Comments on: Easy Step by Step Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolution http://www.gorgeousthings.com.au/blog/easy-step-by-step-ways-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution/ Making it easy for women to look fabulous and feel great naturally Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.gorgeousthings.com.au/blog/easy-step-by-step-ways-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution/comment-page-1/#comment-429 admin Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:37:58 +0000 http://www.gorgeousthings.com.au/blog/easy-step-by-step-ways-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution/#comment-429 Go Peta! Thanks for reflecting your awesome milestone of 600 days with us all - massive achievement :) The nicotine replacement industry has got to be almost as big as the tobacco industry by now??? Go Peta! Thanks for reflecting your awesome milestone of 600 days with us all – massive achievement :)

The nicotine replacement industry has got to be almost as big as the tobacco industry by now???

]]> By: Peta http://www.gorgeousthings.com.au/blog/easy-step-by-step-ways-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Peta Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:59:02 +0000 http://www.gorgeousthings.com.au/blog/easy-step-by-step-ways-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution/#comment-426 Hurray for you being smoke free for soooooo long, Gorgeous Things blog queen (MUCH longer than me!) I spent an absolute bomb on patches, lozenges etc in order to kick the habit ... I shudder to think how much money I dropped with the local chemist over about a two year period. Nothing worked - if I wanted a cigarette, I'd just rip off the patch, then have one and make myself feel ill from the excessive nicotine in my system. It wasn't until I said to myself "Peta, that is ENOUGH!", and truly meant it, that I was able to slay the nicodemon. Well, to be honest, I'll never slay it - it's always lurking in the shadows, and I always need to be on my guard. But like you, I knew that if I kept sucking on those fags, I'd never stop. Ever. Funnily enough, when I finally did quit, I did it without any aids - like you - and although there were a few days of discomfort, it wasn't THAT bad. The physical addiction is not the hardest bit to conquer - it's changing your whole attitude to smoking and seeing it for what it is - a vile, revolting, smelly, pointless, costly, dumb, life-draining activity! If I ever weaken and have another cigarette again, I know I'll be a slave to them for the rest of my days, so I won't! The ticker I downloaded from a website called Quitnet also provides me with some fairly potent motivation to stay on track - today it's telling me it's a whopping 600 days exactly since I last dragged on a fag (YAAAAY!) The mere thought of seeing that ticker revert to single numbers again makes me feel queasy. But my 10 month old daughter is the biggest reason of all. Sorry for the rant, Queen Gorgeous - but I felt like reflecting on this milestone, so your post was very timely. Congratulations to you - and me - on being non smokers. May it stay that way. Hurray for you being smoke free for soooooo long, Gorgeous Things blog queen (MUCH longer than me!) I spent an absolute bomb on patches, lozenges etc in order to kick the habit … I shudder to think how much money I dropped with the local chemist over about a two year period. Nothing worked – if I wanted a cigarette, I’d just rip off the patch, then have one and make myself feel ill from the excessive nicotine in my system. It wasn’t until I said to myself “Peta, that is ENOUGH!”, and truly meant it, that I was able to slay the nicodemon. Well, to be honest, I’ll never slay it – it’s always lurking in the shadows, and I always need to be on my guard. But like you, I knew that if I kept sucking on those fags, I’d never stop. Ever. Funnily enough, when I finally did quit, I did it without any aids – like you – and although there were a few days of discomfort, it wasn’t THAT bad. The physical addiction is not the hardest bit to conquer – it’s changing your whole attitude to smoking and seeing it for what it is – a vile, revolting, smelly, pointless, costly, dumb, life-draining activity! If I ever weaken and have another cigarette again, I know I’ll be a slave to them for the rest of my days, so I won’t! The ticker I downloaded from a website called Quitnet also provides me with some fairly potent motivation to stay on track – today it’s telling me it’s a whopping 600 days exactly since I last dragged on a fag (YAAAAY!) The mere thought of seeing that ticker revert to single numbers again makes me feel queasy. But my 10 month old daughter is the biggest reason of all. Sorry for the rant, Queen Gorgeous – but I felt like reflecting on this milestone, so your post was very timely. Congratulations to you – and me – on being non smokers. May it stay that way.

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