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Way to go, @Kerry! Congrats on two weeks. You're building a strong foundation for your quit. Glad to have you on the Train!

Awesome job @Kerry! Those first hours, days, weeks, and even months are so crucial in building the solid foundation needed to maintain your quit for life. Time will start to fly by and before you know it a year will have passed. You are doing great! Remember to reward yourself!!!!

Oh !!! Kerry Sweetie..2 weeks is huge ....well done .... Yes on to week 3....this is how it's done ..day by day..week by week ... Sending you a well earned pat on the back

I no its not much to shout about but it is a huge achievement for me. 2 whole weeks without a vape I have managed to get up get dressed and go to work without being a massive grinch to everyone . I've been on annual leave for 7 days and have made sure i have just chilled out and relaxed if things haven't got done then they haven't got done .... I think I have cracked this I've had massive help from my nic gum and i no if I had tried to quit cold turkey I wouldn't have managed it . The support and help on this forum has been fantastic ... Now to get threw week 3

Go ahead Kerry and shout as loud as you want. You are doing great. Always believe in yourself and have faith. Just take it one day at a time. So go ahead and shout as loud as you want and maybe dance around as well.

2 weeks is massive. Anyone who can stand up and fight and keep fighting is a soldier. stay determined , and you will stay winning and free.

This is a HUGE accomplishment Kerry and we all know it so congratulations, you are doing GREAT!

Actually these first days and weeks are huge and definitely worth shouting about and celebrating. You are doing great! Keep up the awesome work.

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Congratulations @Kerry you are doing great!!!

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So sorry to hear it's been difficult recently, Linda--we know exactly how you're feeling, and it's great that you posted. I really like your formulation that smoking "is what I THINK will bring me comfort"--for me, the phrasing itself shows you analyzing the experience instead of just being subject to the crappy--even cravey--experience. Doesn't make it any less uncomfortable, to be sure, but it's telling that you see the cigarette/comfort connection as the fiction that it is; and as Denali notes above, it takes time to establish more authentic forms of peace and pleasure. Keep up the fabulous work, friend! Christian99 21+ Years Quit

Sorry your not feeling well . But having a smoke will make u feel worse when you finished it . Its ten drags of a cigarette you can do this take some breathing exercises and be kind to yourself . You will feel so much better for not smoking .

So sorry you are ill and feeling skunky, @Linda. I’ve felt the same way. This wily addiction sure likes to try and strike when we are feeling low or unawares. Stay strong! Bear with me as I try to express something for you, for me, for all of us who suffer… there is something important about “comfort” that quitting requires us to reclaim. I think smoking hijacked our ability to feel comfort. Instead of receiving tender care, we received ugly toxins and the manipulative mind games that come with addiction. Smoking was much less gratifying than it was cracked up to be. But Addict Mind wants to smoke anyway. So it’s telling me (falsely) that I am bereft of all comfort. The thing is, we are not bereft. We just need to reprogram how we’re habituated, to give ourselves ACTUAL kindness and care, not crappy chemical substitutes. There are days when it feels impossible to experience being soothed without smoking. But I try. It’s a great creative challenge to find other ways. And when I simply can’t comfort myself, I benefit from attempting to give kindness or comfort to others. I have VERY happy cats since I quit… lol. Take care, dear.

G’day some folk think it’s good to forget that junky thoughts. No. Not this little black duck. No complacency here. No romantic shit. I’m Not ever forgetting that I’m that addict.

Linda, I get it. I have not felt well the last couple of weeks. I have my next dr. appointment next week, that will be the fifth since the new year. This is normal physical, blood work, sent off to see a doctor about my neck, MRI yada yada. Probably wind up with steroid injections and more PT, It is frustrating when you don't feel well. That smoking monster keeps sneaking up, whispering, making all these great promises, you will feel better, you will lose weight, you will be able to sleep at night. your anxiety, your fears will disappear in a cloud of smoke.....it keeps calling, I keep not answering. We want relief for what ever the physcal or mental pain. We want to run away from life, to try anything to relief the pain.. We both know smoking is not going to change or help anything. The only way I am going to give up is if I decide to end my life, not by suicide but by giving up and smoking again. It is a long drawn out painful suicide. I guess that is the thing, we are all going to die someday but how will that happen. I don't want cancer, COPD, congestive heart failure. I prefer my nice warm bed, go to sleep and wake up somewhere else. What do you want for your future?

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Thanks again guys. I saw the doctor yesterday, as just can’t shake off this coughing. The infection got round my lungs, so have started on some steroid medication today. hopefully on the mend now.

Congrats Denali , whoop woop! your ship is on the way

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Oh !!!!....The junkie mind .... Winning the battles ....you won your,s by coming here .... As time passes the thoughts get weaker ... Stay strong Linda

@Linda, don't feel bad, its normal. I used to want to smoke when I was sick too. I could tell if it was in my lungs by the way it tasted I'm so glad those days are over. I suggest just going with the craves and accepting that they're going to be around for a while just like the last time you quit. Hopefully that'll help. I'm glad you're posting these moments because you'll be able to go back and read them when you're feeling weak and remember you don't want to go through this again! Hope you feel better soon

The lies of addiction. One of my brothers came by to fix a burst water pipe last week and as soon as he was finished he lit up a cigarette. I stood there and remembered lighting up every time I finished up some task to celebrate its completion and how satisfied I was with my work. That could still be me. That cigarette smelled so good. But I know without a doubt that I will not light up again. I can’t. I will die if I do because there is absolutely no other quit in me. You are strong. You stepped off the train, but hopped right back on owning up to your bad choice. I would still be down on the line somewhere. I do hope that you are feeling better today.

Get well soon @catlover!

Gosh, the crud is really making the rounds! Sending you get well wishes, @catlover.

Thanks, everyone! Your support has helped so much. Lido deck, here I come!

Congratulations D... Your in double figures....the Lido is Looming ...

Have been sick the last few days, and what do I want??? The worse thing I know, but I want to smoke. It is what I think will bring me comfort. How crazy is that?