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Welcome back and reach out if you start to stray or have craves and need help. Good move. Best wishes.

I’m ok this morning, just made my coffee and hanging out on the train. Yoda I liked what u said abt the homeless man on the road cursing, bc that’s literally what I’ve been doing w my driveway walking up and down it cursing anything and everything…I’m convinced my dog thinks I’m crazy. Jill, Dor, and Denali your posts so helped me. Thank u. Gus I don’t think I told you but I loved how you said you get tickled when I’ve cursed my way through another crave lol. I need to get tickled by that too. I’ve been trying to eat healthier and we have, me and the hubs, but yesterday and the day before were killer w cravings so I pounded some cheez-its, bread, chocolate, etc. and ya know what I don’t care lol. I had stupid fish last night so hopefully that evened itself out-ish. I wish you peace w your quit Pedro, you can do it. One thing that’s helped me is a big analog clock in my house, helps to glance at it and realize you’ve conquered another half hour, hour, 2 hrs, etc. Thanks guys for the encouragement everyone, sometimes that’s what I need I guess. I do feel bad sometimes coming here to vent bc it all sounds like the same thing after a while, how annoying is that lol. Oh well, choo choo.

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@Brioski understand what you are fighting and understand that you are always in control. The tobacco industry chemically programmed you to crave their product. Now you have to mentally reprogram yourself to not crave their product. You are not flawed because you quit and now fell like hell. I was hating myself, the world and everyone in it for quite a few months after I quit. I think most people do which is why so few of us succeed. So what you are going through can be considered normal give the circumstance. Stay focused on the goal and stay in control.. It's ok to crave, that's part of the process. Acknowledge it and try to move on. Don't give it life. I walked it off most of the time. Sounds way to simple I know but it worked. Me walking down the road cussing at the world like a crazy homeless guy got me through. Find your quirk and use it to your advantage. Love yourself enough to see it through.

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Happy smokeless Friday everyone, sorry I am late !

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Welcome back ... Re Read all the helpful hints on our Main Smoking Discussion Board to get you going .. You can do it ...

This is great news Pedro. Stay close to the boards and make sure to reach out if you are starting to falter. Remember, you deserve a happier and healthier life

Good job @Pedro it's for your own good you are worth it.

Welcome back @PedroLet us help you keep your quit this time. It’s why we’re here and we can help make sure that you have a little bit more money in your pocket to spend on anything else but cigarettes! LOL

Way to go, @Pedro!

Good for you @Pedro! No time like the present to break free. You are doing a wonderful thing and can count on this forum for help.

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I'm back on the train. I like to spend money. I threw away my tobacco now. day 0

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

NOPE... This is great place to start ..I took that promise every morning .. Once i made that choice for 24 hrs I wouldnt go back on my word This is really the only saying you need... Stay close ..

I beg to differ Pedro, each and everyone of us have had faith that what those that came before us are saying is true. As far as mantras go, I used to tell myself over and over again that "this too shall pass". And " All good(?) things must come to and end".

According to the CDC website: Smokers can and do quit smoking for good. In fact, since 2002 there have been more former smokers than current smokers. The full article can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/cessation/smoking-cessation-fast-facts/index.html

Trying to come up with a mantra that when thought about, or recited, calls awareness to what we read about tobacco, quitting, and all related. For start, it has to be positive in the sense that it is affirmation that does not include words like (no, not, don't). It also should/could be directed to the collective unconscious of the smoking habit. examples: (to be thought about.)

I relapsed after my last quit. Made two weeks, but at that point my self-pity was immense. I was picking garbage on the road ride. I really was suffering from self-comiseration. I stopped coming here because I re-started smokiing so I felt embarassed to come here. and that seems like a mind-lie. I notice that while reading the posts in the forum, some words/phrases have a special shine, that calls my attention(and other users). I think writing them down may , the words, sound reasonable. There is also talk about having faith in ourselves. That is a nice direction and should be explored more. So far, the practice of the faith-of-not-smoking seems to be writing down NOPE. My wish, my wish is to come up with a mantra. Reading this forum, seeing the material, reading, is important. Now the aspect of faith is not being explored. A mantra that helps, through recitation, to fixate and bring to awareness the shines we get from our studies here (and elsewhere). Faith into action - call it that way.

