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Hi peeps, I'm here

I'm quietly here!!!!

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7 years smoke free. For me and quita. Oh yeah. If I can do it so can you.

G’day NOPE starts my day

I know there are a few threads already about the unexpected gains we got from quitting BUT I'm too lazy to go hunting, besides when ya do you tend to fall down a rabbit hole of rereading some bloody good posts...well I do..anywho ..was reading an old post and it got me thinking (no it did not hurt)... Did quitting change who I am? Has it opened life opportunities that weren't there previously? Yes quitting made me different I'm now a nonsmoker. But it also made me different in other ways...and I think to some extent that evolution is still happening. I mean we spend our whole existence changing and evolving but I defo reckon that quitting spun me into a completely different trajectory...and ya know wot?, It ain't half bad. I see lots of peeps post between months 3-7 of their quit...it's made me different...it's changed who I am...yep...it does...and looking back over all the characters I've met here on the train it's true for all of us...some it's softened the hard edges of, some it's toughened up...some it's allowed to grow up..and some it has allowed us let go. Noone has escaped. Ok so I'm 2+ years in and in some ways im still settling into my new skin...but I am different and I'm better for it, my life is better for it, in many, many ways...ways that had I still been smoking it certainly wouldn't be. I kinda reckon the triggers you go through in ya quit are the lessons you need to master...for me it was all the emotional stuff from growing up that when it'd touch the surface I'd chase away with a durry...that was gone so I had to deal...and it may be takingbme a fair wack of time to do so but I have learnt I am worthwhile just the way I am and if someone else doesn't think so it's no skin off my nose an it's their loss. I've quit suppressing me and all my crazy...nerdy...oddness cos let me tell you, you don't like it then keep on movin mate cos your opinion of me doesn't define me. Quitting smoking gave me that. So the point is newbies an inbetweenies...don't be scared of the changes ..embrace them...grow...because you will still be you..just different..and that is good.

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I am still on Rat Patrol and my good friend just sent this to cheer me up.

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Hi All! Thought I'd send a quick update. I'm up to day 49 with no mess ups! I'm using the Nicoderm patch. 4 days ago I switched down from the 21mg to the 14mg patch. The cravings have been worse the last 4 days after using the lower dose patch, but I'm pulling through!

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For all the bitching and feeling sorry for myself I've done I thought I would share some good news for a change: in an effort to keep my cat from biting my oxygen line I decided to wrap most of it in electrical tape since I've noticed that she doesn't bite the many wires I've taped where it is. I left about ten feet not wrapped as part of my experiment and I ran out of tape BUT it appears to work!!! She has not touched the taped part of the hose since I did it I have more really good news to share but for fear of jinxing it won't until it's a done deal on friday!

What a great post, @notsmokinjo ! I am so glad you quit smoking and are beginning to appreciate yourself. You are an incredible being. This is one of the great gifts of quitting smoking, the ability to change. The ability to make truthful assessments of ourselves and choose to accept things or change them. The inner power, the self-confidence, the profound trust in ourselves that we can now nurture instead of the focus being on poisoning ourselves, it is an incredible metamorphosis and every person who has quit smoking knows exactly what I mean, what Jo means. p.s. I know well the rabbit holes of our archives, I have a sort of fetish to link everything together. lol.

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

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Jimmy the bully....awesome. How’s the bus? Nice to see you

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Hi warrior , I smoked 40 a day for 40 years . My BP and Cholesterol and wellbeing were all bad . I joined here and used the NHS Couch to 5K App as added motivation . Smoking is now not even a bad memory - it is an irrelevance . It's worth a bit of discomfort to get to this stage . I now run 3 times a week and love it , my BP and blood has now normalised - You could do the same , one hour at a time , one day at a time - N.O.P.E . Easy

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

Who,s sitting on the Train .....I'm Here ....

LOVE this My wacky crazy friend! Great post and I'm so glad I've been able to be a part of your journey with you, xoxo

You ever wonder if quitting was the key that unlocked a whole new you/life?

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Thanks everyone for the kind words! @Doreensfree your signature itself is motivational; $21,600 saved! That's a new car!

Congratulations to you and Quita on seven years of freedom Jimmy!

JIMMY! Congratulations on 7 years of freedom. KTQ

You can quit again, Warrior! Set your next quit date, make a quit plan and get ready! Read up as much as you can, watch Joel Spitzer's videos and keep hating those cigarettes to psyche yourself out until you quit for good. Just keep quitting...no reason not to. Good luck!

I am still here!

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

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Bouncing back to life on the train... Um...just realised that sounds like I'm starting over...but nope still on the road to three years. Missed yous all too much to stay away.

Hello darling smoke-free, nicotine-free creatures. Happy to be here. I'll be voting for Boo, he makes so much sense and he adores, as do we, our favourite amphibian.

I'm here. In fact, this month marks four years that I've been here. That's enough time to get a college degree or serve one-term as President of the United States. I've certainly gotten an education being here and I think my approval ratings are better than any American politician. Vote for Boo 2020!