Quit smoking today , need your prayers and thoughts....

Don't quit quitting Hedi!! We're all pulling for you!!

(((((*hang in there hugs coming your way*)))))

Thanks Momofmany

I wont' give up and will look to the positive things and not on how I failt . I used to give up just like that focusing on the wrong things . But I wont this time . It may take me a while , but I will quit smoking .

It's better to cut down than go 'cold turkey' every day you smoke less takes you closer to quitting altogether. Hope your willpower is holding up.

just dropped by to see how you are doing with your quit smoking campaign.. it's good to hear that the no of cigarettes you have smoked in the day have dropped drastically.. way to go, Hedi! Keep on trying...i'm a non smoker but i've always been tempted to start smoking due to peer pressure, due to own pressure and all that so I do know how bad it feels.. keep on striving... we are all behind you.. but most importantly, the Lord is there for you. pray to Him whenever you feel tempted, He will help you get away from that temptation..

I have an idea...it may have been mentioned but:

I think I remember you saying the doc wanted your husband to lose some weight along with stopping smoking? Why not join the YMCA or some gym...if it's a pay place and you dont go you'll be wasting money so that will help make sure you go. Tryin this will have many benifits:
He'll lose weight like the doctor ordered
this will be something you can do together (support too!)
both will have better energy and feel better
and just think all the healthy blood can circulate through you're body faster! I just think it would be good for you. Exersise really is helpfull and I dont see why it couldnt help you. It also will be good cause smoker's lungs arent that great and because this might give you something to concentrate on besides smoking.
Just DONT give up! You will be able to quit. The only reason you think you cant is because that stuff is still inside you and infecting your brain with the thought that you need it. It's just a chemical thing in your head. Your not weak...that stuff is just reaaally powerfull! Have you asked the doc for help quiting? He was the one that got you started trying to stop.

First I want to thank you all asking about me how I am doing .

Gothic_Amethyst , If I would get Mike just to walk with me I would jump for joy . He don't like sport what so ever , now I do . I used to do step aerobics on post and is fee . We both (hubby & I )could go on post in the gym for free . But he is so darn lazy he wont go .
They do have a program on post for smoker and we both could go there . But the thing is my hubby works on that day when they have the suport group . I really don't feel like going there allone by myself .

OK , I went to wal-mart today in the late afternoon and got me step 2 with 14 mg nicotine . So tommorrow I will start using that lower patch and hope it will help me . I did smoke about 5 cigarettes today and sure that I will smoke 1 more befor bed time . But I think I really did great for not having any kind of help with the patch .

And for all I will not give up . I want to quit smoking . Some how I will make it and if it take me month to do it . But I quit .

Originally posted by PurrfectCatlove
Gothic_Amethyst , If I would get Mike just to walk with me I would jump for joy . He don't like sport what so ever , now I do . I used to do step aerobics on post and is fee . We both (hubby & I )could go on post in the gym for free . But he is so darn lazy he wont go .
They do have a program on post for smoker and we both could go there . But the thing is my hubby works on that day when they have the suport group

. I really don't feel like going there allone by myself .

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Have u both sat down and talked about it. Have you told him how much it would mean to you if he went with you. Not just because you dont want to go alone, but because you love him. Tell him you know it would be healthier for him and for you both and would help you to live longer and have longer lives together.

I am not a smoker and never have been but I can sympathize! I think quitting any addiction is so hard - mine is sweets

Eight years ago I was working with a woman who was a heavy smoker and I asked her why was it so hard for her to quit (I was young so I asked stupid questions ). I was overweight at the time and she told me it was as hard as it would be for me to go on a diet. I offered a bet - she would quit smoking, I would go on a diet. Well, it worked for me... made me check the limits of my willpower and self discipline. I lost 50 pounds within the next year. It was very hard but the one thing that really helped was when I joined the gym and made myself go three times a week no matter what. I would take my gym bag to the office and back and on my way home I would go to the gym. Another thing that helped (and maybe help those who try to quit smoking) was keeping my hands busy. I tend to munch in front of the TV even when I'm not hungry. So I took up knitting and cross stitch and that kept my hands busy and away from food.

Hedi - stick with it! I know you can do it! I admire your resilience - don't give up even if you sometimes take a step back and have a smoke.

Here's a suggestion - why not calculate the money you used to spend on 30-40 cigs a month and put it in a box or a glass jar or something. Decide that by the end of the month you're going to donate it to a cat shelter. Then every time you have a cigarrette, you have to take its cost out of the jar. I think that the thought about how that cigarretee will deprive some kitty of a meal might help you give up on the cigarrette. Just an idea... Maybe I should try that with chocolate

Thanks for all your suport and sugetions .

We did try to save the money the first time we quit smoking Anne , that was when I quit for 7 years . I don't know , but some how we did not save the money due to eating more and I don't remember what else . But it is sure a great idea , specialy donating to a shelter . I like that idea though .

