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

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OK, I'm not so new, not looking for anything sexy, no sandwich meat...just more money for more investments. Money is sexy enough for me. More than a year and counting...now it's a breeze. Whew! On the other hand, I don't take it for granted. Just because today I don't feel cravings, doesn't mean I never do. I just never cave in.

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"Double meat." "Sandwich." "Something sexual." Note to self: sometimes you need to simply back away from the thread.

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Good morning from my side of the world . Nac nope de tai . I'm sayin " Not a chance don't even think about it " . Nope . Signed and sealed this 27th day of April 2021

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We have fed our bodies poisons for decades ....10,20,30,40 ect every day .... When we quit of course our bodies go Hay Wire...it has to adjust .... I smoked 52 years ...didn't even know how to be a adult with out a cigarette..... It takes time for our brains to get around this .... It really does get better ....we can promise you this .... The only way is ....Forward ....Keep Going .....

That is a thread created by @Jenny that I chose for My Pick Of The Week blog. Here's the link to it and I'll also bump it https://www.quittrain.com/topic/3953-the-grief-cycle/

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Today was double meat on sandwich I think tomorrow reward might be something sexual....

Reading novels from the library on my computer, "e-books." In these tense moments, why do they smoke cigarettes? Ach! Not good role models. I have moments when, as I read this novel, I want a smoke. CRAZY. I'm so over smoking, but I understand the heroine's reaching for a cigarette. I suppose that triggers will never end. I stand steadfast. NOPE

Thanks everyone for your messages, it means a lot to me! Good to meet you Gus, and I'm so glad that you survived 'Hell Week', I've put myself through this a few times as I stopped smoking and then started again about four times this year...I decided I couldn't keep doing it to myself and found this forum. You are doing so well to be up to six weeks! Abbey, yes the tears are quite exhausting and one friend suggested to me yesterday that I'm clinically depressed which I'm sure that I am, but I just have to stay with it and hope that it lifts as I continue staying off the cigarettes. Luckily here in Australia we are doing well with the pandemic, very few cases and they are mostly in quarantine so are contained, we don't even have to wear masks at present which is a relief...but of course this could all change at anytime. I'm absolutely sure that I don't have Covid, because with the way my lungs are, I'd probably be dead by now if I had it. I was a little scared about the loss of taste and smell as apparently this is a symptom of Covid, but it's definitely a really heavy head cold which can cause the loss as well (thank you Dr. Google!) Fortunately it's starting to improve now, I can breathe through my nose again, but alas no smell. Your post is a great help, thanks so much Abbey. Thanks Jillar for the link to the grief article, I'm sure that's happening too as cigarettes seemed to feel like a 'comfort' but I know it was not real and they were simply killing me. Good to be writing that in the past tense. Not quite sure which stage of the grief cycle I'm in, I seem to be stuck in depression unfortunately. One thing I noticed recently is that large 'chunks' of the day disappear before I think "Oh, I haven't had a cigarette, isn't that good!" and next thing I know I can add another day to the quit list. Even though I've had to stay home a lot from being unwell and have been quite lost, the thought of smoking hasn't dominated my whole day. I'm hoping this will improve as time goes by. Anyway, a heartfelt thank you to everyone for your comments and posts here, it's wonderful to feel supported on this tough journey out of the smoky haze I've been living in!

THE FIRST STEP TO SUCCESS is to BELIEVE believe in your life believe in your dreams believe in miracles believe its possible believe in friendship believe in peace believe in love believe in yourself

Today you have a choice you can choose between anger and love division and unity frustration and hope selfishness and giving turning away and showing up Choose kindness and the choice is simple its hard to regret being kind ❤❤

Just got a hiking permit for Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the U.S. (outside of Alaska). Hoping the weather and avalanche conditions cooperate. I have a feeling there won't be any smokers up there.

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Major traumatic experiences have derailed many a quit. Get over this by doing just what you said you were doing, rationalizing the benefits or lack there of should you light up is all you can do. That should work for you. Reacting irrationally is NOT what you want to do because that'll just lead to regret and a ruined quit. Getting past this means you're pretty much golden in terms of the strength of the foundation of your quit. It's a major hurdle! Treat it as such.

If you are at least trying then you're already halfway there KEEP GOING!!!!

Well....I tried something new .... A couple of sessions with The Fabulous Fifties Lady .....Lol..... Enjoyed turning back the clock .

Saw this this morning and thought of this thread @Linda

I was pressed for time this morning, but did get in a bit of strength work: Squats, Romanian Deadlifts, and Overhead Presses. Finished up by pushing the prowler sled a few laps. You do what you can with the time you have.

