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1- 3 weeks was up and down. Staying busy helps me. It is the down time that I struggle with and my head. I do hope you are finding healthy happy ways to BE in your new found freedom. Keep going one breath at a time. They add up. Truly grateful I am not smoking.

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I’m so glad you guys are enjoying your freedoms I think, know, I am too but that stupid romancing the cig thing comes up for me sometimes, not often, but like in the future lol….like oh man it would be nice once it gets warm in a few months out on the deck, etc. but I say to myself all the good stuff, you’re addiction’s talking, tell it to eff off and were ex smokers/nonsmoker now…etc etc. Btw I still have shortness of breath and my oxygens going wacko…I went to my dr and he totally put me at ease bc he said it’s normal…some ppl go through it some ppl don’t, it’s all that gunk coming out and sometimes clogging up while it’s coming up. And it’s different for everyone depending on their situation but just so everyone knows bc I was hella nervous, 95-100 is “A+” oxygen, 90-95 is ok too, 88 for a few hours is like the threshold of uh oh you need oxygen think abt going to hospital. Just in case anyone else was wondering lol. 2 weeks today for me, it sounds good, feels good too.

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

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

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Hey friends, Since I’ve had a few doozies of days (and probably overshared a tidbit lol), I just wanted to see how everyone else is doing now vs when they were 1-3 weeks quit, or how you’re doing within that 1-3 weeks quit (like me). Today was so much better than yesterday, however my oxygen is still a tad low so I’m going to closely monitor that. My amazing fiancé cooked breakfast, ran out twice to Walgreens for me, did dishes, and vacuumed and mopped the whole house, and cooked dinner I tell him I don’t deserve him, he deserves a younger thinner thang other than me w these health and now mental health things going on lolol. He just keeps loving me, I don’t know what I did but guess I did something right. He smoked too, but quit in 2019 when I (me, not him) went to the hospital for breathing issues - I mean the audacity this man has for being the sweetest person ever. Although he, self admittedly, has his moments too so whatevs. Anyhoo, how is everyone?

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MarylandQuitter Quit Date: 10/07/2013 Posted April 2, 2014 · Excuses to smoke JUNKIE THINKING: “One Puff won’t hurt” RESPONSE: “One puff will always hurt me, and it always will because I’m not a social smoker. One puff and I’ll be smoking compulsively again.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I only want one.” RESPONSE: “I have never wanted only one. In fact, I want 20-30 a day every day. I want them all.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I’ll just be a social smoker.” RESPONSE: “I’m a chronic, compulsive smoker, and once I smoke one I’ll quickly be thinking about the next one. Social smokers can take it or leave it. That’s not me.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I’m doing so well, one won’t hurt me now.” RESPONSE: “The only reason I’m doing so well is because I haven’t taken the first one. Yet once I do, I won’t be doing well anymore. I’ll be smoking again.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I’ll just stop again.” RESPONSE: “Sounds easy, but who am I trying to kid? Look how long it too me to stop this time. And once I start, how long will it take before I get sick enough to face withdrawal again? In fact, when I’m back in the grip of compulsion, what guarantee do I have that I’ll ever be able to stop again?” JUNKIE THINKING: “If I slip, I’ll keep trying.” RESPONSE: “If I think I can get away with one little “slip” now I’ll think I can get away with another little “slip” later on.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I need one to get me through this withdrawal.” RESPONSE: “Smoking will not get me through the discomfort of not smoking. I will only get me back to smoking. One puff stops the process of withdrawal and I’ll have to go through it all over again.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I miss smoking right now.” RESPONSE: “Of course I miss something I’ve been doing every day for most of my life. Bud do I miss the chest pain right now? Do I miss the worry, the embarrassment? I’d rather be an ex-smoker with an occasional desire to smoke, than a smoker with a constant desire to stop doing it.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I really need to smoke now, I’m so upset.” RESPONSE: “Smoking is not going to fix anything. I’ll still be upset, I’ll just be an upset smoker. I never have to have a cigarette. Smoking is not a need; it’s a want. Once the crisis is over, I’ll be relieved and grateful I’m still not smoking.” JUNKIE THINKING: “I don’t care.” RESPONSE: “What is it exactly that I think that I don’t care about? Can I truthfully say I don’t care about chest pain? I don’t care about gagging in the morning? I don’t care about lung cancer? No, I care about these things very much. That’s why I stopped smoking in the first place.” JUNKIE THINKING: “What difference does it make, anyway?” RESPONSE: “It makes a difference in the way I breathe, the way my heart beats, the way I feel about myself. It makes a tremendous difference in every aspect of my physical and emotional health.” http://www.quitsmokinghelp.ca/mustread/junkiethinking.html Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/31-junkie-thinking/?do=findComment&comment=123

Whooohooo!! The sunshine is easier on the bones than the cold and snow! Glad to hear all is well Sending hugs!

I had some challenges at 1 to 3 weeks, I just was not ready for all the triggers. Just gave them a big NOPE and had a mint. Somehow made it till today and it does get better with time. I too was struggling with shortness of breath and just feeling terrible, could barely get out of bed. Then I found out I had Long Covid, figured out how to treat it and am finally starting to feel better. Sounds like you have a real man with you, that is awesome, get well soon.

I mirror what already has been said. Its all healing although it doesn't seem like it just now Dont forget .even folks who have never smoked have crappy days too.. It will get better ,you have to fight through it ...

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A great post to read when I am romancing the smokes. Thanks for the bump.

Wonderful to see you here Jane .. Stick around a while

Wow Jimmy, this is just what I needed to read! You’ve made me feel so positive. Thank you so much for posting this and huge congratulations. I WILL get to where you are now god willing

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Gday half your luck….. hope I get to retire soon time soon… sigh. good to hear from you

@SavingMeFromMyself just keep that thought. Hate everything about smoking because it serves you no purpose. You can push through the tough days and find your way to freedom.

@Brioski i got along pretty well until I was about 6 weeks in and then everything went to hell and stayed that way for months. couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't stop eating, couldn't poo, drank enough water to float a battleship and got cramps in the damnedest places you could imagine and I put on 40 lbs in 4 months. Long story short, my experience is that no matter how bad it gets it will get worse and then it gets better and then your addiction is cured...kind of. ok, maybe not cured but the memory of the blistering hell I went through will be stuck in my mind for a long long time. anyway, good luck and stay the course. it is so worth it.

@Ren OMG that's scary!