stop smoking,not easy for an acoa,AA Na

[carolsongs]

the last addiction i have, now iam dealig with,,,,,dont drink alcohol anymore,dont take any pills, for mood altering purposes wether prescibed or not, my last crutch,is now being dealt with,,,smoking, the best , worst friend ive ever had is now gone,,,,,but not totally,im on the nicotie gum low dose,but the smoke is gone, the cigg is gone, I must say that i thought ide feel weak,quitting but, I feel stronger, like something is in the back ground of my day, telling me Im now on a different road, and the quit was the only way to enter this wonnderful road,this journey I now take,theres pain ad sufferrig at times But i know Im on the right path regardless and it took putting down the ciggs and sufferrig to get here,,YEAHHHHHHHHHHHhh, thanks for listenig, reading

[Lin]

Way to go Carol! I"m proud you made the decision and are sticking with it! Good job!
LIN

[caressa]

Congratulations! I went to NA and collected tags when I quit. It was the hardest addiction for me to let go of and I had to come to a mental, emotional, and spiritual bottom in order to take the first step physically.

[carolsongs]

i definitly hit bottom!!!!! i prayed for courage to stop smoking, i couldnt see me without a cigg, but I literally got sick of smoking, i felt it was winning,,,,like what ever smoking has in store for you in the ennd,was right around the corner and I got angry at the hold it had on me!!!!!!!!!! thankyou Caressa for the congrats!!!!!11

[dg]

Hey Carol,
Whoohoo congrats on your battle with the ciggies. Keep up the good work and stop smell the roses with in a new way.
PS. my husband is trying to quit too now, just started this past week, hope he can fight this battle.

[carolsongs]

dg,tell husband he can join Quitnet its the worlds largest quit smoking forum,l;ots of support!!!!!!!!! ad ideas o how to quit!for me the gum really helps!!!!!!!!!!

[jeanne1]

Congrats Carol! I quit off and on still. I hate it. I think I will check out quitnet...I have tried everything. I even had a scare about a year ago.. I quit for about 7 months..then something really stressed me out...and being the cig junkie I am..I lit up again. It has been an ongoing battle.. jeanne

[carolsongs]

Jeanne1 , you will love quit net!!!!! the people are supportive,you can hang there all day if you need to and theyll support you,just sign up and post you are new!!!!!!!! let me know when you join,ill post to you!!I started an ew club,,,,a rosasy club for women,only 2 members,but check it out!!!!!!!!!1 also the nicotine gum really helps those cravings,,,and they have something new out Chantix,it tricks the brain to thinks its gettig n icotine,alot of people on quitnet,old timer smokers, who have smoked for years have quit with it,so check out the site , youll get innfo on all your options to quit,hope to see your name there!!!!!!!1

[dg]

Hi Carol,
I will tell him about this website, thanks. He is on his 2nd week now, and uses the gum. He seems to like the NIcodette gum, I think its called, and its fruit flavor. He said that was one of my anniversary present to me is to quit smoking ( I;'ve been smoke free for 28 years) I told him that was HIS present to himself.... a healthy again lung.
ps is that quitnet.com?

[carolsongs]

Hey Dg, when you do the search I put in Quitnet,then theyll be a directory theres many,,,,,go to quitnet,the worlds largest quit forum, the worlds largest has to be in the quitnet title,let me know how he likes it there!!!!!!!1tell him to keep an eye out for carolsongs,,Ill say hello!!!!!!! ad tell him to mention you dg,

[caressa]

I tried Nicorette gum and all it did was make the cigarettes taste bad. Nicotine overdose!

[dg]

hey caressa, wasn't that the idea of trying to be able to stop the smoking by making the ciggies taste like caca? I hope that word is ok here.
Where can u buy the chantix item. is it a gum product ?

[carolsongs]

I dont know wether chantix is a gum,,,,,,,, I know if you go to quit net,,,,,,,,, they have a link somewhere,or you can type in and get link on search,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Caresssa,,,,,,,,You suprise me! In my mind I have the Caressa who would quit smoking perfectly!!!!!!!Smile God Bless!!!! DG did your husband join yet?? i had acrisis this morn and boy did they help , at qnet,I almost had a smoke and lost my now 28days of no smoke!!!!!!!1

[carolsongs]

And by the way dg,Its nicorette gum not nicodette gum!!!LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[caressa]

I quit for a week and then picked up again and it took me another year of praying for the willingness to quit before I could come to a spiritual, mental, emotional and physical desire to quit. I quit on the 21st of December, 1998, just before Christmas. I haven't picked one up since, but I still get cravings, which I acknowledge and let go of. Just for today, I choose not to pick up. Just for today I choose to be 'clean' and sober.

I used the program to quit when I finally reached the decision to change fear into faith. My fear was that I would put on weight. I lost three pounds. I later put the weight on because I ended up not using my program and used food to stuff some feelings. I told myself I needed 'comfort' and got into things like garlic mashed potatoes with lots of butter or gravy. I also stopped coca-cola and started drinking it again. Today I can't have it. Won't drink the diet, because it has chemicals in them that affect the liver and kidneys. They are more harmful than the sugar.

Today I went grocery shopping for the first time and looked at labels. Before I just grabbed what ever struck my fancy. If I had choice, I NEVER chose the 'Light' because fat is good!

Wrong!!!!

[dg]

lol caressa...actually if you read thelight label its usually loaded with more sugar and salt.
I haven't told him yet because he has been working xtra long work hrs by the time he gets home its eat,shower and sleep......but he is still smoke free. so far

[carolsongs]

Hi,I fell the other day,my son threatened to runaway!!too much,but I hated smoking, got sick,nervous,so happy I fell,showed me I hate smkoe,alot stronger now,my son we ,threatened with military school,straightened outreal quick!!,I really came here to post about a book everyones raving about at quitnet,its Allen carrs stop smoking book,look it up on line good method!!!!!!!!111

[carolsongs]

Still not smoking 54 days!

[caressa]

Yeahhhh! One day at a time, it does get better.

[dg]

Hey Carol that is great...
Hubby still hasn't picked up either.. but still chomping on the gum!!!