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Here we go again Day 2 Big fat Nope!

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Good to see you back Rhino ...you were missed ...

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Nope! I won't smoke on Sat. April 27th

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Gday NOPE for today C

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My name is Vince and I "quit" smoking on 2/13/19. I put quit in quotes because the quit was done for me. I was diagnosed with pneumonia and was so sick that for the first time in my adult life I could'nt consider smoking. You could say I got a "Get of Jail For Free " card. I went through the worst part of withdrawal without even realising it. Now, I'm 72 days into this and I miss the hell out of it! I feel like an integral part of me is missing. It's so sick, it's disgusting! My teeth are ruined from this awful habit. God only knows what other damage I did to myself over the past 40 years of smoking. For the record, I smoked 4 packs a day for 20 years and then went down to 2 packs. I was never going to quit because I was too weak to deal with the withdrawal. I admire and commend all of you that had the courage to commit to quitting and saving yourselves. Thank you for listening to my story!

Hello community, I'm Castro, 27 living in London, UK. Last month I've accepted to guide my life through religion, change my ways and become a better me, As a first task to prove my dedication and acceptance I've decided to quit the addiction as it is unworthy in Gods eyes and doesn't favor me either. I'm currently on the nicotine patches and using faith as a back-up plan, So far I've been able to do almost 13 days milestone and I'm starting to feel proud of my life choices. So yeah, I was googling to see where I could find people that I could relate and I've found the app QuitNOW! as well as this forum, so I've decided to join both communities in order to talk with veterans on this addiction. I hope you all are having a pleasant weekend, I'll see you guys around. Thank you.

G’day NOPE ( did you know HOPE rhymes with NOPE.... sorry I get amused by the small things sometimes) C

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Yes , there's clearly been a change in that regard. But, when you look at your profile, it will still say you last logged in on Oct, 15, 2006 or whenever the last time it was you logged in on a regular login. Also, if you put the cursor over your name at the bottom of the page it won't say what thread you are looking at. Actually, I'm not sure why I started logging in anonymously but I did. I also noticed that when I log in anonymously, my ticker doesn't work. It stays at the same numbers every day. I deleted mine for awhile then just recently put it back up. The numbers have been exactly the same since I created it - lol. Oh and by the way ..... we have cameras that can see into your living room too so .... there's no anonymous around here

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Thanks D means a lot Hope you've been keeping okay.. and the others Feels good to be back! Rhino

Welcome aboard Vince!!! I hope you have fully recovered from Pneumonia. Smoking takes a toll on physical health. As people who have quit smoking, our best ammo is the commitment to ourselves not to go back to smoking. Join the NOPE pledge on the board and reach out to the people here on the SOS section when a craving takes place. All the best!!!

We are quietly watching -- Everything!!!!!

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Hi Vince and Welcome to the train. This is truly a wonderful place to help you with your quit. I smoked for 42 years and never felt I had the ability to quit. These people helped me realize the possibility. Cigarettes have controlled most of your life. Don't let it be the major reason for the end of your life. You already have been through the tough time and will just have to learn to change your pattern of thinking. Breath deep, feel that clean air sweeping in and out of you lungs and redirect those craving thoughts. Be sure and shout out for any help you need. We are here to help you.

To be honest Recip. I am committed to staying away. I have to be honest with myself and others that I am an addict and always will be. It is very humbling to finally understand the full extent of my addiction. Thank you for taking the time to respond and for your encouragement.

Hi Vince and welcome to Quit Train. So you understand some of the harm smoking has already done to you and are concerned about what harm may have been already been caused but you still aren't ready to fully commit yourself to a life without smoking. You would like to but, you haven't really made that commitment to yourself yet - am I right? Only YOU can do that Vince, We here have already done that for ourselves and turned our lives around so, it IS possible but the first step is to make that unwavering commitment to yourself to quit for good! Next step is to educate yourself about nicotine addiction by reading all you can here - there's lots of information available and even reading the posts from others who have made the journey helps a lot. Watch the Joel videos on smoking. Education is SO important in order for you to understand all the lies your addiction have been telling you all these years. Once you truly understand that smoking does nothing good for you and only takes, it will be a lot easier to leave it behind. We all "loved" smoking at one point Vince but now we know the truth about it and we guard our quits with our lives. I hope you stick around and take your life back Vince. It IS possible for anyone to quit. The beauty of this place is you have a lot of others who know exactly what you are going through and can give you unconditional support along the way. That in itself is a great quitting aid.

