You can do it!

11:54PM - Новости из жизни знаменитостей в женском журнале

К этому яркому фрукту отношение у разных людей колеблется от восторга («Обожаю! Каждый день съедаю по несколько штук») до отвращения («Как вообще можно есть эту терпкую гадость?»). На вкус и цвет товарища нет, как говорится. Однако хурма вполне заслуживает того, чтобы ее полюбили все. Наверняка, даже любители не так много знают об этом «оранжевом солнышке»: что из себя представляет, где растет, чем полезна хурма. Постараемся немного восполнить этот пробел.

Женский блог и женское творчество

Что нам известно про женский блог? Почувствовать себя королевой можно и с помощью моделей от Victoria’s Secret. Рубины, бриллианты и сапфиры даже самую маленькую грудь сделают значительной и привлекательной. В коллекциях Виктория Сикрет столько всего, что просто глаза разбегаются. Можно выбрать бриллиантовый лифчик (6,5 миллионов долларов) или же целый комплект, состоящий из трусиков, бюстгальтера, браслета, а также подвязки и заколки для волос (стоимость всего комплекта 4,5 миллиона долларов). Женская обувь и женский блог: новости из жизни знаменитостей в женском журнале. Для сухих волос нужно натереть репчатый лук и свеклу в равных объемах, добавить подогретое на водяной бане репейное масло. Также укрепить волосы можно яичным желтком и репейным маслом. Масляную баню делаем так: 3 столовые ложки масла (касторового, миндальное, репейное) смешиваем с 5 каплями лимонного сока. Немного подогреть.

1:39AM - Косметика для красивых волос

Секрет красивых волос лежит на поверхности: нужно использовать правильно подобранные средства именно для своего типа волос с учетом индивидуальных особенностей (непереносимость каких-то компонентов, склонность к аллергии, перхоть и прочее). Главное правило красоты - правильный уход с помощью косметики. Выполняя регулярно трехэтапную процедуру, можно легко добиться желаемого эффекта красивые здоровые волосы.

Как ухаживать за волосами?

1. Вымыть волосы шампунем, который подходит по типу волос. Лучше всего необходимое количество шампуня нанести на ладонь, смешать с небольшим количеством воды, вспенить в ладони, нанести на кожу головы, слегка массировать в течение 3-5 минут и тщательно смыть водой.

(hopita)

12:04PM - The First 100 days

Wow -- I've been a non-smoker for 100 days now. That's freakin' excellent!


QuitMeter Counter courtesy of www.quitmeter.com.

x-posted to qnet_extention, quitsmokingnow2 and my own journal

(damien_san)

3:35PM - doing bad

i can't quit that easily anymore. i've become so addicted, it's become a part of my everyday life. somebody Please HELP. PLEASE.

Current mood: crappy

(damien_san)

3:57PM - hard work

i have cut down to only a few cigarettes a day. if anyone can help, please post to me. i really need the help. Bye!!!

Current mood: accomplished

(microgravity)

12:38PM - like PMS of the lungs

I quit for serious, oh, about 17hr ago. Let the cranky begin.

Until yesterday i kept a small stash for the super-A-plus cravings that result in me being irritable around people. It comes uncontrollably in waves and pass after a small-ish amount of time, kind of like PMS, except in my lungs :)

I figure two weeks in and I'll be much better and less crave-y, yes? Yes...?

(skcup)

6:56AM - Like death clubbed me over the head with a baby seal and beat me blue with a wheelbarrow....

I'm starting this journal to have somewhere to put the rants of an ex-smoker. My mood swings have been atrocious and my dreams are weird. I'm still waiting for the heightened sex drive to kick in.

I've been a smoker for 11 years, since I was 14 years old. I started smoking because all my friends smoked and I thought it was cool. Weak reasoning, no? Anyway.

My dad smoked for 59 years and died of heart disease and other health complications when I was 17. He was a crappy mean bastard while he was alive and for years I convinced myself that I didn't need to quit smoking, even while watching him ruin his body and his life with cigarettes and liquor.

I've always told myself that when I was ready to quit I just would. I'm the kind of person that can do what I want - but ONLY when I really want it. I've never tried to quit smoking before but I'm certain that I'm able to.

