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NOPE. Even after all this time, I caught myself "romanticizing the cigarette" today with another former smoker. But there is nothing romantic about it.

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

Start the morning right. A cup of coffee and a ass slappin..... 20

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

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Hi Linda, how are you doing now? I was a serial quitter/relapser, but never quit digging to find the deepest "why should I quit" that I could. For me, it was the spread of Covid across Asia. I knew it was coming here and I felt certain that, if I got it, I'd die because of compromised lungs. The week following my quit (February something) Covid was discovered in the States about 15 miles north of me, in a retirement home in Kirkland, WA. (It was here sooner; it just hadn't been found until then.) With a good enough reason, initial crash and burns don't matter. We don't give up. And then we win. Elon Musk - I Don't Ever Give Up Gangsta's Paradise.mp4

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Be patient 5 months is still very Early in your quit One day the magic will happen I still get ..a thought..not a crave .. Always look at the positives.. Not the negative ..keep reminding Yourself how flippin amazing you are.. Quitting is a journey ..

Hi @QuittingGirl, I very rarely get a crave if you can even call it that. Smoking may pop into my head and then it's gone just as quickly as it came on. The key is to dont dwell on it, it loses its power and turns into a pesky fly to be swatted away. PLEASE give yourself a break and realize you have a whole year of triggers you've never done smoke free. Once you pass these the cravings lessen. Hang in there you really are doing great and are already reaping the rewards by having only one or two a day.

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Agree with what's already been said @QuittingGirl! I think these craving issues is another one of those things that's tough to measure in terms of how bad they are today vs last month vs your first week of quitting. The progression of these becoming mere brief thoughts is a long one and it's hard to even realize when it's becoming less intense but it does become less over time. As Jillar mentioned, don't dwell on those craves. Use your tool of distraction that you developed when you started your quit. Force your thinking to move on right away. All this will become a lot better after your first year when you've gone through all the seasonal triggers successfully. You have both Thanksgiving then Christmas coming up soon so expect to be triggered more frequently than you might like as you move through these times. The good news is once you have done that once, next time will not be an issue. As Doreen said; think of the positives you've gained not the negatives you might temporarily feel. Just keep kicking those thoughts to the curb and you'll be fine in the end. I think you'll feel a lot fewer of those cravings after you pass your one year Anni!

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Howa are you doing, given more thought to quitting?

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