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I DID IT - I DID IT - I DID IT

padee6339
padee6339 CSN Member Posts: 763
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I honestly never thought I could or that I would want to, but as of today I am 9 days SMOKE FREE!!!!! Its hard, very hard, and I am doing it cold turkey. I know there are things on the market to make it easier, but I do not want to trade one habit for another. So I just stopped. And I feel fine! Sometimes a little testy, do not mess with a survivor breaking a habit - LOL, but 99.9% of the time I am great!!!!!

Proudly and frankly, quite surprised at myself - Pat
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  • beetle25
    beetle25 CSN Member Posts: 150 Member
    #2
    Woot Wooot great for you
    Woot Wooot great for you that is such wonderful news keep it up, it only gets easier with each passing day. As a survivor you are capable of doing anything.
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  • natly15
    natly15 CSN Member Posts: 1,941
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    Pat congrats!! I'm an ex
    Pat congrats!! I'm an ex smoker and I applaud you for trying. Keep up the good work.
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  • webbwife50
    webbwife50 CSN Member Posts: 394
    #4
    Awesome!!
    I have recently battle the cigs, it's nerveracking to say the least! Congradulations! another battle won. HUGS...alison
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  • 24242
    24242 CSN Member Posts: 1,398 *
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    Congrats
    Good for you and keep telling yourself just how bad they are for you since it took years to talk ourselves into all sorts of things while we smoked. I quit after surviving chemo something I promised for myself since I knew with every drag what it is doing to me.
    I had full acupuncture not just three pokes in the ear and went to a fellow who had actually worked for the space program back in the late 70's. If I do something I want to get it from the guy who has done it the longest and this was a very old asian male but in great shape.
    I never looked back and for the first time since smoking never thought about a cig something that isn't easily forgotten. I think the pain I went through doing it is the reason don't touch it now. It was the most painful thing I had ever experienced and most people have this nice warm fuzzy feeling attached to their accupuncture session. Not me torture for sure...
    Tara
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  • smalldoggroomer
    smalldoggroomer CSN Member Posts: 1,184
    #6
    Good going keep it up!!!
    You will soon be saying it's been 9 years!! I quite 7 or 8 years ago and so glad I did. Its hard though. I did use the patch that kept me from killing any one LOL. I smoked for 36 years. You can do it. I'm with ya. Kay,
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  • MomMichelle
    MomMichelle CSN Member Posts: 93
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    GREAT JOB! I am so happy
    GREAT JOB! I am so happy for you and hope you have continued success! I know how hard it must be, my parents quit about 25 years ago and I still remember it!
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  • KathiM
    KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    I, too, am so proud!!!!
    Yea for you!!!!! You GO, girl!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
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  • cookie97
    cookie97 CSN Member Posts: 200
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    KathiM said:

    I, too, am so proud!!!!
    Yea for you!!!!! You GO, girl!!!

    Hugs, Kathi

    That's awesome!
    That is excellent news, congratulations!!!

    Love and Peace,
    Edie
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  • jo jo
    jo jo CSN Member Posts: 1,175 Member
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    WOOOOOO HOOOOOO PAt....that
    WOOOOOO HOOOOOO PAt....that is so awesome...you go girl!!!!
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  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 CSN Member Posts: 2,631
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    Pat
    I am so proud of you :-0 Today is the first day of the rest of your life. My dr used to say to me the important thing is to stop smoking and the rest we'll deal with later. I started smoking when I was 12 years old and quit at age 50. I tried the gimmicks including hypnotism. Nothing worked. After my sil and bil were dx with cancer I quit cold turkey! I have been smoke free for 11+ years. And just like a bc survivor you don't wanna mess with a woman going into menopause either! lol You go girl!
    {{hugs}} Char
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  • mwallace1325
    mwallace1325 CSN Member Posts: 806
    #12
    Woo Hoo
    Congratulations. You should be proud of yourself.

    marge
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  • roseann4
    roseann4 CSN Member Posts: 992 Member
    #13
    I'm thrilled for you!
    One day at a time but you CAN do it.

    Roseann
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  • jk1952
    jk1952 CSN Member Posts: 613
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    roseann4 said:

    I'm thrilled for you!
    One day at a time but you CAN do it.

    Roseann

    Way to go, Pat. Keep up the
    Way to go, Pat. Keep up the good work!

    Joyce
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  • Wolfi
    Wolfi CSN Member Posts: 425
    #15
    Good job!
    Kicking any kind of habit is tough but quitting smoking can be very difficult for some people. I am very happy that you have decided to make this change in your life and hope that years from now you can be posting that it has been (fill in the blank...5, 7, 15) years since you've smoked.

    Take care and please keep us posted on your continued progress.

    Wolfi
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  • carkris
    carkris CSN Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    Wolfi said:

    Good job!
    Kicking any kind of habit is tough but quitting smoking can be very difficult for some people. I am very happy that you have decided to make this change in your life and hope that years from now you can be posting that it has been (fill in the blank...5, 7, 15) years since you've smoked.

    Take care and please keep us posted on your continued progress.

    Wolfi

    that is amazing!!!!! yah for
    that is amazing!!!!! yah for you . that is so hard to do!
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  • Marlene_K
    Marlene_K CSN Member Posts: 508
    #17
    YAY - YAY - YAY!
    WTG, Pat! If anyone understands how difficult it is, it's ME! I quit on May 1st (my beloved mother's birthday) for 3 months. Then I did something stupid. I was craving very badly and I caved in. I had the best quit going ever as it really wasn't that tough. I used the patch for only the first month and I was forgetting to put it on in the mornings, so I decided to go without. UGHHH! I was and am so mad at myself! I'm jumping on board with you, though... I set my next quit date for 10-10-10... I'm strange and always like my quit date to be easy to remember (like it helps any, lol).

    Congrats and keep the quit! You're doing fantastic! Mar
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  • sea60
    sea60 CSN Member Posts: 2,613
    #18
    Padee, that's great!
    Keep up the good work...it's the best thing for YOU!


    Blessings,

    Sylvia
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  • shelbyhome
    shelbyhome CSN Member Posts: 145
    #19
    How wonderful for
    How wonderful for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I quit I think 6 years ago, after awild you kinda forget! I will say it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do but I am so glad that I did. I feel so much better. Congrats for you!!!!!
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  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 CSN Member Posts: 2,570
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    Hurray for you! xoxoxoxo
    Hurray for you! xoxoxoxo Lynn (an ex-smoker)
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  • fauxma
    fauxma CSN Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #21
    Good for you. It's not
    Good for you. It's not eaasy to do but you are doing great and with each day it will get easier.
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