[obxgal]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

I quit 16 hours ago. I'm doing good to myself. Nothing to do with you.

Please accept my apology for my previous post. If I were aware that you were talking about quitting smoking I would have never posted in your thread.

When you started the thread in the manner you did, it was like waving a red flag in front of a bull. There are some pretty awful remarks about us "evil" smokers already on the board. You are correct it has nothing to do with me, again my apology.

Kudos to you.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by obxgal

Please accept my apology for my previous post. If I were aware that you were talking about quitting smoking I would have never posted in your thread.

When you started the thread in the manner you did, it was like waving a red flag in front of a bull. There are some pretty awful remarks about us "evil" smokers already on the board. You are correct it has nothing to do with me, again my apology.

Kudos to you.

I think Pooh hit the nail on the head by pointing out that Kitty's original post was in the support group category. Most of us just head to the bottom of the home page, to "most recent posts." I think some of the responders didn't realize that this was in the support group category, and erroneously assumed it might be an attack on smokers.

Thanks to Pooh for pointing out what category Kitty posted in. She doesn't need to be slammed, and I'm glad all have realized she was just asking for support "in all the right places." And thanks to those who realized that and apologized for their original responses.

And Go Pirates. Oh, whoops... wrong category.

[Happinow]

Congratulations on your decision to quit smoking. I have never smoked but can relate to your struggle. I am addicted to sweets!!! Please keep us posted on your progress and when you are feeling weak or just need some encouragement, there are plenty of people on this forum who are willing to listen and give support. Stay strong and much success!!

[kittygilchrist]

Wow, It's been 72 hours. Woke feeling edgy with a fresh nightmare in mind. Enemies all over a house I was in, deceitful, menacing, finally pulling guns, knives, seemed a very long tiring dream and I was surviving and doing harm to the evil unkillables. Awoke exhausted. Thanks to all for your support esp to those who apologized.
I read back over these suggestions for support when I need an idea...like meditate NOW!
hugs,
Kitty

[Parker]

Good reason to quit? Mom died recently at age 82, after having quit 15 years earlier, after having smoked from teenage years to 70's. She was always afraid smoking would reach out and get her after all, and it did. She developed tonsil cancer which required radiation treatments, which destroyed her ability to eat and drink, which then required a tube placement in her stomach for hydration and nutrition. As she loved to cook and eat, one of her greatest pleasures was taken completely away. And I don't even mention the miserable aftermath of radiation to the neck.

She was such an active, positive woman. Vivacious, fun, kind, and my father's best buddy. But for smoking, she should have lived for many more high-quality years. It's the saddest thing in the world.

[kittygilchrist]

thank you Parker, that's the reality of smoking. my chainsmoking cousin died in his
50's of copd, gasping for breath thru his already dead lungs.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

thank you Parker, that's the reality of smoking. my chainsmoking cousin died in his
50's of copd, gasping for breath thru his already dead lungs.

Kitty, your portrait is worth a thousand words. I'll be wishing you success on your quest. It isn't easy, but it is worth it. My sister is on the e-cigarette and thinks it is a Godsend.

[rayschic]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

Wow, It's been 72 hours. Woke feeling edgy with a fresh nightmare in mind. Enemies all over a house I was in, deceitful, menacing, finally pulling guns, knives, seemed a very long tiring dream and I was surviving and doing harm to the evil unkillables. Awoke exhausted. Thanks to all for your support esp to those who apologized.
I read back over these suggestions for support when I need an idea...like meditate NOW!
hugs,
Kitty

Three days...Great job....Keep up the good work !

[kittygilchrist]

I am craving this morning. Glad for the tether of this thread to boost motivation thru potential embarrassment....breathe deeply please...

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by mainlander

Kitty this may sound overly simplistic yet it has worked for me (quite some time ago) and others who have used it. Just keep reminding yourself "I am not a smoker", "I don't smoke" and be absolute in that saying. Soon you will believe it and act accordingly, works for other habits as well. No use in filling your head with all the evils, etc. just inscribe this on your mind; "I don't smoke".

Mainlander, I am no longer a smoker. I smoked for 6 months before and as I moved to TV. I'd like to say the moving made me insane, but that's an understatement! There could always be an excuse for smoking, but it's still just an addiction to a chemical...I quit!

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by obxgal

Please accept my apology for my previous post. If I were aware that you were talking about quitting smoking I would have never posted in your thread.

When you started the thread in the manner you did, it was like waving a red flag in front of a bull. There are some pretty awful remarks about us "evil" smokers already on the board. You are correct it has nothing to do with me, again my apology.

Kudos to you.

I know you would have supported me if you knew my secret. I just wanted to see what would happen without me begging for support-- a little pride I guess. anyway, people can be awful about anything anytime...but you did a good thing with this post. heartfelt appreciation...you stepped up, most eloquently.
thanks,
Kitty

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

This is my son, Will, age 33, on a trip we made to my bro's in NC.
He just called to tell me how the elderly neighbor's cows got out and how he rounded them up and fixed her fence. I'm so proud of him...a great soul.
I brought him up with bedtime stories of his being a hero on a tractor called "Big Red"...that could fly and do his bidding in magical adventures of rescue.
Why quit? look at him...
Kitty

i'm reading over this thread to get all the goodie I can out of it for today, and my son Will's face is the most motivating, of all the nasty pix I posted of cancer, which the research says makes you jump out of the river of denial.
My eyes light up seeing my sweet son....You are enough reason to quit..
I love you baby,
Kitty

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by redwitch

You stink (literally). (And I still smoke!)

Dee, wanna go see Iron Man 3???

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by Happinow

Just today, my 72 year old mother in law was diagnosed with breast cancer. She smokes like a chimney, looks like a hundred miles of bad road and you would swear she was 90, although I've seen many, many 90 year olds look great! Hubby has tried for years to talk her out of smoking and her response was " let me die the way I want to." So, I don't have much sympathy for her. She has chosen her path.

Love to your mo-in-law, smoking was very sexy in the bogart movies day. who wouldn't want to do it? nobody knew that the snake had such a bite and denial of truth comes with the addiction.
I lost both my parents to tobacco. yet I started smoking again 6 months ago, we are in vessels of weak flesh.
I'm sorry that you are in this situation of loss that you are helpless to fix.
Maybe there IS nothing you can do. My mother refused to use oxygen and died from lack of it. It hurts...it really hurts.
Kitty

[tippyclubb]

Hi Kitty just interested in knowing if you succeeded in not smoking anymore? As a ex smoker of 40 years I understand how hard quitting can be. I hope you stayed strong and got that monkey off your back.