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You can do it. Nicotine is an addictive drug and you are giving in to the wants (not needs) of the addict. Your body and mind can heal from this but you must free yourself. The panic that you give in to is part of the withdrawal from nicotine. It's unpleasant but can't hurt you.

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Congratulations @garry mhudson on eight years quit my fellow Butt Kicker! And thank you for sticking around to support those coming behind you

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

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Thank you very much and I am grateful for the site and wonderful folks that contribute so much. Hang in there all you newbies. Better days are not that far away.

As all have said before me; you CAN do it! The early days are hard for most of us ... really hard but I can tell you for sure, quitting never killed anyone whereas the alternative; well, you get the idea. Even better than improving your health is being free of having to do what your nico-addict brain tells you to do 24/7. Just thing of how great it will be when you don't have to leave a party or any other function just because you feel you have to go for a smoke. That never happens again once you quit. So many other fabulous improvements to your life are just around the corner. Give it your all @I can do it!!!!

WOW! 8 Years Quit? Huge congrats @garry mhudson

Congratulations on 8 years smoke free @garry mhudson Great job!

You can to this, @I can do it Life smoke free is worth the early struggles of a quit. You are doinng a great thing in qutting smoking.

Thank you so much. I was looking at those "Air cigarettes" and I really think that night help me.

Welcome aboard @I can do it and congratulations on deciding to take your life back. You can do it and we're all proof of it so lets get you past day three. First off its going to take a commitment from you to yourself that you won't cave to a crave. What I did when a had a bad crave was to go or do something that I never smoked at. Get some candies to suck on instead. I was hooked on soft peppermint puffs my whole first year quit. Can't smoke and eat at the same time right? I also used my JAC aka jillars air cigarette. I simply pretended I was holding an actual cigarette in my fingers and went through the motions of "smoking" it. It tricked my mind into thinking it was getting the real thing every time. Some people use cut straws, pens even licorice. I preferred my invisible one so I wouldn't have to remember where I put it lol. Its going to take some self discipline but you can do it!

Wonton soup…. in the nth clims and in the south we are at that time of the year when some weeks are hot and some are cold. Good to have a quik soup to fill in those cold gapes. First some frozen veg into some water and zap for 10 mins in the microwave. 1.5 litres water in a pot on the stove add enough vegetable stock powder or chicken or what you have. Couple of tablespoons soy sauce (all low salt in this house). Teaspoon crushed garlic and ginger. 1/2 teaspoon of sesame oil. Bring to the simmer. dump in the drained veg and a frozen bag of wontons. Which ones you ask? Any ones will do. Put on a lid wait for 20 mins or so and the wontons will raise to the surface. Test one for “donnese” cause that’s what you do as the cook! Serve and enjoy….. Cant beat the sound of a spoon on the edge of a pottery bowl can you. Don’t burn your lips enjoy

Good morning. I am a long standing quitter and have been at this for a long time. I'm not proud of this. I have done a great job of overcoming the psycological reasons for smoking and I no longer romance the smoke. BUT I obviously have to work on the stinking thinking that smoking can give me anything: pleasure, satisfaction etc. I live with a partner who smokes and I started smoking with him again occasionally. Oh yes, that stinking thinking that I can have just one or I can smoke for the night with him and stop the next day. We all know how that story ends. I know that if I want to protect this new quit, I can't have one puff ever. I decided that I need to get back to basis and focus on not one puff ever. I am not going to smoke today.

Hi @I can do it Welcome!! Not sure, but if you have any cigarettes in the house, you have to get rid of them! That is a must, you cannot have any temptations around. Quitting smoking is definitely not easy as we all know, but it's totally doable! The good thing is, the longer you stay without a cigarette, the less of an urge you will get. I promise those horrible urges go away in time. What I used for the first couple of months was to take a cinnamon stick and pretend it's a cigarette. I would suck in the air and make believe that I was smoking, plus the cinnamon flavor tasted really nice. If you don't like cinnamon, use cut up straws. Also, drink lots of water and eat healthy foods. Come on this board a lot because you will get amazing support and help from the people on here. I don't think I could have gotten through the early months of my quit without them. In the 15 months that I have been quit, I made a lot of nice friends on here. So please stick around when you get those cravings! Good luck to you!

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Good morning, This NOPE line up is strong today. I join you @WeegieWoman in offering my pledge Not to have One Puff Ever! My hands are out to the next person that is ready to take the pledge today.