hope this helps
I have attached what I call
“30 wise thoughts to ponder”
These are excerpts from the book “Ashes to Ashes” that a friend shared with me.
I plan to write these on index cards and keep them in my purse and also may post
them around the house, smile
We can do this!!!!
smiling Kelley
April 3rd, 2003 at 4:31 pm
Hi Kelly
The attachments didn’t come through - maybe you aren’t allowed to send
attachments to egroups - not sure.
But I wouldn’t mind having them sent to me privately.
Keep on quitting and thinking
Indi
April 4th, 2003 at 2:16 pm
Hi Brumley
You were right about Harry Potter not being good for kids under 7. The night
was a total disaster, the only one who enjoyed the movie was me but then I’m
just a big kid and I love magic.
DH thought it was ok but not his sort of movie, youngest grandchild didn’t
understand - he’s only 5 and doesn’t know about trolls, wizards & stuff and
the eldest spend most of the time running in and out for nic fix. She
thought it was soooooo boring.
After the movie we went to Macdonalds - now my DH in Macdonalds is a sight
for sore eyes - he is not very child friendly and is what I guess Cat would
picture as an English Gentleman who needs to be waited on hand and foot and
doesn’t know the meaning of self - service.
He also doesn’t know how to eat without a knife, fork and all that jazz so to
eat with fingers out of the carton in which the food is served is a definate
no no.
But it was little grandsons night out so he got the choice. Eldest
grandchild was by this time out of cigs, didn’t want anything to eat cos
she’s on a diet and wanted to get home cos she had arranged a date!!!!
(during the movie).
So she spent the time pacing up and down outside Macdonalds in the rain - I
deliberately took my time with my coffee - awful aren’t I - I am so glad that
I don’t have that same compulsion and needing a fix feeling that she had.
I eventually gave in cos I couldn’t stand it any longer DH was hovering, she
was pacing and I can’t drink coffee very quick so I drank it on way home.
There was no stress, no urges and I just relaxed for a while then went to
bed. Had a good day today, did some housework, some ironing and some
shopping. Had my abc’s planned for my ‘break times’ and haven’t had many
urges or thoughts of smoking at all.
So all in all I reckon I am one very lucky person to have found this way of
quitting what for me has been a habit of a lifetime - well four fifths of it
anyway.
By the way just thought I would let you all know that the taste thing seems
to have settled down, the constant need to munch has also settled down and
although I have been having odd sugar binges I haven’t done too bad with the
weight (which was a major issue for me).
So to all you new quitters out there please believe me it does get better so
keep on quitting and listening to all the oldies (like Steve, Pam, Pat:))
because there advice is good and based on what can be achieved.
Goodnight from UK
Indi
April 4th, 2003 at 8:26 pm
Pat:))
nite
:)) For once in my life I quite like being called an ‘oldie’ - when
it comes to quitting, that is.
It has been a difficult weekend so far (nothing to do with smoking
nor smoking related), but I’m looking forward to a nice day out with
friends tomorrow, and next week I’m on a really interesting course
that I’m looking forward to doing.
This weekend has given me a ‘first time’ situation to deal with.
I’m learning yet again that cog quitting has given me the tools to
deal with life’s events so that smoking isn’t even on the agenda.
Keep on quitting, as Indi says, you’re giving yourself a great gift.
Pam
9 months and 10 hours quit