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Congratulations @Dianne and welcome to the lido deck!!! I hope you celebrate this huge accomplishment and do something special for yourself. Thank you too for the support you give to our members

Congratulations Diane, welcome to the Lido deck. This is a great accomplishment and you should be proud of yourself. Don't forget to reward yourself today.

You can do this. I never thought I would make it a day, much less two days. I thought losing half of my lung would make it easy to quit. It didn’t. I still have to consciously tell myself NO everyday. I’ve smoked for most of my life; 64 years! I can’t undo that without a struggle. Don’t land where I am. A diagnosis of lung cancer. Lung cancer surgery. Now lung cancer free with the constant worry of it returning. Not a fun place to be. Quit NOW. You can do it. We are all here for you. If you fall, get back up; as many times as you have to until it takes… and it will.

Thank you! I do not think I could of quit and stayed quit except for the resources and support in this group. so....THANK YOU!

Yaaaaaa..... Huge Congratulations Dianne.....you've reached the Lido Deck .... Let the party begin !!!!! Hope you are going to reward yourself well.....this is a massive achievement.....

Welcome to the Lido Deck Dianne! I’m so glad that you made it and I do hope that you have planned something wonderful to celebrate your first anniversary of becoming a non smoker!

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Congratulations on 1 year smoke free Dianne. Great job . Celebrate big today

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Polishing my Chicks or Sticks Trophy!

1 Year Quit is the Best Anniversary possible! I hope you are stoked about what it is you have managed to do

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Dyed Easter eggs for the first time in what seems like forever tonight. Maddie had fun with it and Papa Boo has figured out that using a tarp like a drop clothe makes cleaning up after a toddler art project much easier. Some of our eggs didn't turn out perfect, but a good time was had. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Paas company is not only still around but making the exact same product they produced when I was a kid. Dye tablets. Those wire egg dippers. The "magic crayon"...It was like opening a time capsule. Not to boast but I dropped a little extra for the "Deluxe" kit.

Hello, I managed to stay smoke-free for almost two days, but unfortunately smoked 3 ciggarettes today, as the brain fog became unbearable at work :(. I threw my pack, lighter and ashtray, and I am ready to jump on the Quit Train! My story: Smoked since I was 14, now I'm 23, and decided I should end this addiction for good. I'm happy to find this community and I am confident that I will manage to stay quit with the help and support provided by this forum, and hope that when the time comes I can help others quit as well. I will no longer smoke and punish myself everyday with this addiction!

One year smoke free! Huge and congratulations @dianne

Congratulations, @Dianne! Your quit is inspiring. I hear there's a party in your honor starting on the Lido Deck!

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El Bandito Quit Date: 27/01/2014 Posted April 5, 2014 I have smoked for 30 years, Man and Boy. I started at 13 years old. Usual stuff - I wanted to be cool, grown up. I quickly got into my stride - comfortably putting away 2, 3 packs a day throughout my twenties and thirties. I had a couple of goes at quitting - the usual stuff - girlfriends nagging, a health scare or two. A couple of times I was quit for months at a time. Then, change of girlfriend or emotional trauma and I was back to a pack a day and more. In the back of my mind, I knew that I was a smoker for ever. My family all smoked. Some people are non-smokers who smoke - and some are proper smokers. I am a proper smoker. A cigarette looks great in my hand. It suits me. Bad cold? I can smoke through it. Freezing outside - I can go out in a tee shirt - a man has got to smoke. As I moved into my 40s, it was getting harder to be a smoker. Bans everywhere. Hell, I didn't even smoke in my house! But quit? Nah - it's too late for me. I'm a proper smoker. I have a stressful job - and need to have a smoke. ...... UTTER UTTER NONSENSE Nobody is a proper smoker. Nobody looks good with a cigarette. They just look addicted. Nobody suits a cigarette. Cigarettes cause stress - not relieve it. There are many many way ways to quit smoking. Information on pretty much all of those ways can be found around here. Here you will also find people just like you - people who quit years ago, months ago, weeks ago, yesterday. We help each other. It's what we do. So - if you are here for the first time, are just having a browse, or believe that you can't quit - because you are a 'proper smoker' - do yourself a favour read some more. Two final things. 1. Every successful quit starts just like yours. Decide to quit. Believe - And you will 2. I'm a proper non-smoker. Check my signature below... Anyone can quit. Why not do it? Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/254-too-late-to-quit/

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Lamenting the fact egg dying kits were not a thing down here...I feel like my childhood was deprived. Also, watching Malcom and wondering how the frick Colin Friels never made it in Hollywood.

Hope you recover well and feel better very soon, @catlover.

How is your quit going, @HappyPassenger ?

Get well soon, @catlover

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I really wish it was not a holiday weekend. I would of liked to of extended my fast to 5 days but found it hard with me being the cook and all lol this was the first time during and after a fast I felt so positive about it and truly feel so much better after it. I will be incorporating fasting into my weekly life just not sure which route I want to go now with it.

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Hey Dianne, good to see you doing it too. I find it hard to extend my fast at the end of the fast - meaning if I start out with a goal of 3, there's no way I can go at the end of day 3 ... hmmm, let's go 4 days now. I'd be all prepped to eat by then. I find it similar to quitting in many ways - the effort goes into NOT doing something. The amazing thing to me is that I feel so good after multi-day fasts - good enough to do distance runs and feel light on my feet. Please feel free to share your journey - I for one will be interested to hear your experiences.