Am sure everyone’s tied up now with Christmas plans, but if anyone’s
lurking, just wanted to wish you all well for Christmas, and for a
happy new yr. Was just telling Steve I’m off to get an early night
before my 2 twenty-something nieces take me out on the town tomorrow
night 
Back home Sunday, then away for a good few days hol from
Monday.
take care everyone,
Pam
I’m gonna go no-mail for a short while until after the Christmas
holiday crunch is over. I’ll probably stay posting to my diary online
but that’s about it.
I hit the 7 week mark yesterday, and I have to tell you - if you’ve
just quit, it gets so much easier! Just hang in!
Happy Holidays!
Victoria
vic@…
Quit 10/30/01 and so hasn’t smoked for:
50 days, 10 hrs, and 55 min.
Cigarettes not smoked: 1268
Money saved: 206.05
I wanted to repost a quick understanding (as I understand it) of
depression. This is a simplified version of what Pat and Pam have
posted in the last few months. One of the reasons I’m posting is that
I think it is very important for people to understand what their bodies
are going through when quitting smokes. Another reason is therapy for
me. I wrote this post a few weeks ago and then found myself being
smacked between the eyes with the start of this low feeling, and then
it took me almost three days to recognize it (which actually is good,
most people go much longer, some never realize what’s happening). But,
man oh man, the last few days have been hard.
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“Our bodies produce a natural anti-depressant chemical needed for
maintaining emotional balance (the neurotransmitter acetylcholine).
Over time while smoking, nicotine replaces our natural ability to fight
depression as nicotine is a stronger chemical. Once we quit smoking,
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Help! I’m thinking of going back on NRT to try to control my depression
until some kind of medication begins to work. I have been nicotine free for
about 6 weeks and hate the idea of “giving in” to it again. I have to do
something though. Is it possible to need emergency medical treatment for
being unable to stop crying? I cried non-stop this morning for about three
hours. Made myself horribly sick from it. If I don’t completely go over the
edge, my family will from having to live with me.
Char
In a message dated 16/12/01 13:51:05 GMT Standard Time, Jacknindi writes:
So - tell us about this night out then - you’ve got me curious
now !!!
– In CognitiveQuitSmoking@y…, Jacknindi@a… wrote
I have found to rely on the old quit standby, sunflower seeds. When I first
started out, I would have a pile out on my desk just about the whole time I was
at work. It wasn’t that I was eating so many of them, but they were there if I
felt like I need to do something with my hands besides type. I know cracking
them with my front teeth is not exactly the best thing for my teeth right now
but I figure it’s better than smoking. I’m at the point now where I get a
little pile of them out about twice a day. If you don’t care for fruit to
snack on, how about fruit juice. Great natural energizer. Or dried fruit. I
snacked off dried banana chips the first two weeks of my quit.
As far as working through lunch, bad girl!! Now, that I’ve said that, I guess
I should slap my own hand because there’s many days I do the same thing. But
I’ll tell you what, the days that I make myself do something other than sit at
my desk and eat lunch, usually I feel much better at the end of the day,
stronger, not as stressed out. Even if I take a 15 minute break, it makes a
difference.
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Someone mentioned to me about 6 months ago while I was outside having a
break at work, smoking of course, that the most interesting people he
knew, were smokers. This is what I was thinking about today:
When I passed the smoking area here at work on my way to my desk, I
remembered that one of my smoking friends had mentioned that he thought
smokers were more interesting people. Of course, at the time I agreed -
smokers are the type who like to live on the edge, take chances, etc.
(Yeh, take a chance on cancer and all sorts of other medical problems.)
Well, I’ve been thinking about that the last few days and have
concluded that this is another example of stinkin’ thinkin’. Of course
we thought that smokers were more exciting, more interesting, we want
to think of ourselves that way, it’s natural for addicts to think that
way. And I’ll bet that most smokers who think that way hang out with
mostly other smokers. But once the smoke clears from our brain and
eyes, we can see that even though we don’t smoke anymore, miracles of
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Steve, Indi, Cat and i have been chatting over at spinchat tonight,
and Cat and I were just saying it’d be good if more could come along
and join in. Real time chatting is a real help, especially when we
might be ’struggling’ and need that instant advice or some tips - or
just want to chat about this and that.
So - how’s about setting up a time or two for the weekend? Indi and
I are GMT, in England, and Cat and Steve are EST which is 5 hours
behind GMT. What times suit ppl? And where are the other men round
here? Save Steve feeling outnumbered and backed into a corner Lets get some ideas of times together. Around 9pm GMT is good for me.
I’m online a bit later tonight, so I’ll be around another half hour
or so if anyone wants to chat a bit.
see you later
Pam
Just running in and out, might be able to catch up with everyone
later…thought I’d share this with you all, knowing that some of you
have teens…mine doesn’t smoke but my son (25) does.
- Cat
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Dear Ann Landers: I read this column in the Raleigh News and Observer
on July 25, 1976. It made me quit smoking after I had been hooked for
15 years. Now my daughter is hooked. She is 17. Please run it again. -
A Concerned Mother
Dear Mother: Here it is. I wish you luck.
Dear Ann: This letter reflects my own feelings about cigarettes after
24 years of smoking. I’m ashamed to admit I’m still at it. I doubt
that this letter will have the slightest impact on the heavily
addicted. For me, all the words in the world will not take the place
of that first cigarette in the morning.
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