Day 6 Post

Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!

After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
feeble attempt at humor from now on.

One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.

To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
but here goes.....


F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh

Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
and rave.

Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):

COLD TURKEY

Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
part.

My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
two quitting methods.

Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.

Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.

Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.


Wayne
5D, 20H, 26m

Wayne! Glad to have you posting and how little or much you write is
totally fine. You are right that a second [or third or fourth ad
nauseum] quit is nothing like the first one where each and every thing
that pops up is new and untested. Still, I am glad that I have quit
so many times before this one as I feel that I have finally learned
how to keep on track and smober and be proud to be me, a non-smoker!

Keep up the good work and we'll celebrate your FWD tomorow!


FlatironMike
Five months, four weeks, two days, 12 hours, 24 minutes and 44
seconds. 3610 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,082.85. Life saved: 1
week, 5 days, 12 hours, 50 minutes.

Wayne! Glad to have you posting and how little or much you write is
totally fine. You are right that a second [or third or fourth ad
nauseum] quit is nothing like the first one where each and every thing
that pops up is new and untested. Still, I am glad that I have quit
so many times before this one as I feel that I have finally learned
how to keep on track and smober and be proud to be me, a non-smoker!

Keep up the good work and we'll celebrate your FWD tomorow!


FlatironMike
Five months, four weeks, two days, 12 hours, 24 minutes and 44
seconds. 3610 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,082.85. Life saved: 1
week, 5 days, 12 hours, 50 minutes.

Once upon a time, Wayne said:

>Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!

Very nice post Wayne, insightfull from multiple perspectives and
casting light at angles that we don't listen about very often.

Thank you, and congratulations on yet another day done!

--
Tihomir *I don't smoke anymore* -÷- Remove my shirt to E-mail me.
IRCchat: #nosmokers at irc.starlink.org
irc://irc.starlink.org/nosmokers

.... Hackers do it with computers.

Once upon a time, Wayne said:

>Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!

Very nice post Wayne, insightfull from multiple perspectives and
casting light at angles that we don't listen about very often.

Thank you, and congratulations on yet another day done!

--
Tihomir *I don't smoke anymore* -÷- Remove my shirt to E-mail me.
IRCchat: #nosmokers at irc.starlink.org
irc://irc.starlink.org/nosmokers

.... Hackers do it with computers.

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:48:01 GMT, Wayne <dloansarranger@cox.net>
wrote:

>Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
>and rave.

Let's get something straight right now! You will **never** be too old
to rant and rave. NEVER, get it? You just have to be properly
motivated.

The good thing about getting older (other than the obvious!) is that
you can rant and rave about anything! Yes, it's true. Your rants
don't have to be limited to the topic at hand. You may feel free to
fly off the handle about, for example: 1) the price of milk, 2) your
newspaper being tossed into the puddle, 3) the price of tea in China,
4) anything else that pisses you off at the moment.
--
BessieBee

"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain"
Steven Wright

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:48:01 GMT, Wayne <dloansarranger@cox.net>
wrote:

>Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
>and rave.

Let's get something straight right now! You will **never** be too old
to rant and rave. NEVER, get it? You just have to be properly
motivated.

The good thing about getting older (other than the obvious!) is that
you can rant and rave about anything! Yes, it's true. Your rants
don't have to be limited to the topic at hand. You may feel free to
fly off the handle about, for example: 1) the price of milk, 2) your
newspaper being tossed into the puddle, 3) the price of tea in China,
4) anything else that pisses you off at the moment.
--
BessieBee

"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain"
Steven Wright

Every quit is differant Wayne and I am glad you found this one doable cold
turkey.
Congrats on day 6!
Cat



"Wayne" <dloansarranger@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Xns99884F5A7CAFdloansarrangercoxnet@69.28.186 .120...
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Every quit is differant Wayne and I am glad you found this one doable cold
turkey.
Congrats on day 6!
Cat



"Wayne" <dloansarranger@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Xns99884F5A7CAFdloansarrangercoxnet@69.28.186 .120...
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

BessieBee <BessieBee@I_dont_smoke_anymore.com> wrote in
news:bm3pb3tbtra7gf3pkhb1sdv89gh50hc5gr@4ax.com:

