ping*BECKY

Cmon sweetie, you know the routine by now.
You also know that I've been there, done that, and have the same T-shirts as
you.
;-)
Becky, I think one of the major differences between your
serial-quit-adventure and mine is that I never left as3. I never ran away.
Even in the between times, while I was smoking, I was reading and cheering
others on. (I refrained from giving any advice then tho.)
After a few years of starts and stops, I believe that I had finally
brainwashed myself back into normal (as opposed to addictive) thinking, with
as3 being the major contributor.
So, please...stay involved here, read constantly, use all the resources you
have and
'let's git er done!'...it's your turn girlfriend!
Love,
Cat
2Y5M

Becky, I well remember Cat's epic public struggles to quit smoking and
how stubborn she was about not ever disconnecting from this group. This
is great advice from someone who has been in your shoes. If you take it
and do it, it will be something different for a change, and perhaps you
will start getting different results.
SteveS
OOF


CuckooCat wrote:
> Cmon sweetie, you know the routine by now.
> You also know that I've been there, done that, and have the same
> T-shirts as you.
> ;-)
> Becky, I think one of the major differences between your
> serial-quit-adventure and mine is that I never left as3. I never ran
> away. Even in the between times, while I was smoking, I was reading and
> cheering others on. (I refrained from giving any advice then tho.)
> After a few years of starts and stops, I believe that I had finally
> brainwashed myself back into normal (as opposed to addictive) thinking,
> with as3 being the major contributor.
> So, please...stay involved here, read constantly, use all the resources
> you have and
> 'let's git er done!'...it's your turn girlfriend!
> Love,
> Cat
> 2Y5M

Becky! I totally agree with what Cat has written. Be present here
regardless of your status regarding smobriety. Sooner or late you
will find the right combo and you will cast off the chains of nicotine
and join us on the smober road and ease on down the road.

FlatironMike
One year, three months, one week, two days, 16 hours, 3 minutes and 59
seconds. 9293 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,787.76. Life saved: 4
weeks, 4 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes.

Great post, Cat. We're waiting to hear from you, Becky . . . .
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ep oooooooof


"CuckooCat" <silly@laughing.net> wrote in message
news:kcedncv9Lf88kK7VnZ2dnUVZ_rvinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Cmon sweetie, you know the routine by now.
> You also know that I've been there, done that, and have the same T-shirts
> as you.
> ;-)
> Becky, I think one of the major differences between your
> serial-quit-adventure and mine is that I never left as3. I never ran
> away. Even in the between times, while I was smoking, I was reading and
> cheering others on. (I refrained from giving any advice then tho.)
> After a few years of starts and stops, I believe that I had finally
> brainwashed myself back into normal (as opposed to addictive) thinking,
> with as3 being the major contributor.
> So, please...stay involved here, read constantly, use all the resources
> you have and
> 'let's git er done!'...it's your turn girlfriend!
> Love,
> Cat
> 2Y5M

I hung around and slipped for 1.5 years - from 01/01/01 to 06/16/02 the most
time I got was 3 weeks. There was another lady who I watched slip and slide
too - Nicole (Freezing in Wisconson) and she was a great inspiration as I
finally saw her get smober. After a while I followed her too.

I smoked on 6/10/02 and then 6 days later I slipped and smoked a few - my
last.
Someone told me, too, that it was "demoralizing" to see people slip the way
I was. Oh well.
Keep comin' back!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen



"CuckooCat" <silly@laughing.net> wrote in message
news:kcedncv9Lf88kK7VnZ2dnUVZ_rvinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Cmon sweetie, you know the routine by now.
> You also know that I've been there, done that, and have the same T-shirts
> as you.
> ;-)
> Becky, I think one of the major differences between your
> serial-quit-adventure and mine is that I never left as3. I never ran
> away. Even in the between times, while I was smoking, I was reading and
> cheering others on. (I refrained from giving any advice then tho.)
> After a few years of starts and stops, I believe that I had finally
> brainwashed myself back into normal (as opposed to addictive) thinking,
> with as3 being the major contributor.
> So, please...stay involved here, read constantly, use all the resources
> you have and
> 'let's git er done!'...it's your turn girlfriend!
> Love,
> Cat
> 2Y5M