[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Congrats,Smoke-free Julie--

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:52:47 -0700 (PDT)

I know it's hard to quit when you live with a smoker.
My mom was a smoker which is why I didn't even try
until I married a nonsmoker and left home. Of course,
back then (we're talking 40 years ago) we didn't know
how bad it was for you.

Maybe you can join Julie. You're only two days behind.
Maybe you can ask your husband to at least please not
smoke around you (my mom later used to go outside so
her smoking and second-hand smoke wouldn't affect the
children -- she diedpof cancer, by the way) but to go
in another room or outside, and think of Julie and
pretend you're with her. (smile)

Cindy



--- Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Julie, 
> 
> Keep with it. There are lots of addictions but I
> think the smoking is the
> hardest. I quit for four years before coming to
> Portland and got hanging
> around smokers and well. I've been trying but
> Haven't been able to yet. I
> live with a smoking and I can't seem to get him to
> do with me. Maybe I'll
> just have to throw him out:) Been thinking about it,
> LOL :) 
> 
> 
> Kaitlyn
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> Life is an inside job and light and love is
> everything:)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Julie Morales
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:20 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT:
> Congrats,Smoke-free Julie--
> 
> Hi, Cindy, and thanks for noticing! *smile* I quit
> for six weeks when my 
> grandfather was diagnosed with cancer two years ago.
> My mother and 
> stepfather, who both smoke, came to visit...and that
> was my undoing, but I'm
> 
> hoping to kick it for good this time. I quit cold
> turkey back then. I've 
> tried to do that again since but can't seem to do it
> this time. I've tried 
> several times since then. Now, I'm using the patch.
> Yes, I know there is a 
> psychological addiction to nicotine, for sure, and I
> think that's what I'm 
> suffering from now more than the physical cravings.
> When I quit cold turkey,
> 
> I'd be tired, really jumpy, just really irritated
> and itching to do 
> something...anything, like I had so much pent up
> energy that I'd blow at any
> 
> given minute. I was wound up like a top. It's not
> that way now with the 
> patch. I'm not tired and can usually keep my focus.
> Not keeping my hands 
> busy is a problem, though, and I know that's
> definitely the psychological 
> aspect of it. It's hard to find things I can do
> that, if I did still smoke, 
> I couldn't do. I can smoke while I read. I can smoke
> while I'm on the 
> computer. I can smoke on walks. The only thing I can
> think of that I can't 
> do while smoking is swimming, and our pool closes at
> 9, so I can't be in the
> 
> pool 24/7. *grin* Anyway, thanks again for noticing.
> Take care.
> Julie Morales, 1 day smoke-free!
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:09 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Congrats,Smoke-free
> Julie--
> 
> 
> Congratulations, Julie, and keep it up. I know how
> hard it is to give up smoking.  I gave it up the day
> I
> got married -- it was part of a bargain with my
> husband-- and for years, literally, I would dream of
> sneaking smokes. I missed it most after meals, and
> during work breaks. When watching television,I
> either
> ate popcorn (not as fattening as chips, though I
> occasionally ate those, too) and did various kinds
> of
> needlework (in those days one didn't have to watch
> tv
> as carefully as one does now) to keep my hands busy.
> Now I still have to keep my hands busy, either by
> ironing or rolling metal ball to keep my hands
> limber.
> 
> So keep at it. It stays hard for a wall, but
> eventually gets easier. Are you doing it cold turkey
> or using a patch or some such thing? My personal
> opinion, despite what some experts may say, is that
> smoking is a psychological addiction, not a physical
> one. I didn't have any physical withdrawal
> symptoms--not like headaches when I stopped drinking
> coffee.
> 
> Cindy
> 
> 
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