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9/9/19
Hey Leigh
i messages everyone a week ago and heard crickets. Lol
i am glad you are chugging along, me too
8 months and a week
looking forward to the year market as I still don’t feel settled yet. I am happy to have quit. The body and mind are still adjusting to being a non smoker.
take care
9/9/19
I haven't checked in here for so long! BUT yes, the cycles! I thought I was going insane, gives me a lot of peace to again see this is normal and have someone put words to my feelings.
Hope you're doing well, Jean!
9/9/19
Hey Leigh!
we must be on the same wavelength--I haven't been posting (and bad me not reading much either) but something told me to stop in today so here I am.
Hit 10 months over the weekend...still feeling some cravings here and there, especially after meals. I wonder when that will go away--that must have been one of my biggest associations. Had some stressful moments this weekend and today (nothing big--car trouble, bus never picked Lilly up) and as I was driving home from the mechanic I saw someone smoking and realized through it all, I didn't once say "I need a cigarette" This is HUGE for me. You're not too far behind me on your journey, but I think in this first year, you really do see massive changes month to month.
What are you reading?? I finally read Where the Crawdads Sing over Labor Day weekend--well I read it in like 2 days, haha it was AMAZING. Reading Queen Bee by Dorothea Benton Frank now--one of my favorite authors, she passed away last week. So sad this is the last new book of hers I'll ever read.
Julie
9/10/19
Thanks, Julie! Yes, doing well at the moment. The whole process really is nutty, isn't it? Andrea once said, "I swear it takes a good sense of humor to quit smoking." It's like taking your brain apart and then putting it back together piece by piece--lego castle style. (Except the castle didn't take this long!)
Congratulations on 10 months! You've got this.
9/13/19
Hi Julie! Happy 10 months! Sounds like you are doing great! I hope you celebrated big.... you will soon be choosing your key!!!
9/13/19
Hello Bravehearts! Glad to hear so many of us are still going strong! I feel like I could never go back to that disgusting habit but I am staying vigilant and refuse to let complacency set in.
New season... Ugh!!! I miss Summer already!
9/16/19
Hi everyone! Me again Just want to check in again and let everyone know that today is my 8 month anniversary as a non smoker
I have read that some people have trouble in the 8-12 month so I am keeping my guard up and ready to fight any bad thoughts that enter my head. Everyday I am feeling stronger and more secure. I truly believe that every aspect of my life has changed for the better since the day I decided to stop smoking. I am going to the gym more (swimming and yoga are my favs right now), cooking more, reading more (Julie- I am now reading The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger and next in line is The Rumor by Elin Hildenbrand- I am patiently waiting for her new book to be released in October!) and believe it or not I have been socializing with the school moms more! I hope to hear from everyone soon! I am really very proud of all of us Bravehearts who stuck with our quits and gained our freedom from that nasty habit.
9/16/19
CONGRATULATIONS!!! to everyone who had reached the next milestone. Starting to think there will always a craving for a cigarette but will deal with each one when they hit.
Hope everyone is doing well and had a great summer!!
JMC
9/18/19
Hey Julie,
A belated congratulations to you on reaching 10 mths. You gave me some valuable help in the first days and weeks of my quit. I am still plugging along at 10 wks. now. Thanks so much for your help!
Michele
Killed the beast 7/9/19
9/20/19
Well done life is for living u are kicking butttttttttttttt all the way to one year and what a year it will be no more buttttttttttttttttttttttt
Mary 10 months