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9 years free today for me and quita wow

It's a New Month .... Who,s sitting on the Train ....stand up and be Counted Horney Toad is here of course ....

Still on the train! Day 21.

I'm here. Just figured up how many cigarettes I haven't smoked since quitting. Then worked out how much money I've saved. You can't hide money...

Im here-Hi @Doreensfree. Hope you are doing well!

It's time to throw on the fire ,all the Cancer Sticks you haven't smoked Since you Quit !! I want to throw on my 62,601... In honour of all the good people taken far too early suffering with this horrible addiction ... While the Tabacco Companies get rich .

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More than happy to throw my estimated 67,250 coffin nails on the fire. Good riddance.

I'm throwing mine in.

Nope

Nope

here's another 3785. add them to the pile

Mine are in too. Let them burn

Here's mine!

So good to see you here Kel....I'm doing ok Thank you

I'm here!

NOPE!

NOPE

nice.

Wow is right. That's one amazing achievement

NOPE

Nope.. I'm a better person because of it!!!!!

Here are mine...over 36,942!

Howdy

This is true ..... One puff wakes up that sleeping monster.....this is why NOPE is so important .... We are addicts ... There is NO such thing as ...One won't hurt ...

Seriously, nine years is an accomplishment! Good for you!

NOPE!

N.O.P.E………..

Here are my 39,000+ unsmoked cigarettes. Good riddance.

Good job Jimmy. Fire up the party bus.

NOPE!

Congratulations jimmy, that's awesome!

NOPE

I agree. A person who has never smoked can easily have one cigarette and not want another the next day. In fact, it will probably make them a little sick. But once the receptors and pathways are created, you are an addict and always will be. You can control your addition, but "just one" is no longer and option for you. Have one and your brain instantly lights up those pathways and demands another. Thats the difference between an addict and a non-addict.

@JustinHoot99you are correct about the posts. The purpose of posting is to distract from the thing we are avoiding. they don't need to go anywhere or be profound although sometimes they are. You know how to do this...quit for today, then rinse and repeat tomorrow

For me I releapse not because of any cravings. My partner and some of my friends smoke weed, every so often they would say do you want some when passing a spliff around I would always say no. But as they keep saying I'm sure the odd puff wouldn't hurt. Every now and again I would give that though some head space. That was my first mistake. So one day I did I had a couple of puffs it was nice. I had no cravings after. None at all, that was my second mistake. A couple of month after that walk on a nice summers day with my partner, I shared a spliff with him. This Time while he was smoking on the weekend I had another. These odd puffs knocked me out and made me happy for the night. But then I started thinking I could just buy a bit for the weekend. Then it started I would have one after work. Then I needed more because those hits weren't strong enough to get me as high as the initial first smokes. I would never have chosen to start this journey all over again. After my last long quit. I always said I wouldn't have the strength to do that again. For me I using the fact that I know what is was like to be quit and free of this addiction before, and I want that again. I know all what these lovely supptive people on hear say is true, it happens different time for different people but one day smoking will not consume you. It won't even bother you that someone is smoking near you. But always remember that we are all one puff away from smoking. Those smoking receptors will always be there, just asleep. One puff wakes them up. Didn't mean to ramble on so much lol

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

Burn ‘em all!

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

NOPE

Hi Jimmy ... So good to see you .... Congratulations to you both .... 9 years ....Fantastic ....

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Well, I could not tell you how many I could throw on there, but that is not me standing in the far left corner trying to breath in the fumes. LOL

Congrats, @jimmy! Celebrate this awesome milestone!!

Start of day 3. My previous early morning routine was to walk to the gas station to get my soda, and of course have a cigarette along the way. I would then do some of my job work for an hour or 2, then go to the woods and do my workout, of course having cigarettes before and after the work out (If I was just hiking and not doing a bunch of freebody exercises, I might have some during as well). Today, I put my check on the 1mth calendar I printed out, come straight to my desk and get on here. In about 20min, I will be going to do my workout. I have to be creative because I can't drive for 19 more days so I can't get to the woods where I work out. Have to find things to do locally and have been going to the nearby grade school where the police will eventually stop and question me. Very natural thing to do since they will not be used to seeing a 60yr old man doing rolls over tables, jumping on and off things, and climbing on the playground equipment at 6am in the dark. lol My normal workouts consist of hiking w/ some short slow jogging thrown in, lifting heavy stuff (rocks and logs), free body exercises like pushups/pullups/situps, and movnat ground exercises (which is mobility oriented). Oh yes, and I do "old man Parkour", which basically consists of an old man jumping on/off low objects, simple vaults and rolls, climbing on/over things, and balance work. The old man Parkour is what I'm sure will attract the police. (I'm perfectly fine w/ them doing that by the way and I believe they should.) I wish stopping smoking gave me the kind of dopamine high that exercise does. For me, exercise is a habit. I simply never miss a day. Quitting smoking is simply taking away something. It's kind of like the difference between dieting and exercising. Dieting is basically the elimination of crap foods that give us a "high" in one form or another. Exercising is the addition of a high. Which is why I find it much easier to exercise consistently that eat "right" consistently. Some will point out that quitting smoking is the addition of clean fresh air, removal of stink, easier breathing etc. The thing is, I don't have trouble breathing and the air doesn't taste any different. There is no immediate "buzz" associated w/ quitting smoking like there is exercising. I'm not quitting for better air, etc. I'm quitting because I want to reduce my chances of getting cancer and to save money (and so I can stop scheduling my day around finding time to sneak off an smoke). The saving money is a small buzz, but I'm in a position where I can afford the monetary price of smoking. Well, I don't know even know where I'm going w/ this. I'm just meandering which has distracted me from my major morning crave and that was the whole point of getting on here. I wish you all a smoke free day.

@Kel, I do accept how things are. That is why I am struggling through my addiction. I smoked for 40 plus years, it was a part of me. Trust me, I have suffered many losses that I did not choose but had no choice in the matter. People told me the pain would be less as time went on. It was not. The sooner you sit in the pain, however long it takes, the more you can understand your feelings. They are only your feelings, no one else has to know, only you have to deal with the decisions you make. Right or wrong, in the big scheme of things we are only responsible for ourselves. There is no one to blame but me. I am the only one that can change things. I do not punish myself in any way. I have quit smoking because I had to. There were medical tests that made that made it a priority. So here we are. I hope that my honesty will help our younger members quit before there are medical reasons. Let's take a look @Boo, a young man recently married and building a family. He is reaping the rewards on quitting an early age. We need to foster that.

Nope, I need to breathe fresh air!