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

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Great post! You are dead on right - "It was simple, just not easy"

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@Doreensfreesorry for the loss of your husband. thank you for sharing the experience

@intoxicated yoda Your on your way to your final quit!! Keep up the good work!! Great post!!!

You’re in the fight for and of your life! Finding what works for you and sticking to it, no matter how goofy is commendable! Keep up the good fight!

What I don't want happening to me is emphysema. I know there is a plethora of other conditions i could get but that is the one that scares the hell out of me. Emphysema is something to be very scared of your right I Y. My Hubs died 2 years ago after suffering for over 15 years ...It's a horrible illness..... Let this be your motivation to keep that precious Quit ....

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Tomorrow morning at about 8 30 will be the end of day 53 and the beginning of day 54. This is just a quick log of how i got started and what I've done to stay quit this long. I'm still balancing on a razor edge and the war ain't won yet but I'm still in the fight hoping this may help someone else get started. First thing I did before I quit was to switch brands of cigarettes. I don't care what anyone says, I don't believe they are all the same and trying to quit off of anything by Philip Morris was completely impossible for me. In fact, my first quit attempts from smoking Marlboro Lights had me lighting back up within 11 hours max. Even with the NRT patches I couldn't make it past noon. I remember putting that patch on at 6 30 am and by 11 00 i would be trying to recharge that sucker with a cigarette. Then I switched to American Spirit. I went from a pack a day to half a pack a day in less than a week. I wasn't even trying to cut back just the urge wasn't there as much. Then I started listening to sleep hypnosis videos at night. After about 6 months I had to make a drive of about 18 hours and I was out of cigs so I decided to see how long I could go without smoking since driving is my worst trigger. I made it the whole way. I bought a pack during the trip but didn't smoke any of them until I got back home. Well that turned out to be the last pack I bought and when they were done so was I. In the meantime, I keep listening to the sleep hypnosis, do breathing exercises to fight cravings. I still go out for a smoke like i used to i just walk around the driveway for 10 minutes instead of lighting up. I play a lot of golf. On the downside I do eat a lot and sleep is still hard to come by. And when the craving gets really bad I do EFT tapping. Now I would never let anyone see me do that goofy looking shit but i swear it makes unbearable cravings tolerable. sometimes it works better than others...what's that saying...40 percent of the time it works everytime....but if you stick with it long enough it will either reduce the craving or wear your arm out to the point you couldn't lift a cigarette up to your lips even if you had one. Either way i call that a win. The last thing was to get some outside support for those unexpected symptoms. Whatever is happening to me has happened to somebody else. What I don't want happening to me is emphysema. I know there is a plethora of other conditions i could get but that is the one that scares the hell out of me. So there is a quick run down of how I got here. It was the Readers Digest version so if you're thinking it sounds pretty simple it was, it just wasn't easy. If you got questions or answers I'm open to either. In the meantime, if you are reading this and want to quit but can't bring yourself to it yet, at least switch brands. It could end up being the first step of many to a successful quit.

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

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Whether you're feeling ripe or just ready to gripe, let it all out and have a good type.

Congratulations d2 on your 5th year quit! I love a fellow butt kicker celebration and hope you do something awesome today And thank you for your continued support of everyone through the years

Congratulations on 5 years, d2!!! You've won a smoke=free future and...

Great job!! Still kicking those butts after 5 years!!! Congratulations!! L4L

I was looking up funny target practice gifs when this happened:

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Good job D2. High five!

Congratulations @d2e8b8 Awesome job!

That's how successful quits are made @Tara smith

Typing and deleting works. And reading what others wrote, the joys, frustrations, long timers, newbies, anything. This place helps me ease my urges. Thanks. I’m hoping to find my way back here each and every time a weakness pops up. See….craving gone. There. It worked!

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Congratulations on the 5 year quit d2!

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Well life for my elderly mother is getting a little better today, final planning is done and the contractors are going to start the 22 X 65 foot concrete apron from my front door to the curb tomorrow. Soon she will be able to walk out to get the mail, set outside and listen to the radio, talk to the dog next door, She loves that dog, she signs and him will she says signs back to her. Got my 3 days off and Remembered our anniversary. I am taking my wife out for a nice dinner and walk on the beach, going to pack a blanket just incase we can get frisky. Moon lit beaches have that effect on me.

Congratulations D2, on 5 glorious years smoke free. Make sure you reward this wondrous accomplishment.

Congratulations on 5 years quit @d2e8b8! I appreciate all the support you’ve given me!

Congratulations D2.... Five years ....Wonderful.....Thank you for all your help and support to those who have followed

Congratulations on 7 months down, Gus!!!!!!!!

Nice work Gus. Congratulations.

Olde Pharte checking in: QSMB 2011 We're mostly still around. Some more than others. Sarge manages to stop by every quarter or so. EZPZ

Good job @JustinHoot99!!! Do what you have to do,get pass that crave!! We are all here to help each other out!!

Good job Justin and I too love typing and deleting

I'm always typing and deleting ... Well done Justin ...sending you a pat on the back .!!!!!

@JustinHoot99 Weather is great here as well, my dogs are crazy with happiness in the yard. I sit by the back door and watch. Not that I would not go out with them, having one of those stay in your PJ's kind of days. Normally I would go out and sit on the patio but I have a neighbor that always comes out when he hears my pups. He is a nice guy, I just do not want to talk to him every time I am outside. I have a privacy fence around the yard except for on that side. I like the open space and do not want to put one up. All the way down the street we just have the old fashioned chain link on that side. I have great neighbors all over, we are friendly but this one guy as nice as he is can be like the small child that follows you to the bathroom. Remember that good hike would someday be ruined if you could not do it because you could not breathe to go do it. You are doing so great and should be proud! K

Good for you for fighting through the craving. Cravings do go away. As you know, there is no such thing as a perfect day/time etc. for a smoke. I attempted to quit smoking the first time about 15 years ago and used the excuse of a nice spring day as a reason to smoke one or two. No big deal, I thought. Well, my quit was ruined and I didn't attempt another quit for several years. Nothing good comes from smoking. I'm glad you kept the quit. Keep up the great work.

Congratulations @Gus on 7 months quit! Its so awesome to see you get closer and closer to your first year quit. I hope you have a great day and treat yourself extra special

Congratulations Gus! You are doing great!

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