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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

A summary of the last seven days.

Day 1: Not so bad. Zyban and the Patch don't seem to be having any significant effects, but I'm doin' okay.
Day 2: Going insane. When the craving comes, it brings friends. I went out & bought a pack. Smoked most of it that day & evening. Still smoked less than my former average of 1-2 packs/day.
Day 3: Finished the pack (3 cigs). Had no further smokes.
Day 4: sneaked a few puffs from my brother-in-law (with his aid). Jaws ache from clenching teeth.
Day 5: (Ditto). Jaws still ache, but not so much.
Day 6: Made it through the day w/o smoking at all.
Day 7: No smokes today. Still edgy, but I haven't had a smoke.

It ain't easy, but it's getting easier.

--Baloo

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Good for you Baloo! Keep going!

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Didn't run over anyone on your way to work?

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Posted by bryce (Member # 42) on :

Keep going Baloo; you can do it.

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

*applauds*

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

YAY BALOO!! .... Keep up the good work!!

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Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

Keep it up, you doing well!!

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, not to get picky or anything, but, judging by your summary of the week, shouldn't the title be "Not Smoking. Day Two."? ;-)

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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :

*clapclap*

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

TSN: The process began seven days ago when this thread was written. If you knew how much I smoked before, you'd know 3/4 pack is almost nothing by comparison.

According to the stop-smoking program I'm in, "falling off the wagon" and climbing right back on again (you'll note that my use tapered rapidly after that point) is an expected difficulty. If you beat yourself up for giving in to the craving, you're that much less likely to succeed. Rather, you look on lapses like that as bumps in the road, and press on.

It's quite apparent you've never had to deal with an addiction. Good for you, but please don't be so smug. It isn't very becoming.

--Baloo

P.S. Day eight's nearly over and I didn't cheat once. The cravings are less, too. I think by tomorrow I can be civil with very little effort .

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Ack! Can't anyone take a joke? You'd think people around here would be used to sarcasm by now...

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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :

*senses sarcasm in Tim's post*

Accck.. no... nevermind...

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Day 9: Didn't put patch on this morning. Instead, I put it in my pocket so I could put it on later if I needed it.

I didn't.

Each day the cravings are weaker. They come and last only a few seconds instead of 20-30 minutes.

Cool.

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Posted by Jedi Weyoun (Member # 110) on :

Good job, Baloo! That's so cool! :-)

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Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :

Baloo...I remember EXACTLY what it was like when I stopped smoking. I went cold turkey...no patches nothing. I didn't drink...cos it made me wanna smoke...I ate kids food...lots of chips and beans..cos REAL food made me wanna smoke..n pubs no clubs. I became a hermit. I will never forget when I did after everal weeks go out for a meal how fabulous the wine and salad dressing tasted...it was like i was tasting them for the first time. Wait until you get your full tasting capacity back...its worth giving up ciggies for all over again!!

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