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A weekly blog featuring well written posts from members of our community. Each week I'll pick a post and add it to this blog along with the link to the whole thread for anyone wanting to read more. Hope you like it 😊

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My Story...Hope it Helps

stzr500 Quit Date: 02/24/2017   Posted March 10, 2018    Hello,         I just want to start off stating that Feb 24th was my first year smoke free. I just want to give a bit of insight on how things went and are still going. This may be a bit in length but to totally understand it has to be, sorry. I came home that night on the 24th after I said goodbye to my daughter whom was off to rehab for her own addiction. I said if she can do it so can I even after 30 years
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The Ripple Effect

Boo Quit Date: March 9, 2016   Posted July 20, 2017    Quitting smoking...it's what every smoker desires.  We've already established that the act of quitting is dead simple.  You simply refrain from putting cigarettes in your mouth and lighting them on fire.  And repeat.   The benefits of quitting are many: freedom, improved health, more money in your pocket, etc.  The benefits do not end there.  In fact, the benefits only begin there.  The process, while simpl
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Owning Your Relapse

jillar Quit Date: May 29, 2016   Posted June 19, 2020    Over my four years of being on support forums I've seen a few people who just couldn't seem to get their sticky quit the first time. They start so gung-ho and post daily getting and even offering support from and to fellow quitters. Then one day they are gone...…….. When they resurface it's usually with tail between their legs hoping for the same support they received before they relapsed. And with the excepti
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Grow into a Happy Non-Smoker

Sazerac Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free.   Posted January 16, 2019  I just found this, hope you like it too.       Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/11762-grow-into-a-happy-non-smoker/  
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Joe's Quit Story

joe Quit Date: 11/20/2013   Posted April 5, 2014    Just thought I would share ...In a nut shell, quitting smoking isnt as hard as you may think....its all about knowledge and commitment...the first step is quitting......   Looking back on my smoking "career" I wish I knew then what I know now....I CAN quit smoking!      I think from the first cigarette i smoked as a 15 year old kid I knew that I shouldnt be doing this and that it would eventually kil
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One Question

Boo Quit Date: March 9, 2016   Posted November 29, 2018    Did I smoke today?   It is the one and only question that matters when quitting.  I've seen some recent posts in which people call themselves "bad quitters" because they craved and/or romanced the cigarette during their quit.  There is no such thing as a "bad quitter."  There are only successful quitters and smokers.   If you craved a cigarette but didn't smoke, you are a successful quitter. 
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RIDE IT OUT

Raya Quit Date: June 30 / 2011   Posted April 14, 2015      Its late and I am awake , and I got thinking how this quitting process has truly has been a roller coaster . Remember the first days quitting smoking are much like a roller coaster so if an hour from now you don't feel so good; RIDE IT OUT . There may be bit of a turn, and you feel queezy and wonder if you made the right decision ; RIDE IT OUT. There may be a hill , and you are filled with fear where you do
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smoking turned me into a total coward!

babs609 Quit Date: 07/13/2012   Posted September 28, 2015    As a young child and early in my teens, I was very confident.  I wasn't the prettiest, smartest, most athletic, or funniest girl (well..I did win class clown in the 8th grade)  as a matter of fact, I was an average teenager...but I was okay with that and pretty comfortable in my own skin.    Somewhere along the line....in my teens...there was a decline in that confidence.  It wasn't sudden.  It was so
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Relapse: I Just Can't Do It Right Now. I Know I'll Quit Again..., Back In The Saddle?

MarylandQuitter Quit Date: 10/07/2013   Posted August 1, 2014   I Know I'll Quit Again Video discusses the risk of allowing yourself to relapse using the logic that you can always simply just quit again.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHp8yFnHbZQ     Get Right Back In The Saddle? Still quit right away but figure out what went wrong and what happened so it doesn't happen again.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcEzzFM6c7A
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Simple Guide to Freedom

Sazerac Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free.   Posted October 22, 2019    In celebration of my Six Years of Freedom, I wrote this little piece,     Sazerac's Simple Guide To Freedom   Desire:   You must want to quit more than you want to smoke   Decision:  Make the decision to live life without Nicotine.    Commitment:  Commit wholeheartedly to live without Nicotine  and intend on standing by your resolve.  
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The Perfect Quit-Repost by jwg

jillar Quit Date: May 29, 2016   Posted May 20, 2018    the perfect quit by jwg1763 » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:03 pm   Welcome come right in ,, how can I help you today? Umm yes I would like to see about buying a quit Well sir you have certainly come into the right store Let me show you some of our newer and maybe are best Ok ,, that would be great,, are they expensive? Lets just look and then we can talk price Umm , umm ok.. Now
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Acknowledging the addiction

Irene Quit Date: 19 June 2020   Posted March 14, 2020    Before I even entertained the thought of quitting, I always looked at drug users or addicts with pity, thinking how lucky I am not to have fallen into that trap. Ironic huh? Now I have empathy.   I'm not a person who bares her soul, wears her heart  on on her sleeve, nor starting a thread about something she doesn't  know much about....lol I know I'm not the type of person to join a group therap
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Perception Shift

