Loss or Gain -
standing dread on its head

Are you quitting or recovering? Do you feel loss or gain. I do hope your reading here is bringing you to the realization that the real "quitting" took place on the day that our reason for starting to smoke became irrelevant - the day we lost the freedom and autonomy to simply turn... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228573 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:27:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/228572/t/The-Journey-Home.html#reply-228572

If you're still having triggered craves or find your mind flooded in a sea of smoking related thoughts, keep in mind that this isn't how it feels to be the real "you" or to be an ex-smoker.

This is how it feels during that... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228572 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:18:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/228570/t/The-Journey-Home.html#reply-228570 From John's original post above:

Quitting isn't a problem, it's a solution. Nicotine use does not relax stress, it only relaxes its own absence. No sooner did we use it than the amount remaining in our blood began to once again decline until the anxiety for the next fix caused the cycle to be repeated, again and again, until... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228570 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:50:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/228568/t/The-Journey-Home.html#reply-228568 THANKS!!!

I have been quit for 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 21 hours, 3 minutes and 53 seconds (139 days). I have saved $398.64 by not smoking 1,678 cigarettes. I have saved 5 Days, 19 hours and 50 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 3/18/2006 11:00 PM

]]> feeds@yuku.com (realmarino) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228568 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 04:03:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/228567/t/The-Journey-Home.html#reply-228567 From above:

Please give yourself a chance to meet the real you again! You won't be disappointed! Like a healing broken bone, quitting is a process, not an event. It requires that we each develop a bit of patience when it comes to dealing with our dependency. It requires that we stay focused on victory here and now - hour by hour, just one day at a time!

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228567 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:43:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/228566/t/The-Journey-Home.html#reply-228566 From above:

If you're still having triggered craves or find your mind flooded in a sea of smoking related thoughts, keep in mind that this isn't how it feels to be the real "you" or to be an ex-smoker.

This is how it feels during that temporary period of adjustment called "quitting" that transports each of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228566 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:49:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/228560/t/The-Journey-Home.html#reply-228560 Quitting isn't a problem, it's a solution. Nicotine use does not relax stress, it only relaxes its own absence. No sooner did we use it than the amount remaining in our blood began to once again decline until the anxiety for the next fix caused the cycle to be repeated, again and again, until death would we have parted.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228560 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:36:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/228559/t/The-Journey-Home.html#reply-228559 A message clearly belonging at the top.....and a great comfort...particularly today. Thanks.

Kat

Green +

]]> feeds@yuku.com (KatieDidIt1999) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/228559 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:54:00 GMT http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/11395/t/The-Journey-Home.html

Like the world's most aggressive cancer, junkie thinking can be a powerful force for personal betrayal. Instead of remaining patient and riding out the bumps during this temporary period called quitting, you'll see posts from members where relapse thinking is beginning to taking hold and seriously infect their judgement.

Hundreds of times in Freedom's over 100,000... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/11395 Sat, 01 Jun 2002 16:14:00 GMT