>
> Let's get something straight right now! You will **never** be too old
> to rant and rave. NEVER, get it? You just have to be properly
> motivated.
>
>
LOL BessieBee !!!! Please spare me the proper motivation for ranting and
raving :-)

BessieBee <BessieBee@I_dont_smoke_anymore.com> wrote in
news:bm3pb3tbtra7gf3pkhb1sdv89gh50hc5gr@4ax.com:

>
> Let's get something straight right now! You will **never** be too old
> to rant and rave. NEVER, get it? You just have to be properly
> motivated.
>
>
LOL BessieBee !!!! Please spare me the proper motivation for ranting and
raving :-)

Wayne wrote:
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Well done Wayne !! Nice one !! 5 days CT respect is due and given. Don't
give a toss weather your posts are short long or middling just make sure
you post, I'll read em. Glad to have you aboard. Well done again !!
Stay strong Chris

Wayne wrote:
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Well done Wayne !! Nice one !! 5 days CT respect is due and given. Don't
give a toss weather your posts are short long or middling just make sure
you post, I'll read em. Glad to have you aboard. Well done again !!
Stay strong Chris

eightpans <chrisconroSPAMMENOT@googlemail.com> wrote in
news:h6CdnVRIqdc6TyHbRVnyjAA@bt.com:

>(snip)

> Well done Wayne !! Nice one !! 5 days CT respect is due and given.
> Don't give a toss weather your posts are short long or middling
just
> make sure you post, I'll read em. Glad to have you aboard. Well
done
> again !! Stay strong Chris


Thank you Chris.....with that thought in mind, working on my 500MB
post for tomorrow (complete with pictures of the inside of my
lungs....uggggh.....what a nasty thought).

Wayne
Smober Time: 6D, 7Hs, 0m
Not Smoked: 176
Money Saved: $27.75
Life saved: 14H, 40m

eightpans <chrisconroSPAMMENOT@googlemail.com> wrote in
news:h6CdnVRIqdc6TyHbRVnyjAA@bt.com:

>(snip)

> Well done Wayne !! Nice one !! 5 days CT respect is due and given.
> Don't give a toss weather your posts are short long or middling
just
> make sure you post, I'll read em. Glad to have you aboard. Well
done
> again !! Stay strong Chris


Thank you Chris.....with that thought in mind, working on my 500MB
post for tomorrow (complete with pictures of the inside of my
lungs....uggggh.....what a nasty thought).

Wayne
Smober Time: 6D, 7Hs, 0m
Not Smoked: 176
Money Saved: $27.75
Life saved: 14H, 40m

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:20:47 GMT, Wayne <loansarranger@cox.net> wrote:

>Thank you Chris.....with that thought in mind, working on my 500MB
>post for tomorrow (complete with pictures of the inside of my
>lungs....uggggh.....what a nasty thought).

They're better looking today than they were yesterday! And
tomorrow...

Keep up the good work!

--
BessieBee

"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain"
Steven Wright

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:20:47 GMT, Wayne <loansarranger@cox.net> wrote:

>Thank you Chris.....with that thought in mind, working on my 500MB
>post for tomorrow (complete with pictures of the inside of my
>lungs....uggggh.....what a nasty thought).

They're better looking today than they were yesterday! And
tomorrow...

Keep up the good work!

--
BessieBee

"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain"
Steven Wright

Nice post Wayne. And you are doing great. I can relate to what you say
since I too am an AS3 retread quitter. I agree that the novelty and
sense of adventure is not the same as the first quit. But for me, it was
replaced by something just as good: the realization that I really could
do it again... that I could, in a sense, come back home ("oh, Auntie Em,
there's no place like home!") and that the folks here in AS3 are still
just as supportive as before. After I had gone back to smoking, I had
this nagging fear that I had lost my opportunity to be a non-smoker. But
all of us retreads (I love that term, btw) have proven that as long as
one has the willingness to try again, one can be a successful quitter.

ConcordPhil
Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 665
cigarettes in the past 1M 2D 6h 52m. Being smoke-free these past 33 days
has saved me $166.42 and 2D 7h 25m of my life.

