Hello everyone!
And how is your weekend going? I hope the weather is beautiful where you are!
I cant remember the last Saturday
night that I didnt have a cigarette! Or a glass of red wine (just kind of goes together)!
I feel SO GOOD today - so proud of myself. It was a beautiful day here today and we took the kids to the zoo and then spent the afternoon in the back yard bbq'ing. This is usually a huge smoking time for me, because I do the cooking and I only smoked outside - but you know what? I did it!!!!! I made it through.
And another thing - there was a TON of smokers at the zoo today (I noticed them all) and I didnt once feel envious - I just felt happy that I wasnt one of them.
I know its early days and the cravings will still come and I have to be on gaurd, but today was a really really good day.
Its great to be able to share a high with all of you.
Cheers
Skidoo
N.O.P.E.
Not One Puff Ever :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/1/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 5
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 72
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $26.25
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35
Thanks for all the replies and encouragement everyone!!!!!
So I went from a great day to a hard Sunday night.
I think my children took monster pills laced with caffine -
up too late and miserable to boot. I wanted to smoke soooooooo
bad - but I didnt! YEAH for me.
I think I brushed my teeth a gazillion times yesterday - I find that really helps - and of course tons of water.
Have a good one
Cheers,
Skidoo
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/1/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 7
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 94
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $36.75
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18
Hey Penquin -
Are you from the PEG??????
What are the chances of meeting someone here from
your own town?
That would be too cool!
Cheers
Skidoo
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/1/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 8
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 103
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $42
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18
Hello Penquin!!
St. James for me.
Did you catch any of that thunderstorm this afternoon?
That was pretty wild - we got lots of hail here.
Enough about the peg,
How is your day going??? FIRST DAY IS ALMOST OVER!
I know how hard the second - third - fourth quit can
be. I've quit quite a few times myself - but this
is it for me!
And it will be for you too.
Hang in there - there are so many great people
on this site to help us through.
It can be done.
Cheers,
Skidoo :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/1/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 8
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 106
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $42
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 38 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57
Skidoo,
Congratulations on your 5th day of not smoking!!! You have a right to feel proud of yourself with what you have accomplished so far. Those first days can be really trying, but your positive attitude no doubt is going to take you all the way!
May you have many MANY good days ahead, and please do continue to share those with us...its inspirational.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/29/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 40
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 403
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $64
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 40 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32
Way to go skidoo!
BBQing is also tough for me... amongst about 300,00 other things... lol
And you should be proud of yourself. We're proud of you as well!
N.O.P.E.
Ron
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/12/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 57
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,018
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $384.75
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15
Dear Ski
Your attitude is soooo awesome for your first smoke free weekend! Way to go!
It was a great plan to be outdoors and enjoy your first weekend with the family.
Its beautiful where I am this weekend too and yesterday I was hanging at the pool and I was the only nonsmoker out of 5 people! I loved it! I was not envious at all...but it took me a few weeks to get to that point.
I was sitting there like I had a great big secret. I was thinking ITS SOOOOO AWESOME I am no longer trapped! Life is soooo much better without the nicodemon!
We are proud of you!
Stay Strong Ski
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/30/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 97
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,462
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $291
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11
Hi skidoo1967 -
What an amazing attitude you have :) Just take each day one day at a time and you will find the peace and focus you have today each day...
Blessings and Light-
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/5/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 63
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,230
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $292.95
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21
Ski
Congratulations. Revel in the bliss of being a person who no longer smokes!
You are doing great and good for you for knowing that the craves will come. Stay Strong! Stay prepared and know that you will get through.
Not One Puff Ever.
:)
Cheers
Phillip
PS it was beautiful here in TO clear and fresh and lovely to do work in the garden.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 78
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,579
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $585
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 12 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15
Hi, Skidoo. Glad to hear your weekend is going well. :)
Our zoo doesn't allow smoking, but it's too big for them to enforce that policy. So I used to be able to sneak many smokes as we roamed around. It's so nice now to be able to roam around there at our leisure without feeling like a criminal every half hour. But I do get the urge to "call the cops" when I catch someone smoking now. :eg:
Congratulations on 5 awesome, smoke-free days, Skidoo. Keep up the good quit.
Shevie
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 349
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,988
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1326.2
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 65 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 30 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58
