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  1. jillar
    REZ
     
    Posted October 19, 2015 
     
    A lot of people try but not all of them make it!
     
    When the climbers are in base camp, they are excited, anxious, and ready to start,
    just like us smokers when were getting ready to quit, we are excited, anxious, and ready to start!
     
    As the climber pack up for the trip, they pack food and supplies, and maps,
    Us smokers pack our gum, patches, pills, and the Quit Train!
     
    Some climbers practice to get themselves acclimated to the mountain by take short day trips,
    Us smokers have had our practice by cutting down or by seeing how long we can go without one!
     
    Camp#1 at 19,600 feet, Some climbers are thinking can I do this as the cold is starting to set in,
    Us smokers day#1, Were thinking can I do this as the no cigarette in hand withdrawal is setting in!
     
    Camp#2 at 20,700 feet, Some climbers are thinking what have I got myself into,
    Us smokers on day#2, Were thinking don't know if I can do this as the cravings are strong!
     
    Camp#3 at 23,000 feet, Some climbers get worried as some fall to altitude sickness and go back,
    Us smokers on day#3 are worried as the nicotine withdrawals are to much and some go back!
     
    Camp#4 at 26,100 feet, Some climbers feel the lack of oxygen and warmth are too much to endure,
    Us smokers on day#4 feel there body is out of wack and the lack of nicotine are too much to endure!
     
    THE SUMMIT at 29,029 feet, The climbers who have endured all the hardships have made it,
    Us smokes at day#7, The ones who have endured all the cravings have made HELL WEEK!
     
    But,
     
    Unfortunately more climbers have been lost on the way down then going up, they get careless and are eager to celebrate there accomplishment and loose there footing on the way down.
    Us smokers can also loose our footing too and start to think that I can do this so maybe I can have just one or two and I will be able to quit again but unfortunately many have relapsed thinking this!
     
    Unfortunately some climbers suffer from frost bite and loose a finger, toe, or are scared,
    Unfortunately smokers can also loose some appendages, get COPD, or worse!
     
    Climbers who have made it up and down Everest safely have accomplished something that only a handful of people in the world have done.
    Smokers who have made it down the mountain through week two without caving in to nicotine have also done something I think is just as hard or if not harder to do, they made it though HECK WEEK!
     
    A climber now can get ready for there next mountain to conquer,
    But us smokers always need to be ready for the next crave!
     
     
    So I think being an ex-smoker is more of an accomplishment then climbing Mt. Everest!
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/6149-quitting-cigarettes-is-like-climbing-mt-everest/
     
  2. jillar

    The side effects of quitting smoking

    By jillar,


    General
    Jenny
    Quit Date: 05/24/2012
     
    Posted May 24, 2014 
     
    There are many side effects of quitting and some can be really uncomfortable.  You may experience some or all of the symptoms below but rest assured it's temporary.  These symptoms won't kill you,  but continuing to smoke most certainly will.
     
    Headaches or a general heaviness. This is a classic smoking withdrawal symptom, often caused by your sinuses clearing out.
    Shaking, sweating or feeling very cold.
    Coughing, hacking, runny nose, wheezing and shortness of breath. Seems strange to get these when you've quit, but your body is ridding itself of years of tar and built-up residues. In other words, at last taking the opportunity of having a good clean-out.
    Insomnia is common. Well, it is stressful to quit and break your normal patterns. As with all stress — good or bad, sleep challenges can surface.
    Sour stomach or stomach pains. Your digestion might get out of whack for a little while.
    Pains, pains, pains. Some smokers get stomach cramps, sore gums, pains in chest... pains anywhere. Your mind and body are going through a healing crisis and they are going to remind you of what they are missing.
    Tiredness and a general zapped feeling.
    Mild depression or sadness. There goes your best friend that you turned to in need. Tobacco was always handy to blot out your worries and give you your fix.
    Anxiety. The jitters and fear of facing life without tobacco might try and overwhelm you.
    Boredom and loneliness. There are now a few gaps in your day to fill up. A smoker spends a lot of time hanging about either smoking, rolling or buying and preparing things for their habit.
    Anger or short-temper. Despite making a positive change in your life, this can still be stressful. All life changing events, good and bad are seen by the body as stress. It's not necessarily bad, but it can cause you to over re-act and be a bit on a knife-edge for a short time.
    Be kind to yourself during this time.  Get extra rest and avoid stressful situations when at all possible.  Exercise is a wonderful aid in helping the body and mind.  Most of all believe in yourself because you are a warrior!  You got this!
     
     
     
    --The list above are statements I have found and identified with from various articles .-- Author (s) unknown.
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/1431-the-side-effects-of-quitting-smoking/
     
  3. jillar
    babs609
    Quit Date: 07/13/2012
     
    Posted March 5, 2015 
     
    I am so looking forward to Spring...and as much as I complain about winter and wishing I lived in a more Babs friendly climate..I love Spring Fever!  It's a feeling that those who live in milder climates don't experience.  Seeing colors come to life, the birds singing a lovely tune at 6:00 am, the sound of lawnmowers, the smell of rain and fresh cut grass.....oh , i could go on and on!!! 
     
    With this change of seasons, for many...comes triggers!  Many of you are are facing Spring for the first time as a non smoker and you may experience some restlessness in response to these milestones. For example, even though you are enjoying breathing in fresh air as you sit out in your yard on a nice sunny spring day...your addict will remember you sitting outside with a cigarette...associating the feeling of peace and tranquility with the cigarette, rather than just the feeling of being there...enjoying the moment.
     
    That being said....let's focus on what you are looking forward to this Spring as a non-smoker....
     
    Even though this July will be 3 years since I quit...I am still looking forward to going on a hike.  I love hiking but as a smoker I would have to stop every 100 feet and breathe...and of course...after I would catch my breath..I would smoke.  The first year I quit smoking..it was easier.  Last year, easier yet!  I can't wait to see how far I can go this year!! 
     
    I also look forward to keeping up with my 2.5 year old granddaughter on the playground and not be out of breath. 
     
