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Great post, Kenzie! The more you question your addictive patterns, the better equipped you are to break free of them. The thing with heavy smoking is that it was an organizing principle of our life. It punctuated everything… waking up, going to bed, working, eating, coping (or not) with feelings. Without smoking it feels weird to live without a powerful stimulant in those interstitial life moments. That empty feeling passes. But till it does, fill those moments with something else punchy… an ice cold drink, a huge body stretch, whatever. The addiction tells us this fake story that smoking was gratifying. But that’s stinkin thinkin, romancing the smoke. The bare truth is that it’s NOT gratifying! The “ahhh” never lasts. The ONLY thing smoking ever did was make our junked up nicotine receptors want another hit. And another. Then another. Our addiction had us chasing gratification that we never could hold onto. Enough of that! Smack that craving with a big ol NOPE snd reclaim your life! You can do this, Kenzie.

Sounds like that Nico Monster in your head is trying to lure you back in addiction.. Its war games ..you have to win each battle to finally win the war .. I never thought of myself as an addict …No….I was a lady who just enjoyed a cigarette after each chore …after all I had just done some ironing or hoovering ect. I kept my rewards for 52 years .. It wasn’t until I was told I might lose my feet if I continue ..I made the decision….Feet or cigarettes….I made the right choice … You are making the right choice too…never doubt that …upwards and onwards x

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How long have you smoked for @kenzie_peyton? Think about how many times you have unconsciously conditioned your brain to believe that satisfying that horrible withdrawal feeling you always got after time passed from smoking you last cig. was indeed pleasurable. Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times over the years. And when you got that first hit, your brain is thinking ... Ahhhh. That right there is conditioning yourself to believe smoking is "enjoyable". IT'S NOT! it's simply getting relief from mounting withdrawal symptoms setting in because you're addicted to nicotine. When we decide to quit, we are telling our addiction; go ahead! Bring on the withdrawals ... do your best! I have committed to ignoring you and I know with time, those withdrawal symptoms will fade (because my mentors on the train have said so!!). And yes; we all used smoking as a reward for all sorts of things and that's part of the reason quitting and feeling comfortable about it takes awhile. I quit in January when it was cold and snowy where I live. I wondered what would happen the first time I cut my lawn the following spring because I ALWAYS used a smoke afterward as a "reward". Turns out, by the time it came around it wasn't such a big deal afterall. Instead of lighting up a smoke, I grabbed a cold beer, sat out on my deck and breathed in the wonderful smell of fresh cut grass - something I could never smell as a smoker. The very difficult times of your early quit do not last all that long in the grand scheme of things. Start making a concentrated effort to think of all the good things that quitting will bring to you and stop listening to the lies your addiction wants you to beieve. Make a list and look at it often: Breathing better; really tasting your food again, smelling better to others, saving a pile of $$, not looking like some kind of outcast to non-smokers as you stand outside puffing away, and best of all ... FREEDOM! Freedom from nicotine running your life each & every day. That's HUGE!!! We all enjoy those things and more as quitters. Why not come join us? Oh yeah; post all you want. We all did when we were in the midst of our withdrawal days. We know how upside down life can be during that time. If you find yourself up at ungodly hours looking for something to do, go to the Games Page. That's a good place to waste a bit of time keeping your mind occupied

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Hey guys, you’ll probably be hearing from me a lot cause I’m on day 3 and it’s rough. I think my biggest issue right now, and what the nicotine addiction is using to try and trick me into smoking, is that I actually enjoyed smoking and used it as a reward. I know rationally that smoking isn’t enjoyable and there are zero health benefits or anything in them that would make you “relax” but I’m too used to smoking after I finish cleaning, or watering plants, or working and I always think of how I “earned” it. So stupid. Any advice to get out of this frame of thinking?

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

GJ Stew your doing a great job keep at it.

@kenzie_peyton, the answer is time quit. And educating yourself on our addiction. Most of us thought we enjoyed smoking until we had some time quit and found how free that feels. I used to repeat over and over "all good(?) things must come to an end." But I was dumb and didn't stop until my breathing got so bad that I had to.

Gday Some of the locals joined us for breakfast. Thank goodness they like my apple cores! Bit rude they left a mess for me then took off

Sitting here minding my own business. Going through some crap. Daily. Old TV shows (in USA) give me comfort. Shows so old they are not in color. Apparently, cigarettes offered actors acting in black & white false comfort too..: Craves will sneak up & try to drown you when they think you’re too tired to swim. We are tired but strong enough to exclaim: NOPE!!

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Gday And finally what I drove all this way for The wedding ”Life’s a Beach”

A great Lido Party .. I’m still going . Is anyone with me x

11 Not called Horney Toad for nothin lol

12 ish Those are beautiful leg's.. a little green for my taste but!!! It does look like there's a red butt attached to those legs. LOL

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7 Welcome to the goodies team Doreen glad u switched sides

Aww Stewpot my Friend .. Sorry to hear you are having a crap time ..hoping for some relief for you in the future .. Take it easy .. Dont worry about the counting game ..the sticks are still whipping the chicks … XXX

Being a lazy bum all day, licking my wounds with some Pendleton Whisky my son brought over.

Congratulations Stew, way to rock that quit. Don't forget to reward yourself today.

Gday To boil a Billy is to put your Billy ( round can with a lid)on a couple of rocks and make a fire of small sticks under the Billy. Use a small gas stove these days. Do drink coffee but like it with milk and fresh milk even with refrigeration gets shook to yoghurt on rough bush tracks. Much prefer a hot black tea 2 sugars.

Gday Yes to drive on one of those you need one of these. This one’s fitted with a stick shift so no one born after 2000 could steal it.

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I was on Instagram yesterday and this picture came up in my feed. Look at the cost of the price of a pack of cigarettes!! $10 for the USA depends upon where you live. I was in a card store a couple weeks ago and a pack of Marlboro cost a whopping $17.00 here in NYC!! I couldn't believe it, how can anyone afford that if they smoke a carton a week!! Totally insane!!

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Even though at the time we think we enjoyed smoking, it was the addiction taking over. I also would "reward" myself after doing things. After I would come home from food shopping, I would have to have that cig, after coming home from anything that I did out of the house I would have that cig. After eating and countless other things, so you are definitely not alone. We all did it. Try and do something else after you finish your chores so you don't think of smoking. Trust me all these symptoms WILL come to an end. I was a basket case in the beginning. You can ask anyone here how I was those first couple of months. I was climbing the walls, I was crying to everyone, it was a horror show, but eventually the withdrawal both physically and mentally became less and less. I will not lie and say I don't get them anymore, because even after a year smoke free I do get them every once in a while, but they don't last more than a minute or so and then I just shove them out of my head and I'm fine, and you will be too!! Try the cinnamon sticks as I suggested in my other post. They really did help me and I used them for about a month or so. I know you can do this because you are here and you want to do it! We were all in the same boat as you are, every single one of us, so we know exactly what you are going through!! Hang in there Kenzie!!! Take a deep breath and just move forward, do everything, except smoke!!

Looks fun …. when I visit my daughters ,they have parrots sit on the balcony ..watching us have breakfast .. I love it .

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Sorry to hear you are going through some rough things. I hope everything goes well for you in the future and so glad that you don't smoke!

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Lol on the standard comment! That's all I'll drive and always have done. Mind you I was born well before 2000 If I go to a dealership for any maintenance, I usually have to drive it into the repair bay for them I never thought about having the stick by my left hand though. Hummm ... not sure I'd like that as I'm right handed. Suppose I could get used to it with time.

Congratulaltions on 10 months smoke free, @Stewbum Great job!

So glad you found jumped back on the train…and posted SOS! I read the book. Twice. I understand your frustrations. Have you listened to any of his excerpts on YouTube? They are quite hypnotic and really helped me when cravings started to surge. Know that you are stronger than the addiction. It is an evil, lying, money grabbing, health stealing jerk that has no business in your life! You can do this. -L4L

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NOPE!! Definitely NOT Going to give up a 1 year quit!!! Today is my 1 year quit anniversary ppl!!! YAY FOR ME!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!

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Mee Quit Date: 08/01/2018 Posted August 31, 2019 I used to think I did not have the willpower to quit smoking. Every attempt, my thoughts would drift back to needing that cigarette and the excuses of why I could not quit. Last night, as I lay in bed, I could not get this word out of my mind. I realized that, over the past year, this word has really changed meaning for me. I always had the willpower to quit smoking, I just did not know how to do it. Stumbling across this forum was a life changer for me. We all have the power to change our lives for the better, but many times we do not feel we have the strength or "will" to do so. That has a lot to do with our self esteem. How can we not feel lowly about ourselves, when we are addicted to a behavior that is destroying ourselves. Know that you can change your life and , in my case, the meaning of this word. Now that I have quit smoking, I have the willpower to do anything I want. I have the willpower to stay in control of my life. What a wonderful feeling. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/12930-willpower/