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This is my life, Am I who I want to Be???

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I AM A QUITTER!!!!!!! Quit Day April 12, 2009------

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UPDATE on Gina - June 16, 2009
My dear Ex friends....please don't worry about me, I have been logging in less and less as my quit progresses, I find myself feeling strong and hardly thinking of smokes at all these days.....it's is highly invigorating and just wonderful to "live" without smoking being a part of my life!

I will try to login at least once a week and check on my dear friends, i will keep your quits in my prayers and pray for your strength! my personal email is gina@gmvirtual.com - if anyone needs me or just wants to say hello when I'm not logged in!!

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The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.

About me??? I am 37 (til Sept), married coming up on 17yrs and the proud mom of a 13yr old wonderful son! We live in Sunny So Cal....

Started smoking at 12 and was regular by the end of high school, and in the air force likely began my 1 pack a day habit. My only quits: I quit for boot camp and my preganancy. How that was possible I will never know, but they are not really "quits" they are just "breaks".

Even this quit was not planned. It was the result of a 2 day "italian wine with my italian family all day" hangover and then some wild idea to try another day and then ended up in HELL on day 3......and I thought - well I made it this far - ......ugh!! Don't even begin to think my quit was easy just cuz i let a stupid hangover carry me to day 2. Ugh Quitting was hard....but you know what - each day has a new reward that makes it soooo worth it!!

As of writing this i am day 38! I swore I would never quit, I was the smoker my non-smoking friends would sneak to be around just so they could smoke....what a horrible friend!

My hubby quit 2 yrs ago and had to smell me and deal with me since! Now I cant wait to kiss him!!!!

Every day has it's challenges....but many many more rewards!!

Thanks to this site - I am a QUITTER!!!!

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my dear friend Sandi found this graphic on photobucket for me....and if you've read any of my blogs...I'm a true believer in KILLING this freakin NicoDemon.....so in case you don't who he is or what he does....this just pretty much sums it up!!!!!!
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My Past Smoking Costs (unbelievable!!!)

Number years I have smoked:21
Number of cigarettes I have smoked:122,640
Total amount I have spent on cigarettes:$42,004.20
Forgone interest earnings on money spent:$10,143.97
Total cost of my past smoking:$52,148.17
When The Urge To
Smoke Strikes Remember The 5 D’s
1. Delay A Minute Or Two And The Urge Will Pass 2. Drink Water To Fight Off Cravings
3. Do Something Else To Distract Yourself
Take A Walk
Call A Friend
Clean A Closet
4. Deep Breathe It Will Relax You
Close Your Eyes And Take 10 Slow Deep Breaths
5. Discuss Your Thoughts And Feelings With Someone Close To You

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UPDATE on Gina - June 16, 2009
My dear Ex friends....please don't worry about me, I have been logging in less and less as my quit progresses, I find myself feeling strong and hardly thinking of smokes at all these days.....it's is highly invigorating and just wonderful to "live" without smoking being a part of my life!

I will try to login at least once a week and check on my dear friends, i will keep your quits in my prayers and pray for your strength! my personal email is gina@gmvirtual.com - if anyone needs me or just wants to say hello when I'm not logged in!!

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Me?? Really? - Amazing! New struggling quits - read here!

Day 122 today and offically 4 months smoke free! Please new quits - don't stop reading because you think I'm an old pro now with 4 months..... read all the way and you will see you and I are very much alike! I promise! we all fight the same battle here! I hardly think of them anymore! Unfortunately that is why I have been missing. I know I should support the newer quits, but I had to create a world without smoking thoughts for awhile, to make me stronger in my new non-smoking world...and… Continue

Posted on August 12, 2009 at 12:34pm — 9 Comments

GMvirtual (Gina)

87 days and counting! I feel FREEEEEEE!!!

Wow! Who would have thunk it! Not me for sure! A pack a day for 21 yrs! I know I haven't been on this site in a couple of weeks and I have deeply missed my friends....but wow, life is amazing without smokes. Ok, really - it's exactly the same....except I don't smoke! and that is HUGE! Some mornings I wake up and lie in bed, and breathe.....and then I do it again, you know when you lie there all night and you wake up with the chest cramp that you thought was from sleeping wrong...??!!! It's gone… Continue

Posted on July 8, 2009 at 1:03pm — 8 Comments

GMvirtual (Gina)

A Future Trigger....or nothing? Camano Notes to Self!

I need to blog this morning about something because I need to work through it further in my mind long before it hits. Hubby and I were chatting about my quit this morning, he's so proud and happy and it's great. But I got off -track...we were discussing our plans for the summer and he asked how I would handle visiting with Kath in Camano in August. kath is my birth-mother, I met her 12 years ago and we have a very unique friendship. She is type A, like myself and very much a family dedicated mo… Continue

Posted on June 13, 2009 at 11:34am — 10 Comments

GMvirtual (Gina)

Anticipation Anxiety......

sometimes anticipating our quit can cause us more grief, worry, fear and torture than the actual quit. my quit hit me in the face like a rocket falling from the sky. I have a weird story, but in summary I quit with no notice. All the years prior to my quit, I would talk about quitting, get close to quitting and the fear,.....oh that FEAR would make the quit date never really come...like walking up an escalator backwards....you just never quite get to the top.... This quit happened one morning… Continue

Posted on June 12, 2009 at 9:54am — 4 Comments

GMvirtual (Gina)

Encouraging Raw.....

So here I am - on day 60 with all my thrill, my excitement, my pride, my strength and my raw vulernable side hangin out for all to see. In the real world people don't get to see "Raw Gina".....I mean come on - who let's it all hang out so we can get eaten!!?? yesterday was a tough day, a raw day, heart open wide, and yet I found power in it...strength in it, because I wrote about it and because of my friends here.... And then I see people fall here, slip, relapse and some "get it" they blog abo… Continue

Posted on June 11, 2009 at 12:34pm — 10 Comments

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At 12:20pm on October 28, 2009, Sue Otts said…
Look at you go. Hours away from 200 days!! WHOOOO HOOOO!!

Just wanted you to know I am thinking about you. Stop in whenever you get a chance. Hugs!!
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At 12:35pm on September 19, 2009, Raymond Clark said…
Opps ! after reading your page. Happy 38 birthday Gina you young thing I remenber them days long time ago.Anyhow I hope things are going well for you and family God Bless.
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At 11:45am on September 19, 2009, Raymond Clark said…
Hi Gina and God Bless you and family.I was'nt aload to add you to my friends list because it said I have reached my limit of 100 friend but I need all I can get.Anyhow I just joined your group pledge to walk/No new addictions since I just started 3 time a week down at part one and half mile track.Anyways have a blessed and wounderfull weekend friend God Bless.
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