Pam this is an excellent post, well written and containing such good advice! Thank you. Rena, its funny when you say that you smoked because you were bored, now you donnt smoke, you get bored.. and dont know what to do. You could turn this thinking around, and think - well before life was passing me by. I was wasting my life smoking.. Now i have an opportunity to actually do something with my life. When you look back would you rather look back at a lifetime of doing things or at a lifetime of sitting around smoking? It always depends on the way that you look at things. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 24 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 608 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �180 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27

Butterfly swimmer, Thanks for sharing this, you raise some good points! Also want to take this op to thank you for all your contributions to our forums. I'm sure many members, especially new members profit a great deal from your pearls of wisdom. Thanks again, Danielle _______________________________ The SSC Support Team

These words are really pearls. When I failed at my last 2 quits, I smoked *more* than I did before I quit. I was out of control and totally stressed out. The smokes didnt help me one darn bit either! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/26/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 5 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 47 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $10 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 22 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

Pam, I think you nailed it! This is a great "No more excuses" for those in need. CobenFan [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/25/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 113 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,933 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $395.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39

BUMP :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 148 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,979 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1110 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 24 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

Grat post I could not say it better Beto [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/29/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 7 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 74 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $7 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 44 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

[b]I always get depressed when I quit smoking.[/b] [quote][color=blue] Jokes activate the brain reward region too. Humor triggers the release of the feel good chemical dopamine. A comic cartoon fired up the same brain centre as a shot of cocaine, researchers are reporting. A team at Stanford University in California asked lab mates, spouses and friends to select the wittiest newspaper cartoons from a portfolio. They showed the winning array to 16 volunteers while peering inside their heads by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The cartoons activated the same reward circuits in the brain that are tickled by cocaine, money or a pretty face, the neuroscientists found. One brain region in particular, the nucleus accumbens, lit up seconds after a rib-tickler but remained listless after a lacklustre cartoon. The nucleus accumbens is awash with the feel good chemical dopamine. The region's buzz may explain the euphoria that follows a good joke, the team suggests. "Intuitively, it makes sense," agrees Bill Kelley, who studies humor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. [/quote][/color] AND exercise is good to counter depression too. (unless it's clinical depression) All the best~ [b]N2k[/b] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 330 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,260 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1650 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 31 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

I often read the same sorts of problems or fears that people have when they are thinking about quitting smoking, but aren�t quite sure if they can or not. These aren�t [I]always[/I] junkie excuses, but sometimes, they are. Oftentimes, people just don�t know about the quit process and have genuine concerns that they want to address before they quit smoking. This is completely reasonable and understood. So, since many of the same issues are brought up in post after post, I thought I would address a lot of them all in one post for people who might have the same concerns, but either don�t think about it or are embarrassed and don�t want to post. So, here�s a list of some common issues. I hope this helps somebody. [b]I�ve failed so many times before![/b] Quitting is hard� but it is also very doable. Thousands of people have quit smoking using this website alone and many, many, many more quit using other techniques. Oftentimes, people say that using a support group like this one is the thing made the difference between this quit and previous quits. So, use the site as much as you can. That�s what it�s for! Read and post and when you�ve done that, read and post some more! It really does help. Also, a quitting aid, such as NRTs or Zyban might help you too if you have difficulties making quits stick. Quitting can be done, even if it�s your 100th try. I have personally attempted to quit more times than years I�ve been alive, and here I am making this my last quit, and so can you! Believe in yourself and believe that you are done forever, and you will be! It doesn�t matter how many times you�ve quit before as long as the last one sticks! Believe in yourself and believe that this is your final quit� and it will be! [b]My partner still smokes.[/b] This is a tough situation for many quitters. However, there are many extremely successful quitters on this site who have quit while their partners still smoked. The best thing to do is set up some rules ahead of time. Don�t force your partner to quit because that probably won�t work and will just cause hostility. Ask your partner if he/she can smoke outside only, or in a garage or shed or other place outside your home. Also, ask your partner to keep his/her cigarettes away from you and not leave t

BFS, You tell them girl. Your still going strong. The more you help the easier your own journey becomes. Stay with it. Eight months and growing! Cheryl [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/4/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 377 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,060 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1074.45 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 49 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39

Girl, you are on a roll aren't you? :) Another must-read for anyone at any stage of their quit. Who is in control? You? The tobacco? It's your choice. Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 408 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,174 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1550.4 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 76 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30