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EvaMP1

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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09/02/04 07:39

Thanks again Joel for knowing just what to say. I really love this one.

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EvaMP1

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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09/02/04 07:40

Love it Joel. You always know just what to say. This is definitely a keeper.

Eva

I have been quit for 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 13 hours and 40 minutes (29 days). I have saved $116.79 by not smoking 591 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 8/3/2004

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Joel

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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09/17/04 09:42

I saw where a member wrote the following comment:

"Following the incident--I actually considered throwing in the towel & running down to 7-11 for 20 death sticks." That statement clearly indicated that the person was clearly thinking about relapsing. That statement read as a conscious thought to smoke. I think this string is perfect for any person who is playing any such mind games with himself or herself. I am going to pop up a few other strings which deals with any one who is thinking that under the right or wrong conditions that he or she may consider throwing away his or her quit, along with his or her health and his or her life. The only way to keep your quit and its benefits intact is to stay totally committed under all circumstances to never take another puff!

Joel

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ShutterJulieG

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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12/23/04 07:01

This is a great one..thank you! And even though dying from cigarettes tends sometimes to be what people think will happen to someone else not them (afterall, "I" can be the exception to the statistics" so the junkie thinks) the money is in and of itself a wonderful, real-time, tangible, right now, benefit to fight off the real-time, right now, crave. In just a little over a week, I have saved about $68.00! That is a lot of money in 9 days.....I take a weekly "allowance" in cash that used to be for lunches and cigarettes. Last night, I was straightening out my wallet and "found" all this money! Whoo Hoo......

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GoldenDivamom1972

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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01/20/05 07:08

Thanks for pulling up this thread. *If* I were on the verge of relapse (and thank the gods that I'm not!), this would be enough to bring me back from the edge.

Amy

Free and Healing for Sixteen Days, 15 Hours and 59 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 1 Day and 17 Hours, by avoiding the use of 500 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $125.08.

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Ladybug592

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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02/20/05 01:02

Thank you so much, Joel. !

I've been feeling depressed today, thank God the thought of having a cigarette didn't cross my mine because if it did, I would of gone to 7-11 and gotten some. I'm glad I read your post now, because if this 'down mood' continued tomorrow, I definitely would have smoked.

The reason of my depression is that on Tuesday I'm going to see the Doctor and find out if my IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) has gotten worst or remain the same, there is no cure for it and no, is not caused by smoking, but it sure didn't help when I didn't know that I had it and was smoking. I found out 6 months ago, and this is the first time the Doctor can make a comparison with a previous CT and all the other tests I went through.

We'll see what happens...

Ana

I have been quit for 43 days. Saved $355.04 by not smoking 1,972 cigarettes.

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BruceAK

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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04/21/05 11:09

Joel,

Thanks so much...this letter is really what I needed to read tonight.

...And thank you, Tobi, for linking to it from my journal...

I'm printing 2 copies right now. One for the refidgerator, and one for my wallet.

-Bruce
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Nicotine free for 2 months, 11 days, 27 minutes and 55 seconds (72 days) = 1728 smokes

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auntvaleria

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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03/16/06 07:50

Great post! It hits the nail right on the head!

aunt valeria I have been quit for 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 2 hours, 20 minutes and 25 seconds (20 days). I have saved $55.26 by not smoking 401 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Day, 9 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 2/23/2006 7:30 PM

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4Taylor

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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05/11/06 09:07

Wow!!! I've been having trouble in the evenings. I feel like something is missing and I want to smoke. Reading this letter REALLY put things in prespective!!!!

Kristin

I have been quit for 1 Week, 3 Days, 10 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds (10 days). I have saved $52.10 by not smoking 260 cigarettes. I have saved 21 hours and 40 minutes of my life.

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Mitzi499

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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07/06/06 05:27

Well I may have, but I've just changed my mind. I am not a nicotine junkie any longer, and nothing is going to get in the way. I may not have got in all right, but smoking ain't gonna change that. This has been too hard, and still is, to give up now.

