Th-ey asked me how I knew...
readandpost
please, if you are going to go the WHOLE ROUTE this time, include reading
and posting EVERYDAY!
just alittle note?
please?
it really does work well!
rosie
J. Edward Bernard <j...@cae.ca> wrote in message
news:81mv3j$n5o$1...@dns3.cae.ca...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I used to drop in here about a year ago when I was trying for the nth time
> to pack it in. Well, it took a year for me to "want" to quit again, and
> here I am back. This time I've decided to try the patch (NicoDerm), and
go
> through the full treatment. I have a friend who tried it a few years ago,
> and didn't pursue the full program thinking he had it licked (the habit,
not
> the patch) by the 4th or 5th week. Well, I've learned from his mistake
and
> decided to do the full 9 yards (or is that 10 weeks?). So here's the
story:
>
> I'm a single 45 year old white male who has been smoking since the age of
> 14. I currently smoke ~30 Player's Extra Lights a day, and even more when
I
> "go out with the guys". My cutoff day is this Sunday morning (28th Nov).
I
> will be going out with the guys tonight, and don't want to wake up
tomorrow
> and throw myself into cold fits. Sunday morning I will wash up as usual
and
> slap on the first patch. I'll blabber something here occasionally to let
> you know how it's going, and with any kind of happenstance, I will be
> offering encouragement and advice to others a year from now on how to
> become, and how to be an ex-smoker.
>
> I've been reading the documentation with the kit, and listening to people
> who have quit, and I'm ready for the side effects. If the patches do keep
> me up, it'll give me more time to read anyway. I know a few of you have
> gone through this using this device in the past, and if you've got any
> advice, or comments to make, I'm all ears. Well, I guess that's about
all,
> although I don't think it would be fair to leave you without one question
to
> answer:
>
> What are the problems with switching patch brands between one step and the
> next ? I.E. Going from NicoDerm Step 1 to NicoTrol Step 2, etc...
>
> Best wishes to everyone who has, is, and will be getting rid of the
monkey.
>
>
> Eddie
>
> ...Certified YnK Compliant (tm)...
> ...Official Man of the New Millenium (tm)...
>
>
>
J. Edward Bernard
Mary B.
Rosie is right. Read and post.
Three months, three weeks, two days, 3 hours, 48 minutes and 1 second. 4606
cigarettes not smoked, saving $576.00. Life saved: 2 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours, 50
minutes.
Mary B.
Diane M
trouble quitting in the past, and I believe you have found a valuable quit aid
here at AS3 -but you have to use it. I found that quitting smoking changed
*everything* about my life. I had a thousand plus "reasons" to smoke every
day, and I neeeded something to counter those reasons. AS3 provided that
counter. Here I was able to establish relationships that reinforced my quit,
to get information about quit symptoms (yes, that's normal diane - stop
worrying <g>), to support others (which also served to reinforce my quit), and
to just plain remind myself that quitting smoking is a major part of my life,
at least as important as smoking way, and that deserves to have time invested
in it.
Regardless of how often you pop in here - good luck and strength in your
quit!!!
Diane M. 4M+
Marty Hillman
day at a time or even one hour at a time. Whatever works.
Marty
"J. Edward Bernard" <j...@cae.ca> wrote in message
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peaceo...@my-deja.com
hearing from you here at AS3.
Peace,
Mark
One week, 7 hours, and 21 minutes
11/19/99 $41.10 18 h 15 m 219
Not even one ..... one day at a time.
In article <81mv3j$n5o$1...@dns3.cae.ca>,
"J. Edward Bernard" <j...@cae.ca> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I used to drop in here about a year ago when I was trying for the nth
time
> to pack it in. Well, it took a year for me to "want" to quit again,
and
> here I am back.
(snipper)
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Victoria
>
> I used to drop in here about a year ago when I was trying for the nth time
> to pack it in. Well, it took a year for me to "want" to quit again, and
Welcome back! Congrats on your decision to quit! You sound well armed,
just keep coming back here and let us know how its going!
Victoria
2M+
Heather
Heather
One month, two weeks, two days, 5 hours, 4 minutes and 40 seconds. 1416
cigarettes not smoked, saving $255.17. Life saved: 4 days, 22 hours, 0
minutes.
J. Edward Bernard <j...@cae.ca> wrote in message
news:81mv3j$n5o$1...@dns3.cae.ca...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I used to drop in here about a year ago when I was trying for the nth time
> to pack it in. Well, it took a year for me to "want" to quit again, and
Sassy She-Spock
and rant and rave. I've never found a group of people so understanding,
online or in life. Not only that, but they were expecting it! Between
humor and kindness it's a really supportive community. But you've been here
before, so you know that. :)
It's great news that you're quitting again! We'll be waiting for ya.