Wayne wrote:
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Nice post Wayne. And you are doing great. I can relate to what you say
since I too am an AS3 retread quitter. I agree that the novelty and
sense of adventure is not the same as the first quit. But for me, it was
replaced by something just as good: the realization that I really could
do it again... that I could, in a sense, come back home ("oh, Auntie Em,
there's no place like home!") and that the folks here in AS3 are still
just as supportive as before. After I had gone back to smoking, I had
this nagging fear that I had lost my opportunity to be a non-smoker. But
all of us retreads (I love that term, btw) have proven that as long as
one has the willingness to try again, one can be a successful quitter.

ConcordPhil
Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 665
cigarettes in the past 1M 2D 6h 52m. Being smoke-free these past 33 days
has saved me $166.42 and 2D 7h 25m of my life.

Wayne wrote:
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Thanks Phil. Maybe we're like the kids who took a couple years
getting through the freshman class but ended up graduating with
honors :-) Nice thought. The only thing important today is that we
are smoke FREE !!!! YESSSSSS !!!!!

Wayne
Smober Time: 6D, 11Hs, 7m
Not Smoked: 180
Money Saved: $28.50
Life saved: 15H, 0m




ConcordPhil <nobody@verizon.net> wrote in news:Cd8vi.45$r14.16
@trndny06:

> Nice post Wayne. And you are doing great. I can relate to what you
say
> since I too am an AS3 retread quitter. I agree that the novelty and
> sense of adventure is not the same as the first quit. But for me,
it
> was replaced by something just as good: the realization that I
really
> could do it again... that I could, in a sense, come back home ("oh,
> Auntie Em, there's no place like home!") and that the folks here in
> AS3 are still just as supportive as before. After I had gone back
to
> smoking, I had this nagging fear that I had lost my opportunity to
be
> a non-smoker. But all of us retreads (I love that term, btw) have
> proven that as long as one has the willingness to try again, one
can
> be a successful quitter.
>
> ConcordPhil
> Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 665
> cigarettes in the past 1M 2D 6h 52m. Being smoke-free these past 33
> days has saved me $166.42 and 2D 7h 25m of my life.
>
> Wayne wrote:
>> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>>
>> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious
>> issue with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to
>> watch my feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>>
>> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
>> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I
know
>> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully
learned
>> a decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure
is
>> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with
same
>> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO
look
>> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>>
>> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up
a
>> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really
in
>> it, but here goes.....
>>
>>
>> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>>
>> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to
rant
>> and rave.
>>
>> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
>> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>>
>> COLD TURKEY
>>
>> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's
>> skin, sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the
>> physical part.
>>
>> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18
months)
>> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold
>> Turkey. I mention this so you understand I do have a point of
>> comparison for the two quitting methods.
>>
>> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit
Cold
>> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think
its a
>> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do
it.
>>
>> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a
>> healthy thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it
than
>> being overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what
happened
>> at the 18 month point on that first quit. My guard was totally
down
>> and I didn't see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>>
>> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be
>> this long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>>
>>
>> Wayne
>> 5D, 20H, 26m
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Phil. Maybe we're like the kids who took a couple years
getting through the freshman class but ended up graduating with
honors :-) Nice thought. The only thing important today is that we
are smoke FREE !!!! YESSSSSS !!!!!

Wayne
Smober Time: 6D, 11Hs, 7m
Not Smoked: 180
Money Saved: $28.50
Life saved: 15H, 0m




ConcordPhil <nobody@verizon.net> wrote in news:Cd8vi.45$r14.16
@trndny06:

