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

Welcome to QuitTrain @StruggleDaily and congratulations on 6 day smoke free. Yes, a lot of us here can attest that the early days are tough. You are reversing a habit/addiction that has controlled your life for years. But, you are doing a great thing in quitting and it does get better and the early struggles are worth quitting for good. For starters, I would suggest reading the "Your First Days nicotine free" thread below.... and also read the "How Do I Quit Smoking" post linked to below... There is a lot of good info in the Quit Smoking Discusssions part of this site. I hope you stick around. There is a lot of knowledge and support you can get here. You are doing a great thing in quitting smoking.

Hi all, Have recently started my cold turkey quit. Smoked for over 50 years and this past week of not smoking has felt like 50 years. Hope it starts to get a bit easier soon

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GULP, GULP, GULP!!

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Best part of quitting by far!!! YOU now run your life NOT your addiction to NICOTINE! And that lasts for LIFE buddy

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Yep! Still in party mode over here

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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Hi @StruggleDaily Welcome aboard the train! So glad you found us and very happy to know that you quit smoking. I know those early days are extremely rough, we all know. The longer you go without a cigarette, the easier it will become. I promise you that! Come on here to vent and we will help you along the way. What I did in the beginning was to take cinnamon sticks and make believe they were a cigarette. I would suck in the air from the hole and then blow out make believe smoke, plus it tasted really nice. If you don't like cinnamon you can use cut up straws. Also drinking a lot of water helps, do anything to take your mind off of smoking. There is a games section with lots of fun games. One of them is called Chicks and Sticks which we all have a blast playing. Check it out. Glad to have you with us and hope you will stick around. Good luck to you and have a great day!

Hello and welcome . Congratulations on your great Quit. I too smoked for over 52 years , freeing yourself is the best feeling , if I can do it , you can too. We have some great information here to get you going , Get to know the board and it members , we are one big happy family , Take the daily NOPE .. it’s a great way to start each day , Looking forward to getting to know you better !!

congrats on one year quit @QuittingGirl keep that momentum going

0000….Oh this is terrible …A girl has got to get her beauty sleep …

Careful QG Reci is bringing over more party gifts.

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

Wine!!!! Where's the whiskey? looks like Doreen found the stash?

Geeze sitting and sleeping in this recliner is making my BUTT hurt. I now have a new respect for the old saying "Don't drop the soap in the shower", of course that meaning was different than, I've fallen and cant get up!!! Hope these Steroids get some relief moving? As I sit here and my wife who still smokes leaves to satisfy the addiction I am overwhelmed by the caveat of being a non smoker,,, I don't have to get up. NICE!! Just shootin the breeze guys, not depressed actually happy catchin up here, and on my Clive Cussler's. Louie L'amore is next. Don't just have a good day,,, Have a great day!! Cheers and KTQ

To all my brothers and sisters in arms,who sacrificed it all. Thank You

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

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Aww Stewpot …Painful. Get better soon Buddy …. Hope your wife joins you too…in Quitting …you’re showing her the way ..it’s possible …there is always a seat on the Train x

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Yeah, sometimes the old siren song rises up. NOPE, indeed. You know how to swat that junk away… you know it’s a false narrative. Take tender care of yourself.

Maybe the Andy Griffith show? Yep the only answer is NOPE!!

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Welcome aboard @StruggleDaily! Glad to have you join the Quit Train community. You’ve made it through Hell Week already! That’s no small feat. Keep at it and you never will need to go through the withdrawal misery again. I smoked for 40+ years and it was really hard at first. But it DOES get better. Stay strong, and give your body and mind time to adjust. You won’t regret it. You can do this!

Welcome Struggle Daily! Quitting is doable for all but you gotta commit absolutely and without reservation. Under NO circumstances will you stick a cig in your mouth and light it. Yest it's tough initially; really tough but it does get easier with each passing day that you don't smoke. You may not realize it at first but it is getting better with time you put in not smoking. Read everything you can here and stay active on the site. People will guide you along the way.

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5 The Lido Queen is baaack!! LOL!!!

Oh no @QuittingGirl the infamous Lido Queen . 2ski.

Gday on the road and heading home

Aww This is so nice …What a beautiful setting xx

Yes actors got all their cigarettes free…it was all advertising….we now know better… Never Take Another Puff xx

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Yup, I certainly am Doreen!!! I am so proud of myself and not only because I quit, but, because now I can help others struggling. I CAN give advice!!! And, thank you again for your help this past year! You and everyone else here helped me get through those horrible early days of quitting. I think back to that time and I really can't believe how far I have come. I was having meltdowns in the early days. I was telling one member in another post how I was doing so terribly and I got through it and she will too!! Here we go, take a look at this!! LOL!! I never need an excuse....hahahah!!!

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

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Poprini Posted 20 June 2014 No I'm not trying to hypnotise you or play Jedi mind tricks. I'm talking about relapsers or quitters who continue to have smoking thoughts and desires. Nobody WANTS to go back to smoking. They quit because they want to quit (for whatever reason). What they want from time to time is to smoke. And what that means is something else. It means all of the things that people "like" about smoking: A break in the day Stress relief Bonding time with buddies Anxiety relief Thinking time Reward for finishing a job etc And it also means not having to THINK about not smoking all the time. Gawd I remember that. I remember thinking - "When will it ever end?...I just want to stop thinking about not smoking!" I see people saying it here all the time "I don't want to fight with myself any more! When will it end?!" But it's not that you want to be a smoker again. I reckon most smokers don't want to be smokers! If you gave someone a choice between being a smoker (with all the expense and smell and health fears and social shaming etc that goes with it) and being a happy non-smoker - of course they would choose the latter. But most smokers simply don't believe they can be happy without smoking. They believe they LOVE and need their cigarettes too much to live without them. And when we quit it (generally) takes a lot of retraining for the brain to dismiss all of that addiction thinking and learn that we can actually get all of those good things in other ways without all the bad stuff you get with smoking. Some people are lucky and once they make the decision to quit, they are solid in it. Easy peasy. But lots of people struggle. And that's OK. The struggle is part of the process. Embrace it as part of the process. Look at it as the price of freedom. That's basically how I did it. I wanted freedom most of all. Freedom from smoking addiction and everything that went with it. The price became easier to pay over time. It took less. Every now and then I have a "want" to smoke but it's fleeting and easy to dismiss. Because I KNOW I do not want to be a smoker. No way. Make a commitment to yourself. A promise. Promise yourself that you will never be a smoker again. And don't worry if you want to smoke from time to time. That's fine, because you know that it's really about something else and you definitely don't want to be a smoker again. No way. Ewgh Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/10483-you-know-what-you-dont-want-to-be-a-smoker-repost-by-poprini/

hello, I'm newbie. thanks for the video share

1 Super sticks have won again GJ guys.