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Ok challenge ahead. Today was a good day. Can Not wake up to smoking tomorrow. Can not smoke tomorrow, or today for the remaining of the waking hours. Send NOPEs my way! And i can say to you all, or to You reading this: Not one puff ever. Not even one, friend.

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

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I have a brother who smokes. What i meant when i said "its there waiting" i meant the addiction or whatever call it. Im NOT going to smoke, okay!!!? The only way out is through. Not one puff ever. Not even one puff! And another thing. I should learn zazen. Being one with the breath.

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Don't forget your not trying to quit. You have already quit. All you need to do now is stay quit. Good luck.

You can get past this @Breath-of-Power and after you do it will lose power the next time this trigger happens. I used to tell myself over and over that "tis too shall pass" and use my air cigarette until it did pass. You can also try sucking on a candy

Go for a walk, chew gum, drink a big glass of water but do anything but smoke! Ohh I know it's not easy believe me I do, we all do, because every one of us have been in your position. Please don't give in to the cigarettes, don't let them win. Every day that you go without, it will get easier. After about 3 days the nicotine will be out of your system. If you can get some cinnamon sticks, use those. I used them as a make believe cigarette for the first month or so and they really helped me, plus they taste good. If you don't like cinnamon, cut up plastic straws and try those. Do anything except smoke!! Come on here and vent to us, we are here to help you. Please don't smoke!! I hope you have a great day!!

Get rid of those smokes right away!! Drown them in water and do it as an act of victory because those damn smokes will no longer run your life! You have chosen freedom!!

your doing great @Breath-of-Powerstay mindful and embrace withdrawal. it's the sign that you are winning.

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Congratulations @Gus on another year quit! We're so lucky and thankful that you've stuck around to support everyone be it newbie or old pharte. Your posts always help I hope you spoil yourself today and have a great day!

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I am posting an sos. Its my first day smoke free. I must remember the law. I am an addict. I am posting an sos because i know that i am in a state of mind that is keen on grabbing again a smoke. It is there, waiting.

And Reciprocity it right. Get rid of those smokes right away..

The first few days can be really tough but once you get through them, things do get better and you don't have to go through this again @Breath-of-Power Remember, a crave is never a command. You can get though this smoke-free and this will be a victory you can build on. You can do this. Keep the quit.

There's absolutely NO reason you can't quit smoking! Many people all over the world quit every year. All of us go through similar struggles as we fight to recapture our non-smoking selves. Why don't you just start believing that you CAN quit smoking? Then there's no contradiction created when you try to quit. Even though you may go through many struggles when quitting, that doesn't mean you can't quit. Anyone can quit ... it just a matter of pushing forward and not smoking no matter what comes you way. It gets ugly at times but it won't kill you; on the contrary, you'll be reclaiming your life by quitting.

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That's the spirit @Breath-of-Power!! You can always pledge your very own nope on the Daily Nope Pledge Page as well.This is what some of us do just to remind ourselves each and avery day Not One Puff Ever!

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever....

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Take it day by day…this is how it’s done … Take smoking off the table …No matter what …it worked for me , and everyone here

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Congratulations gf!!!! So so happy for you

Congratulations @Gus! Three whole years.... that deserves a fanfare, for sure. Congratulations on your awesome well-earned freedom, and thanks for helping me to find my own.

@Breath-of-Poweryou are right. it is an addiction. and it is waiting. you're doing great. keep that momentum going. you have the correct mantras.

Wow Gus ..Carnt believe 3 years have past . Huge Congratulations ,spoil yourself to something nice …you have earned it .. Thank you for sticking around to support others XX

Well done for reaching out ..This shows you want to quit deep down .. Check our Main Discussion Board ..Read all the green pinned posts …this will be a great way to spend some time … We have so many Great posts to help you along .. Stay close

Nice One Gus!! The years just keep adding up, don't they?

Hip hip hooray! Congrat;ulations @Gus!!!

Well done Gus 3 years is great. Keep up the good work

Congratulations on 3 years smoke free @Gus Awesome job!

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Hi I relapsed but no way im out of the train. No way. Back on it again. Today. Back again. Today morning: The doubt entered my mind when i was rising the bicycle around. I instantly recognized it. The doubt associated with smoking. Another thing that stuck to mymind when i was smoking yesterday at night: as i read somewhere here on this forum, statistics say that i would try again quitting after somr 2 years and lots of cigarettes. This concerns the average user. I strongly protested in my mind: " no way im going to forget quitting for another years!" so here I am, sticking to. The forum. Holding tight to allen carrs book!! I slept with my phone on and with this forum opened on the browser of the phone. just did so. I am 33 years old and mental health diagnozed. Schizo. In search of my "WHY". As in Why do I want to quit. Ill be seeing you guise. For I need help.

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And never fool yourself your only one puff away from 20 a day

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Doreen, the seas were very calm for most of our recent trip. You would have been fine I think. No motion at all could be felt. But yes, I can understand your concern. Nothing worse than bein sea sick! maybe one day I might give it another try …Your trip sounded brilliant x

Hey @Arnolder! You’re going to be doing a great thing…it does suck, for me there was anger, rage, crying, sadness, seemingly like life wouldn’t be the same so it’s ok that your nervous….but it allll goes away. All these people here experienced those feelings at different degrees and now they’re not anymore. So just keep in mind it does go away the uncomfortableness. Jillar taught me only way to go is through. And it’s true. When you don’t know what to do just keep going. And embrace the suck. When u want one u can acknowledge “I want one”, bc u do it’s addiction lol, but just were not gonna have one right now. And ya keep going. Come here to post anytime!