“Freedom from the bondage of nicotine” and “NOPE Not One Puff Ever” have been really important ideas for me. I’ve used different mantras at different points in my quit (as my relationship with the cravings evolved). Find whatever works for you and share it here, @Pedro. It’s bound to help someone else along the way!

Welcome back @Pedro Stick around. You can quit for good.

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I just saw something like that on some social media site, and I wasn’t looking lol. Our phones are always listening lol. In 2005 20.9% of the US smoked and in 2020 it was 12.5%. I wonder how that coincides w vaping though, bc I read that sometimes vapers can be considered nonsmokers. why tf idk https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm#:~:text=Current smoking has declined from,every 100 adults) in 2020.

@Brioski Hello. how is is it going now? Not a native english speaker here. and I make an effort to talk to you ,Brioski, and all, hm I imagine in a couple of days, since I quit yesterday, I'll be starting my personal style of communicating, which is confessional - self-pity kind of thing - looking for solace. ------ go brioski, your quit and sticking to it is directly correlated to the words of the members in this forum and in this thread. that is how I feel about your quit. directly correlated means that after you show some strenght,and/or while you show some strength, by posting or doing something else means that you are strong, you atract the strong people - that is what is happening on this thread. I don't know you Brioski and lately I find that people trully are diferent from each other. to each its own quirks. and they are many!?

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

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Amazing! It’s good to see you on the board.

Sorry that I’m late to this assist. You are awesome @Brioski! You are doing the smartest thing you can do by getting on here and posting your way through your crave and riding out the anger, frustration, and pain. Peace is coming your way. I promise.

Thank you friends for taking the time to write to me. Your words have a lot of power, I’m realizing my abstinence has a lot of power too, just forget it sometimes and get these bad craves where smoking really seems like the answer. Thank u. I’m gonna keep chugging along.

Hah! Why didn’t I think of that? Oh, I know. You have to smoke it……, so a no go, for me. Still doing my 2 miles , on my treadmill. am up to a 6% incline. By the time I’m done power-walking, at 3.5 mi/ hr, sweat is dripping into my eyes, and down my face, and I have burned approximately 350 calories, in under 40 minutes. A few weeks back, John and I were traveling on a road, that had a sign showing we were at a 6% upward grade. It was noticeable. Seeing that incline, made me realize how awesome I am, to be able to do that every day..,,,. Kat

Hey, @Brioski. You are not crazy. Quitting is a big/hard job that can be really painful at times. Everyone’s experience is different, but personally speaking I have yet to experience anything resembling quitting euphoria… no sunshine and rainbows and frolicking smoke-free unicorns gamboling about while a choir of nonsmoking angels sings. My soundtrack is more like crying and screaming and cussing, LOL. BUT…. I am still here. And so are you, my dear. Take pride in what you’ve achieved and have hope. Doreen and Jillar are 100% right that no long term quitters would be here if it didn’t get better. It does, if you stick with it. So stick with it! Find your ferocity. Get support for whatever sorrows, anxiety or aggravations you are experiencing in your life. (Because sorrows, anxiety and aggravations will NOT diminish due to smoking… smoking just makes us feel more sh**ty on top of them.) Smoking never resolved an argument with my mate, cured an illness, prevented the death of a loved one, solved a work problem, or filled a void inside of me that needed my loving attention. All smoking ever did was pour poison into a suffering soul. No more!! We are breaking that cycle of addiction. Cravings happen - your measure of success can’t be absence of cravings. (Cuz if that were the goal, I’d be flunking!) Success is about waving those lousy cravings off and focusing on other things - not giving them power. Your staying quit so far PROVES you can do this!! It will get easier if you allow yourself to heal over time. You are stronger than you think you are…

7. She should sell said sea shells by the sea shore…

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