Waiting (and reading and posting but no longer cursing or punching),
Sassy She-Spock
One week, four days, 9 minutes and 50 seconds. 110 cigarettes not smoked,
saving $20.36. Life saved: 9 hours, 10 minutes.
Moocher
I'm convinced it's the best quit aid of them all - well, it has been for me.
The other thing I think of quite frequently is that every quit is different
and I find this very encouraging. I'm sure the difference was finding this
place and because you have too and because you are an Official Man of the
New Millennium I'm sure you will be highly successful.
Susan
Fred says - yeah - looking forward to hearing more from that Eddie - perhaps
he'll rant a bit - that's always exciting, when people rant:- Three weeks,
six days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds. 697 cigarettes not smoked,
saving £48.14. Life saved: 2 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes.
J. Edward Bernard wrote in message <81mv3j$n5o$1...@dns3.cae.ca>...
J. Edward Bernard
news:81s9jv$9dt$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hello Eddie - so pleased to see you here. This is a great place to be and
> I'm convinced it's the best quit aid of them all - well, it has been for
me.
> The other thing I think of quite frequently is that every quit is
different
> and I find this very encouraging. I'm sure the difference was finding
this
> place and because you have too and because you are an Official Man of the
> New Millennium I'm sure you will be highly successful.
>
> Susan
> Fred says - yeah - looking forward to hearing more from that Eddie -
perhaps
> he'll rant a bit - that's always exciting, when people rant:- Three
weeks,
> six days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds. 697 cigarettes not smoked,
> saving £48.14. Life saved: 2 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes.
Why, Thank You Susan ! And you too Fred ! Ok, so I'm on my second patch,
and I haven't done my Spiderman impression yet (climbing the walls, etc,
...shh.). I haven't gotten upset at anyone yet except for the two gits who
bumped into me on the Metro (subway or tube to those of you who are
non-Quebecers) this morning. The one side effect so far is that I was
unable to get to sleep before 4 this morning, despite playing every word
game I could to lull myself into lullaby land. However, every cloud has a
platinum lining: After 13 years of my two Siamese cats waking me up
faithfully every night at 1 and 3 o'clock respectively, I was able to return
the favour last night with malicious glee. I left them blissfully
bleary-eyed and totally teed-off this morning. So you can see, there are
LOTS of ways that quitting smoking can add value to your life !
1 Day, 38 minutes, 37 seconds. 30 cigarettes not smoked, saving $5.86 CDN.
Life saved: mine.
Eddie
...Certified YnK Compliant (tm)...
...Official Man of the New Millenium (tm)...
...and now...
...Chimp Free (tm pend'g)...
Cindy Zimmerman
"J. Edward Bernard" <j...@cae.ca> writes:
> Well, I guess that's about all,
> although I don't think it would be fair to leave you without one question to
> answer:
>
> What are the problems with switching patch brands between one step and the
> next ? I.E. Going from NicoDerm Step 1 to NicoTrol Step 2, etc...
I used the patches but stuck with the Nicoderm all the way through. I'm
not sure why you would want to switch from one brand to another. It's
probably best to pick one and stick with it. Personally, I prefered the
Nicoderm because they're meant to be worn for 24 hrs. My worst time was
first thing in the morning, so I didn't trust myself to sleep without the
patch (like you do with Nicotrol). I did experience the dreams, but mostly
they were fairly entertaining and didn't seem to disrupt my sleep.
My neighbor tried both kinds of patches...Nicotrol the first quit (and
ended up starting back up after 3 mos.) and Nicoderm this time (has been
smoke-free for 8 mos.). She said she thought the Nicoderm patches worked
much better for her. If it's a matter of dosages, remember you can always
cut the patches to get the dosage you want. I did and never had a problem
with it...that is, with the Nicoderm ones.
Anyway, just take it one day at a time and really be assured that
eventually it does get better and you do quit obsessing about smoking. You
can do it!
Cindy
9+ mos.
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Moocher
Siamese at unexpected times - ha! that'll teach 'em!
Chimp Free??
Susan
Fred says - yeah - were you overrun with chimps before then?:- Four weeks,
one day, 9 hours, 45 minutes and 18 seconds. 735 cigarettes not smoked,
saving £50.73. Life saved: 2 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes.
J. Edward Bernard wrote in message <81u468$7cn$1...@dns3.cae.ca>...
>
>Why, Thank You Susan ! And you too Fred ! Ok, so I'm on my second patch,
>and I haven't done my Spiderman impression yet (climbing the walls, etc,
<snip>