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Should you come across moments when quitting seems too arduous, when you feel like you just can't take it anymore you must forge ahead, faking it if needed, to get through another day. You must shake yourself and understand again that this is just an addiction and you are the conqueror. Smoking will not make your frustration or your withdrawal go away. Smoking is all about the management of withdrawal. These moments of despair or frustration that your mind is not yet free are not long lived and not commands for you to smoke. They are opportunities for you to introduce new ideas, new rewards to your brain. Change your thoughts, use a physical or a visual prompt. Be your own dominant/dominatrix. Insist your body obey you and release it from the captivity of nicotine addiction. The rewards will be awesome. No kidding.

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Nope. Smoking is never an option

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We are all addicts. The longer you go without smoking, the more dormant the addiction becomes. I rarely think about smoking now but the occasional thought does still hit me. It is weak but it is still there. Recognizing that you will always be an addict and that you can never take another puff is the key. You will get to the point where you rarely think about smoking anymore and aren't tempted by it. Some people at this stage, I think, believe they have the addiction beat and think "just one won't hurt." They let their guard down completely and decide to light up. Horrible mistake. That re-ignites the addiction. The key is to stick to NOPE - not one puff ever. That is the only way you beat the addiction.

Congratulations on 2 years smoke free @Lone Goose Awesome job! I hope you do something big to celebrate today!

Congratulations @cetirizine for being 1 month smoke free. Well done on getting through the first month. That's the worst of it over. As we tell all the newbies rewards are really important so make sure you do something special to celebrate this milestone.

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those that relapse were still convinced somewhere in their brain that smoking actually did something for them. Even if they stayed abstinent for 10 years. those of us who KNOW it does absolutely nothing for us....we will never relapse. Ever.

November 14 is World Diabetes Day and if you're looking for yet another of the 50 million already available excuses to quit and stay quit why not quit to help prevent yourself developing type 2 diabetes or for those of you who already have diabetes... quit now to improve your diabetes management. We now know that smoking causes type 2 diabetes. In fact, smokers are 30–40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than nonsmokers. And people with diabetes who smoke are more likely than nonsmokers to have trouble with insulin dosing and with controlling their disease.The more cigarettes you smoke, the higher your risk for type 2 diabetes. No matter what type of diabetes you have, smoking makes your diabetes harder to control. If you have diabetes and you smoke, you are more likely to have serious health problems from diabetes. Smokers with diabetes have higher risks for serious complications, including: Heart and kidney disease Poor blood flow in the legs and feet that can lead to infections, ulcers, and possible amputation (removal of a body part by surgery, such as toes or feet) Retinopathy (an eye disease that can cause blindness) Peripheral neuropathy (damaged nerves to the arms and legs that causes numbness, pain, weakness, and poor coordination) If you are a smoker with diabetes, quitting smoking will benefit your health right away. People with diabetes who quit have better control of their blood sugar levels.

Oh do you like tea Weegie..? These could be for you .. I haven't been brave enough to try them.. haha

Once you internalize that smoking has no benefit - and learn that one puff will start the active addiction again - then you will have your stickey quit. As human beings, we do not want to do things that will not have a benefit for us. So once you internalize that smoking has no benefit, you simply will not want to do it. It is exactly for these same reasons, that most people who have never smoked, never start. Cristóbal

This is good, you are leaving the active addiction by going out, through the same door you opened to come in. Do you remember when you first started smoking ??? I think we all do. Those first cigarettes were not something we liked at the beginning. We had to pay the price of coughing and feeling dizzy, to become a proud smoker. That was what happened when we opened the smoking door to the addiction, years ago. Now, you must go through the same door to get out of where you were. The price of your exit, is withdrawl symptoms, however the process of leaving involves much more time and discomfort. Smoking sucked when we started. Smoking sucked when we smoked. Smoking sucked when we stopped. What does this tell you ??? Your perverse feelings of enjoying withdrawl, show that you have had enough of this garbage. Keep going and never look back, there was never anything good about smoking, it all sucked - you are doing excellent !!! Cristóbal

We are all addicts and as such we are all one puff away from a pack a day.

