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

NOPE. Exactly 48 hours since I've had my last cigarette and it's going really well. Even my anxiety has been very low since I quit, which is weird as I thought smoking helped me reduce anxiety but now when I quit, I realize I've been living life with a high heart rate and stressed out lol.

Not One Pouch Ever!!! Day 1 restart for me I will stay accountable to myself and the community. I will fight through the first 72 hours like a man and not give in this time.

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Congratulations @Paul723 on your awesome eleven year quit And thank you for staying around to support everyone. I hope you have a great day!

Hi I am not sure how things work here. Brief story I am a nicotine addict, started smoking at age 16. Smoked for a few years then quickly transitioned to smokeless tobacco, because being an athlete the smoking was affecting my breathing. I know still stupid I continued doing that for about 20 years then switched to snus to zyns to NRT back to zyns occasional cigars on weekends. Never ending cycle looking to put nicotine to bed forever. What does this forum do, do we make a promise not use nicotine for 24 hours under the daily pledge. Anyways wish me luck

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Congratulations Paul, that is excellent!! All the Best to you!!

Huge Congratulations Paul , Thank you for your Friendship on our journey 11 years is Mega achievement Thank you for all the sausages you have thrown on the Barby for me Enjoy the Day

Thank you it’s very hard. I believe your not quit until you have totally abstained from using nicotine in all forms. All that other crap just feeds your addiction in different ways.

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Congratulations, Paul!! It's been a great journey with you!

You can do whatever you like, in terms of quitting or not quitting. That's the thing ... YOU are in control and only YOU! Just know that the truth is you'll be much better off in life without nicotine indulgence being a factor in everything you do day to day. Make that commitment to Take Back Your Life & kick nicotine to the curb once & for all. It's never easy but it's always well worth the effort!

Congratulations on 11 years smoke free @Paul723 Awesome job!

It can be tough, but you can be tougher. Don`t be too hard on yourself. Most of us have tried and failed along the way, Keeping positive is important. Stay close and reach out if you need help. It is hard but you have it in you. You just have to want to find it. best wishes.

Welcome @Sportsfan66 You are doing a great thing in getting nicotine out of your life once and for all. There are a lot of threads about nicotine addiction in the Quit Smoking Station section of this site. Doing the daily NOPE pledge does help too. Quitting nicotine is definitely doable and gets far easier with time.

Welcome aboard @Sportsfan66, our forum members have all been where you were and we can give you the support and encouragement you need to get your forever quit. We have a ton of information about our addiction as well as a video forum if that's more your thing. The Daily NOPE is the promise you make yourself that just for that day you won't use nicotine. I did it the whole first year of my quit. So look around, stick close. We find that members who check in daily have a much better success rate thus our One Year Commitment thread pinned to the top of main forum ☺

Welcome aboard @Sportsfan66. Nicotine is indeed a very potent addiction. But you CAN overcome it! This forum helps by providing info and creating a supportive community… for positive moral support and also accountability. We’ve all been thru the withdrawal, and it can be hard. But it gets better if you give it long enough. Keep us posted on your journey and join us in the daily NOPE pledge. See you around!

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How great. Keep that wonderful quit going!

Thanks everyone! I’ve been thinking about change lately and pondering about why it is so difficult for some, including me. In my own family in the last year or so I’ve lost one brother because he couldn’t / wouldn’t change and had another save himself by changing for the better. Eleven years ago I changed by quitting smoking and I know now if I hadn’t, I’d be suffering from a slew of health consequences. Humans are predisposed to sameness and routine. It allows us to understand our world by comparison to what we have previously experienced. Quitting smoking shows us that we can create a new, better reality. This is a powerful thing that we can apply to other areas of our lives; I’ve seen it many times on this forum. For new quitters, perhaps the best advice I’ve given is “Jump!” Take a leap of faith. Don’t be afraid. You can do this, you can change. It is so worth it. Both Janet723 and I are well. Janet723 is helped by our two Siamese cats, Bobo (ExecutiveAssistant) and Ozzy (Junior Executive Assistant). They both enjoy computing by walking on the keyboard. At work I am nearly done with another patent and retirement is getting closer. Here’s a song I like: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=DeuqQ1aipTY&list=RDAMVMDeuqQ1aipTY

Ok I slipped up I admit I wasn’t ready can I restart tomorrow sorry all I wasn’t prepared

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

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Hang in there Stew, it will go away. Just get lots of rest and drink lots of fluids. Thankfully my Covid is pretty much gone.

Welcome back Kenzie! So glad you’ve decided this was going to be your forever quit. Any quit is hard. I cried for 2 weeks. It’s not easy. Recognizing the depth of our addiction is key and you have. Stay close and talk yourself through it with us. It helps so much to do so. I hope to see you around soon!

It’s like riding the mechanical bull, do all you can to stay on! stay determined and you will win through.

@kenzie_peyton, if it was like magic quitting there wouldn't be support forums or NRTs right? You can quit but you have to stand your ground and just let the tears or tantrums happen knowing it's normal and won't last forever.

@jillar I really liked the book, and felt like I resonated with a lot of it, but for some reason I thought it would be like magic quitting, and so far this is my hardest quit yet. I want it to be my last because I desperately want to be done smoking before I’m 30. I just can’t believe how emotional I am this time around. I’ve cried like 4 times today lol @Reciprocity I was just looking back at our old messages today, and it honestly made me feel like a huge dummy for ever going back. I really underestimated how strong the addiction is and how hard it would be to quit again. I know I did it to myself and need to stop feeling sorry for myself, but it’s soooo hard, ughhhh