Its our road

[Karin12]

Hello I am still hanging in there. One day at a time. I have been in hospital again that makes it

so much easier. There are times when you think I cant live with out that ceggie. I have found that

been in a smoke free zone makes you not think of the ceggie until you go back into a situation

where there is smoking, so a lot must be mind over matter. The craving just became to nothing

while I was there. When I came home the thoughts came back again. Having to take a whole

new approach to been at home and changing the things I use to do and places use to sit and

drinking my water. I keep reminding myself why I was in hospital and what caused me to keep

going back in and out my COPD from smoking. I was killing myself not the ceggie killing me like

we love to put it. Its, a long road that we are taking, so lets just keep it up and thank you to all thats

been there for me.....lets quite together.

[GreenThumb3]

Stay strong  you can do it

[Courage]

You have it wrong my friend, you can't live with the cigarettes, that's what's making you sick.  Please read Allen Carrs"s The Easy Way, please....

[Courage]

Trying copy and paste the link but can't figure it out on my iPad. Just search the Internet, it's free in PDF....

[Karin12]

@ Courage. I think you have read my post wrong my friend. I have Quite and

said clearly that, that was the cause of my sickness. All i was trying to say was

how the mind can trick us to believe we need cigarettes (no where did I state I

am still smoking my way to heaven). Your response has really blown me away.

I have read Allen Carrs book and many more. I was trying to say that I am not blaming

cigarettes, but myself for using them that made me sick. If this is my support to

 be insulted by you (my friend) I no longer wish to be a member here (my friend) anymore.

[Courage]

Wow, my apologies, I only meant well.  Feel free to do what you want. No harm intended. 

[Karin12]

@ Courage. So sorry about my blow out. Guess I just felt abit on edge about blogging

and I know you meant it in good faith.  Thank you for replying to my post. I was told to blog for support. I have read Allan Carrs book and have it on book mark. I have also been on Thomas's post. I am really sorry for my reply and maybe we can be friends.

[elvan]

Karin, I know what you mean about not feeling the urges when you are in a place where you cannot smoke. I got stuck at LaGuardia in January for 9 1/2 hours...it was not fun and ended with me getting really sick...that was when I quit.  It was the hardest when I was in my old smoking places and there have been some real trials, I know Courage would not have intentionally offended you, any more than any of us on this road would. We are all traveling and sometimes we hit some bumps, sometimes we fall into some ditches, we are all here to pull each other out of the ditches and help each other over the bumps.  

Blogging is great for getting things out, really.

[Karin12]

Thanks elvan. I feel so bad about the reply I gave Courage as we are all on the same

road. I think I responded with out thinking as people have always judged me about

my health and smoking and now that I am making a efford. I do believe

that all members on this site are here to support each other and really hope that

Courage will understand.  Thanks to all again for the support.

[Giulia]

It's as easy to not think about a cigarette when you simply are not allowed to have one, or when you're in a "smoke-free" zone as it is TO think about a cigarette when you are out of that area.  It's the same as when you're feeling sick, have a cold...whatever.  Many people quit at that time because they have little or no desire for a cigarette.  And then they get better and the desire comes back and they give up their quits because they didn't have to fight much for it to begin with and think it will be easy.  Quitting is not easy.  You have to work at it.

When you can wrap your mind around the thought "cigarettes no longer exist for me," "cigarettes are no longer an option in my life" - the desire to smoke becomes much less.  Being on a desert island where there simply ARE no cigarettes, psychologically puts your head into a mode where you ACCEPT that you can't smoke.  That desert island is the same as the hospital or being on a airplane or in a movie or at a smoke-free workplace.  So part of our task as quitters is to embrace the concept that smoking is not an option any longer in our lives.  When we check that option box, it relieves us of many cravings. 

This is a most amazing journey.  The more we can embrace it, the richer it becomes.  "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at - change." (Wayne Dyer)

[Courage]

No worries Karin, guess it was a misunderstanding.  We're all in this together, it's a commond bond and only all of us could possilby understand what another one of us is going through.

No hard feelings and no harm done.

[Karin12]

Thanks Courage.