Tyme2B

You're right Bakon....gotta do that for a positive, winner attitude but ugh!

Last time I went through this quit journey I had severe insomnia. Prescription meds...the whole crappy deal. The darned insomnia has already started. I am better prepared for it this time but man, I sure could do without it. Hopefully it won't last long this time. At least I don't have to get up for work, but I know that keeping a regular schedule is best for sleep rhythms. I just want to be able to sleep! It will help get me through this. Anyone else with having trouble getting to sleep? Once I'm asleep I stay that way.

Sazerac, thank you for reposting Babs' story. This post is so powerful it scares the crap out of me. I've read it over & over. I have smoked for 40 years. I WILL make this my final quit. I want to live & more so I want to live a good quality of life. Coughing, fear, months & years of promises to myself, the stench of cigarette smoke in my hair & on my clothes, hiding my dirty little secret....NO MORE! I WANT TO BE FREE! And only I can make that happen for myself. It's a choice but it's a necessity of a healthy lifesyle choice. And that power post makes me all the more determined to succeed. I CAN, I WILL. My personal pledge to Freedom.

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Thanks Everyone! I will stay close & beat this filthy habit. I WANT to quit forever. My seatbelt is fastened Tiffany...tight! And Doreen, Bakon, Sazerak....I remember you all...thanks for being there. I'm feeling a bit down but not going crazy....yet. I know the drill. I can do this. And I know how happy I will be once I beat this. I once said "how could anyone ever go back to smoking after going through what it takes to stop". Well I'm eating my words! Yuk

Tiffany I'm just back too and I hate smoking as much as you do. I WILL win this battle & so will you! It takes guts to do this girl but I've done it once before & I WILL do it again. It hurts. It sucks. It's hard. But We CAN & WILL do it. You're on your way girl. I'm Day 1. You're ahead of me. Keep it together. Congratulations on your one month! And best of luck.

I want to be a non smoker. Despite a 6 month quit, I fell off the train for one year & 3 months. I have tried unsuccessfully to stop smoking during that time off the train but I now realize I need the support this group provides. I have cleared up stressors in my life that were all too easy to blame for smoking. But, the blame is mine & mine alone. I now have a stomach ulcer & I must succeed. I am pledging myself to my sticky quit today. Any support would be greatly appreciated....again. I WILL stop. I WILL NOT greet my upcoming birthday as a smoker. Today I have become a non smoker.

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Thanks to All!!!

Thank you so much! Will see if I can download a few pics Nancy :). Just a Town Hall marriage. Bakon you are hillarious! Lol!

Hmmm! More action gets my attention lol!

Thought this was an appropriate place to share good news! We eloped 11 days ago! I must share my 5 yr old Granddaughter's comment with you after she heard Nana & Papa wete married ha ha! "Do you mean Papa was really Nana''s boyfriend?" Too funny! We are happy & excited about our news!

Last I heard from Jackie she was taking a break but hopes to be back soon!

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Tyme's here....hiding in the shadows....back on the Train. Happy to see familiar names & faces!

Unfortunately I have not done so well. Back on the Train. Somehow I have to quit this habit & I am having one hell of a time doing it. I'll be here....trying....one day at a time. Celebrating Day 1.

CPK has accomplished one year of NOPE! Congrats to her!

My Doc told me it takes about 10 yrs to heal the damage to our lungs from smoking! But we gradually improve throughout that time. Yes we will always be ex-smokers but at least we have progressed to non smokers and we have started healing.

I'm staying clean...no smoking. You are so right TEW. Vile, insidious, evil killer.....strong but true words. I can't believe that 40 yrs ago we actually smoked in hospitals....Staff & Patients! Knowing what we know today OMG!

Are you ok Michelle?

So happy you beat this Evelyn! You are awesome! XX

Jess come back! I got lost too but I am doing this NOPE again. We have to keep going. We have to win!

Great post! OMG! Please Don't EVER take another puff & lose your Quit. I am back at Square 1 and SO regret it after a 5 month Quit. Don't do what I did. (And I already know I'm a window licker, bakon). Right now I just think Smoke & Die...and NOPE.