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MADE IT FOR A WHILE STARTED AGAIN AND NOW GOIN TO QUIT AGAIN HELP!!

paula19
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OKAY YOU ALL KNOW ME QUIT 23 TIMES!! MY LAST QUIT WAS MARCH 27TH 2008, I WENT ABOUT4 MONTHS AND HATED IT, I STARTED TO LIGHT ONE UP HERE AND THERE IN AUGUST!! WELL I DID IT I SMOKED A COUPLE A WEEK AND BY THEN END OF AUGUST, I WAS SMOKING 5 ADAY AND STILL AM!! WELL NOT BAD!! (WRONG) MY LUNGS CAN'T TAKE THAT 5 A DAY AFTER SMOKING A PACK A DAY FOR 35 YEARS!! IT FEELS GREAT EMOTIONALLY THOUGH!! I REALLY CAN'T SMOKE MORE THAN THAT 5 A DAY, BUT MY LUNGS ARE HURTING AGAIN, MY THROAT, AND HEADACHES, AND I'M GETTING COLDS AGAIN!! SO ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONLY BEEN SMOKING 5 A DAY FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS THIS WILL STILL BE HARD, AS MY ADDICTION BECAME EMOTIONAL MUCH MORE THAN PHYSICAL!! I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS COLD TURKEY THIS TIME, BUT SCARED BECAUSE OF MY MOOD SWINGS!! THEY ARE BAD ALREADY!! SO INSTEAD OF THE NICOTROL INHALER (WHICH KEEPS ME PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DEPENDENT, BECAUSE YOU ARE HOLDING IT LIKE A CIG AND INHALING IT, I WILL TRY THE GUM!!! I NEED TO PUT THEM TO REST NOW FOR GOOD!! I WOULDN'T OF EVEN BOTHERED, I WAS HAPPY WITH ONLY 5 A DAY, TILL I REALIZED THE ONLY REASON I SMOKE 5 ADAY IS BECAUSE MY LUNGS ARE KILLING ME!! SO YES, THAT I CAN CONTROL, CAUSE IT HURTS BAD!! I NEED THE SUPPORT TO SMOKE ZERO A DAY NOT FOR A MONTH OR A FEW MONTHS FOR GOOD!! ANY SUGGESTIONS????? AND NO I CAN'T TAKE CHANTIX!! I ALSO NEED HELP WITH THE EATING!! FROM MARCH 08 - AUG 08 OF QUITTING I GAINED 11 POUNDS!! I NEVER LOST ANY OF IT WHEN I WENT BACK, PROBABLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T GO BACK TO MY NORMAL AMOUNT!! I HATE VEGGIES AND LOVE SWEETS!!! I NEED TO CONTROL BOTH I CAN'T GAIN ANOTHER POUND, AND I CAN'T SMOKE!! I AM STARTING TOMMOROW, SUNDAY 10/11/08 OR MONDAY 10/12/08!! I WOULD LIKE TO GO DOWN TO 3 FOR THE DAY TOMMOROW AND THEN QUIT ON MONDAY, BUT I MIGHT JUST GO AHEAD AND TRY FOR SUNDAY COMPLETELY!! THANKS FOR READING!!
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