    What are you looking forward to....as a non smoker in the next few months??
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4679-so-lets-have-that-chat-about-change-of-seasons/
     
  4. jillar

    COPD and Smoking

    By jillar,


    General
    jillar
    Quit Date: May 29, 2016
     
    Posted May 28
     
    As many of you know I was officially diagnosed with severe emphysema and COPD after I had respiratory failure in January of 2020. Most of you also know that for years I was struggling with breathing issues that I was told was asthma. In the two years leading up to my respiratory failure I went from 110 pounds on a 5'5" frame to just 79 when I was admitted into the ICU. My prognosis at that time was pretty grim, get better or go home on hospice. But either way I was also going home on oxygen. Since then I have put most of the weight back on and continue to feel myself get stronger each day. So then what's the point of this post you may be asking and its this....
    I found a great group for people with COPD on Facebook which is ironic because I never used Facebook pre pandemic but the group is awesome. So many people that can relate and answer the many questions those of us newly diagnosed have. Much like our community does. 
    Here's the sad part, I read post after post from members of that group still smoking. Some are on oxygen and still smoke!  I of course pass our site on to them and I hope they find their way here. Its just really sad to see. There's even a few who's Drs have refused certain procedures because they're smoking. Life saving procedures too I might add.
    COPD is a progressive disease with no known cure. It can be slowed with proper medications and quitting smoking. Sadly we can have it for years and not even know it until we get an exacerbation. Mine was thought to be asthma. 
    My day consists of trying to keep my 50' oxygen tubing out of the walkways and from getting caught in the doors. I'm embarrassed to go anywhere because people will be whispering things like "that's what happens when you smoke" etc. My poor dog and cat also have to dodge it while I'm walking down the hall to feed them. Its no way to live.
    I'm not looking for any sympathy I just want to put a brutal face to this terrible addiction in the hopes it helps someone quit or keep their quit.....
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/15648-copd-and-smoking/
     
  5. jillar

    The Secret

    By jillar,


    General
    cpk
    Quit Date: 02/04/2015
     
     
    Posted March 21, 2015 
     
    What will I do today?
     
    There's a smorgesbord of things ...
    Because it's officially Spring
    and
    I don't have to think about not smoking every minute.
     
    This is real freedom.   (The Secret)
    I don't have to white-knuckle it.
    Just apply light attention. Vigilant, but not heavy-handed.
     
    I have earned this freedom.  But this day? ~~~ it's a gift.
    How many days I threw away to smoking ~~~ So many!
    (shameful)
    But not today. :wub:
    I feel happy. (Birds chirping) That's all. Easy-peasy.
     
    Happy Today to all.
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4838-the-secret/
     
  6. jillar

    Stupid things that smokers say

    By jillar,


    General
    action
    Quit Date: 12 Oct 13
    Posted May 6, 2014 
     
    I think this would be a useful thread to remind ourselves what we used to be like when we were smokers…
     
    There is a person in my office, who is probably mid-twenties and is a smoker.  Our cleaning lady (an elderly lady who I believe is an ex-smoker and always says exactly what is on her mind!) was speaking with him about him smoking and asked him (as you do) – when are you going to give up smoking?  What happens when you get cancer and it’s too late? (she has a way with words don’t you think!).  Anyway his reply was:  ‘IF it gets to that point, I will just keep on smoking, if it is too late…  It’s not just smoking that causes cancer – walking down the street breathing in carbon monoxide from car exhausts increase the risk of cancer.  Besides, I enjoy smoking and I could get hit by a bus tomorrow anyway…'
     
    I was sitting quietly just listening, thinking – did I used to sound like that?  Was I so in denial that I would lie to myself (and everyone else) to justify that I could carry on smoking and it would be OK?  And believing all the lies I was feeding myself?  The answer is yes, I was that person just 7 months ago.  Addiction sucks 😞
     
    So, has anyone else heard any ‘good ones’ lately?
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/1185-stupid-things-that-smokers-say/
     
  7. jillar

    Too Late to Quit

    By jillar,


    General
    El Bandito
    Quit Date: 27/01/2014
     
    Posted April 5, 2014  
     
    I have smoked for 30 years, Man and Boy. 
     
    I started at 13 years old. Usual stuff - I wanted to be cool, grown up.
     
    I quickly got into my stride - comfortably putting away 2, 3 packs a day throughout my twenties and thirties. I had a couple of goes at quitting - the usual stuff - girlfriends nagging, a health scare or two. A couple of times I was quit for months at a time.
     
    Then, change of girlfriend or emotional trauma and I was back to a pack a day and more.
     
    In the back of my mind, I knew that I was a smoker for ever. My family all smoked.
     
    Some people are non-smokers who smoke - and some are proper smokers. I am a proper smoker. A cigarette looks great in my hand. It suits me. Bad cold? I can smoke through it. Freezing outside - I can go out in a tee shirt - a man has got to smoke.
     
    As I moved into my 40s, it was getting harder to be a smoker. Bans everywhere. Hell, I didn't even smoke in my house!
    But quit? Nah - it's too late for me. I'm a proper smoker. I have a stressful job - and need to have a smoke. 
     
    ......
     
    UTTER UTTER NONSENSE 
     
    Nobody is a proper smoker.
    Nobody looks good with a cigarette. They just look addicted.
    Nobody suits a cigarette.
     
    Cigarettes cause stress - not relieve it.
     
    There are many many way ways to quit smoking. Information on pretty much all of those ways can be found around here. Here you will also find people just like you - people who quit years ago, months ago, weeks ago, yesterday. We help each other. It's what we do.
     
    So - if you are here for the first time, are just having a browse, or believe that you can't quit - because you are a 'proper smoker' - do yourself a favour read some more. 
     
    Two final things.
     
    1. Every successful quit starts just like yours. Decide to quit. Believe - And you will
    2. I'm a proper non-smoker. Check my signature below...
     
    Anyone can quit. Why not do it?
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/254-too-late-to-quit/
     
  8. jillar

    Expect, Detect, Reject

    By jillar,


    General
    MarylandQuitter
    Quit Date: 10/07/2013
     
    Posted March 14, 2017
      
    When I first quit I found that I could obsess about wanting to smoke, if I let myself.  You'll drive yourself loony if you fixate on this.  I expected to have craves.  Expect, Detect, Reject.  Turn your thoughts to something else and by that I mean do something physical.  I would get up and start doing something because it would force me to focus on what I was doing, instead of what I wasn't (smoking).  I can tell you that it doesn't take long before the craves do away, especially if you train your mind to deal with these unwanted thoughts. 
     
