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  2. G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required)
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  3. So...You don't need me to create a distraction at the border?
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  4. G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required)
    3 points
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  6. Feeling kinda excited....my Ozzy Visa was approved today ....
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  7. PixelSketch Posted May 4, 2017 I've been pretty much craving-free since about the third-ish week. I still get a quick smoking thought once in a blue moon, but I laugh at it, and 'poof', it's gone. Just like that. Which, honestly, still shocks me. I never thought I would ever be able to quit. And if by some miracle I did, I was pretty sure I'd be tortured and miserable. I'm thankful every day for this quit, and for this board. So things are good. But the other day I had a really strong and very persistent thought of smoking that I just couldn't shake. I knew I wouldn't smoke anyway. I'm strong in my quit, and I refuse to give it up. There are far too many benefits to being smoke-free that I'm loving so much. I've no desire to go back. But it really annoyed me that I couldn't get rid of this. All day, the thought of smoking just danced around and around my head. Grrrrr! I finally had some time at the end of the day and I sat down with a cup of tea and went back over my day to see if I could find the trigger. Well, it turns out, I didn't just associate smokes with the beginning or end of a task, as a sort of reward, or treat. I didn't smoke just when I was stressed or bored. I also reached for one when I was REALLY happy or excited about something. Ahhhh....click click click. It all fell into place. I had had a really good day. In the middle of a super crazy project, I unexpectedly had a few personal and professional things just work out in a way I never saw coming. And the sense of excitement, future possibilities as a result, and celebration produced some strong positive feelings. And it turned out I coped with strong intense feelings, even happy ones, by deadening them with a smoke. So, once I realized this, I needed to test the theory out. So I just gave in to my feelings. I cranked some music and danced my excitement out. And I let myself really, truly feel those feelings. To let myself be really happy. To not worry that something would go wrong or it wouldn't last. Just feel it. And guess what? The day-long craving finally went away. And another trigger busted. I don't need The 'Happy' Smoke, or The 'Reward' Smoke, or The 'Stress' Smoke, or The 'I Just Ate Too Much Pizza' Smoke. I just need to let myself experience whatever it is I'm feeling or experiencing. I need to own my feelings. I'm responsible for them. Not some rolled up plant in a piece of paper. Link to original post:https://www.quittrain.com/topic/8436-the-happy-smoke/
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  8. Congrats on 4 months, you are doing brilliant. Don’t forget to reward yourself
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  9. You have to be honest with yourself in order to quit smoking. You need to honestly say I will give it a 100% try from your heart! You can not have a secret stash of smokes in a drawer just in case or that extra pack in your glove box or in the garage for an emergency! I threw out 4 full packs plus the pack I was half way done with! I had never did that before on my many many quits in the past! I thought if I saw going to give in this time, I would have to go to the store! Maybe I was finely being honest with myself or just tired of quitting but it worked and that old saying: "Honesty is the best policy" held true for me, And I bet if you are honest with yourself it will work for you! You have nothing to loose and the rest your life to gain!
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  10. -1 Good to see you too Doreen
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  11. -2...Hi..G 67....God to see you
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  12. No exercise over the weekend and feeling a bit sluggish and tired today but im going to the gym after work, it will make me feel better and will help me get a good sleep tonight. Its body attack tonight - BODYATTACK™ is a high-energy fitness class with moves that cater for total beginners to total addicts. We combine athletic movements like running, lunging and jumping with strength exercises such as push-ups and squats. An instructor will pump out energizing tunes and lead you through the workout – challenging your limits in a good way, burning up to 555 calories** and leaving you with a sense of achievement.
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  13. Congratulations on the 4 month quit! Keep it up. Best wishes.
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  14. G’day The best desert is just coming into season. Mango……, It starts with the calipso mango from Darwin way, but in a month or so the Bowans and the Kensington prides will appear. I don’t think we’ll get too many local ones this year if it’s anything like my neighbours tree. Rain and moisture when it flowered caused the fruit not to set and there is not a single fruit that I’ve seen.
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  15. Oh yes we love desserts... lots of people will skip the entre (starter) and just have a main a dessert when eating out. Growing up we always had sweets (dessert) after dinner every night...well if we ate our main that was. I usually do dinner and sweets every night for the kid. Although I don't do the desserts you see on master chef. When I travelled to Sydney earlier this year I went to Reynold resteraunt... omg best dessert I've ever had. I didn't care it was totally on my no list and I was dick for 2 days...it was so worth it.
    1 point
  16. Thank you, Denali--that's kind to say. I'd say your nearly 9 month quit is even more beautiful!!! Keep it up, friend-- C99
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  18. Hi Kris-- I felt very much like you during my first 14 months or so. I don't doubt that there are quitters who, for whatever reasons, have a rough couple of weeks and then smoking and thoughts of smoking are entirely in the rear view mirror. But that wasn't me: I'll never forget a terrible day at about the 11 month mark in which, on two separate occasions, I had an unlit cigarette in my mouth, matches in my hand, and tears running down my face. Throughout these months, I couldn't help but think at (many?) times that there must be something wrong with my quit if I'm feeling so crappy for so long. My 1 year anniversary post (on a different site) was all about accepting (and even embracing) the messy, unpleasant, and irascible quit. I've never really been a big proponent, on a personal level, of the importance of "changing your mindset"--whenever I attempted to do that, it felt fundamentally artificial and inauthentic. It's not unrelated, perhaps, to my distaste (to put it mildly) for the insights of Allen Carr and his "easy" way. I think for some of us--and you might be in this category--the quit just needs time, and it benefits from realizing that every single day without a puff is a WIN, regardless of how one feels (though I guess I could be accused of encouraging my own kind of "change in mindset" there). That's not to say that I think it's impossible to mitigate symptoms; however, for me, those things were mostly physical--doing things that were consistent with and supported my non-smoking persona. At some point I just gave up (productively, I think) trying to think about the quit in a new way. I'll leave you with what I think is the most important thing: that regardless of how difficult and interminably long the challenges felt, the transformative freedom that I ultimately achieved was absolutely stunning and so much more profound than I imagined. And that's waiting for you as well. I sometimes wonder, in fact, whether--at least for me--there's a relationship between my sustained misery and the durability and deep meanings of my quit. I don't know, but I do know that I haven't had a single craving (or even a passing thought of smoking) in about 19 years, something I most certainly couldn't have anticipated in those first 14 months. That may or may not happen to you, and the fact that my cravings seem to have been completely extinguished (though I'll always remain vigilant) doesn't make my quit any stronger or better than someone who experiences an occasional twinge. But I think I can guarantee you that you'll experience a kind of freedom that will astound you. While you might think that's easy for me to say at this point, I assure you that I'll never forget that frustrating, frightening stretch during which I felt like the thoughts of smoking would never cease. They did, and they will for you, too, friend. And, most importantly, today was a WIN because you were smokefree. Wishing you the best, Christian99 Nearing 21 Years Quit
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  19. Fairy Gingerbread Cookies – Amy Kay's Kitchen (amykayskitchen.com)
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  20. Think we should crash @Doreensfree for dinner next Sundee. Right now I'm trying to decide if I took my tablets once or twice or maybe 3 times.... and if I did take 3 lots is that why I feel very light headed. Also wondering how a truck turning right at a set of lights ends up taking out oncoming traffic....how....and why in peak hour.
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