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Joel

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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12/07/06 07:13

For anyone fixating on "a cigarette." Smoking "a cigarette" or just taking a drag is tantamount to relapsing to an addiction to thousands of cigarettes a year, tens of thousands of cigarettes over a decade and hundreds of thousands of cigarettes over a shortened lifetime. It also translates into ruined health and a quality impaired life. It means smelling like a cigarette, and facing chronic withdrawals. Remember cigarettes for what they were and what they were going to do to you over time and you will never question your desire to never take another puff!

Joel

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Paula24066

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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03/17/07 08:51

A great way of looking at things

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Joel

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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09/09/07 08:04

I saw where a member wrote in two posts that she almost lost her quits. I am going to assume that this wording meant that she almost decided to smoke. This string and the post "I made a conscious decision to smoke" seem appropriate to bring up in lieu of this thought. They could have been written as "I almost made a conscious decision to smoke," or "I almost decided to go back to smoking." The same commentary in both strings would still apply.

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Joel

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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01/23/08 04:52

Video and audio file that ties into this string:

Video Title	Dial-Up	HS/BB	Audio	MP3*	Length	Added

Who wants to go back to smoking?	2.61mb	25.9mb	1.05mb	3.22mb	07:05	09/28/06

* New format that should work for people who have been unable to access our audio/video files in the past.

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SMJ69

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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02/08/08 07:59

Joel, 18 days for me!!!!!!!!!and I was just checking out the messages and saw this one stating I think I'm going to go back. I had to read it and then came to this video. I am just living with this one day at a time right now, but I am pretty convinced that with what I have learned and keep learning daily... this guy will never have that urge again. I was one of these sickos that WOULD go through ashtrays and garbage cans! Looking back ........ I can't believe it. Anyways thank you for every one of my 18 days. Its like your right here in my home with me if I need you :<)

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Horsehead 11

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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09/01/08 05:40

Very timely for me-Having a tough time, really tough day yesterday.

Peace

Jeff

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JoeJFree Gold

"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"

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11/18/08 09:32

From: Joel

Sent: 9/9/2007 12:04 PM

I saw where a member wrote in two posts that she almost lost her quits. I am going to assume that this wording meant that she almost decided to smoke. This string and the post "I made a conscious decision to smoke" seem appropriate to bring up in lieu of this thought. They could have been written as "I almost made a conscious decision to smoke," or "I almost decided to go back to smoking." The same commentary in both strings would still apply.

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Joel Spitzer

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01/23/09 12:01

I noticed some of the posts on this recovery board have not been viewed by any member since we moved our site. This post had no views yet. Now it is possible that new members are reading the materials at www.whyquit.com which is great. There are however numerous articles that we had at the old MSN board and now also at this new site that are not at the www.whyquit.com website. I will try to pop a few up a day for new members, but I do encourage people first joining to to through the boards that we have set up here and read through the articles. The more you read and understand, the more prepared you will be to stick to your personal commitment to never take another puff.

Joel

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Cyndi

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08/30/09 09:07

WOW!! Exactly what I needed today. Its scary what your junkie mind will try to do to you.
Thanks Freedom!!

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Yersinia

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11/04/09 12:20

Wow, how interesting that I found this. No, I haven't decided that today's the day I go back to being a smoker (yes, full fledged, I know there's no such thing as "just one") -- but even though I'm 29 days into my quit today, I've been having a very hard time with the psychological withdrawal from smoking. It's gotta be that now, all psychological since the nicotine is out of my body? I had even written in my journal the other day that I'm giving this 6 months -- in 6 months, if I'm myself again, wonderful, I've succeeded and will stay quit for the rest of my life, but if I'm still frequently feeling on edge (during times when there's no reason for stress), intellectually deficient (I've lost my originally formidable attention to detail and powerful mental focus!) and just plain "not myself" after 6 months of not smoking, then I'm going back to smoking. Which would be April 7, 2010. Someone replied and said this was Junkie Talk, which is OK as long as I don't actually take a puff (and I haven't), and assures me I'll be myself well before the 6 months is up. All I can say is I hope so!

~Yersinia

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