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Saying Hello and preparing to QUIT

I have not quit yet.. I am mentally preparing myself and I am finding lots of good stuff on this site. Thank you for all the resources and information you all are providing.   My quit date is May 29th.. I chose that date because that will be the day I am 21 days alcohol free. The alcohol had to go first as I smoke a lot when I drink and I drank everyday. I feel I have to eliminate as many triggers as I can.   I smoke about 10 cigs a day. Misty 120 menthol ultra lights. I buy the long o
gloworm

gloworm

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Smoking Dream

I had a smoking dream last night. And usually it's just me smoking. This time it was actually going over to mom's smoking area, and my brother was there, and I held a finger to my lips like "shh." Then getting a cig and lighting up. It was just weird. My brother was even young in my dream. Like, not old enough to shave young, and he's 27 now. There was a bench there too. Like one of those wooden park benches. I remember I was happy and smiling like a kid. And I woke up and it was so satisfying.
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Video: Smoking Doesn't Help Solve Stress

Video discusses how smoking cannot solve stress, and in actuality usually results in making people more nervous in general than if they were former smokers or had never smoked in their lives. http://www.quittrain.com/topic/4754-videos-addressing-relapse-prevention/?p=130102
MarylandQuitter

MarylandQuitter

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Easter

So, this is a little late. But this Easter we weren't planning on doing anything. So then me and my sister were talking and thought about putting a little something together with family, but we couldn't get a hold of mom to talk to her about it so we decided we were just going to call our brother and have him come home for Easter. And of course, my sister would too. So I talked to dad and we went out while mom was at Bingo to get baskets, plastic grass, and stuff for the Easter baskets. So, choc
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Nature Day

Today I had a nature day. I went out and photographed a few clovers and dandelions, then the trees that were in bloom before and are in leaf now. Then I washed my leather jacket (cats had peed on it when I first moved into my parents' house) now that I have the special leather soaps and conditioners. Found out leather dries really slowly. So I played in the plants. Ran my hands over the tops of the grass, through some soft weeds, and through some feathery ones. Thought of smoking once in the mor
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Writing Meetup

So, I decided I needed to branch out more and found this writing group on Meetup called Shut Up & Write. It's about an hour and a half. An hour writing and half an hour for introductions and getting to know each other. With the dreams I've been having and the racing thoughts I have now, I figure I might actually be able to sit down and write. I hadn't realized smoking was probably adding to my depression because I feel like going out and doing stuff every day. Now if dad would just approve a
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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VIDEO: What's The Use In Quitting Now?

Most people expressing this sentiment are simply rationalizing their smoking in order to protect their nicotine addiction--a process that if not reversed can end up costing the smoker his or her health and life. http://www.quittrain.com/topic/4753-videos-addressing-issues-early-in-your-quit/?p=172661
MarylandQuitter

MarylandQuitter

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2 years tomorrow

I don't think at the time I quite understood the guru's ahead of me, when they said quitting is a journey and not an event. I sure as hell get it now. What a ride!!   This time 2 years ago I sat with cigarettes, 16 days worth of champix taken and a deep sense of desperation to not be a smoker - with no idea how to achieve that. I never really realized it was as simple as just not smoking. I don't really know why, it seems glaringly obvious doesn't it?! I could do an oscar worthy speech of who
Still winning

Still winning

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Depression and Withdrawl

Where to begin...   I think bupropion was acting as an antidepressant as well as helping me quit smoking because I became depressed and had horrible cravings after I stopped it. As I became more depressed, I didn't want to go on the computer. I also spent more time on the couch with the TV on, but paying attention to it less and less. Then I ran out of Geodon (my mood stabilizer) and went through withdrawl. I spent an entire day on the couch doing nothing except using the bathroom and eating w
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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On the Edge of Relapse

