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Nope i have 2 months in today.. I feel so rejuvenated. Nope Nope Nope

N O P E forever never ever

Yesterday, logged one of the slowest and sloppiest trail runs imaginable. Heavy rain. Mud. Wet leaves. Slippery rocks and roots. Good times. Ran 4.3 miles and made very few stable foot strikes along the way. Not lately. It's been over five-months since I sparred. Set up my home gym and like the convenience of having everything I need to workout in the basement. The one drawback is not having anyone to spar or do pad work with. If you want to swing by the house sometime, I'd be more than happy to punch you in the head. The speed bag is mostly about rhythm. Get a good rhythm going and you can make the bag sing. The double-end bag is my biggest challenge. That damn thing can make me look downright silly at times.

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I'll come round sweetheart...got my gloves ....

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Walked on the treadmill on an incline for 45. How is everyone today? Lisa

Thank you for your warm welcomes, it actually brings tears to my eyes. I feel at home already:)

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Wishing Everyone Fabulous Freedom. It is so Free also , Fun, Fascinating, Felicitous and For Real. NOPE-ly yours, S p.s. I am delighted you are here,RvQ

Walked on an incline for 45 minutes then did some squats and such after....only 24.5 lbs more to go ?? what is everyone else doing today? Lisa

Sorry I'm getting here late to this welcome party but wanted to add my good wishes to the others' and say glad to have you aboard the train. I also quit last May- on the 20th. Nice to aee your success just in front of me. Looking forward to getting to now you better here. All the best! PT

Today I warmed up with 20 minutes on the rower and then did some strength work(Power Cleans, Bench Press, Single-Leg Deadlifts, Pull-Ups, and Farmer's Walk). Finished up with 15 minutes of mobility drills. Hope everybody else is moving and feeling good.

That's great Lisa! Keep up the good work.

And I'll provide her with the frying pan Be Good now Mr. "T".

Smoking never fixed anything..!!!!.....stay here more often till it passes...you smoke...and I'll bash you ...

Dear David, I know you´ve been stressed and thinking about smoking. Dont **** it up! Just, nope. No. Love, David.

Welcome Ron. Glad you broke the chains and found us. KTQ.

Thats awesome!! Congrats!!

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Thank you all for the congrats!! Time is flying by!! Marching on to the Lido deck!

Welcome aboard Ron. Taking time to educate yourself about the addiction and recognizing the benefits of freedom from nicotine...you're good to go. Enjoy the ride.

Welcome aboard.. Congratulations on your fabulous quit.. There are folks here with long quits who will support you as you travel on your journey to freedom.. Looking forward to getting to know you ..

Welcome RVQ, and congratulations on your quit!! Big cheers to everyone who quits...regardless of the method. I used Chantix...does that make my almost 5 year quit less than others? I say well done to anyone who quits and stays quit, regardless of how they get there!

Hi and welcome to Quit Train RVQ! Congrats on having 9 months quit under your belt. That's impressive! We have a whole library of Joel's videos here although you may have seen them all by now if you were part of the Why Quit community. You are correct in your statement about "Understanding". Knowledge about this addiction and how it works is truly the key to quitting successfully long term Oh and, another Cold Turkey guy here as well. Get the Nicotine out ASAP was my thought! Other methods may work for some but I'm glad I went CT!

Hello Ron glad to have you aboard. I too smoked for 44 years and just recently quit (5 1/2 weeks to this point) and I am really beginning to see the benefits. Sounds like you quite a bit along with your quit --- congratulations. I too am not an advocate of NRT, I went cold turkey and glad I did (I like your NNN). It can be done and to be honest I think you get through the hard part easier. When you use NRT you kind of only delay the inevitable. Lots of good people here that are willing to share and give help anytime.

Been missing quite a while this time. Anything changed?

Nine-months quit is something to be proud of, great job MissDixie.

Thanks for clearing the way one admin, missD! Beautiful quit you've got going there!

Welcome back Evelyn. I was expecting you sooner actually. You were here when I joined a little over 1 year ago and had multiple quit attempts in the first couple of months that I was at this place struggling to free myself of this horrible addiction. So, now I am 1 year quit and am as sure as I can be that I will never smoke again and you are back here looking to start again from the very beginning. So what is different between you and me? Nothing! We are both nicotine addicts and always will be. I don't know you personally so I can't comment on what is in your head in terms of how you approach quitting and what has happened to you in the past that has seen you be unsuccessful. What I can tell you about me is that I read everything I could here in terms of posts, the pinned stuff on the main page and I watched a lot (not all) of the videos available here on quitting. I also came here a lot, particularly in the beginning months. I posted, I read posts, I played stupid games just to keep my mind occupied and distracted from the constant urges to smoke. Was it easy - no!! It was damned hard at times but I didn't think it would be easy. I put up with all that bullshit that you know very well is coming your way when you quit. I kept telling myself, "this will get easier and better sometime and it will be so worthwhile when it does. You know what? It did and it IS so much better. So you know the drill probably better that I do. Put in your time. Pay your dues and just Never Take Another Puff - NOPE! Oh, and don't worry about anyone else but yourself because that's where all your focus needs to be for quite a long while until you have this thing under control. Focus on the positives that can come with quitting - not the negatives. That too makes a big difference

Absolutely fantastic job MissDixie!!!

