubby half caff (half regular, half decaf).
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Yay, Sarah! I skimmed over the whole thread and saw you cheerleading for a while, and I was hoping you would come back and do it. Thanks for your prayers. Only 16 days left of me and hubby smoking.
yeah I was before we moved from Germany, then life got hectic and I quit coming over here so much and forgot about this thread...then it kind of died. But I will for sure be here to cheer you on!!!!
16 days left huh....well, that's 16 days of opportunities to cover your whole lives in prayer!!!!
I don't know if this works or not, but a friend swears by fruit juice (esp citrus juice)...she says that cigarettes taste horrible after drinking the juice so you don't want to taste that as much.
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Those are my two biggest triggers I think. I can always quit coffee if it gets too hard, but I can't quit eating LOL!
you can't quit eating, but you can change the way you eat...where you eat, how you sit, what you surround yourself with while eating, etc. So try that. Try even little things....such as which seat you sit in to eat. If you can, try changing the furniture lay out (IF you can).....that might be a small trigger there.
btw....your comment earlier about that you don't think you can do it without a patch or whatever, YOU ARE WRONG!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! Do NOT let satan feed you that lie!!!! Surround yourself with things that trigger other things that you WANT in your life...place scripture about victory all around you...in notes taped to walls and cabinet doors...on the bathroom mirror....even tape it to your cigarette package if you have to. There is power in the Word of God...use that power that God has given you to the best of your ability!!!!
Pineapple and OJ make cigarettes taste really nasty. Brushing teeth does too, which is what my dad did after each cup of coffee and eating.
I don't think it's so much the where we eat and how we eat (we don't smoke inside so nothing inside the house triggers me), but it's more of that full belly feeling that triggers me and the taste of food in my mouth. It's kinda like "yeah that was a nice meal, now I really need a smoke to finish it off). It's a little hard explain. It's the icing on the cake. But, if I brush right after eating, that has helped me wait for it. Robert is rarely not at home when we eat dinner, and I know he won't let me too.
Another thing that makes me feel confident is that Robert is the only one with a debit card. I'm going to ask him to hold my allowance until I'm ready to spend it. So, I won't have any money during the day when he's not home
I love idea about putting scripture up. Do you remember what post number in the Women Only Chat it was when you were advising Nicole and interpreting that scripture about the person with the armor on and what each part means?
Thank you so much for your encouragement, Sarah. And, thank you for not being mad at me about hiding my smoking from all you ladies. I am ashamed to be a smoker, in a healthy amount of shame kind of way.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/28/2008 12:33:22 PM
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Mrs.X
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Michelle, only three days left for you...how are you feeling? Are you following a program or taking meds or cutting down or anything?
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/28/2008 12:51:37 PM
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btw....your comment earlier about that you don't think you can do it without a patch or whatever, YOU ARE WRONG!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! Do NOT let satan feed you that lie!!!!
Absolutely!
There will be many times you must CHOOSE not to smoke. Do not try not to smoke; do not smoke! It will get easier every time you make the decision!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/28/2008 3:27:30 PM
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Shells54
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I am cutting down have lots of sugar free lollipops around and some of my favorite butterscotch candies. I am excited to finally be committed enough to actually quit and a little nervous also. The kids are excited to that mommy is going to quit. So that gives me additional incentive to do it.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/28/2008 5:42:54 PM
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Stellaluna, thanks for that info on the blood sugar. I usually keep snacks in the diaper bag, although they usually aren't for me LOL!
My mom has been snacking on apples and oranges. When she drinks her coffee, she has a cookie to go with it to replace the cigarette since it goes really well with coffee. She just gets her cup of coffee and her cookie and sit on the porch. She didn't smoke in her house either because of my kids. She's so awesome. We always used to smoke inside before the kids, and of course when they were born, most parents will start going outside, but I don't know of any grandparents that would do that unless the grandkids are there. I have such admiration for my mom. She's really the best mom anyone could have.
Thanks for the PM, Sarah. And, thanks to your mom for praying for me. That's funny about all that coffee and your dad. My dad also quit drinking around the same time as smoking, and when you quit drinking, your body goes through sugar withdrawl, so all the snacks he had for quitting smoking were sugary and he gained a lot of weight. He's got it under control now though.
I've heard that saying about smelling like you've been to hell...it's pretty funny. For me, smoking has made this huge gap between me and God. Smoking is a sin because it destroys the temple. And, as we all know sin separates us from God. I feel like now, even though I'm still smoking like I've been able to draw closer to God because planning on quitting is like repenting. OK, God, I'm really sorry for destroying the temple, but come May 10th, that will be no more. But, not repenting is bad. I didn't apologize to God after every cigarette I smoked, and what good would it have done anyway, since I knew I'd just be going out and smoking another in an hour. That's not repenting. Repenting is turning from your sin. There may be slip-ups, but to just flat out say sorry and not even try to turn from sin is just messed up. Which is exactly what I was doing. KWIM?
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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. -Proverbs 15:1
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/28/2008 5:48:26 PM
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Mrs.X
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Michelle, sugar free lollipops are a great idea. I've got a two year old, so I can't do that or else he'll have to have some too, but I'm going to chew some regular sugarless gum too in addition to the patch.
Speaking of the patch, if anyone is going to Wal*Mart anytime in the next week, would you mind checking the price on the 21mg (Step 1) generic brand patch? Costco only sells Nicoderm CQ brand, and it is sooooo expensive. Almost $50. Walgreens generic brand is like $35.
