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NOPE!! Completed my daughters wedding. Sad and happy at the same time....

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

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notsmokinjo Quit Date: 28/11/2017 Posted March 3, 2020 I know there are a few threads already about the unexpected gains we got from quitting BUT I'm too lazy to go hunting, besides when ya do you tend to fall down a rabbit hole of rereading some bloody good posts...well I do..anywho ..was reading an old post and it got me thinking (no it did not hurt)... Did quitting change who I am? Has it opened life opportunities that weren't there previously? Yes quitting made me different I'm now a nonsmoker. But it also made me different in other ways...and I think to some extent that evolution is still happening. I mean we spend our whole existence changing and evolving but I defo reckon that quitting spun me into a completely different trajectory...and ya know wot?, It ain't half bad. I see lots of peeps post between months 3-7 of their quit...it's made me different...it's changed who I am...yep...it does...and looking back over all the characters I've met here on the train it's true for all of us...some it's softened the hard edges of, some it's toughened up...some it's allowed to grow up..and some it has allowed us let go. Noone has escaped. Ok so I'm 2+ years in and in some ways im still settling into my new skin...but I am different and I'm better for it, my life is better for it, in many, many ways...ways that had I still been smoking it certainly wouldn't be. I kinda reckon the triggers you go through in ya quit are the lessons you need to master...for me it was all the emotional stuff from growing up that when it'd touch the surface I'd chase away with a durry...that was gone so I had to deal...and it may be takingbme a fair wack of time to do so but I have learnt I am worthwhile just the way I am and if someone else doesn't think so it's no skin off my nose an it's their loss. I've quit suppressing me and all my crazy...nerdy...oddness cos let me tell you, you don't like it then keep on movin mate cos your opinion of me doesn't define me. Quitting smoking gave me that. So the point is newbies an inbetweenies...don't be scared of the changes ..embrace them...grow...because you will still be you..just different..and that is good. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/13620-same-same-but-different/

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Well said, Jo. Miss you.

It is good to hear from you @LoriB. You are doing great. Keep working through those triggers. Keep your head up and a smile on your face because you have so much to be proud of. You are overcoming an addiction. So many people never even try, but look at you! Kicking that Nicodemon’s butt to the curb.

Where is the cheating stick? what’s after 17? I know… 6!

Keep up the great work @LoriB

Glad to hear from you @LoriB and congrats on almost two months quit, that's awesome!

Well done Lori , Yes the mornings are the worst . I changed my routine , drank orange instead of my usual coffee and others Keep going

So great to hear that you’re keeping your quit! There will be many cravings in the early weeks/months, but their power absolutely ebbs with time. Well done!

Thanks everybody!! Still not vaping!! I still find myself wanting to, and there are those "times" when I normally would (first thing in the morning, right after eating, driving, and stressful times at work)and I still want to. But so far I have been able to resist. I knew this was going to be hard, but I believe I can do it. Hopefully, lol.

Hey @tocevoD, maybe you should try coming here BEFORE you go buy smokes so we can try to help you past that initial crave because as you know, once you get past it it becomes less powerful. You can say to yourself the next time that you made it through before and you'll make it through again. Have you tried the daily NOPE thread? That worked so well for so many of us. Its a commitment to yourself that you won't smoke for that day. I did it everyday for a whole year, maybe give that a try?

Thanks for all the help again people, most appreciated. I will use the stuff you have mentioned when Sunday comes round again. It's the biggest hurdle for me to overcome. Something DenaliBlues said really hit home. In that having that ciggie because you think it will make you feel better and it actually makes you feel worse. So, so true.