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Gday Not One Puff Ever......NOPE

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To begin the week, another "NOPE"!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nope, I don't smoke anymore!!!

Bakon and Sonic were out in the woods one day. Sonic said: "Hey look, deer tracks!" Bakon said: "Those are too big to be deer tracks, these are bear tracks." Fortunately, they both heard the train just in time to get off the tracks.

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NOPE - Not One Puff Ever.

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Thanks for all the support Runfree , Sazerac , Boo , abbynormal It feels good to be smoke free

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Good post and I am coming at this from an American perspective. I started smoking back in the mid '90's when I was in college and one movie that came out at that time that was big with me and my friends was Pulp Fiction. I loved that movie and still do but they smoke a ton in that film. I don't think that had an influence in me starting to smoke but it definitely glamorized smoking to the point that I wasn't thinking about quitting then. I do think a lot of older films and TV programs were in some way supported by tobacco companies. There are infamous commercials from the 1960's children's cartoon The Flintstones endorsing Winston cigarettes. There are other examples too of family friendly programming from that time that endorse smoking in some way. I do feel that there has been a push towards taking smoking out of programs today. Supposedly Netflix is working on taking smoking out of a lot of their future original content. Also, the movie rating system today considers smoking to be a reason to rate a movie PG-13 or R. Still, I realize smoking was a big part of culture in the past and I don't think it should be cut out if it is meant to depict how things were during a certain time. Tough issue and I'm not sure what the answer is. I am not pro-censorship but at the same time I hate to see smoking (and, nowadays, vaping) glamorized to a younger generation.

I recently re-watched (for the 100th time) the movie De-Lovely, which spans several decades beginning in the 1920s. And the characters in the film are smoking almost CONSTANTLY. The one thing that keeps it from being too glamorized is the fact that one of the principal characters dies of emphysema. But still...it shows the prevalence of smoking as part of the culture of the times. I'm glad that this isn't as much the case today!

When I smoked seeing someone on a movie smoking didn't faze me. But AFTER I smoked I was surprised at just how much I noticed it

Happy Birthday, dear friend! I almost missed it because we are visiting Mom. Love you!

Exactly that is why I still post my (rare) moments of addiction flare up. And working remedies. To some it may come across as 'wow, is that still an issue' or, 'maybe thats a bit overdone...?' But I feel like I need to utilize these moments and keep breaking chains as long as they present themselves. I see my second year as a chance to put everything to practice i learned the first year. It serves me well, I really still feel better every day, noticing changes in the way I handle things. Smoking is nowhere near tempting anymore, and when I do have smokey thoughts, I instantly recognise them as neuro pathway patterns. Lilly and others, keep going and keep making yourself aware of whats happening. Dont fall for the attachment trap. This will all be in the past somewhere soon. Excellent post, M'Life. The life lessons learned from quitting and the techniques used in putting the addiction to sleep continue to serve us in many ways as the years go by.

NOPE - I don't smoke anymore.

Thanks a lot jillar and Rozuki I am very happy that i have got past 3 months without smoking I feel healthier nowadays

As addicts, we thought of or acted on nicotine EVERY TWENTY MINUTES (or less !) for YEARS. To think that pattern is going to disappear in months is unrealistic, brain receptors need to be reclaimed one by one and this takes time. A year full of seasonal triggers and moments when addiction makes us whine and plead or bargain. Moments we must defy ! Hey You Smoked For 42 Years, Why On Earth Would You Think You Can Get Past The Addiction In A Couple of Months? Cut Yourself A Break You won't be swimming in this river forever (unless you choose to relapse). Stay focused.

You're doing great @HeatherDianne and everything you're going through is completely normal for where you are. The constant thoughts of cigarettes drove me crazy but just wait until you wake up one day and realize smoking wasn't the first thing you thought about. It's a great feeling and one I still remember like it was yesterday

Thank you so much for sharing.... I am in a weird place with my quit too... I don't want to smoke but life seems grim having to constantly be worried about triggers and cravings.. I am only a month in - I have a long way to to go to get to a year - I have to look at it one day at time - but after a month - I have to admit - I want to be quit more than smoke, and I hope the rest of my life, emotions, etc catches up with me soon. I haven't replaced smoking with anything in particular, but I am trying to find little projects to do each day that I would have stopped and started over and over again to smoke. I find most of the time by the time I am at the end of the project - my smoking thoughts disappeared . I have been having a lot of smoking dreams lately and wake up thinking I blew me quit. This does not help because all of sudden every morning is all about smoking. I loved the morning smoke (junkie needing a fix) so lately I feel like week 5 is worse than week 3 because I have so many more smoking thoughts - even just to tell myself it was just a dream. UGH You are not alone and I admire your post - I needed to see others are struggling. It is hard to accept that I might still be in a weird place by the time I hit 9 months. But I want to live a year of my life smoke free - in all my past quits I have never made a year. I think the junkie in me knew if I made a year I would be FREE. But again I don't focus on that. I do day to day or I am finding I can now plan a smoke free weekend and know confidently I will not smoke. Not a chance

Man, Kim Wilson (vocals/harmonica) always knocks me out.

You're not alone Lilly lots of us had some degree of being fed up with the whole process...it takes a brave soul to post it.. I know I only wanted to post the positives because I didn't want to put those coming behind off which is stupid thinking. So much better and healthier to put it out there. Just remember you're not quiting.. you have quit, you quit 9 months ago, you are just protecting that quit. ...and doing a bloody good job of it too.

I am responding here to this post of yours "As a smoker for 38 years I appreciate this thread because I struggle and struggle and relapse and relapse, then find myself wondering why others are able to stay quit and why I give in to the junkie thinking and make the choice to smoke again ("just one last pack because ABC") over and over and over again, fully aware of what I'm doing but "feeling" powerless to stop (note I am aware I'm "feeling" powerless, not truly powerless in reality) Please don't read into this post as giving myself an excuse to relapse. Thats not what I mean. I mean, I am trying not to kick myself in the head everytime I relapse, but to stay aware of the fact that when you smoke for as long as some of us have smoked, its going to be hard, its going to be tough and instead of hating on ourselves and criticizing ourselves (that will lead to giving up trying) its better to acknowledge that its going to continue to be hard and that its time to try something different...take suggestions...try new things to avoid giving in. I need to shake up this quit. I'm tired of coming in here with a new quit over and over again. Its embarrassing and humbling for sure. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... and my response... Being honest with myself and using self critique as a tool has only led to me being a better human being to myself and others. Truth is my friend. How can it not be ? @MichelleDoesntSmokeAnymore, you've been coming here since March 2015. This weekend I read over a lot of your old threads looking for a clue as to why you won't keep a quit. Perhaps, you can find the clue. Here they are. You have to stop ******* around if you actually want to quit smoking. This isn't rocket science. I smoked for over 45 years. I thought I was 'a dedicated smoker' until I learned I was just addicted and no more addicted than any other nicotine addict on the planet. None of us are special snowflakes. Yes, I had some gnarly hours, days, weeks, months but, so what ? I wasn't being bombed, wasn't in ER, wasn't starving to death. What else was I doing with my time ? Feeding addiction or learning how to Live FREE ? This is all about addiction and the education thereof. I am not stronger, smarter or, better than any other nicotine addict. The only difference lays in the fact that I committed to myself, near on six years ago to NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF. NOT ONE PUFF EVER. This did not take Herculean Power, all it took was standing my ground, honoring myself and my commitment and blessed TIME. You know the drill. When will you honor a commitment to yourself and your quit ?