Kicking the Sticks!

[nightingale2u 42]

LOL... forgive me... I've been up since 3am... you mentioned your surgery date in your post... :ermm Best of health to you in regards to the banding and the no-smoking!

Darcy

[claraluz 2]

Great job for sticking it out this long. I have been smoke free for 20 years. I used anger to help me quit. Anger can be very empowering. I just thought about all of those cigarette company CEO's standing before Congress and swearing that cigarettes are not addictive. I thought of how they wanted to keep me hooked so they could get rich and I could die.

I also thought about wrinkles. Smoking is poison to the skin. Somehow that was more motivating than thinking about disease sometimes.

Keep up the great work!

Nancy

[nightingale2u 42]

Thanks Nancy...

I could always tell when someone was a smoker when I would give an injection at the clinic I worked at... the skin would be tough as could be. I wouls also look at some of our heavy smoking patients and see that they looked so much older than their years. I don't know why that didn't spur me on to quit... I mean holy cow... it's bad enough to be getting older... I sure don't want to LOOK older than I am! It's a terrible habit... I wish they would just take the darn things off of the market. Oshkosh just officially went Non-smoking... businesses are up in arms and smokers are really ticked off... ME... I am like WOO HOO!!!!!

Thanks again for even more encouraging words!

Darcy

[Graceful One 4]

Darcy,

What patch did you use? Do you feel it helped? I'm considering quitting...PM me and let me know!

[nightingale2u 42]

Hey Jen...

Sent off a PM to ya... yes... the Patches really do help!

[nightingale2u 42]

Well... as some of you know... I quit... made it 14 days and then started again. :mad: My hubby left on a fishing trip and daughter went to her Dad's for Easter vacation and I was ALLLLLLLLLL alone with my car, my keys, my purse and a straight shot to the mini mart. Soooo... I did... and I puffed... and I couldn't wait for my Hubby to get home so I could quit again. I felt HORRIBLE... I smelled horrible and not to mention the fact that I failed once again!

So... here I go again... Kicking the Sticks part two... this time seems easier than the last... already sleeping better and so far sticking with the crazy diet the dietician wants me to follow... down eight pounds so far... hope that pleases them enough to let me see the surgeon for my consult.

Darcy

[Debra 0]

Hey, nobody said it would be easy! But, it's obviously something you want to do. Losing weight and quiting smoking and deciding to have major surgery ... Darcy, you rock! You'll do it! No worries!

[nightingale2u 42]

Thanks Debra... Maybe giving the dumb things up will become more of a habit than the habit??? If I could just go back in time... I certainly never would have started smoking. I'm just going to try and keep myself so busy that there won't be time to miss the sticks! I bet my house is going to be A LOT cleaner...lol. THanks for the encouraging words... keep your fingers crossed for me.:mad:

Darcy