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

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@Reciprocity thanks! I will try and try again. If I fail 100x times, I will try 101 times!

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NOPE sooooooo funny. I was looking for a NOPE image on a free picture site (Pixaby) For "Not One Puff Ever," here is a selection of "puffs" (probably a puff adder--also a lethal 'puff")

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In honor of "the ides of March" I say ... Nope!

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Many, many people aren't successful on their first try or even more tries. There's no shame in trying and falling back unless you just stay there and you don't make a new commitment to quit once you've gathered yourself together again. The key is NOT to give up trying and you must learn from your mistakes and think about how you will make better decisions next time you find yourself in a simlar situation. When you're a smoker you're addicted to nicotine so yes ... throw away all smoking material so they're not within easy reach. Understand that what quitting smoking actually involves is breaking that link in your mind between smoking & all you're daily situations. That takes quite awhile and a lot of repetition before you are mentally over relying on smokes time and time again each & every day. Firstly you need to make that unbreakable commitment to yourself to quit. Then take things just one day at a time as you fight those cravings to smoke. Trust me, that intense craving for a smoke lessens over time. Staying smoke free each & every day MUST be absolute top of mind in order not to cave in to the cravings. Quitting is a marathon, not a sprint. Treat it that way and be patient, one day at a time!

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Good for you for attacking the problem again. If patches work, then they work. If they don't, then you'll know it and think of something else. If you're in the medical field, you're smart enough to figure this out. I was a serial quitter with gum, patches, tapering, and whatever else there is that is kind of quitting but not quitting. The imminent arrival of Covid to our shores is what got me to quit. It was having a reason strong enough. I believed that if I got Covid, after all the negative news I'd heard about fulminant lung infections, then I'd die. So I quit cold turkey, and a week later the first case of Covid was discovered in the USA, north of me about 20 miles. I took it as a sign to stay quit. When a person finds their "WHY?" then they quit. I'm struggling for quitting something else, and hearing myself as I write to you. I have some "WHY?" searching of my own to do. Good luck to you. What you did once, you can do again, I'm sure of it. Keep us posted!

This is tonight's dinner. Classic Roast Chicken, Greek salad, sautéed yellow squash and red peppers with onions and garlic

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

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Hear Susie yodel.

I'll take 2 of these please @Kate18.

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Never give up…giving up…All we can tell you is it’s possible if you want it bad enough …x

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hey all. im not in my best state now because relapsed aand here-I-am---- or should I say nevertheless I am here! I do want to say something. Everything is possible. & hardly we ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives in the blink on an eye. It not about being doable or not doable. easy or hard. it is what it is . what is easy? what is not-easy?? blessing or curse? dualism type thinking.! just resolve to quit smoking, intend it, use techniques like throwing all apparatus of smoking away. our lives never depended on smoking; never did, never will. - this might be a good mantra.

This is for anyone who is lurking on here thinking of quitting smoking. Ohhh yeah I was scared too, especially since this is my 2nd (and last time) quitting. Who wants to go through those withdrawal symptoms each time we quit! Yikes, not me!! First time was much easier for me, as I was on Chantix because I called it the Wonder drug, but that is not on the market any longer, so it wasn't an option this time around. This time I did the weaning method, which is not good because I was in a constant state of withdrawal all day long, and if I kept that up for months, it would be a lot worse than the cold turkey method. Everyone on here advised me to just go cold turkey, which I decided to do after a couple weeks of weaning. I'm not gonna lie, the very beginning is NOT easy at all. You WILL have plenty of withdrawal symptoms, you probably will get very irritable at times, you probably will gain weight, I know I did, but what WON'T happen is, you WON'T die from withdrawal, you WON'T get sick, and you will probably live longer because you are quitting smoking!! Ohhh and the best part about withdrawal symptoms is that they are only temporary!! The longer you stay smoke free, the less withdrawal symptoms you will have. So, if there is anyone out there who is thinking of quitting smoking, and reading this board, please quit!! Every one of us on this board were newbies at one time. There was a first day for everyone on this site.

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I quit using patches and I took my time with it. Using patches breaks up the quit into two parts. While on the patch you still get nicotine but you break the habit of not smoking. You get used to not smoking, taking the smoke breaks, having something in your hands. Tapering off wasn't fun but it was manageable. When I stopped using the patch I felt like I was missing something but wasn't sure what it was. Still had smoking dreams. Still had occasional nicotine fits. Still have to be 100% committed and serious about your quit. Still, it was something I could deal with; especially with the resources and people at the Quittrain.

What we used to spend on cigarettes now pays for vacations! Lots of rewards for quitting. Great vacation photos.

Wow. The addicts mindset is just the worst. Recognizing and utilizing discount opportunities to feed our habit and feeling like we’ve accomplished something amazing is just so sad. We have come so far on our quit journeys and I’m glad to be doing it here on this forum with all my fellow quitters.

Wow that sounds great! You sure have been on some amazing cruises!! Yeah I could imagine how rowdy and loud the cruises during Christmas and Spring break are!! 37 days, wow!! I don't know if I could be on a ship for that long, although maybe I could...LOL!! My dream is to go to Scotland and it almost happened as we were booked for a 10 day trip in June of 2020, but that was scrapped because of Covid. So my husband and I are hoping maybe next year. We were in St. Thomas several years ago and I loved it there not only because it's beautiful, but Americans can buy $1600 worth of duty free goods. Since I smoked at that time, we were able to take back 5 cartons of cigs per person and the prices were really cheap. Don't have to worry about that anymore! We were also allowed to bring back 5 bottles of liquor a person as well and those prices were cheap too. Since the cruise left from NYC, we were able to take all of the bottles because we just took a taxi home from the pier.

Gday Im ex navy. Taking a sea cruise would be like a bus driver taking a coach tour…..

The cruise sounds wonderful!! Was it a 3 week cruise? Yeah I don't like those mega ships either...way too crowded. Some of them are like small cities!!

Aww that cruise looked Amazin Could sure do with some of that , but I’m not the best sailor. Fabulous Piggy xx

This cruise was actually two back-to-back cruises on the same ship; Holland America Rotterdam. It's a newish ship, about 4 years old. Very nice ship. Not one of those 6-8,000 people monsters so not overly crowded. We had a lot of sea days on this one which was fine with us. Relaxing by the pool while shaking off the winter cold We stopped in The Bahamas, Curacao, Aruba, Caragena Columbia then did a partial transit of the Panama Canal. Also stopped in Colon Panama then over to a stop in Costa Rica where we went for a tour to a beach community up the coast called Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, a heaven for back-packers and other "naturalists". Last stop was Grand Caymen before heading back to Fort Lauderdale. There was an interesting fruit/veggie market in Curacao. Venezulan men bring all sorts of fruit & veggies 37 miles across ocean waters in small boats to the Island of Curacao and set up a market to sell them. Bananas still on the banana plant tree limb.

Wow! 8 Years already. How that decision changed your life for the better! I still remember that winter day your car wouldn't start and I had to give you a ride home Hope you & the Fam are doin' great!!

Congratulations "old timer" on the 8 year quit. Best wishes and hope all is well with you and your family.

I thought I heard a lot of hootin' an hollerin' going on in the celebration section and sure enough, it's EIGHT years for Boo!

Congratulations @Boo! I hope this finds you and your family well and happy. I sure miss you and your helpful advice.

Congratulations Boo on 8 years quit. I hope all is going well for you and your family.

Congratulations, @Boo! Hope you and the family are doing well.

How are you doing @chime?

Sometimes hesitant yes

Good to see you Dianne.. Congratulations keeping your precious quit ,through tough times ..hope your Mum is doing well x