     
    I Want One!
    Video discusses how to stop the internal debate that often occurs after quitting.
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHvi6dwLanA
     
     
     
    Will I Ever Stop Thinking Of Cigarettes?
    Most people overestimate how much of a battle staying smoke free will be once they quit smoking. This video discusses how people will generally stop thinking about smoking, and much sooner than they usually think.
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8310BI-euJw&list=PL8EB359C247D3FE6C&index=13
     
     
     
    Frequency And Duration Of Thoughts And Urges
    Smokers often want others to tell them how many urges they are likely going to have when first quitting smoking, how strong will they be, how long will they last and will they face these urges for the rest of their lives. This video addresses these concerns and gives some practical advice as to how to deal with urges when and if they do occur.
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRQVdXv7Is&feature=em-upload_owner
     
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/8192-3-min-my-ass/ 
     
     
     
     
  9. jillar
    Sirius
    Quit Date: May 27, 2014
     
    Posted May 23, 2017 
     
    ...and now you don't get rid of me that easily.   :rtfm:  
     
    When I started my quit I found that time was my enemy.     
     
    I fought for each moment to stay nicotine free.   :hunter:
     
    The moments became day-to-day issues.
     
    Then just occasional cravings.  :unsure:
     
    Eventually time becomes your friend again.  
     
    More time in the day to do things other then poison yourself.  :paint2:  
     
    More total time in your life to enjoy (bonus to lifespan).  
     
    More money (lack of smoking expense) to enjoy the more time you have. :beach:  
     
    Holy Guacamole; more time AND money!?!?  :party:
     
    You gets your cake and gets to eat it too??  :yahoo:
     
    Moreover your time is of better QUALITY.  Can taste and smell better.  Less coughing and illnesses. 
     
    Smoke free means you are a better Lover (you don't smell/taste like an ashtray).    :girl_in_love:   
     
    Now we are at:
    More time.
    More money.
    Better time.
    Better love.
    if you need more and better reasons you need a serious and comprehensive reality check.
     
    The Quit Train is Happy to see you.
    :welcome:
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/8557-one-year-commitment-completed-and-now/
     
  10. jillar

    10 Steps to Relapse

    By jillar,


    General
    beacon
     
    Posted June 11, 2014 
     
    Saw this some where else, not sure if it has bern posted here or who wrote it...
     
    Ten Steps to Relapse
    1. "Try" to quit.
     
    2. Idealize life without smoking.
     
    3. Associate your daily problems and disappointments with the fact that you're not smoking.
     
    4. Begin to buy into the idea that you are more miserable now than before you quit.
     
    5. Start responding to your problems with, "If this keeps up, I am going to smoke" then add "anyhow" then add "so why suffer anymore?".
     
    (Alternate 3-5)
    3. Associate your success with the idea that you have licked the nicotine habit.
     
    4. Begin to buy into the idea that you could smoke without getting hooked again.
     
    5. Follow-up this idea with, "I have not smoked in ___ days/weeks/months/years" then add "I have not had any cravings" then add "I could have just one").
     
    6. Buy, borrow or steal a cigarette.
     
    7. Find a quiet, secluded place where you can be alone with the substance to which you have attributed all power and promise for fulfillment of your needs.
     
    8. Feel yourself calming down even before you light up, which is actually the Nicodemon ceasing to scratch at your insides as you prepare to feed the addiction.
     
    9. Light-up and suck in all the poison you can get in that first drag, while beginning the battle against being disappointed in yourself, noticing that this fight is not half as ferocious as it was to get the nicotine.
     
    10. Within a few hits, feel dizzy, cough a little, smell the stink, and realize you are  not going to stop smoking that cigarette, you will keep smoking despite the bad feelings, and wish you had not given in.
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/1631-10-steps-to-relapse/
     
  11. jillar

    Anxiety Antidote

    By jillar,


    General
    cpk
    Quit Date: 02/04/2015
     
    Posted May 17, 2015 · IP 
     
    It has taken me awhile to figure out that the anxiety I have been experiencing since week 6 of my quit (now in week 15) is not directly related to quitting.
     
    Not smoking is the peaceful part of my life.
     
    The anxiety was there before I quit. I probably used smoking to try to keep the anxiety in check. I don't recall having "anxiety attacks" when I smoked.
     
    I have opted to use natural supplements, which are helping. This weekend I picked up a workbook on using DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) to quell anxiety through cognitive and emotional restructuring --- that is, simply put, training my mind to not be anxious. I need to reprogram the software in my brain.
     
    I had gotten in the habit of being anxious. I now need to learn how to do life in a new way.
     
    I know that people sometimes relapse because they find they are more anxious not smoking and feel they can't cope. They think it is because they miss smoking. This was me in the past, before I joined QT and got educated. I never even considered that my anxiety had nothing to do with quitting smoking.  I used smoking to try to calm myself, but that probably made everything worse! I certainly felt like a physical wreck, and it's pretty hard to cope when you have smoking related headaches, respiratory distress, fatigue and a host of other physical problems. Now I have none of these physical problems.
     
    The good people on this site prodded me a bit to look closer, and to observe what was going on with my life. That is the beauty of QT...that quitters know the journey of self-discovery takes time and patience. (I especially remember Tracey suggesting this in a very gentle way.)
     
    I was a little bummed out to realize this state of being anxious was something lurking beneath my smoking addiction. However, accepting that this is something I have to work on is far better than endlessly relapsing, which is very bad for self confidence.
     
    Strength to strength. I think I read that somewhere on this site. That's how I see the non smoking journey. Moving forward, growing, and evolving. Saying n.o.p.e. is the first step.
     
    Lurkers who may be reading this...there is great HOPE --- and the promise that you will never again have to experience a disappointing relapse.
     
    I know I was like many...feeling scared to try to quit again, just thinking it would end in relapse.
     
    There is a way...to never, never, never relapse again, and to forever embrace the freedom of not smoking. The way can be found right here, right now, on QT.
     
