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Post by Dot on Jul 29, 2010 20:05:37 GMT -5
I've recently come back here after a long absense, some smoking years, and some not. I just looked at the "go here first" thread I had started....would you believe JULY 2004?  There have been almost 14,000 messages posted in that thread! I wonder where all those posters are? And how many could we have helped? When I quit this time, my thoughts immediately went back to the old "just4u" group, that was so active and so funny. Anyway, if anyone happens to peek in here, please post and share. Dot d 55 |
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Post by Don on Jul 29, 2010 21:30:38 GMT -5
Just me and the dog for a little while. Came back from giving him a long walk. Good to know I have the lung capacity for long walks. Hips and knees are anothe story.
Yeah Dot it's been a long time, a long road. Many have moved on with their lives, smokeless or not. I admit that my smokeless life takes a big chunk of my life, but I remember.
I remember J4u and all of us literally struggling and relying on the shoulders of others just to get us through the minutes of a craving, let alone a day.
No regrets on quitting. No regrets AT ALL on quitting. Looking back on life, quitting was one of the few things in life that was a decision of my own and one that I know was made correctly. My kids have no recollection of me as a smoker. Hopefully that aspect alone will have some impact as to whether they ever take a puff on their own. They do know how I view smoking and how evil it can be.
Dot, I am glad you still stick around here. Glad to see you still fight the good fight.
If I ever win the lottery I hope to travel and meet you all personally for you all have been a great inspiration to me.
Gawd all the names that have passed thru here! I hope they all took something positive from here.
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Post by Flo on Jul 30, 2010 13:37:36 GMT -5
I'm lurking! It has been very quiet over the summer and I was a bit lonely coming on the site but it's about self-drive and self-discipline isn't it? I think we all learn that when we start our quits. No one else can do it for you and it has to come from deep inside oneself. It's that conviction that keeps you from slipping. A memory comes back right now of me in my quit, oh say a month into it, and I'm going out for dinner with a couple of friends from work - who both smoke - which is what brought us together to begin with isn't it - though they were both sterling people and I had a great evening - well, we were waiting for one of the others to join us but she was held up at work (for an hour and a half!) and we were quite starved waiting and we went through the bakery...well, if that is not a test of will I don't know what is - but I had been so committed to my quit and getting through urges and craves that this one with hunger, heat, still craving cigarettes, was a real test and I just kept walking, gritting my teeth...and then that evening, while we had a picnic by the beach, it was also a test as they lit up...those first few months were like a high in that I was so full of oxygen that it was like walking on air...well, I passed the four year mark in May and I'm doing so great. I still can't get over that I quit smoking as smoking was like a part of my identity and indeed my identity has changed over this quit. I'm a better person now. I am seated more firmly in my soul. The quitting not only frees you of nicotine and gives you better health but the quitting process itself makes you tougher and more disciplined and more focused and you can apply those new skills to many other aspects of one's life. No, it's a wonderful thing being free of cigarettes. I'm even a size smaller now. I wore a summer dress yesterday and I had to look twice but the belt was at the smallest place and I wore it like that all day with no effort. Sweet.  |
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Post by dorothyh on Dec 4, 2010 22:13:41 GMT -5
WAS JUST ON MY MIND TO POP IN HERE TONIGHT.
IT HAD BEEN SOOO LONG I FORGOT MY PASSWORD AND HAD TO REGISTER AGAIN.
HUBBY AND I ARE STILL QUIT.
HE HAS MORE YEARS ON ME SINCE I SLIPPED AND SMOKED FOR 3 MONTHS.(grrrrrr)
ANYWAYS HE KEPT HIS QUIT.
WE EXERCISE ALOT AND PROBALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IF WE STILL PUFFED ON THE CIGS.
IT IS NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE OLDIES ARE STILL IN HERE.
THEY SURE WERE A BIG HELP TO ME WHEN I FIRST QUIT..
DOROTHY:
1/7/2004.
ROGER:
12/18/2001.
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