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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required). storm flowers in the lawn

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I'm here

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Congratulations on five months quit @overcome, you're down my so well

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I no longer want to be a slave to Nicotine.......the Tobacco Industry, big Pharma and the Government. It is an honor that all of you have allowed me on the train and helped me get to where I am at with my quit .......... thank you my friends!

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

@overcome Congratulations on 5 months

Congratulations Overcome, you are doing great. You should be proud of yourself and don't forget to reward yourself today.

Congratulations on 5 months smoke free, @overcome Celebrate big today!

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Hugs to you who are at the beginning of your quit journey. I was a serial quitter. I wept at failing many times to quit and make it stick. I haunted this forum and its predecessor. I'd quit, post a lot, smoke, disappear in shame, and reappear days or weeks or moths later. Yes, being bipolar was a part of it. We bipolar people are often addicts. I wanted to quit. I kept coming back. Find your "why." Quitting for someone else may not be a strong enough reason. If you have a child, and you want to know that you're doing everything you can to be alive for that child's life, then yes, that may be a strong enough reason. Is it? For me, it was Covid. I used to attend infectious diseases medical presentations. The coming pandemic was a topic of discussion, perhaps once or twice a year. I saw a slide about how the next pandemic would spread...along air flight routes. Early 2020, when I saw, on the Johns Hopkins internet map, that Covid 19 was marching across China, I knew that this was the pandemic the infectious disease community was expecting. When I learned that lung problems were a major issue, I knew that, as a smoker, I'd be hit hard. I didn't want to die. February 21, 2020, I quit. I didn't want to die if I got Covid. The first case near me was reported less than two weeks later. (Kirkland, WA, USA) Find your "why." You'll quit, and one day you'll be where I am, at nearly three years quit, and only on occasion thinking about cigarettes. Do I still long for a cigarette? Yes, sometimes. I'll see a movie star smoking, and think, yes, that would be nice. But that's not reality. I'll see a homeless person smoking or someone around my apartment building smoking and think, "this is the reality. Smoking costs money to buy cigarettes, and eventually it costs money for medical care. , I'd rather save the money and not be an addict. I'd rather be saving for retirement. I'd rather be saving to buy a house.." Quit. Fail. Quit again. Keep quitting until you don't have to quit again.........you're simply quit. I've disappeared from this forum for weeks at a time. I'll forget that I was a smoker. Then I'll smell cigarette smoke and log on to the forum and pledge again. I'll try to check in more frequently. I do want to support those of you who are early in your quits. Quit. Quit smoking. Educate yourself about why you smoke. By the way......I've just learned that ketogenic diets are helpful for people who are bipolar and schizophrenic. (and epileptic) One podcast I saw suggested that people who are addicted benefit by lowering their carbohydrates, as well. Perhaps it's something to look into. Apparently, a high percentage of us bipolar and schizophrenic folks are smokers. If this is you, stay tuned. I'll report back.

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Hurrah! That's me got a month under my belt, the time has flown by. I'm very thankful to have my quit buddies here and a place to come to be accountable. I would never want to bash the NHS, I'm very proud of the NHS, but the stop smoking service nurse has never called me back. I think what pisses me off is, I have tools, I know what I need to do, but what if there is some person that has never tried to quit before, they need help, and i wouldn't want them to be let down. I've got the nurses number as she told me to save it the one time she called, I've thought about calling her and telling her, her service is crap lol but I won't. I'm in a ratty stage in my quit but I find it quite funny. I rarely ask for help in work but I did today and got an absolute pants response from my boss and I was so raging but I just replied - That was no help whatsoever, but thanks anyway LOL I hit send then thought, what am I doing ha. And I know it's me just being a bit more ratty and getting annoyed easier. The NHS nurse will get an earful if she does decide to call anytime soon But I'm doing well team, as I've said before, I'm just quietly getting on with it. I'm not finding it difficult, long may that continue.

Good job WeegieWoman. Congratulations.

Outstanding! .... big congrats to you @WeegieWoman

Well done @WeegieWoman! You go, girl!

Thanks @johnny5 I'm just chilling with this little guy

I’m here! Doing whatever it takes to keep from sticking something in my mouth and lighting it on fire!

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JimHannoonen Quit Date: Feb. 9 2017 Posted June 9, 2017 You've made a choice to not smoke anymore and that's awesome, but remember this. No matter what you do, no matter how many patches you put on your body, how many pills you take or wads of nicotine gum you shove in your mouth, none of these things are going to be a cigarette and none are going to make you feel ok. You're gong to go through some gnarly sh*t over the next few months and you know what? That's ok. You're going to be walking down a dark and dismal road for a while and you're going to be scared and angry. You're going to feel alone and miserable. This is going to really, really suck for you at some point. Anyone here can tell you that. This may be one of the hardest things you've ever done and you're likely going to question why you're putting yourself through it. But with all that said, you will deal with the cravings. You'll take those deep, cleansing breaths and get past them, just like so many others here have. You'll have some of the worst days you've ever had. But you'll work through them. You're going to find that you're a lot stronger than you thought you were. That you're capable of dealing with a lot more than you thought possible You'll post insane rants that seem like they don't make any sense to anyone, but they will. They'll make sense to everyone here that reads them, because we've all been there. Then you'll have a good day. And then another. Before you know it, most of your days are good and you find you're not thinking about smoking 24/7. You take a deep breath and notice just how much deeper it is compared to before. Sure, every once in a while, you may have a bad day, but just like when you started this journey, you'll take your deep, cleansing breaths and work your way through it and you'll smile when you think about all the friends you've made on this forum and the relationships you know are going to be with you for a long, long time. You'll do all these things because that day you decided you weren't going to smoke anymore, you make a promise to yourself and you must keep that promise no matter what. Link to original post:https://www.quittrain.com/topic/8658-my-little-trick/

Nice work, buddy! Happy 5 months of freedom. So very grateful to have you here on the train.

Yay weegie! Great job!!!

Fantastic job @WeegieWoman Keep it up, you got this!

Congratulations!

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Paul723 Quit Date: July 23, 2013 Posted June 2, 2017 That was the sign on the shop in the middle of a non-descript strip mall. My first thought was it is empty for me. Then I started to think about the word need. This need is not like air or water or food; this is the need of an addict. Nicotine only creates the need for more nicotine. Deny this need and the withdrawal cravings cannot kill the addict (though his brain may try to convince him otherwise). The need is artificial and self-inflicted. I started to think that I should open up a shop right next store with a sign that said “For All Your Non-Smoking Wants”. Grab a cart and come shopping with me. Better Health, add that to the cart. More Time with Your Friends and Loved Ones, add that. Lower Chance of Heart and Lung Disease, throw that in. Clean Smell as well. How about some Freedom and a Sense of Changing Your Life for the Better – let’s have a big load of that. Time to check out – and you get the thousands of dollars you would have wasted at the store next door. That’s right, you get paid at the “Non-Smoking Wants” store. Isn’t that a great place to shop? Link go original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/8630-for-all-your-tobacco-needs/

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