@Robbie love your avatar . Congrats on your quit . I read through some of your earlier posts and like other want to share with you that you are not alone . I cried rivers when I quit , for weeks . All the emotions just flowed through my system in the form of tears . I never knew one could produce so many in a day . A language of its own . Thank goodness I was able to stay in my home for the most part and not be around family or friends . My way of coping . Everything triggered tears . I was grieving the loss . To your right you will find a post on grieving from a very good source , I recommend reading it . Quitting is a process very similar to grieving a loved one but we have to remember letting go of cigarettes is not a loss . It's a gain in strength . Walking helps depression . I walked in uncrowded places when tears weren't flowing or when they were . I watched funny movies, and my fav went to the zoo . Monkeys are so sweet charming and uplifting and always make me smile how so similar people are to monkeys , elephants so strong , and giraffes will stick there necks out to cheer you up . Perhaps find an open air flower garden to tour when you are feeling better might be a great distraction from depression , but first get healthy. With your symptoms please be careful .. know the covid symptoms . I hope things are doing ok there in Australian, sure bad here . Personally I think a lot of our depression we stuffed in inhaling cigarettes and not dealing with things can make people even more depressed . Enter staying in bed to comfort ourselves , procrastination on things that need attention , a sense of no purpose , lack of confidence , worthlessness , all reasons we at one time or other smoked a cigarette . Addiction and depression thrive on doom and gloom . I understand some forms of depression are clinical , but some we do create ourselves as well . Those are the ones that can be changed by our actions . Change the negative into positive . Just some of my thoughts this morning . I don't know if anything helps . I admire your strength to persist through the hard stuff through your depression and tears and I promise you the good stuff continues every day you keep that quit . Ten years quit , I still am receiving positive things from the work it took to quit and from those tears. Btw most of my tears now are happy tears . Keep going k you are doing phenomenal , Great job . Take care of you . You are important , valued and loved .

Just because You aren't making fast Progress doesn't mean you aren't making PROGRESS

@RobbieHang in there. You can do this!

Hello Robbie! I’m a newbie also! 6 weeks into my quit this Wednesday! I only have one in me. I don’t think I would survive another hell week. I must and will prevail. I have suffered with depression and anxiety my whole life. Hell week brought me further down than I’d ever been in my life. I survived hell week! I only suffer depression sporadically now. It goes away as fast as the craving for a cigarette does. I still struggle with anxiety. Over quitting smoking and everything else that has always triggered it. Now I’m in a constant state of jitteriness ever since I quit smoking. It just intensifies when I crave a cigarette. It’s horrible. I see that you are doing well with your quit by your last post. There are those on hear that seem to have had an easier time with their quit, but their are also those that have had it harder. I guess what I want to say to you is that YOU. CAN. DO. THIS. Please get on here and post to your hearts content. We will see you. We will hear you. We are here to be helped and to help. Wishing you the best and I am looking forward to following your quit.

Thank you everyone for your great friendships. Window licking morons.

Its funny how that would have been such a non issue if we were still smoking huh?! I find myself noticing smoking in any movie I watch and then looking at the year it was made thinking maybe it was made before everything we know now about smoking.....

Sending love and prayers to our fellow brothers and sisters in India.....

TELL YOURSELF Everything will workout Things will get better You are important You are worthy of great things You are loveable The time is now This too shall pass You can be who you Really are The best is yet to come You are strong You can do this!!!!

Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come remember everything you have faced all the battles you have won and all the fears you have overcome KEEP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF!!!

It takes a lot of courage to push through hard times NEVER GIVE UP good things are coming your way

Excellent job getting over that crave despite all you are going through, Kate! Best of luck with your back recovery. Well smoking wouldn't help the budget either, so there's that. Your situation will improve in time. You will get through and come out on top and with your quit intact!

Thats a cool tat... another day- just had a mid morning cookie. for fcks sake one cookie is not going to hurt the diet which is really me just being hungry and not losing any weight.

Did someone say sausage ????

Another day and today I made myself a big breakfast with SAUSAGE.

We all know what your doing for an hour in the bed or tub.....same thing the Martian is going to be looking at on new computer.... Another day-----todays reward was a banana muffin. been watching the sweets but today said F-it and had the muffin

11 days! I haven’t rewarded myself, yet. Going to be picky about it. HaHa I will say that when I first awakened this morning, I took a long deep breath without even thinking to and it felt so good. It was really different than any breaths I had taken in the past 35+ years. I smiled to myself and just continued on with my day!

Coming up on 5 years Retired. My days are consumed by software programming/engineering (whatever it’s called these days). Released my first Application on the App Store a few weeks ago. And... waiting my turn for covid vaccine.

3 years and almost 3 months. Getting ready to purchase my dream computer with all the money I saved (making decision tonight)

1. 4 years 6 months 2. Listen to music and look forward to another day and walk in the morning. Thankful for each day whatever it brings.

This Window Licker In a blink of a eye ...Has 7 yrs 7 months.... It's our first day of easing Lockdown ....I went for a long walk in the park with my side kick Louis ...