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Thank you to all the reached out to me yesterday when I was having my little melt down. The wonderful people here saved me again with all the kindness!!!!! I still am smoke free!!!!!

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Day 37 - Have not been able to play my silly little game food truck chef since I quit.....well at least not to the level I did before my quit....cannot beat or even match my score/time on the game now lol....whelp that going to be what that going to be...in good news I did put away at last the pad of paper I was keeping on the kitchen counter to keep track of every thing...literally everything.... mom's medicines and time....my one cat's meds and feedings for them....my own stuff....I had to make a complete check list of everything to get through the days....I could not think or concentrate what so ever....so the pad is gone (by a week now)...that makes me feel a little more confidant that I can manage again

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Welcome aboard the Quit Train Chris. I had to back up and take another run at quitting before I stuck the landing. Joining this site made a world of difference. Now I can say that the last cigarette I smoked is the last cigarette that I smoked. Buckle up, knuckle down, and enjoy the ride.

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When the patch program has finished ..try chewing regular gum... It keeps our mouths and brains busy ....after meals and those times you need a little hand ... Chew Gum ...

Welcome aboard Chris to the best support site for non smokers. Make sure to check out all the videos and articles regarding quitting and staying quit. Knowledge is power. So, grab a seat and enjoy your ride to a happier and healthier life.

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Welcome Chris, I managed to quit using a nicotine spray rather than patches as I can regulate when I need some relief, but it may be tricky when I decide to stop that too as some people get addicted to the spray! I may well be one, but it's better than smoking I guess! Maybe the same with patches? I have just hit 50 days without a cigarette, but I kept stopping and starting as well earlier this year, so I also kept going through those horrible first three days or so when it was really tough. I decided that I couldn't keep putting myself through that, over and over again, so I found this quit forum and have been going ok since then. I hope that you have a similar positive experience....there are many helpful, caring people here. As you can see by my 'ticker' cigarettes are outrageously expensive here in Australia, so my savings are HUGE, but it's more about gaining much needed confidence in oneself I think. Somehow we all found the money to feed our addiction, but finding the confidence to beat this horrible addiction is priceless! You too can do this...all the best on the Quit Train journey.

Great to hear, Diane. As I mentioned before, your initial post was the first one I read here. When I checked and saw that you were still here, and hadn’t picked up a cigarette, I knew I could do it, too. So, thank you for your commitment to yourself, and this community. We are both living proof that this forum works. KAT

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Top shelf quit Jenny. Congratulations. Two more years and Bakon will have to take off his shoes to count the anniversaries.

Never be ashamed of your story because it will inspire others

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Doing great, thank you. Cravings all day, but able to manage. Extremely busy and long day at work :), but hanging in there. Thanks for all the support and warm welcomes. Appreciate you guys!

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Welcome Chris, you can do this.

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You guys are doing great @Dianne and @Katgirl. I love reading that you're feeling better in your quits

Congratulations on 9 years smoke free, @Jenny Great job!

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After taking a week off for vacation, I decided to get back to work and change things up a bit; add a bit of variety. Doing more conditioning work now: boxing and rowing. The strength work that I'm doing is exclusively bodyweight training: squats, pull-ups, push-ups, roll-outs, and hanging leg raises. I had forgotten just how hard pistol squats are. Also doing a bit of mobility work everyday. I'm not getting any younger here. And looking to clean up the diet a bit. Not going on a diet, just making a point to eat clean.

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I suffer from an anxiety disorder on a good day, so you can imagine that it’s worse for me, since the virus. None of us has faced anything like this, in our lifetimes, so any of us with brains are scared, and rightfully so. I wish there weren’t so many people who aren’t taking it seriously, and therefore not bothering to get vaccinated. My fear is that we will never reach the necessary threshold to achieve herd immunity, because of these people. If I had to guess, we are all going to need to get vaccinated yearly, like we do for the flu. The Government is already talking booster shots, perhaps as early as this coming Fall. This is big time scary stuff and I feel sorry for the friends and family of those who refuse to see the urgency of the situation. I spent my life in the healthcare field, and I thank God I retired well before having to be on the front lines, during those awful early days. Having said that, I did volunteer to come out of retirement when our Governor asked. Thankfully, they never called me for duty.

