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G’day NOPE ..... like it’s tattooed on

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NOPE - I don't smoke anymore.

Confession: King Boo best not be thinking of my island for the location of his exiled assholes...could suggest a few others that would be much more suitable...besides the Brits already did that down here and look how that worked out...one countries assholes became the greatest peeps on earth

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I am still here!

Hi Everyone! Thought I'd introduce myself after a couple months of lurking and finally joining today. I've been nicotine-free now for 44 days...my longest quit since 1999. I am truly thankful for the internet, this forum and Joel Spitzer's videos which gave me a lot of mental ammunition to get going on stopping smoking! Looking forward to communicating with the group here...your posts have been most helpful and inspiring to me the past couple of months. Thank you all so much!

Yeah-nah...it's a NOPE for me.

I'm here.

Eating my veggies, roast pumpkin and peas...yum yum pigs bum!...wondering if my dad sent home enough peaches to make jam and chutney...so far this summer I have made peach jam, peach n raspberry jam, peach n brandy topping, peach n basil jam...and get home from work tonight to more bloody peaches, raspberries and empty jars...

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I put on my thinking crown and came up with a solution. I can't imagine any island would want to be an extradition point for the exiled assholes. One of my first acts as King will be to commandeer cruise ships and exile the aforementioned assholes there. We don't need a literal island. We can just put them on a ship and float 'em around in international waters. I'll even allow the assholes to play shuffleboard and enjoy the water slide. For I intend to be a merciful king.

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Watching Netflix in bed and eating satsumas.......... peace...bliss

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min Hour Day as required!)

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@Warrior The shit will stop when you stop poisoning yourself with nicotine. Make a commitment to yourself and hold fast to it. This is the only path to freedom !

Warrior, Try this: wake up tomorrow and go to the Daily NOPE Pledge section of the forum and pledge to not smoke for the day. Then do it again tomorrow, then the next day, and so on. You have to take it one day at a time. If you look at a lifetime without something that you have lived with for 21 years- it will seem impossible. If you look 24 hours at a time, each day will get easier.

This is junkie thinking and talking W.... We are not special snowflakes here ...and we Quit ..... You Are no different .... It's all about choice ...you either want to smoke or you don't ..... What will happen to your lovely family if you get a horrible smoking related ilness.... We can support you ....but you have to put the work in .... Every smoker can Quit ....you must make the decision to never stick anything in your mouth and set fire to it .. I was a 52 year smoker ...and I quit .... Stop finding excuses ....you can let go ....

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Wow @ the burning tongue OMG! It's so amazing to note the different ways our bodies rebel and recover when coming off of nicotine.

Hate to burst your bubble Boo, but that is not difficult these days.

Welcome @Angeleek and congratulations on 44 days nicotine free. You are very lucky to not have suffered serious issues by using both nicotine gum and smoking. That's so dangerous to your health! NRT's are meant to be temporary. A lot of us suffer some level of depression upon quitting and it's usually only temporary but if it's really bothersome you may want to speak to your dr about it. They can sometimes give you a temporary med to help you past it while your body is adjusting. If you get a chance, introduce yourself in our Introduction forum, we have lots of members who would love to meet you and welcome you

Hello Warrior! Congratulations on having quit for 30 days! That is gigantic!!! Even if you started up again...again...30 days proves you can quit! The fact that smoking makes you miserable, that you mostly hate it and that you have reduced your smokes AND quit several times shows that you are destined to become an ex-smoker, eventually. You WILL stop smoking for good one of these days. Exactly when is entirely up to you. Each time I quit and failed, I analyzed what went wrong and took steps to prevent that from happening on my next quit. The most recent thing was the nicotine gum. I couldn't quit both the gum and the smokes all at once cold turkey, so I started smoking again after 28 hours cold turkey and decided to quit the gum first. Six months after kicking my 15- year nicotine gum habit, I went cold turkey again and am happy to report that today is day 44 of being totally nicotine-free! My issue now is post-nicotine depression, which I anticipated, so I read up on addiction and brain/dopamine recovery often to keep me occupied and hopeful while I work through however many weeks (12? 24?) it's going to take for my brain's nicotine receptors and dopamine response to normalize. Working and socializing with smokers must be a mind-boggling challenge. I have no advice for that, but there should be some solutions for that somewhere in the addiction recovery toolbox...keep looking! We can overcome nicotine addiction! My motivation to quit after 34 years is wanting to retain my ability to breathe after watching my mom die of COPD a year ago at the age of 71. I wanted to quit before it's too late. Refocus your motivation, do your next quit and use all the tools you can find to stay tobacco and nicotine-free! You got this, Warrior! Look forward to reclaiming your wonderful, self-empowered life!