ORIGINALLY BY OBOB-GOLD FREEDOM MEMBER-WHYQUIT.COM So, I start reminiscing a bit about the early days of my quit. I remember members popping in to post their celebration threads. Green, Bronze, Silver, Gold and beyond. It felt downright intimidating. Here was I, with my seemingly tiny little insignificant sum of 3 days, 4 days, 5 days and so on... clinging to my quit like a man clinging to a life line thrown over the side of a ship to a man overboard in a turbulent sea. More comfortable ex-smokers would roll past on their skiff, yachts and cruiseliners, each with the same advice. Keep climbing that rope. Don't let go of it. It'll get easier. We promise. To me, those people seemed like heroes. From my perspective, they were superhuman, with this gift of comfort I couldn't hardly imagine at that point. I dreamed of being like them some day, but it seemed hard to fathom that this splintery rope would really get me there. It was hard, and I was tired. But, I really wanted to be like those amazing people, and everyone of them told me the same thing… keep climbing, don't let go. Simple. A real slog, but simple. So, I took their advice, kept climbing and didn't let go. Lo and behold, it was true. It did, in fact, get easier, and easier. There was the odd bit of rope burn, and occasionally a seagull would take aim at my dome with an unwelcome gift (nobody takes a metaphor to the extremes I will), but all-in-all, it got more and more doable, less and less of a chore, and at some point, almost without noticing it, I found myself reclining on the Lido Deck with the others. That was years ago now. I've been kicking back up here for a good long time now, and I can tell you it's very nice. So, what's my point? My point is to you, the newcomer. Down there on the rope. Yeah, you. You're looking up at me (and the others who have so much time under their belts), and thinking, "man, that guy's almost surreal. Maybe he's got something I don't. How in the world did he get up there? Surely, he didn't take this blasted rope?! He must have some secret that I don't. He's gotta have supernatural powers to have such comfort." My point to you is this: Every one of us up here got here the same way. We took the rope. We climbed it. We didn't let go. And, just like we were told, it got easier. You will also get here that way. Three years ago, I was where you are. Everyone here has been there at one time. We understand what you're going through. Nobody here is a superhero. We're just addicts like you who found the rope earlier. And, we can each promise you… the rope is climbable, it does get easier, and there IS a place for you up here. There's one other way in which we're similar. Neither of us have wings. We let go the rope, or step off the side, we all plummet to the abyss the same way. One puff and it's all history. I learned that on my way up too. People who'd seemed almost unreal they were so comfortable, for no reason that I could understand, suddenly got up from their comfortable seats, walked to the side of the deck, and threw themselves off. Breaking the metaphor, so that it's perfectly clear, they took a puff and lost their freedom. Some of these were members who had been very active in supporting others, and had experienced months and even years of sustained comfort. One day, for their own reasons, they decided to chance it, and lo and behold their comfort was gone. They returned to their old levels of smoking, often more. I know this is true from email, and from the time when Freedom's policies were different and relapsed members were allowed to rejoin. All it took was one puff, and it was over. So, while it may be tempting to look at some of the longer term quitters with awe, consider that we are, and always will be subject to the same rules you are. One puff = all puffs. If I were to slip down to the pub right now, walk up to a friend, and take a drag off of his cigarette, I know full well that I would be out on my deck tomorrow night with a pack and an ash tray putting memories of Freedom and this post and everything I've given myself over the past 3 years in a deep hidden locker that my junky side would work overtime to prevent me from opening. Why is it important to point out that, with respect to nicotine addiction, you and I are the same, just separated by a bit of time? I guess because it's tempting for a new quitter to allow himself or herself to believe that all of these people dispensing education and encouragement here, couldn't possibly understand what they're going through. It may be tempting to listen to your own junky mind telling you, "You're different. These people aren't like you. They don't understand what you're experiencing. You know that you'll never be able to be like them. It's impossible for you." My long-winded, metaphorically-extreme point is to tell you that that's bunk. While you are different from me in many ways, our addiction to nicotine is the same. You will find comfort (emphasis on WILL) just as I and every other long-term member of Freedom did (by never taking another puff), and you WILL maintain that comfort the same way we all must (by never taking another puff).The factor that really shows the addiction is not how hard or how easy it is to quit. What really shows the addiction is how universally easy it is to go back. One puff and the quit can go out the window.

Jillar thank you to the bestest bunny. Yea a 45 year relationship along with a 38 year marriage and 2 children. Pretty much it's a 10-12 year challenge chasing the past wonderful life and trying to help her disease. Problem over the last years has been keeping secure my children's inheritance. But death from stress is a worse prospect. Ya know looking back when you and Stew the Basket Case first talked (September 8th 2016), as you know this issue was there then. Einstein said the explanation of Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Well that's a good definition for what i do. I could apply this to the smoking addiction for myself and my previous quits and also trying to chase the past with my wife's addictions. It is always going to be the person themselves that needs the convictions to quit any addiction. Input from others is a benefit but the root has to start within.