    QT helped me to see I never again have to think about relapse because I have the skills now to be a nonsmoker for life. I have freedom from smoking forever
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/5348-anxiety-antidote/
     
  12. jillar

    The best things about not smoking

    By jillar,


    General
    larklibby
    Quit Date: 8th March 2015
     
    Posted April 18, 2015 · IP 
     
    For me, the best things about not smoking, becoming a non smoker, are the small things. I have never been driven by 'how bad' smoking is for your health, of course, clearly, smoking is terrible for your well being. Somehow, my brain had learned to navigate around that fact, because of the nicotine, the drug; It was dismissed - 'it won't happen to me' attitude. So finding a driving factor for my quit has never been clear cut, until one day I had a moment of clarity.

    The day I threw away smoking out of my life, the day before I found this wonderful website, I saw sense. I had been thinking about quitting for about a month, but as ever with a quit 'it was never the right time'. So I had been soul searching for a reason that I know would help me achieve the quit. Of course I had the normal reasons: financial, health and 'you ain't getting any younger!' And then after 25 years of smoking, it hit me, it was obvious. I realised that nicotine had control over me.

    I was in every sense a 'slave' to a drug. A junkie. 

    My day would be structured around smoking. Did I have enough smokes. When I would smoke. Do I have enough smokes for tomorrow? All this would go through my head first thing in the morning, sometimes even before bed the night before. It seemed normal.

    To not have that constraint on my thoughts and movements really is an indescribable euphoria. It's finding inner freedom, shaking off a dependency that gave me nothing. All the things I thought I couldn't do if I stopped smoking, I can, and better: Socialise, be creative, and concentrate. 

    Yes the first two weeks were a bastard nightmare, but, I would do it again in a blink of an eye if I knew it would get me to where I am now. 

    Even after just a month, I feel brilliant. A million times better than I did after having a smoke. I still have a journey I know, however whenever I now get the urge to smoke, I visualise a prison cell in my head, and say to myself if I smoke again I will be walking back into that cell. It works, it works for me - I will never want to lose this feeling I have.

    So anybody thinking about stopping smoking, not only look at the health and financial aspects of smoking, but see it as taking back control of your life, take the helm back - it's yours. 
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/5141-the-best-things-about-not-smoking/
     
  13. jillar

    Who's in Charge?

    By jillar,


    General
    cpk
    Quit Date: 02/04/2015
     
    Posted March 28, 2015 · IP 
    When you were a smoker trying to quit did you sometimes wish you could buy "just one"?
     
    In my town a few stores used to sell single cigarettes. The singles they sold were stinky and stale and expensive, and it was like the tobacco industry was laughing in your face like "gotcha!" you will even buy a stale cigarette. What's next?, picking butts up out of the gutter?
     
    Sure, you can bum one. But then when you get home, and it's late, and the demon's awake? Then who's in charge?
     
    When you relapsed, do you remember thinking, "I wish I didn't have to buy a whole pack... I only wanted one, or two." ?
     
    When you relapsed, do you remember thinking, "I just bought this pack today and it's full. I'll quit tomorrow..." ?
     
    When you relapsed, did you find a crushed up cigarette pack in a pocket, with one or two left ? Do you remember your jolt of pleasure?
     
    The tobacco industry knows. It knows it's in charge because you are the addict.
     
    That pack of 20 -- those industry devils must have had it figured out --- the average amount in a day's supply for the addict. A smoke or a couple every hour, just enough to keep the fire stoked...
     
    Hell, if smokes were sold as singles...you might have to work harder to get from one smoke to the next...there might be time...to THINK.
     
    The tobacco industry doesn't want thinking smokers on its hands. It wants addicts.
     
    It's a powerful thing to quit. It's a powerful thing to wake up in the morning and feel deep down inside, "I'm in charge. I drive the bus. I say what I do with my time today. I spend money on things I like today. I am a free person today."
     
    The tobacco industry devils aren't going anywhere. They are at the edge of the parking lot, with their brass knuckles on, blowing smoke downwind, towards you. They want you addicted. They don't want to politely offer you "just one" --- they want you addicted to one times a billion+. When you're dead they will step over your body and stalk the next victim.
     
    So, who's in charge of YOUR WORLD today???
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4925-whos-in-charge/
     
  14. jillar

    99 Day Learning Curve

    By jillar,


    General
    cpk
    Quit Date: 02/04/2015
     
    Posted May 13, 2015 · IP 
     
    Today I have 99 days not smoking. Ten things I've learned:
     
    1) Quitting smoking is a process, not an event.
       Online forums are part of the process, offering education and support.
       All quit aids are a personal choice.
     
    2) Time and Patience build a strong quit.
     
    3) N.O.P.E. is THE KEY.  Not one puff ever. "Slipping up" here and there causes relapses, and allows the addiction to get an even stronger hold.
     
    4) "It gets better."  See #2 for how it's made better.
     
    5) Guard the quit for the first year or even longer. A successful quit takes dedication, commitment, and accountability.
     
    6) The hard won quit is sometimes the strongest quit. However, an easy quit isn't better than a hard quit, and a hard quit isn't better than an easy quit.
     
    7) Eventually, the good days will outweigh the bad days. There will be occasional bad days (even towards one year) but they are not a forever thing. If this weren't fact no one would stay quit. But millions do! Quitting is do-able.
     
    😎 Some issues are caused by quitting smoking, some are not. It takes time to figure out what's what. It's part of the process.
     
    9)  Romancing smoking is foolish. Smoking never made anything better. That's a lie.  Smoking is a disgusting, harmful, filthy, stinky habit.
     
    10) Every quit is unique. Some quitters prefer a soft touch instead of tough love. Some quitters would rather not talk so much about quitting, and just get on with it. Some quitters experience the quit as serious business, while others take it as a lighthearted romp ~~~ most experience a bit of both.  ALL who practice N.O.P.E. are winners, 
     
    N.O.P.E. is the KEY  ~~~  Day-by-day, hour-by-hour, and sometimes minute by minute.
     
