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WooHoo! Celebrating my 2 weeks free! I'm celebrating my losses... My last thought before heading home is no longer "do I need to stop for smokes?" I no longer park in the back lot where the smoking area is; I park in the front lot. I don't have to stand in the cold or rain to enjoy a smoke. OR THIS FREAKY WARM WIND!!!! Sorry I still have issues. I don't worry about not spending money so I always have enough for cigarettes. I don't worry about how I smell. The hand sanitizer in my car is for sanitizing--not smellatizing. I don't need to ask where the smoking area is. Travel time no longer includes a smoke on arrival.

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Nope!!! Have on a trip...very little cell service for DAYS!

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I posted a celebration and mentioned some things I'd lost because I quit smoking, but I also want to mention what I've gained … the QuitTrain Community. Every has been so very supportive and I know that I can come hang out any time I need support or want to be supportive. THANK YOU ALL! I'm celebrating my losses... My last thought before heading home is no longer "do I need to stop for smokes?" I no longer park in the back lot where the smoking area is; I park in the front lot. I don't have to stand in the cold or rain to enjoy a smoke. OR THIS FREAKY WARM WIND!!!! Sorry I still have issues. I don't worry about not spending money so I always have enough for cigarettes. I don't worry about how I smell. The hand sanitizer in my car is for sanitizing--not smellatizing. I don't need to ask where the smoking area is. Travel time no longer includes a smoke on arrival.

So here I am again. I have just had my last puff I hope. I am not in a very good place personally right now, so am worried I am just going to let you all down as I am not currently very strong. But I want to do this, so hope somehow I find the courage.

G'day NOPE for me C

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G'day NOPE starts this day C

Hey guys, It hit fairly hard for a couple of hours but now everything is fine. Lots of dirt though. Dirt sucks.

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Yay dragonsFancy, congratulations on two weeks free! Youre now half way through the hardest month of all

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Congratulations @Kelly on being smoke free for 11 months. Well done Kelly... only one month to go until you have been quit for an entire year. 11 months is a sensational quit and you should be starting to feel all the benefits of being smoke free. I am so happy you have made this commitment to yourself to being free. Hope your doing something special as a reward for your achievements this month, maybe a spa day, a massage, a nice fancy bottle of plonk? Would love to know how you celebrated. So make sure you pack because the next stop is the Lido Deck to celebrate your first year smoke free.

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Ordered the coffee...geez I hope it's enough...

I watched a wonderful man wither away. He went from working on big rigs to needing a mobility scooter...not easy for a man like him. After he was diagnosed COPD/CHF, man...he went downhill fast. He turned into a beef jerky version of himself...like the all the life had just been sucked out of him and left him begging a tank for air. He still smoked tho. Colon cancer, leukaemia, nicotine addict. Took almost 3 days for his body to drown him to death. His family by his side (well, when it wasn't THEIR turn to go smoke because YOU just had one!!)...you could smell that room from the entrance. All the while he's dying, (before they finally put him in a medically induced coma) he'd pretend to be asleep...then he'd peep open an eye and yell at everyone "Go the fxxx home!" "I hate y'all crybabies" and of course "gimme a smoke" "I DONT CARE WHAT THEY SAY!!" Did I mention this was all very hard on a man like him? His wife (God, I love this woman)...beautiful, red haired, angel of a woman; by his side 60yrs...he tells her "Get your axx outta here, You still ain't worth nothin." She sat there 3 days with this...didn't ask one bit of help because (let's be honest) she didn't know how. She said the most relieve she felt is when the monitors went flat...She said he snored heavily and she knew that was his last breath, and in that moment the weight of the world was finally off her shoulders. She had taken care of him for years leading up to his death. Not a wife, a companion, a friend, a lover, none of the things you think of when you look at your spouse on your wedding day. She gave him pills, baths, fed him, lifted him, she was his chemo chamber-pot maid... The last time I went by, she had already cleaned out the dark den (where he would spend most of the day watching tv and smoking) and was in the process of cleaning up the 2nd bedroom they had converted into a medical suite for him. She had even dyed her hair, which made my heart smile because she is totally worth it Smoking doesn't only ruin the smoker's life...think about the people that love you.

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Congratulations on your first two weeks Dragons Fancy! They can be so difficult. It is so nice how the positives keep on adding up.

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Welcome Pumpkin. It is not unusual to be a bit concerned when you are looking at quitting. I know I was after 44 years of smoking but I did want to quit and I did find the courage, a lot of it from here and inside myself -- You to can do this. Read what is on this site, anything and everything it will really help to educate yourself. Also come here often to reach out, good people here but some can be quirky at times but all will help, it can also be fun here. Come here daily to do the daily NOPE pledge -- it truly helps. Others should be along shortly but in the mean time realize that the courage is with in you.

Hi Pumpkin, 'wanting to do this' is the best start you can imagine. Do you also know why you want to quit? I found it helped me to write all my reasons down, even the obvious ones. To get some motivation and reality checks, when the going gets tough. Got your fruit juices and water bottles present, to speed up detoxing and balancing blood sugar? Have a good start, hang in there and take care!

Let me get these guys occupied or we'll never get anyting done One to a window should do it!

Glad you're sending in your crew of workmen. There's a lot that needs to be done since the last party Hope they're bringing paint too!

Bump for the Autumn

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Good to hear you're safe & OK. Maybe I should come for a visit. I love dirt!!

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Powerful post Jane! The damage long term smoking does is horrible - and often not only to the smoker themselves!

You need this education and understanding about nicotine addiction in order to quit successfully for ever! Without this and other quit smoking forums, I'm not sure I would have ever done the research on my own to come to this important understanding. That's the real benefit of smoking cessation boards is the wealth of useful and critical information that is available and the people who have used it in their own quits who can guide you to it. Reading the material, understanding it and putting it into practice is up to you as an individual. Quitting is our individual responsibility. Others can only assist and support you.

Piggy you can visit me anytime you want. And buttocks too. Maybe the three of us can have some group fun?

I was just gunna comment on this... what's not to love about the great Aussie invention.... Uggs are the bomb.... would definately pack those. Hmmm...... that is just cruel and after I went to all the effort of organising a packing committee to make sure you didn't fruck it up.... tsk tsk tsk Lord Kent I really think you are failing to take this thread seriously.