I've not had a smoke in nearly three days. I've been getting over a bad bout of the flu and the bronchitis was just killing me. Last year, at about this time, I got some hideous strain of Flubonic Plague and ended up coughing myself into a nasty case of winter Pneumonia. Surely not helped by the smoking. I coughed all bloody winter and part way into the spring. That's what decided me. I don't want to do that again.

So, three days ago I took advantage of the fact that smoking felt awful when I was coughing like I was and stopped. I hadn't slept in days because the hacking was keeping me awake. I went into the drug store intending to buy a pack of smokes and came out with nicotine gum instead. It was a split second decision. I almost turned around and bought a pack of cigarettes right then and there. But the dog was waiting in the car and I was in a hurry to get her out for a walk before she ripped the living S%^&T outta my car interior. I kept walking.

Chewing the gum sucked. My wisdom teeth have been bothering me for months and I popped the skin off the top of one of them the other day and my mouth has been a bit of a nightmare ever since. This morning I went to the store on my coffee break and bought a package of nicotine patches. Never having used them before, I had no idea what to expect.

I went into the bathroom to put one on under my shirt. Had to go back to desk to get the patch (which I forgot) and then again to get a pair of scissors (cos those bastards don't open easy!). Put it on and IMMEDIATELY felt it hit my bloodstream. It was a bit like the one time I felt a needle drug hit me. Almost fell down in the bathroom.

Went back to my desk feeling a little shaky but definitely less crave-y. Spent the day fidgety and restless. I need to figure out a way to manage the break issue. When I smoked, I'd take 5-6 short smoke breaks a day and enjoy the quiet and the walking around outside thing. Maybe I'll walk around the block tomorrow a couple of times instead.

I think part of my attraction to smoking has always been about the romanticization of drugs, rock and roll and art. I stopped using all drugs the morning after the night my dad died. My mother needed me to be there for her and help with all the junk that comes about when a family member dies at home....unfortunately I was too $%itfaced to be of much use. The only way to absolve myself from that was to ensure that it never happened again. No more alcohol, no more drugs. Cigarettes were my last vice and I was attached to the idea of having one.

And now I don't. Instead I'll have to muddle through with healthier lungs and better breath. WOE IS ME. Well, not really. I'll walk the dog longer, spend more time playing with my equid, and maybe not spend the winter not sleeping and fighting disease and discomfort.

There will be no "I'll just have one" or "Weeelll, I'm doing so well I could reward myself" because that's useless and defeatist. And I don't intend to defeat myself.


Much Love,
A Grumpy Bastard

"There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong"

Two days, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 49 seconds. 25 cigarettes not smoked, saving $11.51. Life saved: 2 hours, 5 minutes.

(buffy_aus)

11:45AM - HELPLESS

Hey guys..i just found this community and i think its great. I hope u dont mind that i joined, even tho im a nonsmoker. My boyfriend has been smoking for about 5 years (hes 21) and is in the process of quitting. Im really proud of him for doing it but the problem is i just feel so helpless ! I want to be able to help and support but im not sure what to do coz i have no idea what hes going through. Both his parents smoke and arent happy about his decision to quit and he still lives with them, so hes finding it very difficult. I dont want to sound like a nag to him, but at the same time i want him to realise he doesnt have to listen to his parents (i know that sounds harsh). Any tips as to how i can help and support him without being a nag ? Im completely at a loss here. I want him to know hes not alone.

Current mood: helpless

(auroracrystal)

4:38PM - Eep!

So I gave in and took a puff of a cigg today. I have never felt so sick in my life, I almost threw up. I realized that one tiny puff really wasn't needed and I got rid of it immediatly. I had to stop using the patch though and that's why I think I gave in. The patch gave me a chemical burn and a rash, so i'm back to the Commit lozenges (actually CVS brand because I work there and get a bigger discount and they are identical) and doing really well with those. I hope everyone else is hanging in there!!!

BTW-For all your New Yorkers, anywhere in the state...The free patch program is still available..Call 311 and get your free patches. They start you at 21 mg's or 14 depending on your level and you get 28 days free!! They give you a list of support groups and if your county supplies free patches too (like mine, Nassau) they hook you up too. I urge everyone in NY who needs this extra boost of confidence to give it a try. And, for the other states around look for programs too! The money you save is really helpful.

And no, I don't work for 311, I just found it was really helpful and wanted to share.

