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 Lilac (Bronze) |
Thoughts that seem worse than the first days urges | #21 | ||||
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07/31/02 06:44 |
Dear Joel,
It is almos magical that many of your messages and often John's too appear exactly on the day that I most need that very lesson.. Is that
coincidence?. I am enormously grateful for the articles, the timing and the writers.. This one of yours and one of John's today were the answer to my
very troubled night. Thanks, Lilac
3w-4d
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teapot |
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07/31/02 07:14 |
This is the exact thing I am experiencing right now! I will have days when I feel great like quitting is a breeze, then I start romanticizing a cigarette in my mind. I find the only thing that can get me back on track is to remember everything horrible I can about smoking. I read your stuff every chance I get. It has really helped me.
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Lilac (Bronze) |
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08/01/02 12:34 |
I came back to this message because there was a phrase in it that I want to remember--sort of use as an amulet. I quote,"not smoking will never be as
good as that fantasy, but smoking will not be like that fantasy either." during this especially trying period I shall repeat that to myself many times.
so that I am unable to dodge the truth of it. thanks, Lilac
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Hillbilly(Gold) |
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08/01/02 12:50 |
Hi, Lilac, it's me again. You're still hurting, aren't you? I'm gonna be away from the computer for awhile, maybe even until tomorrow, but
I'll be thinking of you. You CAN do this, I know what you're going thru, been there, done that. You're doing so well, keep it up.
I tried to email you direct, but no address. Click on my name at the top of this post, it'll give you my address, write to me direct if you like.
Hang in there, darlin', one day at a time.
Dave
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Lilac (Bronze) |
Thoughts that seem worse than the first days urges | #25 | ||||
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08/01/02 02:18 |
Dear Hillbilly,
You are probably the neatest person in the world. It will be calming for me to know you are thinking good thoughts for me. I did 19 days by myself and then
discovered Freedom which sheltered me until yesterday and then WHAMO!!!!! last night was awful. Today is so-so. I am not going to smoke but I would sure
like to be a little happy about it. Your posts are great life preservers for me. Gratefully, Lilac
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DubiouslyDos |
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08/12/02 07:36 |
Found my food for freedom to pack in my luggage...I'm taking this one to the west coast and back.
Dos (Dubious)
10 Weeks 6 Days 36 Minutes
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Juanjuanjuanjuanjuan200 |
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08/19/02 03:42 |
I keep telling myself of the future. Remember smoking times. Remember quits. Remember humilations.
Juan
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clactwicegold |
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08/28/02 11:40 |
This thread gives me more of an ahhhhhhhhh feeling than any cigarette ever could!
 Thank you
Clac xxx
3 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes, 15 seconds tick tick tick
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IrinaGold2 |
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08/29/02 07:17 |
Thank you!
The whole thread is definitely food for thought and will be a support for the next three days.
Irina
1 week 2 days and some house
more than 200 cigs not smoked
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Joel |
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10/01/02 05:56 |
 I was just doing some phone support for a
person who I just referred over to Freedom. Thought she would find this one particularly helpful.
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TiffanyisFree |
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11/11/02 07:24 |
I hope I'm not being presumptuous, but this post is an absolute GEM.
I've always been more petrified of the days to come, of the maybe's and what-if's and being caught off guard. This is definitely a favorite of
mine.
Tiffany
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Vernicebell |
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05/06/03 07:56 |
Thank you for reminding me to keep my guard up. It's only been 1 week and 5 days and I'm starting to not think about cigarettes as much, That
maybe I'm "healed". I need to remember that it is an addiction that I will always have. It may not be an active addiction but an addiction all
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CKAgger Gold |
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08/07/03 12:27 |
Thanks a lot, Joel - things are better now, and your prompt reaction and reading the articles also helped.
Like I said: I knew something would hit me the day I got back to work, but I wasn't prepared for the force it came with. Yet
another experience and reminder of the addiction!
Well, one thought that comforts me is that even though I don't smoke then if I want I can just go down to the smoking room
and chat with my smoking colleagues - if I miss this psychological aspect of my daily feedings, I don't have to miss it; my fellow smokers are
still nice people and are still there to talk with - if I want to.
 Actually, I've already recommended whyquit.com to two of my colleagues.
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rllothringer |
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08/28/03 02:41 |
Thanks, again, Joel. It's amazing that even though I have have read this one, and the others you bumped to the top, that they still seem like a new read
at times....those times when I need to read them the most.
Again, thank you. This site, and this information, really help me get through the good and bad days.
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nonicfrank |
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09/08/03 09:20 |
this is the post I needed to read. I was having urges today and needed to read a message like this. Its true that you start fantizing about that AHHH cig.
For me its not one particular cig but just that ahh feeling. But its true when you say that is not what smoking is like It really is like what it was when
you quit. Sometimes life isnt always a bowl of cherries and not smoking didn't make it that way.
--Nonicfrank- 3w 18:45 smoke-free, 216 cigs not smoked, $55.62 saved, 18:00 life saved |
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jennyissilver |
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04/16/04 04:30 |
Joel makes a really important point here about separating reality from fantasy.
Since I've quit & started again, quit & started again so many times in my history of addiction I'd like to add another
thought that would trip me up and that is: feeling TOO good. After going months or even a year without smoking it's easy to believe that one
little cigarette couldn't possibly hurt anything. You think to yourself: "I'm healthy. I'm strong and in control. Hey, I might even be
invincible."
I won't trick myself that way anymore because now I recognize that I'm an addict and that was just another example of my junkie
thinking.
Jenny
Enjoying my 34th day of freedom but not taking it for granted
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Lyverbyrd |
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04/30/04 10:57 |
I've needed this post today, came here looking for a little bit of strength, and
here it is. Thank you freedom. Just so you know you just CAN'T let your guard down, here I am, maybe an "oldbie" instead of a newbie by now,
and I still needed a reminder that I can never take another puff.
So, my strength and resolve have returned, and I'll be ok again to roll with the
punches.
All the best to you all.
Paula: 10 months, and so proud, today!
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Lynn Andrews BRONZE |
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05/12/04 05:53 |
I'm glad this one was brought up this week, I've really needed it. I'm losing my 8 year
old black lab today. She's seriously ill and in a lot of pain, and we're going to help her end that misery this afternoon. All through it, I've
had flashes of junkie thoughts. It's a good reminder that the thoughts are just that - thoughts - unless I forget to NTAP.
Thanks FREEDOM!!
Lynn, free and healing for 4 Months, 2 Days, 8 hours and 53 minutes (123 days), by not smoking 3,084
cigarettes. This has saved me $616.85 and helped me regain 2 Weeks, 23 hours and 48 minutes of my life!
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Mocha |
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08/02/04 09:44 |
I have to be honest.... going on my first quit, I do ask myself, what if I reached for a cigarette right now. Would I really be repulsed? I am scared of
that thought, even if it lasts only for a second, it is a reacurring one.
Would I be caughing like I did the first time? Would it be that one I've been romanticizing at times? Would I really have to start from scratch (that one I KNOW the answer too, my god, of course I would have to).
Curiosity killed the cat. I have no interest in taking the chance of finding out that everyone here has been right.
I feel too damn good today to give this up!!
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