Boo Quit Date: March 9, 2016   Posted March 28, 2016    For much of the last couple of weeks, I hit a mental wall of sorts.  It wasn't that I was craving a cigarette so much as I was finding it difficult to identify myself as a nonsmoker.  Nagging, insecure thoughts were persistent.  I began to doubt if I was really done with smoking for good.  My policy to this point had been to "fight like hell."  What am I fighting?   The fight is with addiction of course, b
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Quitting Smoking Blues

Sazerac Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free.   Posted August 30, 2018    Here is an article I found googling around dealing with the Quitting Smoking Blues. This is from the Very Well Mind website   Depression Related to Quitting Smoking How to Deal With the Temporary Mood Changes By Terry Martin | Reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Updated August 29, 2018   Quitting smoking is difficult enough when you're feeling happy.
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Don't EVER Let Your Guard Down-Repost by Craig

Repost by Craig     I get sad whenever I read about someone that relapses after rocking an awesome quit for weeks or months. I quit smoking 290 days ago and I'm extremely confident I'll never smoke again. Things were a little different on day 142 though. That's the day I almost smoked a cigarette.....   Quote   Day 142.   I have been romanticizing the cigarette for about a week now. I've been daydreaming about the simple joy of holding a cigarette bet
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A Message from your Body

Nancy Quit Date: 07/07/2013   Posted September 17, 2014    I found this online, here.   A message from your body. (Repost)   By tahoehal  on November 03 2007 at 4:39 pm      Insert your own name ......... and days of being smoke free x. Dear .......... It has been x days since you have quit smoking. You probably don't recognize me since you have been real busy for about x years.  I am your body and I wanted to have a conversati
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Same-same but different

notsmokinjo Quit Date: 28/11/2017   Posted March 3, 2020    I know there are a few threads already about the unexpected gains we got from quitting BUT I'm too lazy to go hunting, besides when ya do you tend to fall down a rabbit hole of rereading some bloody good posts...well I do..anywho ..was reading an old post and it got me thinking (no it did not hurt)...   Did quitting change who I am? Has it opened life opportunities that weren't there previously? 
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Cigarette Butt Emissions

Sazerac Members  14.3k Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free. Posted February 6, 2020    Butt Emissions: Study Finds Even Extinguished Cigarettes Give Off Toxins   January 29, 2020   This specially built smoking machine was used by NIST scientists to measure the emissions that come off cigarette butts long after they've been extinguished. Cigarette butts pile up in parks, beaches, streets and bus stops, places where all typ
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"The Smoker's Vow"

abbynormal Quit Date: 1/1/2019   Posted December 5, 2019    The Smoker's Vow by Joel Spitzer   To be said just before taking your first puff after having quit for any appreciable period of time.   With this puff I enslave myself to a lifetime of addiction. While I can't promise to always love you, I do promise to obey every craving and support my addiction to you no matter how expensive you become.   I will let no husband or
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addiction or habit ?

...   Posted July 22, 2014    Sometimes I do charity work for a homeless shelter. A really good friend of mine runs it and I help her out whenever she needs it. In the last 2 weeks, she has called me in twice. Seems she is getting an influx of abscesses from IV drug abuse. The first one I saw was from heroin abuse. 23 years old with a 4 year old little boy that she doesn't have custody of any more. The second one I saw last night. She has already lost one arm in an infection
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Stop Waiting

Soberjulie   Posted April 10, 2014    Stop Waiting  Author: Unknown. Last sentence: Mine  So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until
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The Addiction is Real

Gus Quit Date: 3-17-21   Posted 1 hour ago -(edited)   Sorry to hear @Breath-of-Power. This addiction is real. It is powerful. I don’t know how much time you’ve spent reviewing the information about nicotine and the additives that cigarettes contain, but the stuff literally rewires your brain. Your brain. That organ that controls everything about you. After the nicotine withdrawal it’s what you will be fighting against. Of course it’s going to fight against reconditionin
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Red Flags

Sazerac Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free.   Posted May 1, 2018      I have confidence in my quit and estimate my chance of relapse is low still...addiction is a wily condition and I am human.   Here are my four maneuvers to avert relapse,  (  Think again,  Get right with yourself,  Contact an ally,  Post an SOS  ) and a slew of red flags...      When you know better yet, are purposefully leading yoursel
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Smoking and Circulation

jillar Quit Date: May 29, 2016   Posted October 18, 2019    Are your hands and feet always cold? Mine were. Until I quit smoking.  I knew smoking affected my lungs and blood pressure. I've been on blood pressure medicine since my late 30's and instead of quitting smoking I chose to have tubal ligation surgery because my Dr wouldn't prescribe birth control after 40 years old IF I WAS A SMOKER. But I never contributed my cold feet and hands to smoking until I qui
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WILLPOWER

Mee Quit Date: 08/01/2018   Posted August 31, 2019    I used to think I did not have the willpower to quit smoking.  Every attempt, my thoughts would drift back to needing that cigarette and the excuses of why I could not quit.   Last night, as I lay in bed, I could not get this word out of my mind.  I realized that, over the past year, this word has really changed meaning for me. I always had the willpower to quit smoking, I just did not know how to do it.  St
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