i am going for laser treatment today to stop smoking!!! i feel excited and scared, but working diligently on staying in the moment, so far so good. i don't want to be controlled by cigs anymore, it is a mind and mood altering substance. Step 1 will be huge for me!!
Thanks to the program i feel confident enough to handle them, as my HP doesn't put anything in my path that i can't handle, its what i won't handle that trips me up.. :/
My daughter is moving to go to university in the fall, i am sooo proud of her!!! And thanks to my HP blessing of being clean i am around to watch it happen. She will be the first in our family history to go to university :) I was the first to graduate from high school.
my youngest daughter will be having her grade 8 grad this thursday another tear jerker.
My mom flew here last wednesday for a 5 day visit, she returns tonight. Its been a wonderful visit. A bit of anxiety during...i am handling it.
i've been dating a wonderful man the last month, exciting, definitely putting a smile on my face :)
on sunday i asked a lady that really admire to sponsor me, she agreed, she just celebrated 29 years.
I did well on an exam last week that will determine where i start in my schooling coming up this fall.
I quit one of my 3 jobs, lisytening to my inner guidance and i feel better for it.
If my HP has his way, i will celebrate 18 months and pick up my grey key tag in 12 days.
all i had to do to experience a good life was stop doing drugs, and get involved in NA.
How blessed am I??
truly a miracle, a grateful heart won't use :)
i thank your HP for your cleantime and sobriety and i thank my HP for mine :) if i can stay clean, so can you!!!!
I'm really glad you've been able to get clean and watch your daughter embark on college. Being a college student myself, I know how important it is to have a supportive mother who's both helpful and proud. :)
As for quitting cigarettes, I quit last year for a 6 month period with the help of nicotrol inhalers. I'm not familiar with the laser treatment, but I hope it helps you to kick the habit! I would suggest checking out the inhalers, also, if you think you need additional help. They were helpful to me because they replaced my desire to hold something to my mouth. After three weeks I stopped using them entirely.
I'm grateful that I happened to read your share, Wendy, feel so light and easy. Indeed IT WORKS, thanks for sharing the miracles in your life.
Best wishes on your nicotine quit and your exam results and schooling this fall, glad that your love life has brought a smile on your face
Big NA Hugs.
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
ok you guys..i highly recommend laser treatment!!!
i remember hearing that quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroine... that kept me smoking.. i have smoked since i was 10 years old..i had tasted booze a couple of times before that, drugs came at 14 years old.
i will be 42 this september, thats a lot of years of mind and mood altering shit going into my brain and body ... mental image of my mommah tsking and shaking her head..
anyways i had my last smoke at 11:25 am yesterday, just like the addict in me can't forget my last drug use i had quite the relationship with that last smoke. I walked in for laser, nervous, teary eyes, and mind boggled, unabloe to focus. By the time the treatment was half over i was quite calm and relaxed. Amazing really. I haven't picked up a smoke since. now for Wendy.. that is a miracle. The treatment has stayed calming and relaxing, i get really fast urges, like they come out of nowhere, and leave me shaking my head yet i am able to move on in a relatively short time. The laser is basically for the physical, the mental is what i must work on.
The laser is done on the pressure points on face and arms and hands.
today is my first morning without smoking, been some tough moments, actually last night a couple times i thought my head might go spinning right off my shoulders...lol, sure laugh it up now ;)
sitting here on the computer is one one my biggest triggers i think, i spend every morning here, smokes, coffee, meditations... k, back to the now
if it weren't for NA and you people showing me how to get through the first days without drugs, i wouldn't have the courage to attempt this smokin thing. Thankyou for that
just for today, i will have a program i may not follow it exactly, yet i will have it
just for today, i will follow my heart my heart smiles, k tears now...gotta go love ya
Hey Wendy, congrats on your first day SMOBER as they like to call it at NicA
Have never heard of the laser remedy for quitting nicotine addiction before, sounds interesting, and I'm glad it's working for you, keep the miracle alive...
Here's one more that I've heard from NicA fellowship...
I'm one smoke away from a pack a day!
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