> Nice post Wayne. And you are doing great. I can relate to what you
say
> since I too am an AS3 retread quitter. I agree that the novelty and
> sense of adventure is not the same as the first quit. But for me,
it
> was replaced by something just as good: the realization that I
really
> could do it again... that I could, in a sense, come back home ("oh,
> Auntie Em, there's no place like home!") and that the folks here in
> AS3 are still just as supportive as before. After I had gone back
to
> smoking, I had this nagging fear that I had lost my opportunity to
be
> a non-smoker. But all of us retreads (I love that term, btw) have
> proven that as long as one has the willingness to try again, one
can
> be a successful quitter.
>
> ConcordPhil
> Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 665
> cigarettes in the past 1M 2D 6h 52m. Being smoke-free these past 33
> days has saved me $166.42 and 2D 7h 25m of my life.
>
> Wayne wrote:
>> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>>
>> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious
>> issue with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to
>> watch my feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>>
>> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
>> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I
know
>> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully
learned
>> a decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure
is
>> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with
same
>> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO
look
>> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>>
>> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up
a
>> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really
in
>> it, but here goes.....
>>
>>
>> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>>
>> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to
rant
>> and rave.
>>
>> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
>> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>>
>> COLD TURKEY
>>
>> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's
>> skin, sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the
>> physical part.
>>
>> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18
months)
>> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold
>> Turkey. I mention this so you understand I do have a point of
>> comparison for the two quitting methods.
>>
>> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit
Cold
>> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think
its a
>> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do
it.
>>
>> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a
>> healthy thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it
than
>> being overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what
happened
>> at the 18 month point on that first quit. My guard was totally
down
>> and I didn't see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>>
>> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be
>> this long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>>
>>
>> Wayne
>> 5D, 20H, 26m
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Wayne,

You fit in great here, and your sense of humor is appreciated.

Yeah, Cold Turkey is a tough way to go. But that's the only
way for some of us.

Congrats on day 6. Hell Week will be over soon!

jacks, VOF

Wayne,

You fit in great here, and your sense of humor is appreciated.

Yeah, Cold Turkey is a tough way to go. But that's the only
way for some of us.

Congrats on day 6. Hell Week will be over soon!

jacks, VOF

LOL Be glad you don't have the frain bog Wayne.
And keep writing, this makes good reading.
--
Batman: "That's life, Robin, full of ups and downs. It ill befits any of us
to become to confident."
-
"Wayne" <> schreef in bericht ...
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

LOL Be glad you don't have the frain bog Wayne.
And keep writing, this makes good reading.
--
Batman: "That's life, Robin, full of ups and downs. It ill befits any of us
to become to confident."
-
"Wayne" <> schreef in bericht ...
> Day 6 starts in just a few hours....close enough to do a post!
>
> After convincing nearly everyone in the group that I had a serious issue
> with what day I was on in yesterday's post, going to have to watch my
> feeble attempt at humor from now on.
>
> One of the things about being a retread quitter, there are few
> surprises. This, I think, is both good and bad. Good in that I know
> what to expect and remember tools to cope that were painfully learned a
> decade ago. Bad in that the novelty and sense of new adventure is
> greatly diminished. I can't even look forward to the tubs with same
> excitement I had, cause I was there once. Although I CAN and DO look
> forward to the new Variety Pack OF crowns.
>
> To try to fit in a bit better, thought today I'd to try to work up a
> good rant. Its somewhat difficult because my heart isn't really in it,
> but here goes.....
>
>
> F%#!$%......G&*D#$M......S$%*#$!@#$......blahhhhhh hhhhh
>
> Nah....I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'm getting too old to rant
> and rave.
>
> Having read of the trials and tribulations of those quitting with
> various aids, I must put out a plug for (drum roll):
>
> COLD TURKEY
>
> Yes boys and girls, 3 days of teeth grinding, jumping out of one's skin,
> sleeplessness, and sheer frustration and its all over - the physical
> part.
>
> My first real quit (that one over a decade ago that lasted 18 months)
> was done with 6 weeks of patches. This quit has been done Cold Turkey.
> I mention this so you understand I do have a point of comparison for the
> two quitting methods.
>
> Just as when I first quit with the use of patches, my first quit Cold
> Turkey was an eye opener. I could actually do it !!! I think its a
> lot easier when I KNOW I can do it than when I just HOPE I can do it.
>
> Fear is a factor in my quit today. But fear, I think, can be a healthy
> thing. Its probably better I'm afraid of not making it than being
> overconfident and letting my guard down. That's what happened at the 18
> month point on that first quit. My guard was totally down and I didn't
> see the need of continuing to work a reovery program.
>
> Oh wow....just scrolled back up....didn't mean for this post to be this
> long. Tomorrow's will be much shorter...promise.
>
>
> Wayne
> 5D, 20H, 26m
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>