Huge congratulations.... The Lido Deck is Looming ...!!!!

Hey Newbies, stand up and be counted! Anyone on this board with less than 1 month quit, let's hear from you now! i quit smoking in May of 2017, so I remember very well what it was like to be where you are right now. These last few weeks, I've been inspired to see so many new people here on the board fighting their way through the early days of their quits. It will be great also to see you all in one place. So step forward now!

^^^ Exactly!! Don't take any bullshit from your addict brain. You have planted some good footings for a solid quit base but, know that this addiction takes some time to beat back into the far recesses of your mind. I was always impatient to see improvements and never though I could see any but then, 1 year later I turned around and found I don't give a crap about smoking any more. It will happen fully for you pr anyone else - just give it time and keep that attitude of "Smoking does nothing good for me"!! Because .... it's doesn't!!

LOL, well then disregard my original message. Friday will be four weeks. I’ll take both LOL.

Who would have guessed it, me, a non-smoker?… crazy ! Just a reminder, one month ago this Friday at 10:30 PM I smoked my last cigarette. I will never forget exactly where I was and exactly what I was doing.

13 days today! BTR (back to reality) chiming in to be proudly counted!

Hello Julian: Congratulations on 53 days. I want to caution you though on one thing. Once a person had established an addiction to nicotine--that relationship is never over. Former smokers who were "once addicted" to nicotine are in fact still addicted to nicotine. It is just that once they get far enough into their quit that addiction becomes asymptomatic. There is basically no outwardly signs of that addiction and the former smoker may begin to think that as you say their relationship is over. Again though, their addiction is still there and if given any opportunity can take the person down in an instant. Check out the video and resources on this page: http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/i-know-too-much-about-smoking-to-ever-be-able-to-relapse/ While it was titled "I know too much about smoking to ever be able to relapse" it could have easily have been titled, "I hate smoking so much to ever be able to relapse." Another page worth looking at on this topic is http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/what-should-i-call-myself/ One last page that ties well into this topic is http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/can-taking-a-break-from-smoking-help-you-get-rid-of-nicotine-tolerance/ While your physiological dependence with nicotine is not over, your chance of ever being an active smoker again will be over as long as you make and stick to a personal commitment to never take another puff. Joel

You took advantage of that head start Octain and now you’re sitting on an 8-day quit! Great decision!

I’ve been telling myself for several years now that I’m going to quit one day soon. I got sick and didn’t/couldn’t smoke much so figured, why can’t I do this I’m not sick? I wanted to quit on my terms, not while lying in a hospital bed with tubes coming out of my chest. It just seemed like the right time.

You will continue to stay in control but not so much by being "tougher" as in toughing it out, but by being smarter than nicotine. When it comes down to it, being smarter than nicotine is really quite simple considering nicotine has no intelligence what so ever. Check out the page http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/resources-related-to-the-importance-of-being-smarter-than-nicotine-as-opposed-to-having-to-be-stronger/. It addresses this issue.

Here are a couple or resources pages that tie really well into your observations here: http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/quitting-smoking-can-make-you-calmer-happier-and-healthier/ http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/i-feel-100-better-since-i-quit-smoking/

I feel mentally and emotionally better than I did as a smoker. My problems have not vanished, but life is a lot less bleak. Tobacco addiction was like an invisible prison. Not even technically at day four yet. Still I feel better. This is the best thing I could have done for myself. Smoking really makes mental health issues a lot worse, nicotine is a really nasty mind/mood altering substance that I am never using again.

I’m here too! Two weeks Quit for me. Toughing it out! Thanks to you All for the support ?

It will be like that for a bit Octain - ups and downs but know that this is completely normal. It WILL smooth out in pretty short order providing you stick with the NOPE program. I remember some days in my early quit when the craving seemed to be just constant. Next day, not so much. It's a process. Stick with it & you will be happy you did

Thats right, Octain. Just take it day by day, hour by hour, or minute by minute if you have to. Main thing is keep that crap out of your system!

Just noticed this post. I moving along at 10 days in now, never thought I would get here after over 40 years of smoking. Now I am seeing the benefits starting up -- never knew fresh air could be so good

I quit around 73 hours ago. It feels great. I can breathe easier, my blood pressure is improved, and I don't have to buy the things anymore. I am so glad nicotine is gone, I am never ever using it again.