Thanks so much for the encouragement!
I'm still just celebrating that: 1) the accident didn't cause any of us any physical harm (the elderly man was fine, as were we) and 2) we didn't give into the urge today.
It really does help to give me perspective, so that one day soon I can say to myself...
"If I didn't blow it that day of the accident, I'm sure not gonna mess up over something stupid like this!"
LOL, I never would have imagined finding JOY in having a wreck!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 419
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $39
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56
If I can make it through that, I can make it through a day at work, huh?
=D
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 415
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $39
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 14
The most important word of that topic title being "ALMOST!"
This elderly man pulled up beside me to get out on the highway, almost like he didn't even see me there. When a break in traffic came, he went to pull out and *BOOM* hit my car! He [B]hadn't[/b] seen me there! He'd only been looking left, he never even thought to look to his right.
I had to hop out of the passenger side of the Jeep because his car was smashed into the driver's door. In the moments right after the accident, I wanted to smoke SO bad. I know my husband did too (after all, the Jeep is his!).
But we managed to get through it. Still smoke-free. Whew!
N.O.P.E. :)
Awesome job SammiJo. If you had smoked, it would have been 2 terrible things that happened instead of just 1. Way to go!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 348
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $97.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 54 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56
Way to go, SammiJo!!!
Recognizing the "almost" is SO important. You pat yourself on the back for realizing that a smoke would have only made things worse for you. It wouldn't have changed anything about the accident or how you felt about it at all.
Good for you, girl!
Keep the faith -- and the quit.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/8/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 98
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,955
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $784
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 12 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11
SammiJoFL,
So glad everyone is ok, and just wanted to say how impressed I am in the way you faced this challenge...what an amazing job you are doing. Very proud of you & your hubby. :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/17/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 182
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,459
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $682.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 28 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42
Good for you! Early on in our quits, my hubby hit a deer with his car and then mine---all in the same week. He still believes it was a wildlife conspiracy funded by Mutual of Omaha! :8o:
Glad you didn't buckle! Funny how we reach for a smoke first thing---as if that would help!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 9/8/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 129
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,475
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1032
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 13 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39
SammiJoFL - good for you! See? It's amazing when we get through these rough times, smoke-free!
Congratulations and make sure to reward yourself- really!
:)
How is the elderly man?
Blessings to you-
Healer
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/5/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 315
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,057
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1464.75
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 41 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37
SammiJo
WOW WOW WOW!!! You have my deepest respesct SammiJo - that was a huge test and you really stepped up to the challenge - it's so fantastic that you didn't smoke. It would have been so easy to and no one would have blamed you!!! But you stuck with it and I just know there isn't anything you cant meet now.
Way to go.
Sharon
Belfast
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/14/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 93
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 933
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �250.17
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 45
SammiJo, "ALMOST" only counts with horseshoes, handgrenades, and atom bombs.
Congratulations on getting through a surprise crisis smoke-free, and congratulations on your 13 days quit. Fantastic!! :)
Keep up the great quit.
Shevie
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 601
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 12,038
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2283.8
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 111 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