I think when I put my food town that when we do get a fit and want to smoke a cigarettes , to go outsite and not smoke any more in the house really helped us . So now if we want to take a smoke we have to go outsite . Mike complained about that , but I know if I said ok lets smoke in the house he would smoke one after the other again .

Gothic we talked aboud both exercise and the suport group . Mike's problem is that he runs out of air very quickly , due to his health problem . Thats why I ask him to walk with me or walk a dog every day . But he is afraid that he runs out of air . I will talk again to him about walking a little with me and tell him how good it will be for him .

Well I got my new lower dose patch on and I don't feel sick . No fit so far and will up date later how it goes . But it seem to help me .

Originally posted by PurrfectCatlove


Gothic we talked aboud both exercise and the suport group . Mike's problem is that he runs out of air very quickly , due to his health problem

. Thats why I ask him to walk with me or walk a dog every day . But he is afraid that he runs out of air

. I will talk again to him about walking a little with me and tell him how good it will be for him .

Well I got my new lower dose patch on and I don't feel sick . No fit so far and will up date later how it goes . But it seem to help me .

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Hedi, glad you have a lower dose patch now, I bet this will do the trick for you. Fwiw, as part of changing my eating, I finish a meal (a signal to myself) by having my coffee. Can you begin a new routine of perhaps serving coffee or decaf coffee, a tea and taking that off to another area of the house to linger over?

Please tell Mike, though I don't know what his breathing issues are (i.e. if he has asthma) but if weight related, losing even just 20 lbs. will help so much! Breathing issues were one *strong* reason for my firmly going on a diet last year.

wishing you both a good day,

Thanks Pat

They found a spot on my husbands lung and they have no clue what it is . He is just coughing and coughing a lot , also cigarettes related and ??? He has a inhalor (sp) now and it seem that he gets a little more air . Mike need to do more testings ,X Ray and more bloodwork . If I only can get him to go to do that

Well I am sick again to my stomage and don't know if I have to puke or not . Already went to the bathroom So now I don't know if I can keep the patch on or not . I try to fight the sick feeling , but don't know how long I can . I may cant use this equate patch and have a alergie to something . So now I really don't know what else I could do , besite try to do it by my own . If it continue like this I may have too . I just spent over $ 30.00 dollars on the 14 mg patches

Originally posted by PurrfectCatlove

Thanks Pat

They found a spot on my husbands lung and they have no clue what it is . He is just coughing and coughing a lot , also cigarettes related and ??? He has a inhalor (sp) now and it seem that he gets a little more air . Mike need to do more testings ,X Ray and more bloodwork . If I only can get him to go to do that

Well I am sick again to my stomage and don't know if I have to puke or not . Already went to the bathroom

So now I don't know if I can keep the patch on or not

. I try to fight the sick feeling , but don't know how long I can . I may cant use this equate patch and have a alergie to something . So now I really don't know what else I could do , besite try to do it by my own . If it continue like this I may have too . I just spent over $ 30.00 dollars on the 14 mg patches

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Hedi,
Please..do whatever it takes to get Mike in for follow-up testing, he must know what is going on to be able to treat it effectively. My uncle refused to see a doctor...by the time he did, he had lung cancer that had spred and while every effort was made, it was just too late. I'm sorry to be blunt but there is no other way to put it.

Re feeling your feeling sick with this patch too, I'm not familiar with all the options for dealing with nicotine addiction, but it sounds as if the patches are not necessarily an option for you, your doctor might have a better option that is prescription - I'd go have an apt. and work with them on this.

Keep up the good work Hedi, so you can kick this bad habit! You have all my support!

Thank you all


I had to take the patch off , grrrrrrr .
I smoke 1 so far .To get something on post you have to go through the class on thursday afternoon or evening and Mike works on that day , As far as I know they also give you only the patches .

Mike and I were talking today and he said he need to do the rest of the tests . Mike himself said it So now I am hoping we go on friday on post to make a apointment for the XRay and get some blood drawn .

I try the patch maybe one more day to see if it get better and if not I have to go with out help and try to quit .

Hedi, i'm not sure if this would work... but usually if i feel sick or something, i would always suck on a sour plum or something... anything that's sour.. it helps to ease that sick feeling and it makes you feel better... keep it up! dun give up now... you are already a step closer to smoke free days and a step further from smoking days...

Kate I will not give up

Well sucking on something is ok , but for the hole day long ? I was sick the hole time with no break .

My hubby said to me to try and cut the patch in half and see if it is better . I may try that ......

I want you to know that you will be in my prayers.

Thanks Felicia how nice of you .

I'm sorry you're having such a rough time of it, Hedi, but I admire your determination! Congratulations on not giving up!!! It is so hard to break an addiction to nicotine, I saw my mom and aunt go through it and it was not fun for either of them. Sending prayers and good wishes that your husband's test results are good. You are both in my thoughts.

Yhank you Sue , you are so sweet .

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