    GUARD THE QUIT ~ KEEP THE QUIT ~ N.O.P.E. FOREVER !!!
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/5324-99-day-learning-curve/
     
  15. jillar

    Lies

    By jillar,


    General
    Nixter
    Location: Nebraska
    Quit Date: 6/7/15
     
    Posted June 27, 2015 · IP 
     
    So basically what I'm figuring out is that cigarettes and nicotine are big fat liars. For all those years they kept me at their beck and call by making me afraid. I was afraid to quit because I thought I wouldn't be able to have fun without a cig. LIE. I was afraid to quit because I thought it would be too hard. LIE. I was afraid to quit because I thought every day would be like day 1. LIE. I was afraid to quit because I wouldn't be "me" without my smokes. LIE!! I am telling you, I feel more joy at social situations than I ever have!! Why? Because I can concentrate on having fun instead of worrying when I can sneak outside for a cigarette. I physically feel soooo much better already. And I'm also really proud of myself. But I have to be honest and say I'm a little pissed that I was duped for so long. Anyway, I'm so happy to be a non smoker. Thanks for being here for me!
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/5558-lies/
     
  16. jillar
    Cristóbal
    Quit Date: 14 October 2012
     
    Posted May 19, 2016 · 
     
    When our quits are young, we must learn and then practice in a conscious manner, to disconnect and keep separate our quits from all life events.
     
    We learn to always keep our quits sacred, protected, and never influenced by any life event that may happen.
     
    This dynamic we may call The Proper Sequence, and it is powered by your commitment to Never.Take.Another.Puff. (NTAP).

    It does not matter what may happen on any day in your life......as long as you maintain in a conscious manner The Proper Sequence dynamic as a primary element of your quit, you will not smoke.

    The Proper Sequence is:


    YOU --> QUIT --> LIFE.

    •NOT•:

    YOU --> LIFE --> QUIT.


    By maintaining this simple sequence dynamic in your quit, you will not ever have your quit influenced by life events.
     
    If you always keep your quit close to you, protecting it with your commitment to Never.Take.Another.Puff (NTAP), you will never, *EVER*, smoke again.
     
    We build our quits, and train our minds, our emotions, and our spirits to live as non-smokers in beautiful freedom by continuing to commit to NTAP. as our way of not smoking, and our way of slowly putting this awful addiction to sleep.

    Consciously adding The Proper Sequence dynamic to your new non-smoker identity will strengthen your quit even more.
     
     
    Cristóbal
     
    (Posted on Day 364)
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/7018-your-quit-your-life-the-proper-sequence/
     
  17. jillar

    The Guadalupe River

    By jillar,


    General
    This post was written by a member of another forum by the name of jwg and brought over to preserve it. And although I never knew him his ability to write about his addiction and his approach to dying spoke to me. RIP jwg.....
     
     
    A lazy Texas river spanning form Kerr county Texas to the San Antonio bay on the Gulf of Mexico.  If you ever need to find a place to relax enjoy the sunshine while refreshing from the hot Texas sun, nothing beats a lazy day tubing down the slow winding of deep greens and blue. Some place your arm able to reach down and feel the stones polished by the millenniums. Hiding secrets of the Alamo and days gone by. A sacred place, where no worries in the world can follow, No troubles from work are allowed to enter, only you and your desire to be at peace can break the waters edge.
     
    In my resent ventures over this past summer I had the opportunity to experience the river , its majesty and glory , Not only was I with the river I was with the finest people in the world to share the experience. By day floating lazily carefree and by night telling stories lounging about the cabin or sitting under the stars on the porch, cooking out burgers some night or fajita’s..
     
     
    I often think of that trip and the fun we all had, to go back in time , even in memory can be so nice . Some days we would float solo or holding hands keeping close together. other days we banded are pack together by twine and traveled the river as one , like a Robin Hood and his merry men , or maybe Tom Sawyer and some of his boy hood chums.
     
    One particular day we were going solo , but I lashed the tube with the cooler to my rig
    6 hours or so , surly you need some sort of refreshment and maybe even pull up on to  a clear shore line for  a bite to eat.. And so we did. After lunch two of are young explores
    Decided to forgo the tubes, swim a bit and comb the bottom of the river for secret hidden treasures,, Lost sunglass or the mother load a Iphone or other such valuable loot.
     
    Now with no use for there tubes , the young explores piled them on top of the cooler . So there I was, in my tube tied to a stack of three tubes and a cooler. To which the wind had greater strength to control then the  slow easiness of the river current.
    Some times I would find the wind speeding me along , while others the wind dragging me back and my group of merry band of men flowing down the river far in front of me.
     
    While still enjoying the river the ride and the scenery I really had no control of the speed of my travel , to which side of the river I would coast. Sometimes the wind would bring me in to the tree line . Catching me on limbs and others casting me out into the deeper waters. Basicly I was at the mercy of powers much greater then myself..
     
     
    As history repeats itself ,, this is where I find myself once more, only today laying in my hospital bed.
    With each  day that passes more tubes are added to my burden, and now with each tube the wind carries me faster down the river then we could have ever imagined.
     
    Just a few hundred yards back the option of chemo loomed in the air to slow the winds and the current giving me more time to enjoy the river, but now once  more due to powers beyond my control I find myself helpless. My illness grows faster then can be controlled.
     
    I am at peace, I am comfortable. I am in my tube enjoying every last minute of my ride
    Down the Guadalupe
     
    I can not see the end to the river nor do I look forward to its end..
     
    I have my friends , I have my family , I have you all , and I have the love of a beautiful women , my angel, my everything to comfort and care for me
     
    I love you all
     
     
    And will to my best keep you posted
     
     
    In the mean time
     
    Don’t put things in your mouth and light them on fire !!
  18. jillar

    nicotine replacement therapy

    By jillar,


    General
    babs609
    Quit Date: 07/13/2012
     
    Posted March 2, 2015 · IP 
    It's not what you think...at least not in this post.
     
    Many people who "attempt" to quit smoking hope and pray for it.  They just crush their last few cigarettes when they are sick of themselves...of course, they just put out a cigarette when they do this so they feel all brave.  (20 min later--digging through the trash to find those cigarettes--I admit-I did that)
     
    Then you have those that do quit--they just "put it down" and never looked back.  My dad was like that.  One day..he just decided and never once did he claim to have a hard time.  He never took a puff after that...not one.  It's people like him that all smokers look up to...hoping one day that we will wake up and just not want to smoke any more.  I waited for that moment for 15 years and it never happened.  Not for longer than 2 hours anyway. 
     
