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Wife, mom, sister, daughter, friend, full time employee.
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Rio, WI (North of Madison, WI)

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Dessa

I believe I have 2 weeks now....

He he! My quit date was 11:40pm December 31st, so to me, that means I will today have 2 weeks under my belt for my new nicotine free life. Thank you... Dessa

Posted on January 14, 2009 at 8:33am — 12 Comments

Dessa

Just went for a nice walk here at work

No nicotine or lobelia yet today. Was thirsty after going for my 15 minute walk but the only water at the desk was spiked, so grabbed 75 cents and went and got fresh water. It's nice and cold. Celebrating a happy moment---I quit mainly because work went smoke-free & this is where I did the majority of my smoking anyway. I'm allowing myself a moment of pride.

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 9:29am — 4 Comments

Dessa

Gym last night and holy crap was it busy!!

I found myself irritated to no end about how busy it was, but found a parking spot, hauled all our stuff in and hit a treadmill. It felt so good to run without gasping for air! I stayed on for longer than I was initially planning, so I had to cut Izzy's swim time. She could only go for 15 minutes. I'm off on Friday and they have open swim all day, so we're going to be swimming for most of it. She starts swimming lessons on Saturday morning and I declare she is going to pee herself from excitem… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 6:45am — 2 Comments

Dessa

Didn't smoke this weekend

that's the first time I have been able to say that in a long time. Have a bunch to do today, so won't be on much... good luck!

Posted on January 5, 2009 at 6:45am — 8 Comments

Dessa

So far....

I have saved 3 minutes and 15 seconds of my life by avoiding 17 death sticks. My nose is running and I have a bit of a dry cough, but that's my body healing itself. Slept a lot on Thursday, not much of an appetite, watched tv and read. Work up about 3am feeling restless, so focused on deep breathing and stretching. Well good luck to all! Dessa

Posted on January 2, 2009 at 6:28am — 3 Comments

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At 9:56am on February 19, 2009, ckoalaco said…
Howdy-hi my friends and fellow Candid Quitters,
I'm posting this message to some of you in an effort for me to finally put to rest an issue that has been bothering me for a while now. The people that are receiving this from me are known to be members of other sites that were started by a former member here named Michael Patterson. Now first off, I have no problem with people using other sites in their endeavor to kick this addiction. In fact, I routinely refer them to other sites that may be helpful to them. But, sites formed by this particular person are a bit different to me. The sites have been formed by a person for whom I hold nothing but contempt, for many, many justifiable reasons. I'm not writing this to make a case or to try to convince any of you of anything. And, I'm not willing to debate whether or not my feelings are founded in anyone else's opinion. I've even tried to talk myself out of being so uncomfortable over the disloyalty I feel towards those who are playing both sites, but I have failed.

Even the Ex administrators have openly advised that, and I quote "... We advise that you do not sign up for other communities that have been started by other members. If you have signed up for other communities we advise that you remove yourself from that community...
EX Admin" See in it's entirety at Click this link

I believe this individual and his behavior to be a detriment not only to this site but to it's members. Active harassment is still being conducted by him through various means. So my intent here is to pull myself out of the loop of those who I know to be romping on any of his other sites and actively befriending someone of his caliber. I wouldn't choose to spend my time in the 3-D world with those who knowingly choose to hang out with and tolerate the behavior that this man has displayed, so I'm not going to do it here either. Over the weekend I'll be cleaning out my friends list, as well as the membership in the Candid Quitters group over which I administer. If you have received this message and are interested in remaining a part of either, I need to hear from you ASAP. If I don't, I'll do the planned cleaning without hesitation and with no hard feelings.

Now, I do realize that some will use tactics to try to divert my efforts to free myself from all things related to Michael Patterson. And that in and of itself is a bit sad. And I may inadvertently miss someone but for those who I know to be playing both ends, I'll graciously bow out of any known connection now and in the future.
Sincerely
Ckoalaco (Peggy)
At 6:14am on February 11, 2009, Angela said…

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At 12:05pm on February 9, 2009, angeleyes said…
What else are you using besides Lobelia ? Like mabie Nicorette ?
At 10:55am on January 27, 2009, Angela said…
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At 8:13am on January 21, 2009, Angela said…
Hey girl, just dropping by to say congrats on your 3 weeks. How is everything going on you end? Haven't been able to get myself on the treadmill the past week, but I've got to get on it soon if I want to win this Biggest Loser thing at work. I just haven't had time and I guess life does sometimes get in the way, I'll just have to push through it.
At 10:01am on January 14, 2009, ~Edith~ said…
Hello Dessa! I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you until I saw you in Cozie's blog. Congradulations on 14 days! That is great!
At 9:01am on January 14, 2009, cozie said…
ITs wild isnt it...in the beginning of all this i didnt know if i could do it...i bet we both proved ourselved wrong..Congrads!
At 5:05pm on January 11, 2009, Dan said…
Just stopped in to say I hope you have little successes every day!
At 3:53am on January 10, 2009, momaT said…
good morning Dessa, just checking in on some friends this am. Hope all is well with you. This will be my first weekend to be a non smoker...wooo hooo!!!
I am excited and a little worried. Dont wanna be as short with my family as I have been the past couple of mornings and evenings.
I am sure things will be fine.
If you get a chance go to my page and watch the video I posted this morning. It was so inspiring, I wanted to share it with everyone.
Have a great day Dessa
At 9:31am on January 7, 2009, Gail said…
Thank you so much for recommending the yoga journal site. It is a great site and I am going to use it a lot in this battle. Thanks so much!
 
 

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