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It's not just a case of ..!!!!Oh well I'll try again.!!!!..... I've seen people with good quits ,smoke one or two ...and just carnt get back to quitting for good ,and go back to smoking full blown . It can take years before ,they get in the right frame of mind to try again ...and still fail..... The only reason a quit fails is because ,folks still believes the cigarette offers you something...you still believes the lies...... This means you still haven't read and understood the nature of this killer addiction ... If you carry on smoking ,your more than likely will contract a smoking related illness....some are irreversible...... If your here ...you have a quit .....all you need to do now ,is keep hold of it with everything you have .... I live with someone who ,if they could would turn back the clock ,and do exactly this ...emphysema is something you don't want ....

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This is so on point. We must have control at all times and never think that a cigarette can offer us some magic bullet that will help us thru something or offer positive re-enforcement. Cigarettes offer nothing and only take away -- I have to remind self of this everyday and why I always go to the NOPE pledge. Thanks Doreen for this post so that we can remember!!!!

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Ok... I have a big failed quit in my past...and I'm talking more than half a decade... so listen up kidlets...1 smoke was all it took..just 1... And then for well over a decade I smoked like a chimney... Sure at the time, in the back of my head, I thought I'd have a couple here and there and quit again easy peasy, I mean I'd already done the quit think for nearly 7 years...NOPE...just as hard, if not harder this time around, and that's on me, because in the back of my mind all the time is the thought that I'm Gunna blow it again and my quit is just on borrowed time. Don't give yourself that whispering voice of self doubt. Don't get me wrong, this quit is it, not smoking ever again but just remember, however easy your quit feels you need to protect it because one smoke really can switch all those nicotine receptors back on in one moment. Just because you have a failed quit doesn't mean you can't have a successful one. QUIT in Aus tells us that the average is 6 serious quit attempts before you have your forever quit. That is the average, some only need the 1 attempt, some need 20.....whatever your number is you do have one so never give up giving up. In the same vein don't belittle a failure by calling it a slip, just as you own your successes you need to account for your failures. You smoked, you reset your quit... There are only three questions to answer when you fail: 1. When will I quit again? 2. What were the triggers? 3. What did I learn?

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Sorry you are having additional health issues but at least it has kept you aware of your nicotine addiction and the fact that you really need to tackle that to give yourself the best chance for better health in your future. I'm glad you are seeking help from your medical people. I'm sure your bipolar issue adds a significant complication to the quit process. I wish you the very best in getting some direction from your Dr. on that. Quitting really will be a huge step forward to a better future for you.

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Kate, whishing you all the best from The rainy Netherlands. I admire you for researching your health/food, putting the poster on your fridge (I did the same with a letter, but for a different reason). My mental health is improving and I am really starting to experience a new calm. I believe quitting makes the mess in my head easier to bear, proof is piling up especially for the last couple of weeks. I whish the same for you and I know you can do this, despite everything. I bet you are a strong person. Hang in there!

Glad you're back to quitting Kate while your blood pressure is still in an easily manageable place. Hopefully that's the motivation you finally need to conquer this addiction. Stay close and reach out when you feel yourself caving to a crave. You owe that to yourself and who knows maybe these fine people can help you past it and you will save your quit

Hey Kate sorry to hear about this. Work with your doctor on your BP, they can really help with that. For years my doctor was trying to get me to quit due to blood work and high BP. Finally I had a sit down with her and my nurse and they were blunt and realistic -- I took it from there and hear I am now. I will always have to take BP meds but since I have quit and changed some of my other lifestyles my BP is well controlled and a reduction in meds has happened. I can relate about your granddaughter, I came to the same realization about my grandson since we are so close. You have some good reasons for sticking with your quit at this time and as you improve use that as your motivation. Welcome back and come back often -- you can get it right this time!!!!!

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Thanks Doreen for this great post and reminder how romancing that cigarette leads to danger. I have been rewarding myself and am so amazed how much I have deprived myself by putting so much money in poisoning myself. I have a long way to go but these little rewards are adding up and keeping me motivated.

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A really good post . Thanks for that , Yes , It does not offer anything special . Maybe everything else , And it can be dealt with enough time and patience The point of that is i think not to become self inflicted with some severe affliction , and then be mad about it for the rest of one's life .

In what parallel universe is a 3 mile run a way to celebrate! .....lol....

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I'm sorry to hear about your blood pressure, Kate, but I am glad you are back at quitting smoking. Going smoke free should really help your BP and many other aspects of your health. Stick close and reach out if you need help. Quitting for good would be the best thing you can possibly do at this point.

Kate thanks for posting your "refrigerator" information, I am going to look that information up to see if it will help me. Looks like you are establishing a good plan!!!!

Thanks to both of you, Martian5 and Reciprocity. I made myself a poster this morning and posted it prominently on my refrigerator. I feel a bit foolish sharing it, but what the heck. The "Daily Dozen" at the bottom of the page refers to Dr. Michael Greger's Daily Dozen free app to keep track of his recommended foods each day. After getting the news about my eyes a few weeks ago (mild cataracts and early-stage glaucoma), and now the rise in blood pressure, I am back to a whole plant foods diet that I began a few months ago. I found Greger while searching around Youtube for videos of Rip Esselstyn and the whole foods diet he promotes. Both Greger's and Esselstyn's stories are interesting, as are the results they say are achieved by ditching animal and processed foods, such as normalizing blood pressure, reversing heart disease, returning to a healthy weight, etc. Both back their recommendations on clinical evidence reported in thousands of articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals. We'll see. My blood pressure is too high, I am now 21 lb overweight since changing to a sedentary job last year, and I am in a fight to protect my vision. Smoking does not solve any of those problems. Never has, never will, and I'll keep drilling that point into my thick skull until it's anchored for good. High blood pressure april 29 2019.pdf

NOPE Unhappy health news (not devastating) yesterday (BP, stage 2 hypertension, stroke territory). Feeling scared about it and at the same time encouraged enough about staying quit to post NOPE.

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Woo thanks guys! celebrated with a mani and 3 mile run after. Work.

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Congratulations @John for being smoke free for 9 years. Well done on having 9 years of freedom. Hope whatever your doing today you do something special to celebrate.

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This post is great. Can’t wait to get to this stage. Congratulations and thanks !!!

Great post MLMR, well written.

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And that is what you are - worth more than that cigarette. That freedom is much more rewarding than that cigarette.

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.

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 ...

I will be honest, it is hard to see this. Yep I am going to say get rid of what you have now, do not take another puff (that will help stop, hopefully going thru another hell week if you are being honest about what you have smoked). We all make mistakes but it is what we learn from them that is important, take a deep look at the last couple of weeks to see if you can find the trigger. If I am being honest yes I still get a strong craving especially that last month or so do to family and some medical stress and really fought to stay away from smoking. Quitting can a never ending process -- time just gives us many more ways of coping with the craves and realizing we do not need to smoke -- that life is better on the other end. What can you expect -- More of My Support as you move forward without smoking. You do not want to be like me and others where quitting became a medically important for my health -- you can do this!!!!! And remember the SOS board is there for all of us!!!!