    Most people who have an addiction--whether it's to smoking, food, drugs, alcohol, people, sex...whatever it is...they can't just "put it down" without a replacement.  There has to be a plan...there has to be an alternative.  Simply refraining from smoking is not enough...even though that's all you have to do to stay quit....one day at a time, just NOPE.  But still...something has to be put in it's place.
     
    This is why many quitters who are not fully educated about the addiction gain weight..or drink more..or may engage in other activities not healthy for them.  Their life and situation gets worse and they blame the fact that they quit smoking....when in fact it was because they didn't find a healthy alternative.
     
    For me...that replacement was exercise, meditation..and eating healthy.  It's become my new addiction.  Makes perfect sense since quitting smoking is all about taking care of myself and healthy living....I love it and I don't mind that I'm a little obsessed with it.  I dream about running sometimes...and when I am heading to work and see someone running..I am jealous and want to be running too...I am constantly looking up new healthy recipes and finding fun activities I would like to try that involve fitness or just "moving" like kayaking and rock climbing..I bought a bike over the winter and can't wait to get on it.
     
    What's your Nicotine replacement therapy?
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4645-nicotine-replacement-therapy/
     
  19. jillar

    Are you a Slave to the Nicotine?

    By jillar,


    General
    JackiMac
     
    Posted March 17, 2015 · IP 
     
    Nicotine is a monster that comes along and takes you captive, it entices you in with promises of a sweeter life, it promises to give you stress free moments, make you a more sociable likeable person, you want to be slim and look cool, nicotine says it can do that for you, you can be an it girl a man of the moment because you smoke.  
     
    Errrm hang on a moment  let reality have a second to speak to you, nicotine is a chain that wraps itself around you, it enslaves you with its addictive drugs, it pulls you in with it's lies, see all the stress that you think nicotine can solve, only you have control to deal with your stress, learn deep breathing (oh I forgot you can't because smoking has damaged your lungs).  You think your an it girl, HA, it girls don't smell of smoke or have a face full of wrinkles and smokers lines, Man of the moment yeah whatever the smoking has dulled your senses, you can't run for that ball anymore.  Your not a sociable person, are you really, everyone is looking out at you not wanting to join you but feeling sorry for you because you are a slave to the nicotine.
     
    If someone said to you see that cliff over there jump off it, would you? No I didn't think so, why would you answer No, because you are not stupid, are you, your in control of what you do, you know that if you jump of that cliff, you will probably die.  So if I offer you a cigarette surely your answer should be the same, No thanks, why would you answer No, because your not stupid, you are in control of what you do, if you carry on smoking you will probably die.  
     
    If you are a slave to the Nicotine, its time you broke free of the chains, take back control of your destiny, take back control of your life. Begin a new journey, one that leads to better times.  The journey will test you at times, but isn't that what we call life, and last time I looked life was for living.
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4800-are-you-a-slave-to-the-nicotine/
     
  20. jillar

    Mind games

    By jillar,


    General
    babs609
    Quit Date: 07/13/2012
     
    Posted December 9, 2014 · IP 
    wrote this a while ago and just came across it.  Thought I would share it. 
     
     
    As I was driving to work a couple of weeks ago, a song from my past came on the radio.  Instantly put me in a good mood.  I was singing along, bopping in my seat happily as i drove to work.  The song triggered a memory for me...a happy memory.  I was in a good mood all day because of it.
     
    Fast forward 2 weeks later..a song came on the radio that made me sad.  Triggered an emotional response and i was sad for just a few minutes.  In the past, I probably would have let that sadness permeate into the rest of my day as well..but I have learned through practice and the process of quitting smoking, that we are in control of our thoughts at all times.
     
     We do not control environmental circumstances that may trigger a thought, We do not control a thought that just pops in our head that came out of nowhere.  We DO control what we do with it that moment.  Decision time.  Focus on the feeling.....or just accept it for what it is and move on.  It's a thought...a fantasy...a made up story in your head.  It's not real.  It may have been real in the past but reliving an unpleasant memory was bad enough the first time....why torture yourself.?  Same is true for the future....all made up fairy tales.
     
    What's real?  Whatever it is that you are doing that moment.   Not the crazy talk in your head. This moment is all you are guaranteed.  The future is now.  
     
    Same thing occurs when you are triggered to smoke.  It's a lie.  a fantasy.  a made up story in your head.  Our minds are our toolbox..filled with wonderful tools that were picked up along the way in our quit journey.  As you pick up these tools, you learn to apply them to practice.  Each time you do, it strengthens your quit.    After repeatedly doing the same things over and over..Mantras, coming to the board, reading posting,, drinking water, exercising, writing in a journal...whatever tools work for you...eventually they do stick.  They become automatic.
     
     You become amazed and so happy and excited that you have finally found freedom.  You see the glimpse that it is doable.  It's an amazing journey newbies!!  Embrace it.  Don't fight against it.  Every Time a craving comes....smile and say "BRING IT ON!!!"  Because you know that it's GO TIME..a chance to use the tools.  
     
    Use the tools to control the chatter.  Question your thoughts....and you will most likely find...you are full of crap.  Get out of your own way and let the healing begin!!
     
    I love my freedom!!!  You will too!  .  
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/3735-mind-games/
     
     
  21. jillar

    The First "No Thank You"

    By jillar,


    General
    Rooster
    Quit Date: 1/1/2014
     
    Posted January 9, 2015 · IP 
    Hi everyone, in preparation for a night around some smokers I wanted to write down an accomplishment from yesterday which I will be repeating as many times as necessary this evening. My first no thank you. Since I stopped smoking, I was pretty surprised at how easy it has been relative to my expectations. I had prepared for the worse, but I have realized over the last few weeks that I really hadn't been buying many and as such didn't have very many triggers. I did have one however, the offer.
     
    As I had scaled back my personal smoking, only my social smoking remained, and it was something I was happy to have remain. I was quick to jump on any offer for a quick jump outside, either at work or with friends. This I knew would be my big obstacle.
     
    Well, last night I went out to dinner with a friend (my new roommate) who smokes occasionally. Dinner was great and we had a few drinks, another common partner of smoking with me. As we left I knew what was to come, I had run through the scenario in my head to prepare and it had always ended in awkwardness. I had shared my quit with him, but out of habit and some twisted sense of generosity he offered me another out of his pocket. There they were, the pangs, the slippery devil saying, well maybe just one... the fear of missing out. But while I did feel that impulse for a second it was followed by a "No thanks, I don't anymore" and everything dissipated. No awkwardness, no real compulsion anymore, just two friends walking home in their new reality.
     
    I know this is just one win, and it will need to be repeated maybe hundreds of more time, but I immensely proud to have gotten over what for me is the big obstacle of trigger. As I had out tonight to enjoy myself at a favorite bar, listening to a friends band with a crowd of people, some of whom I've known for 3/4ths of my life and some of whom smoke, I am comforted and invigorated by this victory and the knowledge that I have all of you in my pocket, just a few clicks away, supporting me on this journey. Thank you all so much.
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4130-the-first-no-thank-you/
     
  22. jillar
    Colleen
    Ginger
    Quit Date: 6/2/13
     
    Posted January 2, 2015 · IP 
     
    We all have a moment or two (sometimes more) after quitting and see our former self in a smoker.  We see a smoker doing something unbelievably ridiculous.  Something that we as smokers, did or easily could have done.  As a smoker, it would have have been impossible to realize or if we did realize, we just didn't care...the addiction was that powerful.  I have lots of habits I buried with my smoker self.  Was reminded of one today.
     
    I took my grandmother out today, she needed some shopping done and had a quick check up at her oncologist's office.  She is 89 and hard of hearing, with moderate COPD  so she needs a little help.  She had a basal cell carcinoma on her scalp removed and another was found and that was removed as well recently.  She is in the clear, next check up not till the spring.  Please wear sunscreen people, anything that is exposed to the sun needs protection.  
     
    Anyway, clearly I've run away from my point.  We parked and turned around to the entrance of the oncology clinic.  A woman leaving the clinic opened the door and lit up a cigarette.  Never mind that you are on hospital grounds and no smoking is allowed.  An oncology clinic, HELLO what are you thinking?  Have you lost your ever loving mind?  These thoughts and more raced through my head.  As we approach the door, she hold the door open for us, blowing smoke right at us.  I tried to be discreet in covering my nose and mouth.  I have mild COPD that has been behaving very well since I quit smoking and refuse to breathe in smoke.  Meanwhile, my grandmother has that constant cough and inside my head I am starting to fume that the woman holding the door blowing smoke in our faces just doesn't get it.  Then again, she is an addict and won't understand until she is removed from the source.
     
    Thing is, as a smoker none of that would seem strange to me.  I did a lot to get my fix as a smoker, hiding behind bushes to smoke when I shouldn't have.  
     
    It made me think, what were your irrational behaviors as a smoker?
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4046-irrational-behaviors-of-smokerswhat-were-yours/
     
  23. jillar

    The story of a mountain girl...

    By jillar,


    General
    Ladybug
    Posted August 22, 2014 · IP 
     
    I am a "mountain girl" and I know a thing or two about hiking. I was born in a small village in the Alps, directly on the boarder between Italy and Austria, hiking was mandatory -not optional. There was an old joke going around about babies being born with hiking boots, skies and a backpack and I assume its still being told until this day. Not so far off the truth, I have been told I could ski before I actually walked. 
     
     
    Sometimes tourists came to town and stayed for a while in houses like ours. They paid for "room and board" and were treated like King and Queens. Some of us were "hired" for guidance and it was serious business. We all knew the way through the forest and through the mountains; we knew what to show them and where to go to. All of us were able to guide them, however the hiking part was something they had to do on their own -very often for our entertainment (if I may say so). At first I was just the assistant, but then I got my first group alone when I was 15 and I was filled with pride. I planed the tour for days; I knew in which cabin we would eat, where we would rest and I packed my backpack with care. I knew from others that I could run into problems with the tourist-folks. A first-aid kit was needed, because some of them would get blisters as big as tennis balls, just because they went hiking with brand new fancy boots (really?) Some emergency food, flashlights, flares and some other "stuff" and I was ready.
     
     
    I got up at the crack of dawn and collected my tourists and off we went. I showed them the mountain in the distance, the one we would all climb and I got a mixed reactions. Some were excited and couldn't wait to be up there and some felt overwhelmed and started doubting themselves just by looking at it.
     
     
     
    It only took one or two hours depending on traffic (hayrides and tractor pick-ups) and we reached our destiny and could start our real hiking tour. The beginning is always the hardest, especially when it starts with a steep rise right away. I could hear them huffing and puffing and some wanted to turn around right from the start -like that was an option. It got better after a few hours, we left the treeline behind us and hiked in a steady pace, surrounded by beautiful vegetation and animals.
     
     
     
    There wasn't much complaining anymore, they pointed out the different views and enjoyed the tour. We took some breaks, drunk fresh cow milk and ate the apples and butter-sandwiches that we had packed. Even the shortest break somehow recharged the "complaint-department" and some of them started whining again. They wanted to "turn around" and just go back, they were complaining that their bones were hurting and that the tour was just too much, much more then they expected it to be.
     
     
     
    They really didn't have a choice, turning around was only a option in emergencies and they knew it. Some people are just born complainers, they will find a "hair in the soup" before the soup is even served. They expected shortcuts, more breaks and they were wishing for a cable lift and an easy transport right to the top.
     
     
     
    Of course that didn't happen. I was a tough girl, cracked the verbal whip (or played just dumb) and we continued our hiking tour. 
     
     
     
    A few hours later we made it to the top and were rewarded with a breathtaking view. Some just sat there quietly and took it all in, others made a big fuzz out of it. But we all were proud that we made it to the top. Now everybody was just in "awe" and even the one who complained the most, were finally quiet and just filled with pride and joy. Numerous pictures were taken, later on the evidence when they would talk about their hiking tour back home.
     
     
     
    I often read "I just stopped smoking...please pray for me" and I never really knew what to say, until today when I found this quote.
     
     
     "There are too many people praying for mountains of difficulty to be removed, when what they really need is courage to climb them."
     
