MarylandQuitter

Great job!! Little treats are a great way to reward yourself for making such a great choice each and every day not to smoke. :)

Hi Willy! Welcome to our little corner of cyberspace! How is your quit going?

Don't forget to toss the smokes, ashtrays etc. and never keep any "back-up" cigarettes.

Are You Questioning Your New Year's Resolution To Quit Smoking? New Years Eve is typically a time when many people decide to make a resolution to quit smoking. New Years day or shortly thereafter many of these people question that resolution and usually throw away their quits. This video explains why this often occurs. Your past resolutions may have failed but this year can be different. The resources below can help you to make this year the one that you finally quit smoking and stick to a personal commitment to never take another puff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8D7kbiAZmU Related videos: -The fear of failure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_64R... -The fear of success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHhWS... -The fear of relapsing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWuS... -Quitting smoking: A fate worse than death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AfYE... -Everything you did as a smoker you can do as an ex-smoker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqlyA... -"It's inevitable, some smokers are going to relapse” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ego_d... -"I can't quit because I am addicted” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWso5... -How to quit smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27zW... -Quitting smoker can make you calmer, happier and healthier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K038... -Past "successful" quits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39An4... -Quitting is more doable than most people think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtXG... -"I've tried everything to quit and nothing works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUTIJ... -One day at a time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD4dz... -Never take another puff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNWI...

New Years Eve is typically a time when many people decide to make a resolution to quit smoking. New Years day or shortly thereafter many of these people question that resolution and usually throw away their quits. This video explains why this often occurs. https://www.quittrain.com/topic/7911-are-you-questioning-your-new-years-resolution-to-quit-smoking/

Happy New Year!

12 days is awesome!!!!!! Make it another 12 and keep going. :)

My list could go on and on so for my first post in this thread, I'll have to keep it to the first 2 or three members that popped into my noggin. 1. Sarge because I want to raid his garden and sift through some of his canned goods. 2. Nicole Diver because we have some ax murder house to visit 3. Babs because I'd like to get to the bottom of the infamous Allen Carr story and why she thought it was a good idea to call him.

It just made sense and when somebody suggested it to me, I thought to myself, "Of course. Why didn't I think of that?" Just proves that "none of us are smarter than all of us". :)

I was ten years old and my parents were recently divorced. Time were tough and money was tight. My Mom let my brother and I pick out one thing from the JCPenney catalog and I chose a Philadelphia Eagles watch. Not sure why I chose that specific team, but I suppose I liked the colors. This was the most special gift because even at 10 years old, I knew how hard my Mom had to work to buy that watch for me. I knew how much it meant to her that I was able to get it. Sadly, that watch is long gone but I remember looking through that thick catalog and how I felt when I opened it Christmas morning.

Yes, Sonic!!! Ravens v Steelers. Couldn't ask for a better game, especially with our season hanging in the balance. Can't wait! Christmas Eve my daughter and I are going to visit some very close friends in Virginia, have dinner hang out, laugh talk etc. This is a friend from high school that I've known for 28 years. Great times as always with them! Then my daughter and I will spend a quiet evening at home, watching some Christmas movies, getting cookies ready for Santa's visit (we made them last night) and then tomorrow morning it will be just her and I; our first Christmas with just us. Last year she was out-of-town with her Mom so I flew solo on Christmas. This is a very special time with her for me. So much has happened in the past couple of years and it's nice to finally be on other side. To sum it up with a few words: Content, calm, quiet and most of all, peaceful. :)

Great post, powerful message!

I'm glad to hear she's still quit and actually, I'm not surprised either. I knew sooner or later she would eventually quit for good and I think this may just be her time to make it stick. She's a very kind and unselfish lady who would give anybody the shirt off her back. I hope at some point she comes back with a lasting quit to provide support to others. :)

I remember when my grandmother died over 30 years ago and we went over to clean her house. I grabbed a roll of paper towels and a bottle of Windex to clean the windows and started with the window in the front door. My white paper towel turned a deep yellow as I wiped that glass. Every window was like this; coated with a thick layer of gunk from her cigarette smoking. Remove a picture from a wall and the wallpaper behind it looked new. Everything had a nasty coating on it. A teenager I was and yet I continued to smoke, not caring at all about what was transpiring before my eyes, not to mention the health problems my grandmother had from cigarette smoking and alcoholism, the last of which was responsible for her early death. Anyway, I don't think I've ever been successful at getting anybody to quit smoking. Everybody that I know who quit smoking did so because they decided they had enough. I don't think I could convince anybody to quit because the addict has to be a part of his/her own rescue.

Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus (for the rest of us)! lol

I wondered all the time when I smoked but don't give it much thought these days. I know one thing is for certain, no matter how I leave this life, I won't be doing so as a smoker. Smoking is very unhealthy; we all know this and most knew it when we lit our first cigarette. No matter the extent of damage done, perhaps some reversible and some not, life is going to go on and I feel that every second I'm alive is a gift. I plan on living forever so there's that too. :dirol:

Welcome, Elsie! I used to be the the best hypochondriac and always had one foot in the grave. Not anymore as I also kicked that habit decades ago. ;)

I'll be praying for your friend, you and the doctors and nurses.

Welcome, Gypsy. :)

I've not seen that but have been looking for another series to get into since I finished Stranger Things and Goliath. I'll have to check it out. :)

NOPE!!

Woot-woot! :dirol:

I like Joe Rogan's and Bill Burr's.