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Family Matters:  Anybody else trying to stop smoking?......  |
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 7:11:52 PM
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Jamie, My husband smoked for about 35 yrs. He quit, cold turkey, it will be 2 yrs in November. He had a very serious accident at work and almost lost his arm. Broke both bones and cut the arm almost off (only about 2 inches left holding his arm on) They (the team of Dr's that reattached the arm) told him that there was no way the arm would mend if the continued to smoke. Smoking causes the blood flow to slow and they told him he would need very good free flow for the vesseles to mend. The accident happened about 7:30 in the morning and he has not smoked one since. Did he want one? Yes, in fact, it was rough being at home and not able to work. But he knew if he wanted to keep that arm he had to try and he done it and you can too. He is so thankful that he is no longer a smoker. In fact, he thanks God daily. Hang in there girl. It is worth it. You and your family are worth it. Take it one day at a time.
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
My new blog!
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Edited by - downbranchroad on Jul 30 2008 7:23:48 PM |
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 7:28:45 PM
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Marly~
If you ever need someone to vent to, just holler. It's great your friend is coming to visit. I'm sure you two will have loads of catchin up to do. You will be surprised at how much the two of you hangin out will keep your mind of the smoking. My mom never could understand how I could go hours sometimes I could even go a day without a smoke when I was out with Jeremy. I really quit for me and the kids, well and him and his son too. But he was a really great distraction at times to get me through it. (That is as long as we were out and about and anywhere but sittin at home doin nothin.) I know this may sound kind of mean of him, but if I made a comment about how long it had been since I'd had a smoke, he would say shrug it off and tell me it wouldn't last. I know sounds mean, but he knows me so well. I hate to be told that I can't do something. I will do it out of spite every time. Me?? Stubborn??? Yeeaaahhhh.
Melanie
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller "http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/ ~shop~ http://www.brokenin.ecrater.com/ |
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 7:31:41 PM
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Hey Jamie! How long has it been for you now since you quit? Eventually the cravings will let up and you won't miss that "friend" anymore. 
Melanie
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller "http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/ ~shop~ http://www.brokenin.ecrater.com/ |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 9:21:35 PM
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Melanie:
Thanks for the kind reply post. I am thinking of quitting again. I may give you a shout! I am proud of you for quitting.
Marly |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 9:23:34 PM
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Oh! Melanie:
I forgot to ask you a question. You may not want to answer, and if you don't, I do understand. Did you gain any weight after you quit smoking? I don't have a weight problem.
Marly |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 11:18:49 PM
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Jamie - when I quit 4 years ago I attended online Nicotine Anonymous meetings. I found out so much about my addiction - it went way beyond the nicotine. Your cigarettes are your friend. The friend that is always there for you especially in those lonely, stressful times. I found out that I was stuffing a lot of emotions with my smoking - still do. Whenever there was an issue I did not want to deal with I'd go out on the porch and smoke. I went through a mourning period for my cigarettes and had a very hard time emotionally. You are doing great!!! Just keep up the good work. I have set my quit day for this coming Monday. I'll be using the patches and I'm sure I'll be knitting in the evening plus doing a lot of sewing. I found that I get so much more accomplished when I don't smoke! I don't have to take time for all those breaks during my day!
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PROUD FARMGIRL SISTER #100 |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 06:48:25 AM
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Jamie- You are doing awesome! Keep up the hard work! You are going to do this and never look back!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 07:04:44 AM
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You can do it each day is a new day.
I quit 3 years ago.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 09:15:51 AM
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Hey Melanie!! I'm having a GOOD day!!! Zach has been with me all day, sweetly reminding of my goal. It is getting easier.......what a nice surprise too!!!! I wasn't expecting to be doing this well today!
Thanks for your story!! Everyone is so kind and inspiring!!!
Jamie
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 10:42:54 AM
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Sounds like you are doing great Jamie! Zach is so lucky to have a momma that is so concerned about him!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 11:38:17 AM
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Oh Marly! That's ok we gals talk about everything. Everyone has aways told me that you put on weight when you stop smoking. And yeah I did. I put on about 25 ppunds. OUCH!! But I also have a bad sweet tooth and cigarettes used to be my comfort "food". So no smoke meant a big chocolate chip cookie. If you can find other ways to comfort your emotions in stressful times and aren't a junk-aholic like me I don't think you'll have a real problem with weight gain. I've been a big girl since my kiddos were born. I never totally dropped all my baby weight so I wasn't too concerned with putting a little on. I put on a little more than I hoped, but... Now I just need to muster up the same will power to quit my junkin as I had with the no smokin. *sigh*
Melanie
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller "http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/ ~shop~ http://www.brokenin.ecrater.com/ |
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
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Ca-Reds
True Blue Farmgirl
124 Posts
kristy
Clearlake
Ca
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 7:34:33 PM
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Jamie,
I was a smoker. I smoked for 6 years and quit using the patches... then i started again.... I became pregnant and that was it for me it was time to quit again! I quit cold turkey! that is the only way to do it. If you quit with helps than you are 50% more likley to start smoking again in the first year than if you do it on your own. least that is what i was told and it seems just about right for me. i am still a QUITER!!!!!!!! Kristy |
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
341 Posts
Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
341 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2008 : 07:58:05 AM
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Wow I have been gone awhile. I quit Jan. 30th 2006. I took the Chantixfor three months. I had smoked for 12 years. I gained weight but my lungs feel better.
