Were you a smoker and quit? If so how did you keep it up?
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free skin care · Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:59 pm

Lassie,
Wish I new the name of those damn filters..my boyfriend thought the same as you, find them on the web. I need to google "cigarette filters" or something to the like. Right now I'm in a pissy mood..my beloved child loves giving me a hard time about EVERYTHING Exclamation

He debates every word that comes out of my mouth. Mad

Gosh I could rant...sorry. Feels like I'll be a smoker forever even though I have a love-hate relationship w/cigs.

On a brighter note I went out a bought a bike trainer for my mountain bike. I can now ride my bike in my house. I'm hoping that this type of exercise will help give me more incentive to quit, especially seeing that I won't be able to breath while I ride it Exclamation

I'm doing this for ME..the heck w/everyone else!

Let me know if your girlfriend finds anything about those filters...I really appreciate your help Lassie Smile

Have a great Monday!!

free skin care · Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:24 pm

Just found them on a site calledwww.quitsmoking.com The filters are called "One Step. After reading all the different methods people have tried I'm wondering if going cold turkey would be the way to go..? I need to read up more from that site.

free skin care · Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:35 am

why do you want to try cold turkey ? it is just so hard in the beginning Brick wall

i just found out that my inhalers are defected and i havent been getting the nicotine due to the inhaler not being tight enough..well to make a long story short.. nicotrol is sending me my money back and i have to get a new script. so its almost like i went cold turkey.i was like sucking on a straw with your finger blocking the other end...they also are sending me alot of new cartgidges.i should get them by tomorrow. so this is one of the reasons i have been going thru hell.... these stupid things that cost an arm and a leg wasnt working right.boy am i pissed......at least they are sending my money back.i want a smoke so bad that im ready to kill... i need to be put in a nut ward over this. hmm

.. if ya fail goin cold turkey dont give up.im breathing so much better now. i can feel my lungs... Dancing

but in a pissy mood...goin for the valium bottle.. lol..keep in touch.. did you figure out a date yet ? have a good one. Angel

lassie 1234

free skin care · Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:19 pm

youve done it allthough,and you will get your money back!Be happy and proud of yourself,you deserve it!!!!!

free skin care · Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:28 am

yeah ... i think i should win the lotto for this.. i just been to hell and back Laughing

. but im still jones'in for a smoke though.i walk around the house with my pacifier hangin out of my mouth and a lighter in my hand..and almost tried to light it up .. Laughing

have a good one Wink

lassie 1234

free skin care · Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:13 am

but havnt lost your humor...

free skin care · Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:17 am

ok now i feel better Very Happy

have a good one

lassie 1234

free skin care · Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:22 am

this smiley Brick wall

remain me to "we will rock you" some reason... Laughing

free skin care · Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:42 am

to lifeplyer01, i would check out some of those inhalers...its worth a try. seemed like alot of $$ but i dont know how long they last. but think how much cig's are going up too.and at least its a first step in trying..im paying like 30.00 a week for these things i have.and they are suppose to last more than a week.the dr is going to have to up my perscription. one cartridge only lasts about 10-15 min..so i am suckin that baby Laughing

. then a few min. go buy and i want more... now i have to think.. hmm

how long will it take for me to get off of these thing'ys..i still want to smoke.and its been 16 days now without one.. they say it could take months. i feel like getting locked up in a rubber room for awhile. Shhh

lassie 1234

free skin care · Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:23 pm

Yeah I'm gonna call my doc again and ask them to call in the Rx to the pharmacy. Then I'll ask the pharmacist HOW MUCH?? Yikes!! I don't have to fill the script but it helps to know that I have something available for "withdrawls'. Most people I talk to say cold turkey is the best way to go. Mainly because people end up addicted to gum or lozengers and yes the inhalers. I know a woman who has been chewing hte gum for 4 years and a guy whose been chewing it for 2. Embarassed

See that's my biggest fear--replacing one * spam alert * for another. So I dont' know...will call tomorrow and find out the price without insurance. I'm now in school part-time and I hate the idea of anyone finding out I smoke. Shock

The class is so positive and really into health. Oh well, I'm a healthy thinker...just a foolish smoker. Crying or Very sad

Have a good one and kudoos again to you Lassie Exclamation

free skin care · Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:10 pm

hi,,lol. its funny because me and my friend who stopped smoking also were talking about now.......how do we stop using the puffer and the gum......lololol.well he havent come to that part of it yet..
and i know walgreens here it cost 155.00 without insurance.well today i micro d'd my face with some hefty stuff and boy that felt like i scrubbed all the smoke off...and finally i got some creams to soak in... absoule by lancome. i was having problems with my skin and told not to exfoliate for ten days. so i waited and still got balled up moisterizers. bought all kinds of creams to see if any would work and NOTHING Rolling Eyes

so......i said F--- it !! and used Dr Denese's micro d and scrubed the hell out of it..had a red face for awhile but when i put some cream on...omg. it SOAKED IN Dancing

it just seemed like i scrubbed all the nasty smoke off my cigarette skin..

