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It’s been almost 5 years since I’ve been on here. I was quit until a year ago & now I’m ready to try again. this is day 3 smoke free which hasn’t been bad because I’ve been too sick to smoke, but now that I’m feeling better, the cravings are kicking in. Anyway, I’m determined to kick it this time!

Once we allow ourselves to get hooked on nicotine, we have two choices. Choice A: Confront the addiction head on by quitting and deal with temporary cravings for a little while. Choice B: Continue smoking and living in a constant state of fluctuating withdrawal and resign ourselves to a lifetime of addiction. Choice A is an exercise in delayed gratification that will reward you for the rest of your life. Choice B is a life sentence that will take everything and offers nothing in return. The choice is obvious.

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

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Hello and welcome @Tokiea..... Great decision to take your life back ....being ruled by addiction is Crap ... You can do it ....you just need some tools to help you along .... Go to the Main Smoking Discussion Board....there you find a huge amount of great information ,they are pinned in green ... We have all been where you are ....it's doable ....you just need to wait it bad enough .... And to believe in yourself ....Read all you can ...then read it again ....

Thank you @intoxicated yoda and you are welcome! I feel the same way you do about seeing the ‘little pieces of struggle’ others suffer during their initial quit. It helps so much. Being open and honest about it helps you and everyone else! It helps you know what you might experience and some ways to help get you through! This train we are on can’t be stopped! It’s powered by the best crew of quitters available!

@Gus the above is such a great post. Seeing little pieces of the struggle people have gone through in the beginning of the quit makes me realize just how strong we can be when we set our minds to it. You are amazing and @Tokiea will be amazing too. Thank you for the motivation!!

Hello @Tokiea! NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!! It will be SO worth it if you stick with your quit! I literally thought that I was losing my mind during my initial quit. I was not fit to leave my bed. I cried and cried and cried while curled up in the fetal position with the blankets over my head for three days! I was gnashing my teeth, biting my tongue, moaning and groaning, and screaming silent screams over and over and over again. And that was on the patch!!! But I survived. I made it through! And you can too!!! Water, juice, walk, run, shut yourself off and away from society and let the ugly run it’s course, but ALWAYS stay close to the train! Do whatever you have to do to quit! It feels AMAZING! SO flipping AMAZING! I WAS a 40 year and 2 pack a day smoker! I started when I was 15. But, now? Now, I am a non smoker! Now, I don’t smoke! AND IT IS AMAZING!!! *I’m a newbie quitter. 3 months shy come Friday of having been quit for a full year and I’m so excited about! I never thought that ‘I’ could do it. But ‘I’ did and ‘you’ can too!

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Welcome @Tokiea, quitting can be hard but it's doable, we're all proof of that. It's the addiction making you want to smoke. Just keep saying NOPE and it will get easier, I promise!

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Welcome @Tokiea Quitting smoking is a great thing but it can be tough early on. It is very doable, though, as the people on this site can attest to. Read up on addiction to nicotine in this site's quit smoking main board and continue to reach out for help if needed. Knowledge about the addiction and support from former smokers can really help you in maintaining your quit.

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Nope! Merry days everyone!

i want to smoke. im trying to quit but its so hard. like going uphill. been smoking for 11 years now. 12 is right around the corner. S.O.S

I remember you Kenzie .... Sorry to hear you smoked ...But glad you have come back .... All you can do is learn by what happened ...and be ready if there is a next time ... You can do it ....you know you can ....same rule as ever ... Never stick anything in your mouth and set fire to it ..

Welcome back Kenzie. A successful quit is all about commitment. Keep your determination strong and continue moving forward.

Welcome back! 3 days is awesome! Keep it growing!

We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us

Welcome back and please stick close.

Sorry to meet you this way, but happy, you are young, the world is yours for the taking. You have done this so you know you can do it again. This time if will be your forever quit. Value yourself and your health. Time stretches out before you, so many of us wished we would have quit along time ago. k

Welcome back kenzie, sorry you gave up that awesome quit but happy to see you back and already on day 3. Stick close and revisit all the pinned posts and be sure to post an SOS if you feel yourself caving to a crave...

