Made it through a rock concert
UniVerSity
muses--without smoking. I had several nicorettes, but it's better than a
smoke i guess.
thanks for your support everyone,
jm
Lemming
>Well I just made it through watching my favorite band--throwing
>muses--without smoking. I had several nicorettes, but it's better than a
>smoke i guess.
Cool - that's another trigger down.
Have you found ddSteve's site yet?
http://www.cognitivequitting.com
It helped me - although it's not for everyone.
Lemming
--
Curiosity *may* have killed Schrödinger's cat.
padders
"UniVerSity" <cong...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Well I just made it through watching my favorite band--throwing
> muses--without smoking. I had several nicorettes, but it's better than a
> smoke i guess.
Toooo Right jm WTG! It surprised the hell out of me the things I could get
through without smoking and enjoy them too LOL
keep on keeping on, you're doing great!
hugs
padders plodding on (º¿º)
QOF
readandpost rosie
> smoke i guess.
>
> thanks for your support everyone,
>
> jm
it sure is........CONGRATS TO YOU!
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"UniVerSity" <cong...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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Nancy Rudins
You are right. It's amazing that I can actually:
do yardwork without smoking
talk on the phone without smoking
go online without smoking
have an argument and not smoke afterwards
etc. etc.
When I thought about it I was reminded of an old Monty
Python skit about etiquette. It addressed issues such
as:
How to address a bishop without farting
How to address Her Majesty without farting
And a bunch of other things that can be done without farting.
Now on the surface, it *should* be equally ludicrous to us
that we can do things without smoking. Probably when I'm
well into my quit, it *will* seem as laughable as the Monty
Python stuff that can be done without farting. But right now
it's still an accomplishment to be able to do things without
smoking.
With kind regards,
Nancy
3 weeks, 5 days, 9 hours, 40 minutes, 52 seconds
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Nancy Rudins nru...@ncsa.uiuc.edu
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/People/nrudins/
Cheer
>
> You are right. It's amazing that I can actually:
> do yardwork without smoking
> talk on the phone without smoking
> go online without smoking
> have an argument and not smoke afterwards
> etc. etc.
>
I have a place and thing that I did that I haven't even tried yet
because it was such a 'smoking thing' for me. I refinish and paint
furniture (when not busy being Super-School Nurse). I had a very
complex, well thought out smoking ritual going on in the garage when I
worked because of all of the flammable and caustic chemicals I work
with. I haven't been able to get back in there and do any furniture work
since I quit at the end of January because I'm wary of doing that kind
of work without smoking. Sadly, smoking was part of the creative process
for me, and since quitting I have been able to do the mundane things but
nothing creative (except for a quit diary I started but haven't touched
in a month). I miss painting. I miss the smells of the solvents, mixing
the paints and stains, all of it. I even miss the having to wear the
vapor masks and gloves up to my elbows,,,it let me know I was *doing*
something. I tried to find a way to convince myself that I could just
smoke when I work on the furniture and not smoke the rest of the time,
but I knew that was bullshit 15 seconds into the thought (so no, I
didn't test it.)
I've decided to just not address the garage and that whole issue right
now. Unfortunately, I've got about 9 large pieces of furniture that I
need to work on and get out and they are just sitting in there
collecting spiders and dust.
Cheer
almost 4 months
Windupd0ll
>I've decided to just not address the garage and that whole issue right
>now. Unfortunately, I've got about 9 large pieces of furniture that I
>need to work on and get out and they are just sitting in there
>collecting spiders and dust.
>
>Cheer
>almost 4 months
>
>
Dear Cheer,
The weather is nice, why not move your project out to the patio where you can
have better ventilation? If that is not doable, why not get a face mask to
protect your body from exposure to the chemicals you work with. If you work
with acetone please wear a mask. This will help to protect your liver.
The vision must be followed by the venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps,
we must step up the stairs.
~ Vance Havner
Cheer
Oh jeez Janet, I've got more masks than a costume shop. I ALWAYS wear a
mask. I even wear a mask with latex based paints because I have a latex
allergy (nursing hazard). I've got masks, gloves, more gloves, safety
goggles, more masks, you name it i've got it. And I use it.
I can't do this kind of work on the patio because I've got children and
Monsters. Children have some sense, but Monsters will try to lick or eat
everything. Especially Jacks the Oaf, he'll even eat shit, so you know
he'll think that bit of paint stripper I didn't see to clean up might be
a tasty bit of something. I shudder at the vet bill. Also, on the patio
the wind blows, and the wind brings dust, bugs, leaves and all sort of
other debris. Imagine spending several days or weeks on a piece just to
have your all of your hard work destroyed by a bunch of bugs blown into
a still wet varnish.
I don't even know if it's so much the garage as the process of taking
something cracked, dirty and broken and turning it into something
beautiful. I've always equated creating with smoking. Reading and
smoking, too. I'm having a hard time getting into reading because I'm
not smoking. I suppose that some things just take longer than others. I
can wait a little while longer.
Plus, it's probably nice where you live, but here in Maryland (on the
East coast) we've been having many thunderstorms and rainstorms. And
taking furniture out into humid weather swells the wood, and clouds some
kinds of stains and varnish.
But, I've got to face it soon because several of the pieces are
commissions, and folks aren't going to wait forever for their stuff.
Good thing that two of my kids are top notch spider wranglers, because
that furniture has been sitting for a while and is full of spiders.
Cheer
(hate spiders.....just hate 'em)
UniVerSity
I'm a lapsed artist--a painter--and I am going to get a studio soon to start
painting again. I feel as if it might be impossible to put a lot of work
into a painting and then step back, as I always do, to critique what I've
done--without smoking.
I hate to say it, but I'm not sure I'll be able to do it--it was SO a part
of the creative process in painting for me :*(
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Cheer
>
> OMG, I know *right* where you're coming from.
>
> I'm a lapsed artist--a painter--and I am going to get a studio soon to start
> painting again. I feel as if it might be impossible to put a lot of work
> into a painting and then step back, as I always do, to critique what I've
> done--without smoking.
>
> I hate to say it, but I'm not sure I'll be able to do it--it was SO a part
> of the creative process in painting for me :*(
>
I have a story to tell you. I know an artist (Joan Erbe) who told me in
the 1950's and 60's she was prescribed amphetamines for weight control.
Even when she was pregnant with her son (my friend Jack). When Jack was
a little kid (about 5-6 years old) his parents asked him what he wanted
for his birthday. He said he wanted his parents to stop smoking. Believe
it or not, they did. At the same time Joan was taken off amphetamine
because the medical community had discovered just how bad they can be
for weight control (Doh!).
Joan told me that amphetamines, coffee and cigarettes were part of who
she was and she was afraid that she would *never* be able to paint
again.
Go take a look at her work today:
http://www.gomezgallery.com/artists/painting/index.cgi?action=info&artist=erbe
So I know it's possible. I just need to be in a very confident state of
mind in order to start the process.
Let me know how the new studio works out.
Cheer
(wanna see my meter? well you can't. I lost it again. it'll be 4 months
on the 31st.)