.(no offence) and feels much better.
also started taking vitamins today..and need a good colon cleansin........ Laughing

well ttyl

lassie 1234

free skin care · Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:36 pm

wow,youre getting quite healthy Laughing

free skin care · Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:29 am

well girls.......its day 20 Shock

and feeling much better...almost sick of my pacifier too... Rolling Eyes

well have a good one.

lassie 1234

free skin care · Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:45 am

WOW!! Lassie, that is really great!! When I quit, around the 3 week mark was the hardest for me, but then I found after that was smooth sailing. Wink

free skin care · Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:20 am

20 days without a cig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Be proud of you,you really made it,I think.... Dancing

free skin care · Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:20 pm

now i should get a present on day 30 from my family ??? dontcha think Laughing

but this is what ill get here is Rolling Eyes

YA GOT ANY MONEY ??? no support in this household.. just my one friend

and you guys

lassie1234

free skin care · Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:50 pm

FOR YA!

free skin care · Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:34 pm

lassie 1234

free skin care · Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:30 pm

how are you(meaned as a question!)

free skin care · Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:00 am

im happy.... Smile

i can breath and feel my lungs.i can smell things different. i wake up with out that cough every morning.but this has to be the worst * spam alert * to every quit. my body has never felt anything like this before.. i dont know what it feels like to withdraw from drinking or drugs but i know cigaretts got to be the worst..besides your body withdrawls the mind withdrawls have to be the worst.. after smoking for thirty yrs.then to stop is like cutting off your hand..your so use to it then for it to be gone !! i cant discribe it. that cigarette was like a part of my body.. where i was my smokes were. i cant remember what if feels like not to have a cigarette in my hand. and now its gone. it was there for most of my life. it's just so hard to explain. IT'S GONE FROM YOUR HAND.i dont look down to anyone who smokes.i look and say.. ooo lucky !! then i smell it and say uhg.i guess there will always be something in my mind that will always miss that feeling of smoking and staying strong enough not to light one up.i never want to go thru what i went thru again. it's like it takes over your brain. and the wanting doesnt go away.. just makes it easier not to want one again. just not to go thru hell and back again.. well i think i went thru the hell part and on my way back to earth.the body cravings are gone. but the mind cravings are still hangin around. this was hell on earth.and if (god forbid) i every lite one up and start smoking again. I WILL NEVER TRY TO STOP AGAIN..i will die smoking... see what kind of * spam alert * this is..I DONT CARE IF I DIE FROM IT.. i gotta be nuts to lite one up again. this is such a big deal to me and i just wish someone at home would say something nice to me about it.they bitched for me to stop. and now that i stopped no body says anything.. i guess kids just dont know ... they think if you smoke all it does is kill you. they dont KNOW the quitting effects it has. except the bitchyness of it. they think ..oh just stop.. well its not that easy. kids just dont understand. i know my kids will never put one in there mouth.thank god.and they are teenagers.they dont wont even be friends with other kids who smoke.well have a good one all. and ill talk to you's later.

lassie 1234

free skin care · Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:17 am

I really understand it,and have such a big respect for what you have done...you are amazing,girl!

free skin care · Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:10 pm

im having a crapo weekend... ooooo if i could only smoke one cigarette.... Shock

but im not.. that idiot husband of mine will not knock me down. my back and feet are killing me and i have no help around this house.. rotten boys too.im just the maid and the bank here. Mad

getting ready to lock myself up in my bedroom...hope you guys are having a nice weekend.. Wink

lassie 1234

free skin care · Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:10 pm

hey Lifeplyr01,
still here ??? havent heard from ya in awhile hmm

hope all is ok.........

lassie1234

free skin care · Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:39 am

make vacation!!!(from your family)if you are away,they will see what for a hard job you have,and you can chill out a bit Very Happy

free skin care · Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:53 am

Hi Ladies,

Yep I'm still here. Smile

I've been busy with school and we had are annual Neptune Festival here in Va Beach. It was great!! I still haven't figured out how to stop smoking. Confused

I really think I'm just a chicken. Embarassed

I can't tell you Lassie how much I admire you for QUITTING and then not to have smoked for over 20 days!!! You're one tough lady!! Smile

I'm really afraid to go through the withdrawl crap--especially the mind game thing. I heard they sell lozengers that are like the gum--when I'm at Walmart today I'm gonna look at them. The only thing I'm scared of is to use them and have a cigarette. I'm afraid my body will freak!! Embarassed

You're not supposed to smoke AND use the lozengers..not sure if I can do that. Am I chicken shit or what?? Crying or Very sad

I also was thinking of quitting on the 9th--or at least trying. It's my dad's birthday and he is no longer with us. He would have loved me to be a nonsmoker. He died from smoking. Sad

It's a horrible way to die...believe me, I know. Hope you ladies have a nice week. I have school and "the maid" has her duties around here too. Keep up the great job Lassie!! Kudoos!! Very Happy

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