Re: O/T GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT...HERE THEY COME...

[Guest guest]

I have been Smoke-Free and Healing for Two Years, Seven Months, Eight

Days, 1 Hour and 56 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 82

Days and 17 Hours, by avoiding the use of 23,827 nicotine delivery

devices that would have cost me $3,098.14......Doreen

[Guest guest]

Congratulations......

Tomorrow evening is one week for me.

I pray I can avoid exposure over the holiday...

Raniolo

From: Mimi <mimi212@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: O/T GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT...HERE THEY COME...

Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 8:26 AM

I have been Smoke-Free and Healing for Two Years, Seven Months, Eight

Days, 1 Hour and 56 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 82

Days and 17 Hours, by avoiding the use of 23,827 nicotine delivery

devices that would have cost me $3,098.14... ...Doreen

[Guest guest]

Yippee, !! One Week Smoke Free. You've beat Hell Week. Now

onto Heck Week - then Weak Week and Sneak Week - then you'll be one

month smoke free. During the holiday, keep in mind how this first week

has been for you. If you " slip " , everything starts all over again -

withdrawals and everything. Just keep asking yourself " Do I really

want to have to go through that all over again? " . You're doing

awesome. Keep up the good work!!.....Doreen

--- In , CATHERINE RANIOLO <c.raniolo@...>

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> Tomorrow evening is one week for me.

> I pray I can avoid exposure over the holiday...

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> Raniolo

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[Guest guest]

thank you.

 

  I will be visiting my son for the week end and requested he not allow  friends

to smoke near me.  I am so scared I would take the cig right out of their mouth

and INHALE...

I feel adamant I do not want to smoke however I do not feel confident....

Raniolo

From: Mimi <mimi212@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: O/T GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT...HERE THEY COME...

Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 9:48 AM

Yippee, !! One Week Smoke Free. You've beat Hell Week. Now

onto Heck Week - then Weak Week and Sneak Week - then you'll be one

month smoke free. During the holiday, keep in mind how this first week

has been for you. If you " slip " , everything starts all over again -

withdrawals and everything. Just keep asking yourself " Do I really

want to have to go through that all over again? " . You're doing

awesome. Keep up the good work!!.....Doreen

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> Tomorrow evening is one week for me.

> I pray I can avoid exposure over the holiday...

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> Raniolo

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[Guest guest]

Good for you, Doreen! It sounds really impressive when you put it like

this. I'm still thinking of the $40,000 that you said I had saved since

I quit.

Sue

On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at 08:26 AM, Mimi wrote:

> I have been Smoke-Free and Healing for Two Years, Seven Months, Eight

> Days, 1 Hour and 56 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 82

> Days and 17 Hours, by avoiding the use of 23,827 nicotine delivery

> devices that would have cost me $3,098.14......Doreen

[Guest guest]

, the nicotine should be just about gone from your body by

now, so hopefully it will become easier. It did for me. Stay as far

away as you can from any smokers you have to be around. You can do it!

We're all rooting for you!

Sue

On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at 08:51 AM, CATHERINE RANIOLO wrote:

> Congratulations......

> Tomorrow evening is one week for me.

> I pray I can avoid exposure over the holiday...

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sue.   I have personal resolve but that damn craving attacks from nowhere

and is so strong....

 

Good news is the whiff I got entering WalMart today was actually objectionable.

I walked as quickly as this body allowed.

 

Is anyone familiar with an aversion site??

I think it is time to study the negative aspects of smoking so I can hold onto

it when tempted.

 

thank you for caring...

Raniolo

> Congratulations. .....

> Tomorrow evening is one week for me.

> I pray I can avoid exposure over the holiday...

[Guest guest]

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Try this..... http://community.becomeanex.org/

Doreen and I am both members.

From my prior experience, it is a long battle. When I quit for 8mos.

I never stopped having the cravings.

Shirley

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> From: Sue <marysue@...>

> Subject: Re: [ ] Re: O/T GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT...HERE

THEY COME...

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Sue,

Thanks! It is an all day battle. The worse times are when I am stuck

in traffic. Driving is hard but sitting in traffic is the worse for me.

I keep the suckers handy.

Shirley

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[Guest guest]

Congratulation for 1 week and of course congratulations to Clora and

Shirley as well and anyone else that is doing the GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT!! I

quit February 22, 2002 after smoking for 28 years so yes, it can be done by

anyone who wants to quit for themselves but no one said it would be easy.

, I am surprised that your son still allows smoking in his home. I have

friends that are actual smokers themselves, but have quit smoking in their own

homes and don't allow any smoking by anyone else. Each day each of you can go

smoke free makes the next day easier, believe me. Yes, you'll still have

cravings, but they won't last as long and they won't be as frequent. I guess the

analogy is like grief, you may always feel the pain but it doesn't come as often

and it doesn't last as long as time goes by. I am praying for all of you, YOU

CAN DO IT!!! (Isn't this the year for change? Yes, I can!!)

Colleen

[Guest guest]

Hi - it does stink, doesn't it? It amazes me that I smelled

like that just about 2½ year ago. Pretty gross. As for an aversion

site, the best one I know of is www.whyquit.com . They have a LOT of

information and some pretty graphic results from what cigarette

smoking can do to our bodies. Hope this helps.

The group I belonged to referred to those craving attacks as the

nicodemon tempting and taunting you. The craves do come out of nowhere

at times. That is the addiction part of this whole thing. If you can

fight it off, you'll do good. Hang in there.....Doreen

--- In , CATHERINE RANIOLO <c.raniolo@...>

wrote:

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> Thanks Sue. I have personal resolve but that damn craving attacks

> from nowhere and is so strong....

>  

> Good news is the whiff I got entering WalMart today was actually

> objectionable. I walked as quickly as this body allowed.

>  

> Is anyone familiar with an aversion site??

> I think it is time to study the negative aspects of smoking so I

> can hold onto it when tempted.

>  

> thank you for caring...

>

> Raniolo

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[Guest guest]

Raniolo and group;

Haaaaaaaaaaaa. I invisioned this lady walking over to a stranger at

the Thankgiving dinner and taking her cigarette away from her shocked

face and start smoking it.

I hope everyone knows you quit and hide from you especially

when they do smoke. I know what you feel like. All of us that tried

to quit would understand if you did. but hon try not to do that

haaaaa. (sorry everyone a day late answering)

Clora.

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> thank you.

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>   I will be visiting my son for the week end and requested he not

allow  friends to smoke near me.  I am so scared I would take the cig

right out of their mouth and INHALE...

> I feel adamant I do not want to smoke however I do not feel

confident....

>

> Raniolo

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