     
    Isn't the road to freedom of an addiction like a hiking tour in the mountains?
     
     
    You don't need prayers, you need courage and strengths. Start hiking and don't look at it as being a difficulty, look at it as being the road to success. Hike without looking back and without complaints, look forward and think about how you will feel when you reach the top. No shortcuts, no help from a cable lift...just you and your addiction. Take it all in and look forward!
     
     
    Guidance is available at places like  https://www.quittrain.com -you don't have to "hike" alone, other ex-smokers will be on your side. It's similar to the AA meetings just online and it feels so good to talk to people who understand how you feel, because they all have started there on the foot of the mountain ones.
     
     
    In the future when I will read "I stopped smoking, please pray for me" a link to this post will be my answer 🙂
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/2384-the-story-of-a-mountain-girl/
     
  24. jillar

    Constant Mindgames?

    By jillar,


    General
    ssharonsif
    Posted August 25, 2014 · IP 
     
    I read way back and thoughts it might be useful to those who end up in a relapse, or in fear of giving quitting another crack.
     
    Bear in mind Dr Steve Peters calls the limbic part the 'chimp' and the 'human' is the frontal. Hope this helps in understand why it's not about will power.
     
    All information goes to the chimp first. The process is always the same as you go about your daily routines: in every situation and action, all input goes through your chimp first. The chimp then decides if there is anything to worry about. If there is no concern then the chimp goes to sleep and hands over to the human.
     
    So I personally see now how my craves just stopped, I often say went to sleep because they did.
     
    If the chimp is concerned, then it will hold on to the blood supply in the brain and will make it's own decisions on what is going on. The human and chimp both think in the here and now and both interpret as they happen. The human interprets things a calm and logical manner. The chimp interprets things in an emotional manner.
     
    The chimp and the human can work effectively together. The chimp with its instincts and drives can keep us safe and healthy. It can tell us when to eat and sleep, and warn us of danger and how to deal with it, or when there is something it would like to engage with to fulfil its own desires. ( smoking )
     
    It is the norm for most of us to run on emotion throughout our day and there is nothing wrong with this. Problems arise when the chimp gives us a suggestion that is not appropriate and we then allow it to control us and don't know how to stop the chimp from dominating us.
     
    Why can't we take the power off the chimp and make decisions?
    The simple answer is that the chimp is more powerful and acts more quickly than the human. A real chimpanzee has five times the strength of a human. In the same way, you can think of your emotional inner chimp as having five times your strength. There- fore, you must learn to manage the chimp if you are to be the person that you want to be. A non smoker
     
    It is no use trying to control a chimp with willpower. I call this 'arm- wrestling the chimp'. We all learn at about the age of three that will power in not a very good way to do most things. It only works when the chimp is asleep, indifferent or agrees. When the chimp has a different agenda then willpower goes out of the window. So we must learn different ways to deal with the chimp.
     
     
     
    I can see for myself that both time and patience gave my logical brain (human) the tools it needed to work effectively with my chimp. So obviously my chimp lost the constant here and now need to light up a cigarette, which obviously gave me the much needed peace I cherish. You find your own ways obviously, many use education, some NrT, some just saying NOPE is enough, we are all different.
     
    I just wrote this out as I thought it might prove helpful to those out there who get frustrated with the constant inner mind wars that go on, instead of feeling weak I hope it helps you understand what is actually going on.
     
    The book is The Chimp Paradox, by Dr Steve Peters. Not a stop smoking book, more of a control the inner thoughts book.
     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/2422-constant-mindgames/
     
  25. jillar

    Mindset Really Is Everything

    By jillar,


    General
    babs609
    Quit Date: 07/13/2012
     
     
    Posted August 23, 2014 · IP 
    There have been discussions recently about NOPE and how it doesn't resonate well with some.  I understand that feeling.  When I was fresh in my quit the first few months, I wanted to believe those that have quit before me.  I wanted their sense of peacefulness and satisfaction with life without the cigarette.  I just couldn't imagine it and the daily restlessness that was occurring made it even more difficult to wrap my brain around it.  
    I tend to have a scientific mind.  I want proof of things.  I had a hard time just saying NOPE...
     
    But one thing I knew.  These people weren't stronger than me.  They weren't special.  I was not more addicted nor was my circumstances any more unique than theirs.  I have had tough times in my life..just like them.  So, I decided....I am just going to "go with it".  I will put all my faith in NOPE (blind faith).  I will eat, sleep, drink, laugh, and walk NOPE.  ( a few times when I craved, I would actually go for a walk and with each step, over and over I would chant the letters N.O.P.E, not one puff ever...smoking is not an option.  Over and over...over and over....(took a peek; no--still unsettled, still not feeling it)  so...continue...NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE
     
    Finally finally finally....around the 6th month..i started to really feel it.  I got it. 
    Doesn't mean I always felt it...the first year was a struggle at times...I'm not gonna lie...but once i "got it"  I knew I would "get it"  again.
     
    Just got back from a vacation.  I am more than 2 years quit.  Vacation was peaceful and relaxing...sometimes too peaceful and boring at times....those were the times i would have filled the void with a smoke.  Especially because the person I was with smokes like a chimney and was constantly out on the balcony puffing away.  My cravings this past week were incredible.  No weaker than they were 2 years ago.  The difference is...I know better.  I know it's a trick...I know it will pass...and I know I will be a happier, healthier person because of it.
     
    So.....I went for a lot of runs to burn off that energy.  It worked...I came back a non smoker...and 3 pounds lighter! 
     
    So you see.....it matters not how long you are quit.  There are people who have quit for 15 or 20 years who still want a cigarette at times....and some of them..because they are not educated about nicotine addiction...they actually stayed quit "in spite of" themselves and their thinking.  They think they gave something up.  When in reality, they escaped. I am grateful I am not one of those people.  Could you imagine refraining from doing something you desperately want to do for 20 years...day in and day out??  no....not me..and if that was the case....I would never have quit smoking.  I would have resolved to stay a smoker for life.
     
    It really is simple...it really is easy...and NOPE is really truly the way for me.  It really is.
     
    Easy peasy
     

     
    Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/2399-mindset-really-is-everything/
     

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