G’day ...... just my daily commute......

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NOPE - Smoking sucks!

What did your physical withdrawals feel like, how long did they last, and how did you get relief? My main physical withdrawal symptom was feeling like I had an electrical current running through my entire body. It's like my skin was electric. I was really tense, taut like a drum, as if one prick with a needle would pop me. I felt like I wanted to slap myself or something. Really and truly. This started around day 2 cold turkey, intensified days 3 through 6 with day 6 being the peak and the hardest. What helped? Carbs, mainly sweets, binge-watching TV, anything physical to take off the edge, and sleeping when I could. Carbs also helped with insomnia which was present on days 2-4. I thought I'd never sleep again, but it went away after 3 days. The feeling tautly wired and electrified was almost constant during days 2 through 6 and increased with intensity during those days. After that I started to record actual half-hours and hours between electric withdrawal waves...and the intervals between kept increasing after that. After around 10 days, I felt considerably better because the intensity and duration of my withdrawal waves started tapering off. I'm at day 44 now...no more shock waves TG and I'm sick to death of binge eating anything. Now it's totally a mental game. What were your physical withdrawals, how long did they last, and how did you cope?

Why can't you let go? You said yourself that you "hate smoking." Do you hate the idea of quitting more? Is it worth continuing to be a slave to the cigarette to avoid the temporary discomfort of quitting? Sentencing yourself to a lifetime of smoking to avoid the challenge of quitting is a terrible decision. "The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle." --Mark Manson

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-3 Hey, @despair not did you listen to the BBC I linked for you about Wallace & Gromit ? hi G

I felt like a caged animal for a few days, when I wasn't sleeping. Breathing deep and barking at will. Hollering Free Your Head. Eating satsumas. Everybody's quit is different, every quit is different (if you have failed quits in the past). Here is what got a lot of us through the First Days Nicotine Free. I hope you add your experience.

Welcome, @Angeleek and congratulations on your 44/45 day quit ! I quit and lurked here and there for 10 months before joining. I think of lurkers all the time, there are many eyes out there and hopefully, we help. Joel Spitzer's videos helped me learn about my nicotine addiction and still do. I am a huge advocate of his work. Joel Spitzer's Quit Smoking Library You may also find this thread helpful, 10 Ways To Effectively Use This Forum To Stop Using Nicotine

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Hello Betty .. I carnt imagine losing my precious quit after 8 years ....I can just imagine your disappointment.... But you know you don't want to be a smoker ...and have jumped back in the saddle .. Well done ....put it behind you and leap forward .... Sorry about what happened ...life throws us some curve balls ....but your life is precious .... Nicotine kills ...

It's easy to swop one addiction for another ...Nicotine is a powerful drug ... NRT is only a temporary way of weaning yourself off nicotine for good ... Sometimes people can get addicted to gum, patch for years .... The only way forward is to stop administrating all nicotine in any form ....and just go for it ....Freedom ...Glad your both here ...we can help you stay free forever ...

Hi and welcome aboard.... Congratulations on your fabulous quit ... Looking forward to getting to know you better......

So glad you decided to join us instead of lurking. 44s day quit is quite impressive. Stay close to the forum and shout out if you need us. There is so much to learn here and lots of fun and humor.

Oh Betty, I am so sorry for your difficulties. You are strong - you quit smoking! Use that power to guide you. I am so glad you found us and hope we can be there for you. You've got this!

Welcome again angeleek, glad to hear you've been lurking for a while and decided to sign up Our awesome group will be here to support you as much as you need or want and as you've already seen, our various forums are top notch

Woof Woof Woof @Boo Black Labs are maybe the goofiest dogs. When I lived up in the CA hills, my Flora Lily hated water. Weird for a dog with webbed paws. She hated it so much, she would jump over little rivulets of rain water lest her toes got wet and the hose would set her to shaking. She had a barking problem also, and plenty of wild pigs, raccoons, skunks, deer and Mister Blue the peacock, etc to holler at. I am still in The Rat Wars MMXX. Still averaging 1 dead a day in one of 10 snap traps. Still....ugh.

Listening to Cash, my black lab, bark. When we got home this afternoon, spotted three wild turkeys in the backyard (two hens and a jake). This set Cash off in a frenzy of running in circles and barking. The sun has set and the turkeys left, but Cash is still out back barking. He's a good dog but he won't listen to reason.