Welcome Vince. It always shocks me when people smoked 4 packs a day. How does anyone have time to smoke that many? Well done on quitting and I look forward to hearing more from you.

Hello and welcome Vince ... So glad you found us ...we have all been were you have ...this horrible addiction has took its toll ... We have a train full of people that will tell you it's so doable to put this Demon go sleep.... Take time to check out all the information here...watch all joels videos... Go to our main board ,and read all the green pinned posts ,they will get you going on your journey ... Stay close to this place ...we will support you 100/% on your journey .... You can have freedom ...you just need the desire to be free...

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Welcome aboard the QTrain, Vince! I am also a 40+ year smoker who got thrown into a quit situation due to a medical issue that put me in the hospital for a week. Best thing that could have happened as things would get even worse before getting better but at least I had quit for over a year when the 2nd medical issue reared its ugly head. That is how you should look at your bout with pneumonia...it's the Universe way of saying "Hey, wake up...look what you are doing to yourself.....time to stop!"

Now what? You have a decision to make. Do you really want to be a smoker again? Is the occasional hit of nicotine worth the cost and sacrifice? Only you can answer these questions for yourself. "Easy" is a relative term. However, just not smoking is the cardinal rule of quitting. It's a simple principle. It's also the only principle that really matters in a quit.

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Welcome to QuitTrain, Vice. Congratulations on 72 days smoke free. Stick around, the support and knowledge you will gain here can really help you stay quit for good. And yes, like Reci and Lilly, I am thinking of Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) from Wall Street. That is a stressful job for sure. I'm glad you are committed to keeping the quit. It is good to have you here.

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Welcome aboard Prism good to have you along for the journey. All those above have hit all the points you need to continue your quit. Education and commitment are what you need, you have a good quit going at this time. Now you need to learn how to handle the craves and also how to deal with the "new" you now that you are smoke free and that is a journey unto itself and we here would be glad to help you along. Come here often to read and to post and will be of great help to you.

A big fat dollop of NOPE !!!!

Shit JB, sorry to hear that. Give yourself a firm kick in the butt and get back on track. You had one of the best reasons for quitting Ive read here so far: you want to be able to laugh without choking (and something with 'retard' but I dont know the exact context when you said that so nevermind). Oh and, please let me know when you "decide" to become a smoker again, ill send you one of these awfull Nickelback cigaret boxes! Hey, this is not what you want. Quit it.

Wait...you mean I can't sneak around in here undetected anymore? How am I supposed to stalk Doreen now? I went anonymous when I signed in on my phone. Those times when I signed in to look around a bit but not participate or react to anything. I'm so bad with smartphones that I spend most of my time muttering things like "dammit, that's not what I meant to click." Figured it was best to lay low during those moments of technological ineptitude. Just know this: I'm not ignoring you, I'm just really bad at the internet.

Welcome to QT, Ferimeth. It is great to have you here. Congrats on 12 days smoke free.

Thanks everyone. Damn anxiety sleeping patterns all over the place. Just so mad at myself for even smoking at all. Still think of them and want it all to just go away. Too much romancing them. Read and watched so many videos my eyes hurt. Time to stop the pity party and be glad I made it this far. Thanks for all the encouragement. You all are so appreciated.

So Now What ?? A good question ...only you can answer .... You can carry on smoking and risk your health every day ...trying to dodge that bullet ..or ... You can just throw the cancer sticks away ...sit back down in your chair and start again .....your choice.... The SOS thread is there for a good reason ...we carnt help if you don't give us a chance ... I could have got the frying pan out .. I'm disappointed for you ...

Just Practice what you preach : Sarge Said - Sarge would strongly suggest you quit making excuses and stop smoking ... but what does he know? EZPZ Jet Black said - BUT, BUT, BUT, SARGE! That would make too much sense!