God I want a cigaertte so damn bad!!

blahblahblah@albundy.com wrote:

> See? There's your lesson. If you don't give into a crave, it
> eventually goes away. If you do give into a crave, all you do is set up
> the next crave. All you have to do is break out of the
> need-feed-need-feed cycle of addiction. It's as simple (and as
> difficult) as that.
>
> Be curious. Wonder what it will feel like when that miracle happens,
> because it always happens when a person stays smokefree long enough.
> There will be that "holy shit, I no longer miss smoking and the
> cravings!" moment. Sometimes it's a gradual thing, sometimes it's a
>
You're damn right there - I don't think it was a single moment for me,
more a slowly growing realization that I could actually live without
sucking in nasty poisonous smoke every few minutes or when things got
tough.

> Lee
--
Ian

lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca wrote:

> and ye shall be healed?

I'm a lifelong atheist, or agnostic maybe, and I have (amazingly) made it
through ten wweeks after smoking all my adult life. I didn't lay my
hand on a Good book, I
just kicked that once-powerful demonic fiend in the face every time he
popped up to try to force me back into breathing in smoke.
He's like all bullies, you face up to him and he just melts away!
He can dish it out but he can't take it, the pathetic little bastard.
(I did this sort of thing once in real life, when four would-be muggers
confronted me in the early hours in Manchester, England, in the
Seventies. I won't, however , bore you all with the story)
--
Ian
Unless you actually beg me too!
"Yes, madam, I am drunk and you are ugly. But - I'll be sober again in
the morning ...... and you will still be ugly.'
(Winston S Churchill on being chided bya woman MP in the corridors of the
House of Commons)

sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net wrote:

> MY goodness! I go to work and come home only to find a long ass thread in
> reponse to my craving a shitstick.Thanks so much to everyone for taking the
> time to respond,it really means a lot to me!
> I am happy to say I have not smoked to day,nor did I come close to it.the
> crave did disappear after a short time. I think that stressing out over
> money and other things that are unmanageable is got me on edge and wanting a
> cigarette to cope with it. Smoking is NOT the answer to anything,it wont put
> money in the bank to pay the bills with.(note that I am 84dollars ahead of
> what I would be if I had smoked these past 2 1/2 weeks)that is one thing
> that motivates me to stay quit. that and the fact that I am sick of fucking
> up ,tired of that feeling of failure everytiem I do.I dont smoke,and plan to
> keep it that way.
> becky
> Two weeks, four days, 18 hours, 45 minutes and 28 seconds. 939 cigarettes
> not smoked, saving $84.05. Life saved: 3 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes.

Hey that's great news!
You kicked that pathetic demon who pops up, to tempt us all in the teeth,
and he's now so much smaller and weaker!
Keep at it, kid. And if it gets bad, do what I do, namely postin here.
The people inhere are just great -they've got me through my worst time
- the first two weeks.
'We have nothing to fear but fear itself'
President Roosevelt.
And people like you who are courageous enough to face up to your
addiction have nothing to fear at all! We've beaten the bastard!
--
Ian

sebrady@thegrid.net wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:18:39 -0700 (PDT), Burner Fan
> <jkraal@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Jun 12, 8:12*pm, "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> >> im craving big time here!! Gotta go to work now,but im *hopingthat by simply
> >> typing out the words ,it will dissappear.Be back later.
> >> *Becky
> >> Two weeks, four days, 8 hours, 48 minutes and 34 seconds. 918 cigarettes not
> >> smoked, saving $82.19. Life saved: 3 days, 4 hours, 30 minutes.
> >
> >Becky, it's time to adopt a fundamentalist-Carr approach to your quit.
> >Lay your hand upon the good book.
>
> Hallelujah Brother!!

Snigger!
Sorry, don't want to offend any genuinely religious types in here!
But to a cynical old bugger like me, all this fundamental stuff in whatever
religion is just hysterical, you know?
--
Ian
"sure I have a drinking problem: I can't afford it..."

"Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in
news:mtCdnVslI9zDH8zVnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@comcast.com:

> MY goodness! I go to work and come home only to find a long ass
thread


Becky hon....the reason its a long-ass thread is because there's a
heck of a lot of people here who actually care about you and your
quit.

Hugs,

Wayne

On Jun 12, 4:10*pm, "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> MY goodness! I go to work and come home only to find a long ass thread in
> reponse to my craving a shitstick.Thanks so much to everyone for taking the
> time to respond,it really means a lot to me!
> *I am happy to say I have not smoked to day,nor did I come close to it.the
> crave did disappear after a short time. I think that stressing out over
> money and other things that are unmanageable is got me on edge and wantinga
> cigarette to cope with it. Smoking is NOT the answer to anything,it wont put
> money in the bank to pay the bills with.(note that I am 84dollars ahead of
> what I would be if I had smoked these past 2 1/2 weeks)that is one thing
> that motivates me to stay quit. that and the fact that I am sick of fucking
> up ,tired of that feeling of failure everytiem I do.I dont smoke,and plan to
> keep it that way.
> *becky
> Two weeks, four days, 18 hours, 45 minutes and 28 seconds. 939 cigarettes
> not smoked, saving $84.05. Life saved: 3 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes.

WTG Becky!!!!
You are getting stronger every day - and that's just fantastic
Karen

Two months, one week, six days, 12 hours, 23 minutes and 52 seconds.
1490 cigarettes not smoked, saving $596.13. Life saved: 5 days, 4
hours, 10 minutes.

I bet you have some fantastic stories Ian
--
Lynn VOF+ Leaper
"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."



"Ian" <sum1@flashy.nut> wrote in message
news:20080612.2010.6080snz@flashy.nut...
> lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca wrote:
>
>> and ye shall be healed?
>
> I'm a lifelong atheist, or agnostic maybe, and I have (amazingly) made
> it
> through ten wweeks after smoking all my adult life. I didn't lay my
> hand on a Good book, I
> just kicked that once-powerful demonic fiend in the face every time he
> popped up to try to force me back into breathing in smoke.
> He's like all bullies, you face up to him and he just melts away!
> He can dish it out but he can't take it, the pathetic little bastard.
> (I did this sort of thing once in real life, when four would-be muggers
> confronted me in the early hours in Manchester, England, in the
> Seventies. I won't, however , bore you all with the story)
> --
> Ian
> Unless you actually beg me too!
> "Yes, madam, I am drunk and you are ugly. But - I'll be sober again in
> the morning ...... and you will still be ugly.'
> (Winston S Churchill on being chided bya woman MP in the corridors of the
> House of Commons)
>

"Ian" <sum1@flashy.nut> wrote in message
news:20080612.2027.6081snz@flashy.nut...
> sebrady@thegrid.net wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:18:39 -0700 (PDT), Burner Fan
>> <jkraal@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >Lay your hand upon the good book.
>>
>> Hallelujah Brother!!
>
> Snigger!
> Sorry, don't want to offend any genuinely religious types in here!
> But to a cynical old bugger like me, all this fundamental stuff in
> whatever
> religion is just hysterical, you know?
> --
> Ian
> "sure I have a drinking problem: I can't afford it..."
>

yup I am pretty sure Sue meant it that way.
--
Lynn VOF+ Leaper
"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."

lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca wrote:

> I bet you have some fantastic stories Ian

You wouldn't believe already!
Seriously, I do seem to have led a somewhat unusual and eventful - and
sometimes terrifying - sort of life.
One or three forums, when I've related some incident in a light humorous
sort of way, readers have expressed doubt about the truthfulness of it.
I can't really blame them; they may well have led a more normal,
peaceful, law-abiding life and find it difficult to credit anyone could
have experienced or done such a thing.
--
Ian
That's the 74th day almost over.

>
> i have this visual of Allen Carr laying hands on my
> forhead,shouting"Heaallll this woman of all her sinful smoking ways!! Repent
> I say!! I cast out the Nicodemon from this women!! Heeallll!!!

BAHAHAHAHAHAH
That's the Becky I know and love.
So glad you're still in there swinging. It does get better.
Hugs
Ashley