< Message edited by SteelMagnolia -- 4/28/2008 6:06:50 PM >
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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. -Proverbs 15:1
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/28/2008 7:19:00 PM
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Mrs.X
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Great idea! Thanks!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/29/2008 11:26:02 AM
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Mrs.X
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Me too!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/30/2008 10:14:14 AM
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Speaking of the patch, if anyone is going to Wal*Mart anytime in the next week, would you mind checking the price on the 21mg (Step 1) generic brand patch? Costco only sells Nicoderm CQ brand, and it is sooooo expensive. Almost $50. Walgreens generic brand is like $35.
call your Wal-Mart pharmacy (or wherever they stock them) and ask them what they sell it for and what they have available.
I bought generic nic-gum from Sam's Club at a better price than I saw any other store for between $35 & $39 for 200 pieces. But when I looked a few weeks ago, they had gone up quite a bit.
That reminded me, when I actually went nicotine free, I had a whole 200-piece box of nic-gum plus 10-12 pieces from another box. I had done some reading online that NRT shouldn't last more than 90 days but ideally is much less. I gave the matter a lot of thought and, suddenly, noticed I'd gone an hour without nicotine and decided there would never be a better time to deal with quiting.
I eventually threw away that whole box and those few pieces and never looked back. My start on the road to freedom from nicotine was 609 days ago. In fact, even though I had a few rough days, I haven't awoken a single morning and wished that I had caved the day before.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/30/2008 2:33:44 PM
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Shells54
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Me I am starting tomorrow.
Gonna need lots and lots of prayer tho. Found out that my mom has to have surgery on her kidneys and 3 stints put in her heart. But my mom also told the doctor no way where they doing any of that to her. She had a stroke a couple of months ago and refuse's to do the physical therapy that they want her to do. My DH grandma has to have surgery and his mom is having medical issues she is bleeding out her eye. Sorry if TMI that is just weird. Then my dad woke up yesterday and said he body was completely numb and he could not feel anything. I do believe this comes from not controlling his blood sugar the way he is supposed to. One day it is 473 and the next it was 101 cant be good for him.
To top it off my parents are mad at me because I won't spend my tax return in the manner they think I should. I moved my family back home to take care of them and its been nothing but problems since. Never once has there been a thank you which i know that isn't what i was doing it for. But it would be good to know that they at least appreciate the sacrifices that my family has made to do this.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/30/2008 2:47:51 PM
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Michelle, you have my prayers. It can seem like Satan goes full-throttle to keep us from breaking our addiction. I went through a lot of things (like the stress of a new job at age 54, my MIL's battle with recurring breast cancer and her death, etc.) but they seemed to strengthen my resolve because I knew that relapsing would not make any of it any better or easier to deal with - it would only feed the nicotine addiction.
Expect a battle but know that with God's ever-present help you can reclaim your liberty from tobacco and nicotine.
One crave, one hour, one day at a time.
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/30/2008 4:21:45 PM
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I'm struggling so bad right now!!!!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/30/2008 4:38:35 PM
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I'm struggling so bad right now!!!!
I may have already posted this somewhere, but just in case:
Close the Door on tobacco and use anything to keep it out of your system. Put a rubber band around your wrist and snap it whenever a crave strikes and until it subsides. Get and use sugarless gum, Altoids, beef jerky, toothpicks, coffee stir sticks, or even a third to half a piece of a cotton ball (dip it in Listerine for a strong crave).
Keep up with the number of hours you've been quit. (It's nice to wake up in the morning and add 8 or more hours.) On a piece of paper, wtite the number of hours and the date/time. By 72 hours, the nicotine will have left your system. By 120, you will have gone the the worst of your quit - it's all mental after that!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/30/2008 4:42:33 PM
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Awesome I can't wait then!
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RE: Quitting smoking support thread - 4/30/2008 4:49:21 PM
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Stop Smoking Recovery Timetable
The body's ability to mend is beauty to behold
Within ... You can expect ...
• 20 minutes ... your blood pressure and pulse rate to return to normal. The temperature of your hands and feet will also have returned to normal.
• 8 hours ... your blood oxygen levels to have increased to normal limits and carbon monoxide levels to have dropped to normal.
• 24 hours ...your risk of sudden heart attack to have substantially decreased.
• 48 hours ... nerve ending to start healing and your sense of smell and taste to begin returning to normal.
• 72 hours ... your entire body to test 100% nicotine-free with over 90% of all nicotine metabolites to have now passed through your urine. You can also expect the symptoms of chemical withdrawal to have peaked in intensity. Your bronchial tubes will begin relaxing and thus make breathing easier, and your lung capacity will also begin to increase.
• 10 days to 2 weeks ... your body to have adjusted to the physical functioning without nicotine and the 3,500 particles and more than 500 toxins present in each cigarette.
• 1 to 9 months ... your circulation to have improved substantially, any sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath to have decreased. Your body's overall energy will have increased.
• 1 year ... your excess risk of coronary heart disease to drop to less than half that of a smoker.
• 5 years ... your risk of stroke is reduced to that of a non-smoker at 5-15 years after quitting.
• 10 years ... your risk of death from cancer to have decreased by almost half if you were an average smoker (one can a day).
• 15 years ... your risk of coronary heart disease to now be that of a person who has never smoked. Your overall risk of death has returned to nearly that of a person who has never smoked.
Sources for the above stop smoking recovery data include the 1990 U.S. Surgeon General's Report on the "Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation, " U.S. National Institute of Health, Medline Plus
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