Comments on: Day 2 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/ Author, Designer, Problogger Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13262 deborah.woehr Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:06:56 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13262 Thank you, Karen. I appreciate that. :) I've been telling both my sons to never touch a cigarette. Because once you do, you may never stop. Thank you, Karen. I appreciate that. :) I’ve been telling both my sons to never touch a cigarette. Because once you do, you may never stop.

]]> By: Karen Lee Field http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13256 Karen Lee Field Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:48:40 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13256 I've never smoked so have never given up and don't have any idea what it must be like, but I know people who have tried and could see how hard it was for them. I believe you have will power, Deborah, but I'll be sending extra your way to help you out. Good luck. I’ve never smoked so have never given up and don’t have any idea what it must be like, but I know people who have tried and could see how hard it was for them. I believe you have will power, Deborah, but I’ll be sending extra your way to help you out.

Good luck.

]]> By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13244 deborah.woehr Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:06:36 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13244 Hi, Aunt Dede! That helps a lot. Thank you! :D I'll keep a full ashtray for the next month or so, just in case. Dad told me that he crushed his last pack of cigarettes and put them in one of those water bottles. He set this on the counter to remind him how disgusting it was. That worked for him. When my family and I went to Philadelphia to see Tom's grandfather, we had to use a water bottle as an ashtray. One of the cigarettes burned a hole through the plastic. We weren't aware of this until we shook the bottle to extinguish another butt. Brown water poured out of the hole and onto the porch. That was both embarrassing and disgusting. At that point, I made up my mind to try quitting again. This is my second attempt. Love to you, too, Deborah Hi, Aunt Dede!

That helps a lot. Thank you! :D I’ll keep a full ashtray for the next month or so, just in case. Dad told me that he crushed his last pack of cigarettes and put them in one of those water bottles. He set this on the counter to remind him how disgusting it was. That worked for him.

When my family and I went to Philadelphia to see Tom’s grandfather, we had to use a water bottle as an ashtray. One of the cigarettes burned a hole through the plastic. We weren’t aware of this until we shook the bottle to extinguish another butt. Brown water poured out of the hole and onto the porch. That was both embarrassing and disgusting. At that point, I made up my mind to try quitting again. This is my second attempt.

Love to you, too,
Deborah

]]> By: Edith Ferguson http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13243 Edith Ferguson Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:53:11 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13243 Hi Deborah, I quit smoking on 2-22-86. They were having one of those smoke out day's. I did not think that I could make it through the day with out a smoke. But I did make it through that day so I tried again the next day then the next etc. It was not always easy, but some times I would say maybe if I let my self smoke in say 20 minutes. Then I would get busy doing something else and then I would try for another 20 minutes. It worked for me. I haven't smoked once since that day in 1986. Another thing that helped me was: I kept an ashtray full of butts that smelled really bad. If I thought I just had to have a cigarette I would just go smell of the nasty ashtray. That would help a lot. Hope this helps you Deborah. I am proud of you for trying to stop smoking. I know you can do it. Remember the cigarette may be a friend, but not a good friend. Love to you, Aunt Dede Hi Deborah, I quit smoking on 2-22-86. They were having one of those smoke out day’s. I did not think that I could make it through the day with out a smoke. But I did make it through that day so I tried again the next day then the next etc. It was not always easy, but some times I would say maybe if I let my self smoke in say 20 minutes. Then I would get busy doing something else and then I would try for another 20 minutes. It worked for me. I haven’t smoked once since that day in 1986. Another thing that helped me was: I kept an ashtray full of butts that smelled really bad. If I thought I just had to have a cigarette I would just go smell of the nasty ashtray. That would help a lot. Hope this helps you Deborah. I am proud of you for trying to stop smoking. I know you can do it. Remember the cigarette may be a friend, but not a good friend.
Love to you, Aunt Dede

]]> By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13240 deborah.woehr Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:08:04 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13240 Thanks, Lee. :) The quit date is when you stop smoking altogether. I'm going to have to clean out my car and hide (or throw out) all of the ash trays. Thanks, Lee. :) The quit date is when you stop smoking altogether. I’m going to have to clean out my car and hide (or throw out) all of the ash trays.

]]> By: Lee Pletzers http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13236 Lee Pletzers Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:25:43 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13236 My wife and I stopped smoking one year and six months ago. Cold turkey We just stopped buying them. had the cravings, the restless fingers and the tingling in the elbows. All that stopped after two weeks. It took a year to stop thinking about it. Good on you for taking the step. You have my support. What do you mean by having a quit date? Is this the date you will stop? On my last day of smoking I smoked half a packet (to finish it) and before I went to bed I emptied the ashtrays, washed them and put them in the bin. Good Luck, Deb My wife and I stopped smoking one year and six months ago.
Cold turkey
We just stopped buying them.
had the cravings, the restless fingers and the tingling in the elbows.
All that stopped after two weeks.
It took a year to stop thinking about it.

Good on you for taking the step.
You have my support.

What do you mean by having a quit date? Is this the date you will stop?

On my last day of smoking I smoked half a packet (to finish it) and before I went to bed I emptied the ashtrays, washed them and put them in the bin.

Good Luck, Deb

]]> By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13232 deborah.woehr Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:37:31 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13232 Thanks for the encouragement, Scot. :) Thanks for the encouragement, Scot. :)

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13231 Scot Herrick Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:13:23 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/08/16/day-2/#comment-13231 Yup, that's normal and it goes away. Just follow the plan. I would suspect that after the weekend you won't much want a cigarette, but even if you do, work it to the prescription. It's a big step. Nice going. Yup, that’s normal and it goes away. Just follow the plan. I would suspect that after the weekend you won’t much want a cigarette, but even if you do, work it to the prescription.

It’s a big step. Nice going.

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