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Thank you all!! It has been a journey. I would not have made it without the good people here. I will be honest I have struggled the last couple weeks, did not think I would but I did and I was a pretty bitchy,whiny, train passenger So if I can do this anyone here can with all the support of the great people here!!!

Woohoo @Linda, you did it!!! Congratulations on one year quit you old pharte You had quite the journey to get here and it wasn't always pretty but you persevered and stuck it out all the while supporting others even when you yourself needed support. It has been a pleasure watching your journey and I hope you are as proud of yourself as we are of you

@Gus Lol I did not take that personal, I thought it was funny and actually kinda fitting!! Don't worry about it

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And the fun continues ...Boo and I take to the dancefloor

Congratulations @Linda You are one of the ones I've been following very closely here on the train cuz your journey seems to be very similar to mine. I'm so happy and proud of you for making it the first year. I pray so hard that your journey gets easier from here on out. Now get on the Lido Deck and party!!

YESSSS!! This is so amazing, Linda! I’m so happy for you and you should be SO proud! You did it! How many times did you think that you wouldn’t?! Thank you for all your quotes! So many of them helped me and your brutal honesty about your quit journey has helped me and so many others! Seriously, I hope that you reward yourself well! So, how IS the Lido Deck?

Booking the Act ...for the party ...The Chippendale's were booked up....

Yaaaa I'm so happy and proud for you Linda ....your journey has had some curves in the track . But you stayed blued to your Seat .... Massive Congratulations....you did it ....Reward yourself well....you have so earned it ...

Congrats Linda! Awesome accomplishment and an inspiration to me! Thank you.

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G’day I'm an addict, always ……one puff away from 20 a day. So for me…… its Not One Puff Ever

@JH63 Thank you!! You can do this too!! Don't quit trying.

@Linda I want to Congratulate you on this Great accomplishment! I know that you had some hard times over the last year, but you worked through all of them. Now here you are, a winner! Thanks for all the support you have given me over the past year. Enjoy!

Congratulations on 1 year smoke free, @Linda Thanks for all the support that you provide here. Celebrate big today.

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Congratulations @Steven Drojensky on seven months quit! Well done!!

@KEL Well to be honest it feels like its not real yet!! I will have to admit is was not easy for me!! But I don't think it was for anyone!! I know a year seems like along time so I still keep my guard up because I know that addict in me is still there. The craves still come for me but not as often and I get through them much faster It does get easier so keep up the great job you are doing. Before long you will be celebrating your year of being free of the nicotine monster and it does feel great!! You can do it!!

I guess keep it since it doesn’t offend Linda. lol

Congratulations Steven!! Well done!!

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@jillar its fine with me and you have to admit you've seen my bitchy side on my journey You have helped me tremendously with it with the patience of a saint!!!Thank you so much!! You help so many here!!

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

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hi everybody im 4 weeks 4 days smoke free feels great im on top off it now .bank account getting good thats another reason to quit .going shoping tomorrow going to get my new fishing rod and hope to do some winter fishing .hope your all good .as i say KEEP THE FAITH

@LindaNot to put you on the spot but do you feel like sharing the difference a year makes? I know it hasn't been easy but its such an amazing thing you did and inspiring to us all....

That is so great @Steven Drojensky! Congratulations.

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Congratulations on 11 MONTHS!! That's fantastic!!

Growing up in So Cal ive always been athletic and enjoyed outdoor sports. All of them. Smoking interfered with my performance so it had to go. Successfully quit once for almost 10 years, then took a puff and was hooked again for 7 years before my final quit in Feb 2021. I own a contracting company that deals with fire protection and im sure I looked stoopid puffing on a grit I now own the fact im an addict, and I can never ever take even one puff and im good with that. Now that im smoke free im back to playing ice hockey and running triathlons at 55+ years old and in great shape & kicking butt This site is key to my quit-

Ok..for those who don't know me .... Im Doreen from Liverpool ...71 years young ....started to smoke age 11...hanging out with ,the clever big kids. Scared into my final quit by my doctor telling me ..my feet were at risk of me and them parting .... Hubby passed .2 years ago...after suffering for over 15 with Copd / Emphysema....,just short of our 50 wedding Anniversary... Joined the other group before sitting on the Train ... Nancy my fairy godmother...took me under her wing and led me along ... Made some wonderful Friends ...that I will love forever ...and a toyboy....Boo.Lol... Met Jo ,when I visited Oz....spent some magical time ...before COVID.... Feeling more healthy now than 20 years ago.... Keep the Quit ...and the magic will happen ...

@Opah Find your joy, you can do it!!

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So people will ask why there is no 13th floor Why do they only fry green tomatoes ?

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@kenzie_peyton, So nice to meet a fellow Texan. I am an old lady, 62, been there and don't want to be there again. Gonna give you the truth straight up. You are so young, you have got to stop smoking right now. If you do not you will become one of us old people around town coughing like a lung is going to pop out any minute. Don't tell me you have not seen/heard it. I am so grateful I do not do that anymore. It is enough to make people sick. Next thing, you think it won't happen to you. If you continue to smoke you will have the most horrible wrinkles across your upper lip. When you see old ladies whose lipstick bleeds up into those wrinkles, you will not have to worry about that. Of course, the main thing is your health but you are a beautiful young woman and you will be so all of your life if you quiit for good.

@Dawna Sending this out to you. I see you have joined the site, our newest member. I am Kris from Texas. nothing special to say about me other than I have been smoke free since June. The people here have been of unending support in my quit. There is always someone here or checking in if you need us. It may sound silly that a bunch of people from all over the world can help you but they can. Sometimes you need help to get through the cravings. Sometimes you just need to talk about things that are going on in your life. They are here for all of it. You just have to reach out and they will be there to listen, to offer advice, to give you support in this or any challenge. You must want to quit or you would have not joined the site. I hope you will let us help you anyway we can.

Great idea @KEL, I'm Jill I'm 57 and live in sunny California. I've been addicted to nicotine since I was 17 and took my last puff on May 29, 2016. I stumbled upon my first forum accidentally by googling my quit symptoms and the support I read there led me to sign up and I am convinced that its having all that support from people who had or were currently going through the same thing that I have remained smoke free since. That board is long gone now and a good number of us are here now to pay it forward as well as reaffirm our own quits