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#18962 - 11/15/05 12:52 PM Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
ladybug Member Registered: 09/22/05 Posts: 1402	Thursday is the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. Do you smoke, do you want to quit? For those who were smokers and quit tell us how you did it and the benefits you've felt since you have. I've never smoked but I sympathize with those who do. The new Jacobs Field where the Cleveland Indians play was funded by a "sin" tax on cigarettes yet those same people are not permitted to smoke there. I don't like people's second hand smoke anymore than you do but this is a little unfair. Tax them on it then banish them from the venue they helped build? Your thoughts?
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#18963 - 11/15/05 02:41 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
Dianne Queen of Shoes Registered: 05/24/04 Posts: 6123 Loc: Arizona	http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0572028512/qid=1132066165/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-4515616-9288053?v=glance&s=books It works!
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#18964 - 11/15/05 04:25 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
yepthatsme2 Member Registered: 08/08/05 Posts: 816 Loc: Fredericksburg, Va.	Smoked for way to long, 20 years. Quit, June 15, 2005 when I entered the hospital for a heart cath. Haven't picked one up since. Diagnosed with coronary vasospasms, some of the things that brings the spasms on are...cigarette/other smoke, cold temperatures, and stress. My nose works so much better now! The benefit for me is, spending more time with my family...God willing. Although, I no longer smoke, I believe smoker's are having their rights taken away, bit by bit more and more. What's next??? [ November 15, 2005, 01:32 PM: Message edited by: yepthatsme2 ]
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#18965 - 11/15/05 04:30 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
ladybug Member Registered: 09/22/05 Posts: 1402	Great to hear you quit. My husband's uncle was a life long smoker then just one day quit when he was in his 70's. He lived a long, healthy life after that and people still marvel that he just quit cold turkey all on his own.
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#18966 - 11/16/05 05:49 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
norma Member Registered: 10/29/05 Posts: 286 Loc: western canada	How? Everyway possible, and kept going back. I am addicted to nicotine. Twenty minutes ago i once again tied up the carton of cigerettes and put them out in the workshop. At $79. a carton i am not going to 'throw them away'. In the past i have thrown individual packages away after ripping up every cigerette inside. Needed to rip up individual cigerettes because i would root around in the garbage looking for them when my brain would begin to fuzz. If today i can make 3 hours i will consider that a success. It's now quarter to 10 in the morning. Ladybug, for someone who has 'never smoked' to ask about this subject, is so surprising, a sincere act of kindness, thank you, thank you very very much.
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#18967 - 11/16/05 06:24 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
ladybug Member Registered: 09/22/05 Posts: 1402	Nicotine IS a very powerful, addictive substance that is very hard to wean your body off of. Just doing that act of putting them out of your sight is a start. Sometimes it takes the process of trying to stop over and over until you finally can. You can do it. The people who love you will be happy if you can. Can you give those smokes to someone else?
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#18968 - 11/16/05 07:36 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
chickadee Member Registered: 09/26/04 Posts: 3910 Loc: Alabama	Norma, I keep hearing stories from people who say they quit and didn't crave another one after...Why can't we do that? Ladybug, I quit every day for two weeks now. I am just going to keep quitting until I get it right. Good luck to us 'quitters'. chick
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#18969 - 11/16/05 07:58 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
ladybug Member Registered: 09/22/05 Posts: 1402	Chickadee, remember every small step gets you closer to success. Quitting IS hard and you are trying so that's a positive move forward. You CAN do it!
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#18970 - 11/16/05 09:43 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
TVC15 Member Registered: 09/03/04 Posts: 2538 Loc: North Carolina	Chick, I didn't make it last time either but am going to try again tomorrow. Smoke out day! Let's try it again!
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#18971 - 11/16/05 09:52 PM Re: Quit Smoking? Tell us how you did it.
chickadee Member Registered: 09/26/04 Posts: 3910 Loc: Alabama	TVC15, I wondered if you quit last time...and was afraid to bring it up for fear that I failed when you didn't. Ok, lets try again. Any other takers? Thanks for the encouragement ladybug. chick [ November 16, 2005, 06:53 PM: Message edited by: chickadee ]
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