Aimee
http://laplantewardklopf.blogspot.com/ Motto To Live By
"Life should NOT be a jouney to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!" |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1404 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1404 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2008 : 08:02:16 AM
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My two sons made me so miserable with my smoking that I quit cold turkey after smoking for almost 20 years. I celebrated my 23rd year of not smoking in March of this year. It was hard and I haven't had a cigarette since. If I did, I'm sure I would be hooked again.
Bless my kids. They are great.
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 08:44:20 AM
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Alright....I'm ready for the whoopin! I fell off the wagon yesterday as it was my first day back to work again! I was disappointed with me about the whole thing! But I'm back on the wagon today! Starting from square one! Sorry guys. It won't happen again!!!!
Jamie
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 09:15:30 AM
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Oh no, Jamie! Well, this time will be even better! You are doing great to get right back on the Quitting Wagon. I know you can do it! Try to avoid situations where you would smoke. If you have to go outside to smoke when at work, try staying inside and doing something else. Maybe pick up something like tatting, knitting, or crocheting? Not only will you keep your hands busy, but you will keep your mind busy as well! With the added bonus of making something beautiful as you stomp down and defeat your addiction!
*big hugs!* I _know_ you can do this! Keep up the good work!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2008 : 1:07:05 PM
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Jamie:
Hang in there. We are only human. Melanie and Aimee had great advice on weight gaining when one stops smoking. Thanks for that. I'm not worried about gaining weight. It seems when I chat with others about quitting, that's the first thing I usually hear. You girls are correct. Betty! Hurray for you. A strong woman. Jamie, keep us posted. Call out to these girls, they'll help you. I'll do my best to help out, too!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2008 : 3:02:10 PM
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| Jamie, it's wonderful that you've made the decision to be a nonsmoker. I did the same thing about twenty years ago, with the help of the nicotine patches that had just come out (prescription only). Because of the patches, which step you down gradually, I never really had a moment of serious nicotine craving. All I had to worry about was finding something else to do with my hands and mouth besides smoking, like while watching TV or working at the computer, and so on. Please think of what you're doing not so much as quitting something as beginning something better. A lot better. You'll love being clean. And it will be an accomplishment you can look back on with pride for the rest of your life. Congratulations! |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Aug 08 2008 : 10:46:08 AM
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I stopped 16 years ago.....and started again last month YIKES!!
I know, me bad. But while on vacation visiting my brother and his partner in Thailand last month, the cigarettes just called my name DUH!
SO I started again, but I DO feel better with them, less stressed. And I have had a lot of stress in my life the past 6 or more years.
I know, excuses, excuses :D
"As you become secure in God's love, you will discover that you need not surrender to the opinions and judgments of others. GOD IS FOR YOU!" ~
Unknown
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2008 : 11:47:54 AM
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Dutchy:
Stress will do it. Happened to me. I know without a doubt that smoking is not good. Every day I start out counting, trying, etc... I'm going to get my strength, or try, from Jamie. I'm reading her posts as often as I can. Today, I've had 3, and it's almost 2 PM. It's hard! Hang in there Dutchy.
Marly |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Aug 08 2008 : 12:01:52 PM
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I will, thanks!
I might quit again, some day. But not yet, duh!
Hugs
"As you become secure in God's love, you will discover that you need not surrender to the opinions and judgments of others. GOD IS FOR YOU!" ~
Unknown
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 05:19:25 AM
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Hey Gals!
Stress is a pain in the butt!!! I did ok this weekend....just ok though.. I work at my family's diner on the weekends and it is an all smoking resturant! And to put the icing on the cake...everyone that works there smokes as well! Oh the temptaion was to great. I did have one sat. and then one on Sun. But I guess it is better than when I started this topic, b/c at that time it wasn't uncommon for me to smoke a whole pack in one day....
I need to be stronger, I can't let that little cigarette control my life!!
Jamie
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison |
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 05:27:06 AM
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I sometimes feel like I need to get a handle on the stressors in my life too. I guess the cig helps me hide behind the stress. Or so I think. Cause when I get back in from the garage....The problem is still there inside even when the cig is smoked and gone into the ashtray. The stress and problem doesn't go into the ashtray...the smoke just hides it for the time the cig is burning.....
Jamie
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison |
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Family Matters: Anybody else trying to stop smoking?...... |
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Anybody else trying to stop smoking?......
