lol that is a nice one call :) I guess that would be the only bright spot of being in jail not being able to smoke of course that would drive a smoker to his death lol
Bear, that would work! Someone would call the police, you would get arrested, thrown in the pokey, and you cannot smoke in there!
Original indeed!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/14/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 168
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,040
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $814.80
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 23 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28
I love the idea of pretending to be smoking. taking the deep breath in and blowing out.....my only concern is would it be re-enforcing the habit??? Just wondering...cause I like the idea. :)
irish
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]8/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53
DARPEL,
In the beginning when they were bad and I needed lots of escape time I would watch a movie to give my brain a rest. It was sort of like an escape for me.
I found walks huge in helping craves. I have lots of woods behind my house with trails. It is peaceful and a nice walk.
Sour Altoids worked wonders for me at the computer. Something about things that were real sour helped.
Escaping with naps helped also. If I was tired...I slept
I also found strong coffee great. I know many associate smoking with coffee....but I found the pick me up helpful.
For munchies (in past quits) I "slowly" ate those pretzel rods. I don't know why I didn't use that this time.
Later on... when the mental games began I would do internet research on smoking. You can find past posts/threads I wrote here on cigarette topics. I think education on smoking gets you to see it for what it is. It fortified me to go another day. (remember..one day at a time)
Hope this helps
Mercy
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/21/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 192
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,840
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $858.24
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 25 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27
I used to actually act like I was smoking...I would pretend I had one between my fingers and I would take a big inhale. Then exhale. I worked. When you inhale (as big as you can) think about all the FRESH air you are putting into your lungs. CLEAN 'em out!
P.S. Please don't tell anyone!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/8/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 204
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,060
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $856.80
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56
When I get a craving some of the steps I do is count from 0 to 10 with deep breaths, I will also chew lots of juicy fruit gum or hard candy jolly rancher fruit chews are my favorite :) And the last thing I will do is drink lots of ice water that is what really helps the most for me.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/26/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 5
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 25
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $7.19
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42
I used lots of self talk. I'd acknowledge I felt like smoking, but argue back that I wasn't going to because I was a non smoker.
Rewards!!!!!! For the first few weeks I'd take a spoonful of nonfat yogurt or cottage cheese..ok, sometimes a spoonful of peanut butter. I only gained 4 pounds.
Ice cold water. Yummy.
Reading and posting here.
-aloha
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/22/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 131
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,240
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $890.80
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36
