Susana

Sorry... I was on my phone... I can´t edit from my phone... :( Still... pledging twice has never harmed anybody :good:

Well, I have no family to see grow up, I have no retirement pension to enjoy after I´m too infirm to work, I´m generally healthy so even if I smoked two packs a day I´m not very likely to die of smoking before I die of liver failure or... boredom, really. I just want to quit smoking because it costs a lot of money, because it stinks, and because it enslaves me. If I had a 30 y.o. stallion toyboy who stank, cost a lot of money and tried to tell me what to do... I´d send him packing too. Maybe my flimsy goals are a reason why I relapse so much.... :-(

OK then I will not smoke today NOPE :-)

OK then I will not smoke today NOPE :-)

You arrived first... you are in charge of the drinks trolley ;)

Well done!!!!! :)

Who else wants to get on board tomorrow for a fresh cool gorgeous fun quit? Special carriage at the front of the train all set up just for us... Plenty of seats still available.... and they are free! Only requirement is a positive attitude and willingness to give it a serious try.

Thanks. It is actually getting cooler as in from tonight... as the weather woman says. I´ll be OK. Good night.

I´ll be OK.

OMG Jenny! You have just surpassed yourself... that is soooooo cool. See Leanna! Very special celebration (and blimey! blonde hair does suit you!) :) :) :)

it is indeed a tryumph... or whatever the spelling indeed... Identifying triggers early on is so wise of you! Well done on kicking them from day one! If you don´t want to smoke, the battle is won. So concentrate on that. You are doing fantastically well! :good:

For the last three or two weeks we have been suffering a heatwave here. I is not just the high temperatures, the worst is the humidity. You spend the whole day wet. It´s nice to be in an air-conditioned environment, but as soon as you step out... and walk 20 metres (to the next air-conditioned environment) you are soaked. The air is heavy. I can feel the pressure in my legs. I think I´m not fat, I have just expanded. I can´t sleep. I spend the night playing with the aircon remote and I go through the day like a zombie. I look terrible (no make up, no heels, frizzy hair). I feel terrible. I´m blaming all this for the hardship of my quit lately. I just want to feel well... I don´t want to smoke, but my junkie brain (my chimp) gives me that offering, the poor thing, thinking it will help me feel better... It is hot. And it is hard. Has anybody ever felt something like this... or is my brain just melting away? ( at least now I´m looking at excuses NOT to smoke, which is a nice change coming from me)

:)

Look who´s posting... Can you bl**dy read YOURS? These are the stats that keep me grounded.... either none or .... 5,000 or 12,000 or 500,000 None, one at a time. Edited to add: I have actually checked my own... and I can´t believe that in this seemingly short time I would have smoked nearly 1,000 cigarettes. Mind boggles. Please check your ticker. NOW.

Beards are all the trend at the moment... Any more members with gorgeous bearded pictures? Ideally male members, but everybody welcome ;)

Thank you for your example and contribution! Well done on two years! :good3:

Not a bank holiday here, unfortunately :( ... but N.O.P.E. all the same. :ok:

My vote goes to.... CELEBRATE! :give_heart:

It is not really an statistic, but in Spain 90% of the cost of a pack is tax. That is another good reason not to smoke. I pay enough "compulsory" tax already, to keep paying also "voluntary" tax. And 100% of smokers quit. Some quit voluntarily, some quit by doctors orders, and some quit just briefly before... you know...passing In my experience the success rate is close to 100%. I don´t know anybody that has seriously tried to quit and hasn´t quit in the end. OK, maybe it took them more than one try or longer than one year. Like getting your driving licence. In Spain 40% of those who sit the theory exam fail it... from the other 60% that go on to actually do the practice test, 50% fail. That statistic looks even worse than the smoking one, doesn´t it? Come to Spain and you will find it hard to find anybody over 30 that hasn´t got a driving licence - wanting one, obviously. That statistics that have been doing the rounds only count each one try and each one year. They are bulsh** . Statistics like that are based on polls. Polls are bush** too. Not those polls we do here, of course, those are scientifically proven methods of study and important decision-making tools ;)

I remember being down to my last fiver before pay-day and spending it on cigarettes instead of food. If I was downright broke I can see myself begging to get money for cigarettes... hang on, I have done that too... :( (begging from friends, that is, not outside the shop). Actually... Would I be desperate enough to beg outside the shop to get cigarettes? Hmmm.... gosh I honestly hope I will never be in a situation to have to find out, not because I am not that poor but because I do not smoke any more. I see in my ticker that I have "only" saved around 200€...that is nothing compared with some tickers around here. But I would happily pay double that for the peace of mind of not having to check my wallet constantly for change (the cashpoint is almost 4 Km away). One of the reasons I quit has been, top of the list, the waste of money. That and the freedom. Even before health reasons. Good that these benefits all come together :P

She has to want to quit. If she is not even curious enough to take the wrapper off... she is probably terrified of even facing the truth of her addiction. You are offering the best help possible: your example. One day. Surely :good:

Googling "podcasts".... I can only think of Bakon´s avatar... :wacko: Edited: you guys are so techy-savvy! :huh: