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Happy anniversary @c9jane29, I hope you have a great day and spoil yourself today! Hopefully you'll stop by and say hi

Hip hooray! Lucky 7! Thank you, @jillarillar for the shout out! Quitting is still the single best thing I have ever done for myself. Thank you @Lust4Life2016! Can you believe 7 years already? You too, huh? Or is it 8 for you? Either way congrats to all of us for taking back our lives!

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Happy Anniversary c9jane29. I remember when your quit was in its infancy. Look at it now! Great job and congratulations!

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Anyone who knows me (and I realize not everyone does lol) knows I’ve come and gone a lot. I wanted to celebrate that I’m on day four which is the farthest I’ve gotten in a long time. Luckily I’m visiting a non smoking relative for another six days. That helps. No access, and I’m in a non smoking environment/culture. It’s my big sister that I’m visiting. She dotes on me like a mom…it would break her heart if I smoked. The challenge starts when I get home. Though I’m ultimately doing this for myself, thoughts of my lil not-quite-two-year-old, my daughter (her mom) and my son all play into this. My mom died from complications of pneumonia due to smoking at 62, when my kids were only 14 and 11. I’m 57 now, close to the age my mom was when she died. I’m at risk. Who knows what would happen if I got pneumonia? prob to much for me to be putting out there but maybe it will help someone else. anyway, I’m staying this time.

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Congratulations! So glad you found your freedom and are loving your smoke free life!

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They are really nice! My older son did a semester abroad back in 2009 in Brisbane at the University of Queensland. He loved it and travelled all over Australia.

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

Congratulations on 7 years smoke free @c9jane29 Great job.

Congrats on reaching Day 4! It’s good that you are reconnecting to the forum… and good that you ate getting in touch with your motivations and fears. Personally, before quitting would stick for me I had to be thoroughly FED UP with the demoralizing quitting-then-relapsing merry go round. Step off that crazy circus ride. Withdrawal discomfort is temporary, and life’s so much better afterwards! We’re here to help.

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Congratulations what a wonderful accomplishment!!

G'day A bout of pneumonia started my quit smoking journey. Even though I’d given up the smokes I got a major cancer and then strokes. Because I’d walked away the cigs I survived. A bit battered, but still on the green side of the grass not the brown roots. You can survived strokes and cancer but you can’t survive smoking. So if health is a good motivator to walk away from smoking…… good! You’ll discover other motivators in your journey. The sweet freedom from smoking withdrawals is a biggy for me. You may feel like you’re bashing your head against a brick wall with those withdrawals now. But, like bashing your head against a brick wall you really only feel good when you stop. Chris

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Congratulations Jane!!!!

Day 4,,,,,this is fantastic!!!! I really loved repeating my mantra to keep me on track. You can repeat MichelleDoesn'tSmokeAnymore when you need that extra kick of strength!!I think it's pretty powerful!! Stay here on QT, for years if necessary. An online quit smoking forum was a huge part of my success. Read lots and post often!! KTQ

Hey! Congrats on SEVEN! Every additional year is a blessing and a reminder of the accomplishment of quitting! Hope you did something a little special today

Huge Congratulations on your fabulous 7 years .. Wow time flies .., Treat yourself to something special. A special gift for a special lady xx

Congratulations Michelle …4 days Your body has now rid of all the nicotine We are all willing you along and make this your sticky quit . Try and stay close to the board !!!

Congratulations on Day 4, Michelle. Quitting and relapsing is a really horrible and torturous cycle to go through. I did it for several years before quitting for good and things got far better. Just adhere to NOPE (Not One Puff Ever), even if it is 1 day at a time. Maybe do the daily pledge here and devote yourself to making it through the day until the next day's NOPE pledge. Repeat and repeat. Over time, it does add up and things get better. I hope you do stick around this time. Really, once you do get smoking out of your life, it will make your life better.

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Hi beazel Sorry to hear you were unwell.I missed the original post.hope your well on the way to tecovery

beazel - how are you doing? I was sad to read of your health issues. Great gift you gave yourself talking smoking off the table! Makes more room to focus on important stuff- like recovery & getting stronger. I hope you are well in to both. L4L

Sorry to hear that you have this medical issue to deal with. Be diligent and work hard on your physical therapy. You’ll do fine. I do believe most of what you’ve advised here will apply to your recovery.

Sorry to hear of your health stuff, beazel… although we never “online met”, I’ve read some of your past posts when I was glued to QT early in my quit. Believe me, you’ve helped many

I remember you well Sweetheart. im sorry to hear you have not been well and your now on the road to Recovery . smoking I’m sure would have hindered getting you back to health I’m sure Take Care x

So very sorry that you have been ill, @beazel. I am thankful you didn’t have the complications of smoking on top of everything else. Best wishes for your recovery. A healing haiku: Big love in few words for our dear Quit Train poet.

Of course many of us remember you @beazel! I'm so sorry to hear you have had to go though this issue but as you noted, the whole issue would have been much worse if you were still relying on smoking to get you through tough situations! Now you can simply concentrate on reaching full recovery by working hard on physical therapy without worrying about when you have to have your next smoke! Best wishes for a timely & full recovery

Sorry to hear this Beazel. Had not heard of this before. I hope the therapy and your recovery give you more comfort than what you have been experiencing. During the QSMB days, I lost my quit a couple months after you joined the group. Happy to be back but sorry to say losing my quit, and ignoring the known risk's has caused some serious health issues. We can only hope someone gain's that forever quit from some information they find here. I wish you the best. Stew.

I'm sorry to read you've been so sick @beazel, but I'm glad you're now on the road to recovery. Thank you for sharing yet another perk of quitting smoking. I too experienced the same relief when I was hospitalized a few years ago. In Florida they gave my parents nicotine patches whenever they were hospitalized!

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