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Congrats, Jordan!! 8 years is a huge accomplishment and some of us (me! Lol) are looking on in awe. My mom quit around 8 years ago and I’ll have to tell her what I just said here bc she should know, too. Lol. She was a 2-3 pk a day smoker who quit before her first hip surgery.

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

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The NOPE thread was a life changer for me ..This was my last chance to quit .Or face the consequences.. Once i made that promise i knew i would stick to it ,so it was important to me ..in all my other failed quits i hadnt made any commitments... It worked for me..i needed the Ever !

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Wow @Jordan7 that is awesome, big congrats to you!

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Welcome back Brioski, it’s great to see you on the train again. Keep thinking positive thoughts, keep busy, and don’t forget to give yourself lots of rewards, you are doing something great for yourself.

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7. Jump up and down on it

Had to come here and offer my biggest props to my friend Denali You were a few weeks ahead of me last year and now, a whole year ahead!! Lol. All the very best to you, you certainly deserve it!! Well done my friend, I’m proud and jealous

Thanks much @jillar and to all for the very nice shout-outs, and thank you, @DenaliBlues, for bringing my people along! And yes, @Molly2310, in eight years you'll be where I am and that's far away but in the meantime you will get to celebrate months 1 through 12, then years 1 through 7 of your fabulous quit, so you'd better keep the champagne on ice from now on. No one could convince me of this eight years ago but at some point (different timing for us all) not smoking starts to feel more natural than smoking and it's all pretty easy from there. The only regret I'll ever have is not having quit much earlier. Cheers to all us quitters, old and new!

Congratulations, Jordan! So happy for you - and grateful for your being part of my quit. The Penguin People cannot contain their joy!

congrats Jordan7. that's how you quit and stay quit.

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Nope....I am stronger than the addiction!!

8. Tear it to pieces

Interesting about Covid causing phantosomia. I wonder if I've had Covid, after all. I've heard the long-Covid is rough. It's so unpredictable, or seems to be. I know people who have had Covid two and even three times. I work as a grocery store cashier a mile from a major medical center. Sick people all around me on a daily basis. More than half the staff have had it--some twice. Somehow, I've escaped, or maybe was not symptomatic enough to notice. There is a substance I've been taking since ~ 2015, N-acetylcysteine (NAC). It's an anti-inflammatory that is used in hospitals for liver inflammation and by people with asthma or other lung inflammatory processes. I don't know if that has anything to do with it, or not. It's now one of the treatments for Covid. It's an inexpensive generic, over the counter in the US. I've taken it for bipolar depression (wasn't very effective), and as a stroke-preventative (it has anti-clotting effect). Smoking reportedly causes inflammation. I've thought that, while I was smoking, maybe NAC helped reduce some of cigarettes' harm. "NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine) helps prevent viruses and bacteria from adhering to the lining of the lungs. Data show that NAC reduces excess airway mucus, lowers inflammation, supports pulmonary function, and inhibits infectious colonization. Scientifically reviewed by: Dr. Gary Gonzalez, MD, in May 2022."

Later-est! Bravo, Darc….you go gurl!!

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G’day My quit started with not smoking for hours. That became days and those days became weeks and months. At first I resisted making the NOPE pledge simply put….. I was afraid of embarrassing myself and smoke. I’d smoked and ruined to many quits in the past. I had to come clean with myself and fess up to being that nicotine addict. Not One Puff EVER was important for me. Things had changed quit smoking had become more important that smoking. Some things never change I’m still that addict nearly 8!years later. Difference is I don’t smoke. I look at that box. Pleas tick. Smoker? Non Smoker? I’d like to take my pen and change the Non to Not Smoker cause that’s were my heart is. Life’s good. I’m happy with my not smoking self. Chris

Congratulations on both 2 and 3 years, Kate, and here's to number 4!

Congratulations on 8 years smoke free, @Jordan7 Awesome job!

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Huge Congratulations on your Fabulous 8 years Smoke free.. Reward yourself well

Wow, 8 years feels so very far away. You give me a tremendous amount of hope. I’ll be where you are today one day and you’ll be coming up to 16 years then!

Congratulations on this epic quit. Your accomplishment inspires the rest of us. Thanks and keep it up.

Congratulations on your 8 year quit!! This a wonderful thing! Thank you for all of your words of encouragement that have helped me and so many others!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantosmia Interesting......

Yes - comes and goes like once every few days. Until I read your post though I was just imagining it. Like Gus, kind of a stale smoke smell, who knew it was a thing. And I grew up in Spanaway so am familiar with and miss the pine tree scent.

This happens to me sometimes. Not too often. Mine is more of a stale smoke odor. Not strong. Just a wisp. Totally mental. I would love to exchange that odor for the scent of Magnolia or Wisteria blooms.

Congrats DenaliBlues (I know it late but it truly special)

LOL, @Boo… looks like @intoxicated yoda isn’t far behind.