Comments on: Saying Goodbye to a High Maintenance Friend

By: deborah.woehr

deborah.woehr — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:45:13 +0000

Thanks, Fred. It’s not going too well, but I’m still determined to quit.

Thanks, Lee. I look forward to the day when I can post on this blog that I’ve been nic-free for a year.

By: Lee Pletzers

Lee Pletzers — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:25:02 +0000

Glad you’re still trying to go nic-free.

take it one day at a time.

By: fred charles

fred charles — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:39:16 +0000

Good luck with the quitting. I know how tough it is from personal experience. Hang in there and let us know how you are doing.

By: deborah.woehr

deborah.woehr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:18:38 +0000

Thanks again, Karen. I managed to make it all day yesterday without a cigarette. Then he came home, and I had two. I’m hopeful that he won’t buy another pack.

By: Karen Lee Field

Karen Lee Field — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:21:48 +0000

It’s always best to fight a war with someone at your side. I wish you both the best of luck and truckloads of will power.

By: deborah.woehr

deborah.woehr — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:16:03 +0000

Thank you, Steve. I didn’t do too well this weekend. Tomorrow is another day, though. You’re right about habits and associations. It’s all about reconditioning yourself.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:25:31 +0000

Hope you manage to stay nicotine free. I quit quite a few years ago. I’m not sure how many years because I didn’t use a date or anything. I just made a decision and stopped. I think I used to associate smoking with certain things. I had habits: come home from work, have a fag, drink a cup of coffee have a fag… I tried to recondition myself and it seems to have worked.

My wife smokes and when she tried to give up she used patches. She went through two weeks of hell and then started again.

I like your husband’s attitude: crush the suckers in a vice. I think it will be easier on both of you now that it is a joint battle.