This is one of those rare days where everything feels perfect and i do not even want to think about cigarettes anymore . I have a million other things to think about And i love this discussion group I want to contribute something good to this forum

Lilly thanks for posting this. I too went through the same thing, except that I smoked for many years after even though I was angry about what smoking had done to my mother. It is strange how this addiction works. The emotions you are going thru are par for course -- keep strong and keep coming back-- you are doing fantastic. Congrats on getting thru day 3!!!!!!

Oh dear, Lilly, Smoking leaves a sad and tragic legacy to any survivors of a smoke related illness. I am so sorry you lost your Mother. Grieving takes a long time and comes up unexpectedly years and years after you thought your grief was complete. Give yourself time and space whenever grief comes up for you. It is all part of the healing journey. Smoking hid so many of our deep feelings. I used to think I was in touch with my feelings but, after I quit and so many feelings came tumbling down, I realized the veil of smoke hid so much. So much. Be kind to yourself and give yourself a reward for this day. Tomorrow, will dawn a new day.

It's good to see you Lilly, your feelings are all normal at this stage of your quit. I too lost both my dad and my uncle (his little brother) to smoking related cancer. And I too smoked through it all and continued for the next 14 years after my dad passed. We can't change the past, we can only learn from it...…. Well done on getting through day 3 and now being on day 4. You're doing great! xoxo

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Post everyday. I did for a while. Add to it occasionally. Then post on other people threads. Spend time in here. It’s free and works. Find my thread Starting Now.

SMOKING IS A ADDICTION..... It's not a habit..!!!!!......once my brain totally understood this ....I settled down in this quit... I thought I was a lady...yes some of you... Lady lol......who just had a ciggy habit ....no i was a junkie...... So ...like any other addiction...there is no such thing as ..Just One !!!!

To both Vegemite and Marmite ??????????????????

Don't want to keep beating the vape horse but this was an exciting article to wake up to!! https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/13/juul-stops-selling-e-cigarette-flavors-social-media-promotions/ And, a little icing on the cake https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/be010206-bc2c-3066-b81c-a328739dfb3b/threat-of-a-looming-ban-on.html

Hey NOPErs... I did NOPE .... I just didn't post before the 15th had started.... So 14th of November is World Diabetes Day... did you know that smokes are 30-40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-smokers.... do you know how to reduce that likelihood??? QUIT.... do it today, on world Diabetes Day..... If you already have diabetes, regardless of what type are you aware that smoking makes your diabetes harder to control because nicotine acts as an insuline inhibitor??? If you are a smoker with diabetes, quitting smoking will benefit your health right away. People with diabetes who quit have better control of their blood sugar levels. NOPE... never happening, not no more.

Hi Lilly, I am glad you have been using these resources, they certainly have helped so many people quit smoking over the years. The education you are getting is critical to helping you put your mind in the right place, and finally ending this awful cycle. The support from this forum is also very important. There is almost always somebody here to help if you have a bad day. Both education and support are key in their own ways, and both will help you finally end this awful cycle. Cristóbal

I too Lilly get somehow a feel of like euphoria here & their... its like a natural high I suppose..its weird but nice lol. I'd try and plan for the downers, wheher thats watch tv in bed or eat crap sat doing nothing. . . anything Lilly Anyway Day 2.. Top Job!!! ?

Don't include all of us in your "we". The Sarge will NEVER relapse. Those who relapse, do so for one and only one reason : they smoked tobacco. EZPZ

Where is "get a beer" in this circle?

And I know its not Joe Cocker or the Beetles but.... this song....

Here's one from my early days when i really needed all the encouragement I could get....

Sitting on the train with a festive gingerbread latte and a wee and I do mean wee gingerbread man...!!??