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Great job posting an SOS and fighting through this crave, mrsguest. A cigarette is no way to celebrate anything but fighting through craves and keeping the quit is worth celebrating. Your quit becomes stronger because of times like this. Keep up the great work!

Good news should not be celebrated with a death stick! Breath that clean are in and think about the clean healthy life you will have. You can power through those craves.

We all reach those points when we think we can't (or don't want to) ride it out anymore and it would be easier to cave to the crave but .... that's when we dig deep and find we DO have the inner strength and logical thinking to be able to drag ourselves through those moments. It's incredibly rewarding to realize you can do it after all. Try it; you'll see!

watch your blood sugar, it runs amok in the early days. drink some good juice. eat a little something. Drink lots of water. Are you home ? Take a screaming shower. Put your headphones on LOUD and dance like a demon. Many craves are actually your body asking for something reasonable. Take a look at this thread H.A.L.T Are you Hungry, Angry, Lonesome, Tired ? REWARD yourself for every crave conquered. This is important ! It assists your brain in re-wiring itself away from the addiction. DO ANYTHING BUT SMOKE. You Don't Smoke Anymore, baby. Stay with us and ride this out. S

I was just going to mention the JAC. I cut down a straw to cigarette size and it really helped me. You can ride this out -- Keep strong!!!!!

What helped me when I was having a bad crave was my JAC (jillars air cigarette). I just pretended I was holding an actual cigarette in my fingers and then went through the motions of "smoking" it. It worked wonders at tricking my mind into thinking it was getting the real thing. Some members use pens, cut straws, even twizzlers as their air cigarettes

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Got some really GREAT news and I really wanted to celebrate by smoking I am having a hard time trying not to reach for a cigarette right now. (I do not have any around me) But I could easily go to the store . . . but I am trying really hard to ride thru this!

I hope you stick with it, you are doing so well. Don't celebrate your good news with self harm! Onwards and upwards.

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This is a great reason not to give up! I'm glad you're back and giving it another try. Even if you can only lurk it can be very helpful! Stick around and post when you can everyone will do everything they can to help you!

Yeah nah...it's a NOPE . . Gotta say it's great being at softball and watching all the smokers cough and splutter...so good being smoke free.

Hello and welcome back Mrs Guest.

Sitting on the couch trying to use the power of my mind to bring the remote to me from where I can't reach it....the force us not with me

G’day Not One Puff Ever...replace “ever” with minute, hour, day as required.

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awww thanks y'all it means A LOT! You're right - I do NOT smoke any more!!! Thank you for the JAC tip, I will try it! I have been using dum-dum suckers

Ride it out mrsguest, I know you can. We all did

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My opinion ... I have tried to quit hundreds of times ...if not thousands ...some quits .lasting 30 minutes ... I've used every thing possible ...every NRT.... hypnosis.... acupuncture....you name it I've done it .. The only way thing that has worked for me is cold turkey and Allen Carr..... Having said that...I say get yourself to Rome( Freedom)....any way you can ...as long as you stick to the recommended dose ...and use NRT properly ..then go for it ...it's better than dying from Emphysema... What I have discovered..You have to want to quit ..otherwise nothing will work ,it has to be a 100/0 commitment...

I don't know if anyone is into it or even heard of it - but diamond painting is taking tiny stones and sticking them to a canvas to make a picture out of the thousands of tiny stones, it keeps your hands SUPER busy! I love doing it to keep me distracted from smoking, just a suggestion if you're into that sort of thing Just Google it if you'd like more info or I would be happy to point you toward my favorite site! I've done at least 5 and that's before I even quit smoking! I never smoked while doing them.

Welcome back ... Let's make this your sticky quit ... Take our daily pledge ...it's a massive tool...in my early quit ,once I made that promise not to smoke ,k knew there was no going back that day.. Try and join in ,as much as you can ..those that do are more likely to succeed ... Quitting can be fun ...it's not all doom and gloom ..so come up and play ...it makes the days pass more quicker . You can do it ...

I snuck in and got one lol - a cow I did months ago. . . and the unicorns I am working on right now.

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I like the JAC in the car especially I went to my work's family picnic today and there was a lotta smokin' so I went thru a lot of suckers. But I got this cool arm painting out of the deal lol

Never quit quitting, right? So I am back. I tried quitting at the end of last year - succeeded for about 3.5 weeks. Pretty good for me! I quit again yesterday and of course I need a support system so here I am again. You all were great last time! Although I didn't post much, I sure did lurk a lot, lol I don't remember how to change my ticker, so if someone could help me out with that, I'd appreciate it!

Welcome back Mrs. Guest. The rough parts experienced early in the quit are temporary. Freedom from cigarettes is permanent. It is one of the best investments you will ever make.

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Good to see you back and that you are excited about ditching all those negative things that smoking brings with it. Freedom is straight ahead so keep pushing forward

Hello Mrsguest, Its great to see you back on the quit train. Stay strong and focussed. Keep thinking of your better health and wealth. Take it one day at a time, and reward yourself often to keep you motivated.

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Happy Birthday MQ - and thanks so much for keeping this train going!!!!

Welcome again, glad that you are back and going for the quit again. Keep focused and committed and you can do this, also keep close to here - it really can help you in many ways!!!!

Happy Birthday!! Also many thanks for keeping this train on track!

Happy Birthday and thank you for keeping this train on track.

Confession..... I have been the hairdresser's...and had this done ...I'm no longer blond ..I'm silver ... More or less the same cut too....I now wait for everyone's verdict....fingers crossed...

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I'm just wondering what you needed to 'edit' from that post, reci.

I spent an hour at the dentist today and I let her put her tool in my mouth

I'm not as hard line on this as Sazerac, although I understand her stance and respect it. In my mind there's the nicotine addiction issue and to get past that clearly you have to stop putting nicotine into your body but, weening completely off nicotine can wait for those who feel they can not quit cold turkey (I was a cold turkey quitter, by the way). The biggest hurdle to me in quitting is your day to day life habitual smoking routine. Whether you smoke cigs or vape, it's the "garb a smoke" reaction to so many daily life events that is the hardest thing to get past and takes the longest period of time to reconstruct your life. I get the fact that some may want to soften the early quit challenges by continuing to feed nicotine via a properly controlled NRT program. It has clearly worked for some, as has prescription medication such as Zyban and whatever else that's called. I do believe that stopping the flow of nicotine ASAP is also a requirement but just not at the very start of one's quit. What concerns me more than the patch programs are these gums, sprays and lozenges. Those items seems like candy to me. Therefore, more difficult for people to control the dosage plus the temptation to combine any number of NRT's without appropriate medical consultation. Too many want to believe there's a magic bullet out there somewhere that will eliminate the hard work aspect of quitting and that's just not the case. No question, there are potential issues with NRT's but they have done a lot of quitters a service and continue to do so if used appropriately.

I would say that once you put that last cigarette out for good, you can say that you have quit. The ultimate goal is to be completely nicotine free but if a NRT can help you get to that point, that is great. I quit cold turkey but it took me a number of attempts. If a NRT helps you out in the beginning, that is cool...as long as you work towards becoming completely nicotine free in the end.

Although I quit cold turkey, I find nothing wrong with using NRT's to keep you from setting fire to tobacco. There's no one way fits all method in stopping imo so if it's with help from NRT's I'm all for it. The benefit for me in quitting cold turkey was that I didn't have to kick nicotine withdrawal down the road which is what happens with most NRT's.

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Happy Birthday, MQ! Thanks for all you do to keep this train running.