Tuesday October 6th 12:00 pm

[barbt12-30-2015]

That is the day I smoked my last cigarette.

I am sitting here at work...ya I know, anyway something really smells, that is what happens when you quit smoking right, you start to smell everything! So I am looking around thinking what the hell smells....Well  I decided last year to get chickens. I usually ware my boots to feed and water them and I switch my shoes to come to work. So at lunch I go home and get the eggs...not realizing I do not switch my shoes. I have chicken shit on my shoes!!!..... I have been doing this for months....I did not smell the shit until this morning .....after I quit smoking for 2 days.....I guess I should have quit sooner!!! Thank god for the Lysol Nutra Air.

That is my morning story

I truly hate smoking. It smells, puts holes in your cloths, but most of all It makes me so tired all the time. I use to blame it on what I ate...back in the day, but I know it is just the cigarettes. This is my 3rd time......I know last time was my 3rd time but I don't think I even made it a whole day. This is my second day now. I always had trouble when I got off work, It was hard for me to break smoking that time of day. So I decided to quit at 12:00 pm instead of like 9 pm. It seems to be working. This morning it is getting better, but man for a while there it was tough....I know I was not going to smoke but I did want to go home and sleep all day. I am very tired and cold.  I have been here before it is just the withdrawl of the nicotine. I figure now is the perfect time since everything is dying off (Fall you know) It is a good time for me to kill the Nico-Demon. 

I have quit twice before, both times for a year. I am not sure why I keep going back. I really do hate it. This time is the last time. I am not going back. It was really hard to what I call jump off that cliff and stop. Makes no sense right. I figure I can either sore effertlessly down the cliff or I smash my head into the rocks below. So far I am sailing pretty good. Couple updrafts here an there but I manage to straighten them out.

My husband thought he was doing me a favor last night and bought me a pack on cigarettes, I told him this morning that I quit again.....he is probably thinking ....ya AGAIN! The cigarettes are still on the table...unopened....I am thinking of just leaving them there...............of course ...unopened

Thanks for listening

[Jennifer-Quit]

My advise - get rid of that pack!  Read and educate yourself about this addiction and stick close to this site--this is the absolute best place to get support, encouragement, and education!  Best wishes to you!

[TerrieQuit]

Get rid of that pack, you won't need them! You don't smoke anymore! Congratulations on 2 days! The nicotine is almost out of your body! You have come to the right place to quit! Hang in there and stay close to this site as much as you can!

Terrie  94  DOF

[Giulia]

Hi Barb.  Now come on, after all this time you know better than to keep that pack sittiing there.  If you're serious about this - stick them under the sink tap.  Quitting is challenging enough without having the temptation staring you in the face.

I don't think there's anything new that we can tell you that you haven't already learned here.  Since you've quit several times before, for a year, you know HOW to quit.  The trick is remaining so.  If you don't know why you keep going back to it, then THAT is where your focus must be.  Figure it out. Dig deep.   And be free forever.

[YoungAtHeart]

I am glad you are back!

You should think real hard to figure out what sent you back to smoking the last times you quit.  Then - make a plan for how you will handle that situation/place/event differently THIS time.

Insanity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.  You need to do it DIFFERENTLY this time!

Nancy

[Puff-TM-Draggin]

HA!  I LOVE that!

"The cigarettes are still on the table...unopened....I am thinking of just leaving them there...............of course ...unopened."

Because I remember those soft, sweet lies.  Be honest, If you were really thinking of leaving them there you probably wouldn't even be thinking about them at all.  You are really thinking about smoking them; maybe just one, but only if things get too tough, and if you do, you'll promise not to enjoy it.  And then you'll think about leaving the rest of them there on the table, untouched.

I hope I'm not being too hard on you.  Actually, I think it is a positive sign that you admitted to all of us that that pack of cigarettes is still on the table, because you knew what we would all tell you.  You WANTED us to tell you to get rid of that pack of cigarettes.  GOOD FOR YOU!!  And, so as not to disappoint ...

GET RID OF THAT PACK OF CIGARETTES!

[barbt12-30-2015]

Thanks everone. I will get rid of them ... maybe Saturday when I clean. The table is a catch all so the cigarette are under a pile of mail and other cap we throw on there until saturday.