Welcome back Kenzie! Glad you dusted yourself off and jumped back on board the train! Don't punish yourself for relapsing - simply rejoice that you are quit again! Whatever derailed you -- figure that out and put a plan in place to overcome a similar situation next time. Hopefully then you won't trip on that stumbling block again. Time to eat, exercise, sip water, chew cinnamon sticks and hit that air cigarette! You can do this, and you are so worth the effort! Keep up the great work!!

My favorite was Aunt Bea coming to take care of Opie. She could not do anything to make that little boy happy. She had given up and was leaving, when Opie ran out in his pajamas "Aunt Bea could not leave, she don't know how to do anything! Who will take care of her!" It makes me cry everytime. Just for the record, I am not afraid of frogs or lizards and I spent many happy days wading in the creek catching tadpoles with my son.

Welcome, @Tokiea! Yup, quitting is hard. Hardest thing I ever did ,.. but I had no choice. Well, actually I did have a choice...quit or die! Stick w the train. The online support you will get and the knowledge you will learn here are what got many of us through the tough times. I can't stress enough read everything you can here, watch Joel's videos and join in the forums. Knowledge is power!

Beautiful. I've never seen one before. And, NOPE

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Positive people are not Positive because they've skated through life they're positive because they've been through hell and decided they don't want to live there anymore

You didn,t smoke today Yoda ....Well done ..your doing just fine

@jillar Good for you being your own advocate!! That is awful! I live in a fairly rural area and have many choices within 50 miles and some even closer. That is hard to believe in your area. Not sure where that is except CA. Hope you get some answers soon! I will keep you in my prayers!!

Here I am. wide awake after 4 hours of sleep. Still can't figure out how to get more than 2 good nights sleep per week. I woke up feeling pretty good but then the cravings started to kick in. I think this is another hurdle I need to clear. I used to fall asleep early and wake up early. I felt good when I did that. I got a lot accomplished. I also drank a lot of coffee and smoked a hell of a lot of cigarettes. I can remember a bunch of days waking up at 4 30 am and smoking a half a pack before 10 am. I rarely smoked more than a pack on days like that but it definitely grooved a habit in my mind. Filling in those grooves and regrooving a different action is part of the process of quitting I reckon. One of the things I've been doing which is kind of annoying is that I weigh myself constantly. Part of that is for the motivation of not giving into the sugar addiction. I've found that when I give into the sugar it makes the cigarette cravings that much worse. Seeing the number go down gives me a good feeling and seeing the number go up motivates me to avoid the sugar. I am going to break the carnivore for dinner and get some chinese. Chicken and broccoli with a side of chicken fried rice. After the holidays are over I'm going to do a very strict 30 days of carnivore and one meal a day. once that is done I may do an extended water fast of 5 to 7 days. That will be a challenge since I haven't done a fast without smoking. The last extended fast I did was 6 days but I had the crutch of cigarettes and coffee so does that even count? I don't know. anyhow...6 20 here so i guess i need to get up and get the day started. hope everyone has a wonderful smoke free day and and if you are reading this know that somebody wants you to succeed.

Hi kenzie, you've quit before so you know how it rolls. you got it this time. thinking good thoughts for you to beat the crave

I love this one! I love them all though.

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

@Doreensfreethanks for the encouragement. I guess there really are only 2 days that I have to worry about not smoking and as long as I don't smoke either of those 2 days I'm good. So I'll get through today and tomorrow somehow.

@jillar ok. i got these from my son and he said only take a half or a third at the time so the 30 mg is probably about right. Thanks again.

@intoxicated yoda, mine are 10mg THC and 5mg CBN. 30mg sounds like a lot, the most I ever do is 10mg at A time. Its just enough to take the edge off to sleep soundly

This Christmas we don't need more stuff we need more love towards one another

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Congratulations Jen....Mammy is very Proud an Happy for you .