When I quit I was afraid I would get addicted to the patch myself. However I kept forgetting to put it on so I just stopped using it about 3 weeks into my quitting. I still have 2 full boxes of patches and one half box. I used the kind where you step down. The program started with a 21MG patch I was supposed to be on for 4 weeks. Then it went to a 14MG patch I was supposed to be on for 2 weeks and then a 7MG patch for another 2 weeks. I also used Commit Lozenges when I had real bad cravings. I also used deep breathing I was taught in class and other things I was taught in class. Try calling 1-800-quitnow. They might be able to get you into a program for smoking. The point is you don't have to do this alone.
noni1974
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Quitting smoking (again)
by DanTheMan ini managed to stay off the bloody things for over 2 1/2 yrs but alas i fell off the wagon in september.
my plan is to ramp-down today by only having a cig every two hours or so, then cold turkey tomorrow.
i have a hard time holding myself to 'quit days' when i'm the only one who knows what day it is, hence i'm making it public so that i feel more accountable.
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Quitting smoking (again)
by DanTheMan ini managed to stay off the bloody things for over 2 1/2 yrs but alas i fell off the wagon in september.
my plan is to ramp-down today by only having a cig every two hours or so, then cold turkey tomorrow.
i have a hard time holding myself to 'quit days' when i'm the only one who knows what day it is, hence i'm making it public so that i feel more accountable.
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noni1974
I quit in September. Good luck. I used the patch and a class to help me. Maybe you could look into a class?
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Sheri discusses her JC meeting on The View
by shopaholic inshow aired thursday 12/11.. they were talking about losing your virginity and who you told when it happened.
sheri mentioned that she wrote it in her diary and sister found it, tore out the page and took it to their mom and her pleading with her mom not to tell the elders.
she talks about sitting in front of the 3 elders with her dad and being asked very probing questions like if she had oral sex.
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noni1974
Back in the 80's they did publicly reprove people who were not baptized. She must of at the time been an unbaptized publisher for that to happen. Don't forget back in the 80'd Michael Jackson was DA ed and kicked out for Thriller even though he was never baptized. They changed these terms to apply to only baptized people in the mid to late 80's. She probally got shunned at the time because of being reproved. I know in my hall if you got reproved people would stop talking to you because you were bad association.
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Did you ever really have true blue friends being a Witness?
by Cheetos inlooking back i don't think i really ever had any good friends being witness, cause if i would have some out of all those people and so called friends i thought i had, you would think one of them would have looked me up over the years.
what a farce.
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noni1974
Yes!!! My best friend when I was a teen is back in my life after 12 years. We were both raised JW and we both have left in our own way. I have other friends who were JW's in the same hall as I grew up in who are still in my life and are closer than most family to me. I'm one of the lucky one who's friends left and we either kept in contact or got back into contact years later with people I loved as friends back in my Dub days. It's funny because I didn't have many friends when I was a dub. The ones I did have I've been lucky enough to keep in my life.
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blood sugar
by John Doe inso, i missed classes today.
well, im diabetic.
i figure that more than a few of you share this problem.
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noni1974
I just found out I was diabetic in July ( type 2 ). I had my first real low a few months ago. It was really scary for me. I've never felt like that before. I went down to 56. My doctor told me he would take me off some meds if I keep getting lows because my numbers are back in the normal range for right now ( my latest A1c was 5.6 ) . I don't want to kill my beta cells in my pancreas. I keep getting lows about once or twice a week. I have to call my doctor because they happen while I'm driving and the last time was this Saturday and I almost couldn't find my glucose tabs I carry in my bag. I was starting to freak out a bit. I couldn't even imagine how I would feel at 20. That is very scary.
Please keep something with you. Glucose comes in tabs and gel. Either are pretty fast acting. I took my glucose tabs Saturday night and withing 1 minute I felt my blood sugar go up. The shakes stopped and I felt much better. Remember the 15/15 rule. When your low test, take 15 carbs of fast acting glucose and wait 15 minutes and test again. You can take more glucose if you need to.
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Chuck a sickie! Do you call in sick at work when your fine need a break?
by Witness 007 inin australia it's called "chucking a sickie" and since starting a new job 3 years ago i have used up almost all my sick days....just for some time off.
i have never really been sick.
i only have 2 days sick leave left and i know that is foolish but i enjoyed myself fishing!
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noni1974
Yes. I call them mental health days. If I don't take them I'll need serious help with my head.
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Cleveland, Ohio and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
by The Oracle ingreetings friends,.
if you know of any jw's in either of these vicinities, please share with me via private message the email adresses, and/or the home addresses or phone numbers of any whom you may know.. we are trying to reach some people in those cities in order to free more minds from the high control tactics of the watchtower organisation.. efforts to date have produced staggering results.
jws are waking up all over north america at a much faster pace than anticipated.
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noni1974
I live in Cleveland but I left the borg 10 years ago and I don't know any emails addresses.
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Your favorite NEW bands or newest recent music from your favorites!
by restrangled ini ask this because my sons have moved out and always kept us up to date, and now i feel in the dark....i loved their newest favorites.....please post yours with links if possible!.
r.. .
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noni1974
My favorit band just came out with a new album. I can't seem to embed the video.
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I'm convinced that Magic faked AIDS
by What-A-Coincidence inhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/nba/10/10/magic.radio.ap/index.html?cnn=yes.
talk radio hosts: magic faked aidsstory highlightstwo minneapolis talk radio hosts accused magic johnson of faking aidsmagic released a statement expressing outrage over the remarksthe former lakers great was diagnosed with hiv in 1991[blocked ads]</form>[blocked ads]minneapolis (ap) -- former nba star magic johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts friday for accusing him of faking aids but said he didn't want them to be fired.. chris baker and langdon perry of ktlk in minneapolis made the remarks during baker's conservative radio show on wednesday.
after johnson condemned the statements, the station said it regretted "some offhand remarks" by the pair.. "we can't have people out here making false statements and putting out bad information, because this battle is too big when it comes to hiv and aids," johnson told the associated press in a telephone interview.. "i poured my life into it and a lot of other people have poured their life into it, into getting out the right information so people can protect themselves and know what hiv and aids is all about.".
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noni1974
I have a friend at work who has HIV. It's not funny at all. She had full blown AIDS when she first found out but has since gone back to being undetectiable HIV positive. I don't know how that works but that's what she tells me. She's on meds everyday and she's depressed all the time because she's 33 and knows what's going to kill her. I was shocked when she told me this year. I would never have guessed at all. She doesn't look sick but she is. I had been talking to her about getting tested myself before she ever told me. I was telling her about it one night at dinner that I wanted to be tested just because I never had been up till then and I thought it was a good idea. She told me she was positive. She said I reacted very well to the news. I asked questions that night and I still ask questions when I have them.
Theres a radio DJ here in Cleveladn who insists MJ has been cured and is hiding the cure from the world. This same DJ got arrested and charged with assult for throwing a beer bottle in a crowed and hitting a lady in the crowd.
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Well, my girlfriend dumped me today.
by asilentone inwell if you are single and good looking female, i will send you my picture.
please do not ask for my picture unless you are looking for a mate.
thanks!
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