I just feel like I'm on the edge of relapse today. I keep telling myself NOPE. But it's like I want to smoke. It hasn't been this bad in a while. I don't know if it's coming off the bupropion or what. Today I just feel like crap. My run didn't go well. I mean, I still kinda made it, but it didn't go as I'd like. I didn't enjoy it at all. My dad tried to encourage me but I just couldn't get my spirits up. I can't figure anything I want to do except sleep and smoke, so I've mostly been sleeping. I
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Running

So, my dad got me to start running. We're using this Couch to 5K program. It's three times a week. I finished the first week, but I think I'm going to do it all over again. I don't feel like I'm ready to move onto week 2.   Dad said once I quit smoking he would get me into running. I guess he was right. And I have a Fitbit now and this weekend we're getting myself some running shoes. I think he tricked me into all of this. (j/k)   I'm finding how hard it is to run for 60 seconds with just a
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Triggers

I finished part of a project on my desktop computer and the first thing I wanted was to smoke. I always did that. I'd finish part of a project, feel satisfied, and reward myself with a smoke. Instead I ate a piece of ginger candy and went for a mile walk. Yesterday thanks to dad I got 10,000 steps for the day. So, yay! And I've lost that urge to smoke when I'm chatting in the role play chat I go to. I love the chat, but there are long periods of silence that usually I just went out for a smoke w
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Dreaming Again

Since I was 13 I got really bad nightmares and a few good dreams. Then for a while I stopped dreaming. (Well, never remembered my dreams.) I thought it was my meds and shrugged it off. Now, after 2.5 weeks of being a non-smoker, I'm dreaming again. I don't know if it's the quit or the bupropion, but I'm actually dreaming.   Off-topic, I'm hooked on these Gin-Gin ginger candies. I just bought 10 packs online, cheaper than when we got them at the World Market. The ones I got are Hot Coffee flavo
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Why Delay Quitting Smoking Any Longer? Learn How To Quit Today!

I'll quit tomorrow. More times than not, those "tomorrows" turn into months and years which is one of the reasons why so many of us quit with years and or decades of smoking under our belts. I quit at 7:00 pm back in 2013. The best time to quit is right now, today! http://www.quittrain.com/topic/4753-videos-addressing-issues-early-in-your-quit/
MarylandQuitter

MarylandQuitter

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Third Week Dragging On

The third week is dragging on soooo slowly. I'm managing to keep from having a smoke, but I'm really bored. I keep going for walks, both in the park and in the back yard. Our trees are flowering, so it's kinda pretty in the back yard. This morning I went for a 2.09 mile walk with my dad. (Fitbit tracks where I go. Yay!) I've been taking pictures of the flowers, but there's only so many pictures you can take of the same flowers. The good news is I don't feel like sleeping all the time anymore, so
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Two Weeks!

I had a lot of fun at Dundracon, and saw Deadpool while we were there. A few cravings. I find if someone leaves half a cigarette out that's one of my triggers. I think because mom and I never smoked a whole cig, so we were used to smoking from halves (or thirds, etc). But my teacher says that the more I'm exposed to my triggers and say no to them, the more they'll go away until they're gone. I think that's my last major trigger, because when I see mom left a half in the backyard (not something s
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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Our Precious Beth (Queen Greenlover) Has Passed Away

I honestly don't know what to say. I just found out about this and talked to her daughter-in-law on the phone just a few minutes ago. She passed last night and was found this morning. For those of us who've gotten to know Beth over the years, this is a heartbreaking day for everyone, especially her family. Please keep her family in prayers and for those of us who knew her through our smoking support group, please reach out to one another and this is devastating news. She was such a tough la
MarylandQuitter

MarylandQuitter

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Doing well at DunDraCon

I honestly thought it'd be harder than this. I'll admit, the first thing I wanted to do was step out onto the balcony and smoke, because I always did when we first got to our hotel room. And of course, all the rooms look the same. But I'm following as much of my routine here as I can. Going for walks in the Courtyard, early in the morning before the smokers get out there. Making my coffee. (They have a small machine here.) And getting on the forums to at least pledge NOPE.   I went to a D&
IndigoChilde

IndigoChilde

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