MarylandQuitter

hahahaha That was a good one. Hold the kilt down, el bandito. :)

It does have an oddly familiar feel to it. Lol. Good to see ya hear ya bandit. :)

Great article. I like his blog as well.

With nearly every cigarette I felt guilt knowing what I was doing to myself and ultimately my kids. Not anymore though! Another freedom that comes with quitting. :)

What are some other excuses to smoke? Excuses to smoke JUNKIE THINKING: “One Puff won’t hurt” RESPONSE: “One puff will always hurt me, and it always will because I’m not a social smoker. One puff and I’ll be smoking compulsively again.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I only want one.” RESPONSE: “I have never wanted only one. In fact, I want 20-30 a day every day. I want them all.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I’ll just be a social smoker.” RESPONSE: “I’m a chronic, compulsive smoker, and once I smoke one I’ll quickly be thinking about the next one. Social smokers can take it or leave it. That’s not me.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I’m doing so well, one won’t hurt me now.” RESPONSE: “The only reason I’m doing so well is because I haven’t taken the first one. Yet once I do, I won’t be doing well anymore. I’ll be smoking again.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I’ll just stop again.” RESPONSE: “Sounds easy, but who am I trying to kid? Look how long it too me to stop this time. And once I start, how long will it take before I get sick enough to face withdrawal again? In fact, when I’m back in the grip of compulsion, what guarantee do I have that I’ll ever be able to stop again?” JUNKIE THINKING: “If I slip, I’ll keep trying.” RESPONSE: “If I think I can get away with one little “slip” now I’ll think I can get away with another little “slip” later on.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I need one to get me through this withdrawal.” RESPONSE: “Smoking will not get me through the discomfort of not smoking. I will only get me back to smoking. One puff stops the process of withdrawal and I’ll have to go through it all over again.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I miss smoking right now.” RESPONSE: “Of course I miss something I’ve been doing every day for most of my life. Bud do I miss the chest pain right now? Do I miss the worry, the embarrassment? I’d rather be an ex-smoker with an occasional desire to smoke, than a smoker with a constant desire to stop doing it.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I really need to smoke now, I’m so upset.” RESPONSE: “Smoking is not going to fix anything. I’ll still be upset, I’ll just be an upset smoker. I never have to have a cigarette. Smoking is not a need; it’s a want. Once the crisis is over, I’ll be relieved and grateful I’m still not smoking.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I don’t care.” RESPONSE: “What is it exactly that I think that I don’t care about? Can I truthfully say I don’t care about chest pain? I don’t care about gagging in the morning? I don’t care about lung cancer? No, I care about these things very much. That’s why I stopped smoking in the first place.” JUNKIE THINKING: “What difference does it make, anyway?” RESPONSE: “It makes a difference in the way I breathe, the way my heart beats, the way I feel about myself. It makes a tremendous difference in every aspect of my physical and emotional health.” http://www.quitsmokinghelp.ca/mustread/junkiethinking.html

lol

1 per month. Use it wisely. lol I don't know. I'll have to find the setting and see if I can change it to like 10o per day or something.

Oh, it's GraveYard Shift http://www.stephenking.com/library/movie/graveyard_shift.html

Smiley faces are a good thing! :) :) :)

Thank you!! The coffee is over to the left. :) Anybody and everybody is welcome here.

Hi Tiffany!! Great to see you here. You may feel like you've lost it, but you haven't. :)

I will not take a single puff today, no matter what. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcF0DtxSyfU

Not a flatliner, Ava. I don't blame you for not caring for April Fool's Day. So sorry.

You bet, Juan. You're get this thing beat in no time flat.

The Stand was awesome. Shawshank Redemption and there was another one with an old factory with a bunch of rats that eat people. I have it on DVD but can't remember the name of it.

The Underwoods are shady. hahahaha Season 3 is going to probably have one of the highest viewer ratings of another show. Of course The Walking Dead proably rivals it, if not beats it.

I'm always waaaaaay behind on the series type shows. Like Breaking Bad, I didn't start watching it until it was over and I was able to watch it all within the matter of a couple of weeks. Would have sucked to have to wait a week to see the next episode, especially with the way some of them ended.

When you finish it, read it again. I've read it more than once.

Hi Lisa!!!

Set a firm date and the focus on getting through 3 days. Have you read Allen Carr? Also, there is a whole area of this message board http://quittrainblog.com/

When is your quit date?

How long has it been since you last smoked?

Hi Juan!! This will be your last attempt at quitting. If I can do it, anybody can.

No matter what, I'm not taking a single puff from one of those death sticks!

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