WOW! 9 Years is a pretty solid quit. Congrats Jenny!

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Hi Everyone, Im Chris, 45YO living in Chicago area. I have been smoking fairly heavily 2 packs a day, since I was 18. Was able to successfully quit in 2016 for 3 years, at which point Nicodemon talked me into having "Just One" since I was really missing it and was missing having something to do. In my mind anyway. So I have been smoking for the last 2 years and smoking heavily. I always have to use patches since i have really bad physiological side effects when quitting cold turkey, so im going to do what i have to to avoid that. I remember using Quitnet back then to find support on the quit smoking forums etc. Im looking for same here, I have tried quiting over last few months, several times and obviously have not succeeded. Because of that, im having hard time finding much support from friends and family, since I have announced so many times recently that im quitting, Im not sure they believe it anymore. I do though. Looking forward to reading your stories, providing the little knowledge I have and being there for you to support you as well. Finished my last cig some time ago this morning, slapped a patch on and Im ready to do this! Cheers!

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This exactly right here! Perfectly explains it. I still working on what to do with those 2 extra pages. Filled them in a bit with exercise and walking but for sure there times I just sort of blank and lost. I confident though that time will help with that and hopeful it will.

Good job Linda, I'm really happy for you!

That's a good one. Explains a lot of how suddenly our lives seem a little empty just after quitting

You will find all the support here on Quit Train that you want or need. As you know, in the end it comes down to you but there's a ton of information and support here to help you along the way. Stick around and stay active; that's the key! Be involved in your own quit and the quits of others. Just responding to other quitters strengthens your own quit. Yeah; weird I know but so true!!

Wow! I get the anxiety. I’ve had it almost my whole life. And I cried, I shook, my mind mind was a mess, I stayed curled under blankets in my dark bedroom for days and I thought that I was going to die or end up in an asylum somewhere. Even after I came out of that I would just start crying for no reason or every reason for days. I think going through that has made me stronger. That blood pressure thing you went through was CRAZY! I hope that does not happen this time! But you stick close to us and use that SOS forum if you need us. Anxiety sucks almost as much as nicotine.

Thanks @Mona and @Nancy, I corrected it

Mona, I think you are right and it is 9 years! Huge congratulations, Jenny!

I completely get that, wanting to be off patches after 10 weeks. You seem to have a really good approach to it, so im sure youre on your forever quit. When i quit cold turkey, my anxeity was so bad that I had to go see a doctor, my hands were shaking, dialated pupils and blood pressure so high they had to use a second instrument to measure, because they thought the first was broken. I have to use patches to make it smoother. I remember back then I started practicing deep breathing and meditating for 10 minutes a day, always thinking about nicotine free life, being a non smoker, feeling like a non smoker etc. You got this though

Yeah, I skipped the 21mg patches. Wish that I hadn’t. But I survived. I’m ready to be done with the patches. I don’t want to prolong it and thankfully, the worst of the withdrawal will happen over the weekend. So, everything looks like a go. I know you’ve been through this before and know what works for you. I’m winging it but have learned a lot of preps and what to do ifs from reading most of the posts made on this forum. That anxiety is a beast though!!! But so am I!! LOL

THanks. Yes, the lie of "just one" i think all former quitters know that one. Its so stupid and silly too. imagine not smoking for 3 years and when seeing poeple smoking thinking to myself "smoking was so silly and pointless, why did i ever do it".....only to romanticize having just one, a couple days later. Happy to be here, you guys seem to have a great community here

10 weeks is amazing, big congrats! Thanks to you and others for the warm welcome. I see youre using the patches too. I know during my quit a few years ago, i had the same anxiety stepping down from step 1 to 2 and 2 to 3. I know some people resulted to cutting a 21mg(step 1 patch) in half, and using that, giving them easier step down from 14 mg to 10.5mg then to 7mg. I think you can do that depending on the patches that you use, Nicoderm CQ is possible, but some older patches used to spill the nicotine juice all over =). But those step downs only seemed to impact me for a couple days, and then things normalized again. Im 10 weeks behind ya, in this journey.

Welcome Chris. Just one does not work when you are an addict. I am so glad you are ready to quit again. Hang close to the forum and let's get this quit going. You did it before and you can do it again.

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