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G’day well it that time of the day, time to think about smoking.... NOPE  thats it, all done, till tomorrow morning C

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NOPE not on my last day of employment! Proud owner of this mug!

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I have officially resumed my quit as of 01/29/2019 3:06 p.m. So that means I will not be smoking tomorrow. NOPE!

Seems I am in good company for my quit: We are all traveling down the same road, Just behind, Just in front, most of us have been on this road before and know a bit about its twists and turns, Highs' lows and near or farther. So here this is to us !

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Its a long road, Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it hundreds of times. ~Mark Twain I blew a long quit, ive blown many( 3 months and less) . Even after seeing what smoking does (the ending) i still smoked and blew quits. I changed my approach... NOPE

Reci, congrats on achieving the 2 yr milestone! I am following in your little piggy footsteps...!

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G’day Here’s NOPE to start your day C

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It gets easier, Opah. Just know that addiction doesn't go away. It needs to be kept dormant FOREVER. This is just the nature of addiction, it changed our DNA. The initial 'fight' in the first months of quitting is replaced by a calm but sturdy vigilance and the knowledge that 'I don't smoke anymore' becomes like a comfortable old sweater. Of course, the addiction can be ignited into full force again with one puff but, the temptations fade fade fade as the benefits continue to shine shine shine.

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Morning NOPErs.... 30th January is Croissant Day... those buttery, flakey, cresent shape pastry delights... I mean I prefer mine of the almond variety....yummo.... but today is the day we celebrate the Austrian delicacies... yes boys and girls you read that correctly, the croissant was introduced to the French by Marie Antoinette .... it originated in her native Austria, well to be really specific it originated in Vienna... see the story goes the Turks of the Ottoman Empire were trying to take over the world and had Vienna under seige... after many months and no success the invaders decided to tunnel under the city to win.... but the bakers of Vienna who worked in the basements of buildings heard them and warned the authorities.... in celebration of their victory over the Turks croissants were invented to have with coffee while celebrating... when she went to France to marry the king, Marie Anttoinette took her favourite morning tea snack with her... the french saw that it was good and claimed it as their own. NOPE ... never, ever, forever!

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I am now officially a "Retiree"! After all the health-related issues I have experienced in the last 2 years.....I got to go out on my terms....and as an ex-smoker! Whew...now what to do with all the boxes I dragged home from work and piled in my garage. ?

Whoop whoop Reci.. Congrats on being 2 years smoke free... Thank you for always being there for me in my quit and lighting the path ahead of me and for be being a totally awesome mentor too ?

This is what I'm having Nancy http://forum.sausagemaking.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13419

Here is the UK a course of NRT is free....to anyone who wants to quit ...now they are also giving them out in hospitals ,to encourage patients to Quit ... This has got to be better than nothing ...if it saves one life ...it's been worth it .... Many roads lead to Rome ....just get your backside there....

Fabulous insights, MLMR.....this especially resonated with me "Amidst all this, I have a little glint about keeping my quit. Because really, nobody is taking this away from me. I will fight for it, no matter what." You are a warrior woman, that is for sure.....so proud of you!

Thank you for sharing this MLMR...xoxo

On the eve of my 1 year quit anniversary I couldn't help be reflect on what brought me to this point. I remember 1 year ago today standing beside my car in the cold and damp, subconsciously reaching into the pocket of my coat for a cigarette. Like the thousands of others that had gone before it, I lit that smoke and took my first drag. I had just finished a coughing fit from the bronchitis I had for all of January 2017 and that first drag on the cigarette launched me into another coughing fit. Struggling to even take a breath after that, it finally dawned on me that what I was doing was completely insane!! That was the moment that literally changed my life. I knew I had to quit smoking! For whatever reason, this event had grabbed my attention. This time it was REAL. I suddenly knew I was no "special flower" who could escape the ugly fate that many years of smoking clearly had in store for me. The next morning at 8:30 AM with no real plan in mind, I had my last cigarette. The days that followed are a murky blur of what I perceived to be at the time, unwelcome feelings and sensations, as my body purged itself of the drug that had been present on a daily basis for over 4 decades. The highs and lows of that first week or so are indescribable to me now. I wish I had kept a blog of it all. I remember feeling like I wanted to crawl out of my own skin at times the anxiety was so pronounced. And the time ....... God Dammit!! Time was standing still! I was trapped in a never ending series of mental and physical withdrawals. I was unsure as to what was happening to me. I was even more unsure whether I could weather this storm I was caught up in. After a week or so of this crazy roller coaster ride, I found this place and signed up. I was welcomed, as all of you have been and was given the first glimmer of hope through the encouragement that others were extending to me. This was good! I started to read and read and read all the pinned posts and a lot of other posts. I watched numerous videos about quitting. This was the perfect distraction for me while my body and mind rebelled against the path I had chosen to take. I was on this site sometimes almost 24/7 it seemed. Sleep patterns were interrupted to say the least so here I was on the site at ungodly hours of my day and night sometimes. Everything I read from these people who had gone before me sounded the same! It was like a broken record, repeating itself over and over. Pledge your NOPE every day. Take smoking off the table. Watch out for the Nicodemon because he will attack you at your weakest moments and try to lure you back to smoking. Every battle you do with the Nicodemon, you get stronger and he gets weaker. This all sounded like some sort of cult like lingo to me. Could I take this seriously? Dare I believe them all? I read some more. I read how the people before them had been telling them the same things. I was ultimately convinced and decided that I too had to abide by the same critical rules if I had any hope of being successful. Blind faith had overcome me and I was all in! From that point onward, I read and read about every phase of my quit. What had others experienced when they were at the stage I was at? 1st month, second through 3rd and fourth months when I was in No Man's Land. What had others experienced and how did they cope? This was what became my guiding light through to the time I finally became aware that I would never smoke again. I would never smoke again by my own free choice because I now knew what smoking really was. It was an addiction. It was my enemy - trying to kill me. It was certainly NOT my friend. And in the end, it's my belief that this is the point one has to reach in order to know you will be permanently quit. You need to be able to gladly choose not to smoke. So on the eve of my 1 year quit anniversary, I don't feel a lot different than what I felt after probably 5 or 6 months quit but, this 1 year landmark is still a very special one because I have weathered the storm through all the 4 seasons and experienced all the temptations I can imagine and I know that providing I just don't ever put another cigarette in my mouth and light it on fire, I will be permanently quit I sincerely hope to be still around and able to help each and every one of you newbies celebrate your own 1 year anniversary celebration (Sorry for the long winded post but ......... I've earned the right to be annoying )

That was an outstanding read MLMR. Thank you for sharing and stay true to yourself.

So happy and proud for you, Reci!! Thank you for all you do, here. Relax and enjoy!

Good post MLMR. Thanks for sharing it.