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(zen_camel)

9:24AM

stellar rachel!


thanks for the quitmeter! here's mine...


QuitMeter Counter courtesy of www.quitmeter.com.

(auroracrystal)

10:30PM - Hi!

Hi, My name is Rachel, I'm new to the community. I'm 23 and been a smoker for about 7 years. After about 3 failed attemps something has finally lit a fire under my ass and I'm READY TO QUIT. I made my first quit meter that I wanted to share with you all because I made it through my first 24 hours (even though I am quite cranky). I'm struggling today but I am determined to be smoke free! I wish all of you the best of luck and hope I can count on your support if I am ever in a pinch, you've certainly got mine!


QuitMeter Counter courtesy of www.quitmeter.com.



-Rae

Apologies to any of you who see this post more than once, I posted in a few communities!

(zen_camel)

11:49AM - day 5

i'm 5 days smoke free. i had a positive experience yesterday. i had to run & when i got where i was headed, i didn't cough. it was an amazing feeling to have my lungs feeling like they're working. i made the decision to quit smoking because i was fed up with my lungs hurting. it scared me to hear a wheeze coming from my chest when i was resting.

straws help with the oral fixation & cinnamon discs help with the physical craving.

i'm just taking it one day at a time. :)

i'm a newbie to lj, so bear with me.

Current mood: grateful

(zen_camel)

11:43AM - day 5

it's been 5 days. i'm doing very well, considering i live with 4 other smokers. i made the decision that i was sick of my lungs hurting all the time. it really scared me to hear my lungs wheeze at a resting state.

i'm also a recovering addict/alcoholic. i am very involved in my recovery community & i'm using the tools i've learned from the 12 steps of a.a. to help with my cessation of smoking.

chewing on straws helps with the oral fixation. cinnamon discs were recommended to me to help with the physical craving. the burning of the cinnamon simulates the burn you'd feel from smoke.

i just take it one day at a time. :)

(damien_san)

6:35PM

hey, this is my first time in a community on lj. i have tried to quit smoking many times but crashed every time. i live in framingham, ma. i need help finding a way to quit smoking. can anybody help me find a way to quit? please reply to me at my lj page
http//damien-san.livejournal.com

Current mood: anxious

(louieman)

10:09PM

My ongoing efforts to quit smoking are now chronicled in my livejournal. Wait, scratch that, there's some pretty adult oriented stuff in there too.

My philosophy is that "it doesn't matter that i haven't had a cigarette today, i don't care if i have one tomorrow, life is a series of now and all we can leave behind in this world is the decisions we made, and i've decided that I'm not having one right now"

It's amazing to go this long without one. I really think that i can do this but i have NO support, except the occasional congratulations from random folks. I have 2 roommates that smoke and i am in constant doubt of myself.

I tell everybody that my last cigarette was on thursday, but actually it was on friday.

I started this attempt to quit as more of an experiment to see if i could quit. When i went two days i realized that i never want to feel this horrible again so i don't think this is the real thing, it's just that all the signs point towards the frightening possibilty that i may never smoke another cigarette for the rest of my life. Not even a puff.

(genera7)

11:15AM

I need help quiting smoking. I tried cold turkey and it worked for 5 months, but got stressed and went back. I still think cold turkey is the best way considering I am living in a homeless shelter and have no money for quiting.

Any suggestions?

Current mood: confused

(lionsmiles)

4:18PM

Hello! My name is Lynn. I was wondering if you have any suggestions on how to help my mom.
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6:23PM

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(hyperactive28)

12:05AM - HI!!!

hey...
im a teenage guy, about 17, almost 18. thinking of giving up smoking. live in melbourne, australia

i almost did once, because i didn't want my girlfriend kissing an ashtray. but after we broke up, ciggerettes were there for me.
stupid i know.
that was after the fourth day... i though just one puff, you know...
one more puff, then one more ciggerette, then i'llgive up after this packet...

and now... i sit here with one hanging from my mouth...
and i'm seriously thinking of giveing it up.
and i probably will

etheir way i probably will...
but this post was just to say HI!!! and so on...
see you round
hyper

Current mood: worried

(modmom1205)

6:33PM

i am an advocate for the state of ohio for nonsmoking... i think this is an awesome community and i wish i could get my sister to be part of it... but for those of you that smoke i hope to help you out!

my name is dee by the way :)

Current mood: complacent