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Yesterday I was a year and a half quit! The time is going quite fast but every now and again I still get the urge when I have a few glasses of wine. Thankfully it doesn't last long. Thanks again everyone for all the support you have given me!! I truly appreciate all of you helping me not to go out of my mind even more than I already was...LOL!!! Onward to 2 years!!!

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

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Back story quit cigarettes back in September of 23’ have took one drag while on vacation over the summer disgusting! Have no desire! At that time I switched to vaping did enjoy it, although I was constantly itchy/skin rashes this year on Halloween it finally clicked to me that maybe it was some chemical in the the vape I was allergic to so I ended up switching to 4mg mini lozenges. Was working great for me until they started giving me a sore throat! I just can’t win! So last Monday I switched to the patch started with 14mg patch but that lasted for 30 minuets as it made me dizzy nauseous etc so I switched to a 7mg patch have been using that for past week. Definitely not working as well as the lozenges still crave pretty frequently not horrible I guess. Pretty proud I haven’t have a cigarette in over a year and haven’t vaped since Halloween though! But I am super depressed that I have no desire for a cigarette or a vape but I am still craving “nicotine” in some form I guess. I get I’ve only been on 7mg patch for a week but like am I always going to feel this way/crave?

I never stopped my normal drink routine all the way through my quit. Drinking was no more of a trigger to smoke than many other things for me and having a couple of drinks never weakened my resolve to stay quit so for me, drinking was not a major issue in quitting the smokes.

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Welcome to Quit Train @Mike-318! Very glad to know that you quit smoking and vaping last year. Vaping, from what I heard, is even worse than cigs. Here is an article from the NY Post of what happened to a young 32 year old woman. It was horrific. https://nypost.com/2024/09/16/lifestyle/vaping-addict-finally-quit-when-lungs-collapsed-black-goo-came-out/ I don't have any experience with the lozenges and/or the gum, but I do believe several people on here have, so they should be around soon. Please stay around so we can give you the support that you need. Lots of great people on this forum and many have been quit a very very long time. There is also lots of reading material and videos to read about the cigarette companies and all types of articles related to quitting and how bad smoking is. Stick around and good luck to you!

A couple favorites of mine!

Its great to hear from you @Eeyore Thanks for the congratulations. IIRC your 10 year anniversary is in a few days. Congratulations on 10 years smoke free. ________ Thanks everyone else for the congratulations messages. It means a lot. Last Saturday (my 10 year anniversary) my laptop crashed. It was older and acting up but still isn't a good thing to go through. I tried several things to try to fix it and eventually winding up buying a new laptop today. Back in my smoking days, I would have probably chain-smoked while trying to fix my laptop. Now, the thought of smoking didn't even enter my mind. It doesn't happen overnight but things do get better with time the further into your quit you get. Just adhere to NOPE, even if it is one day, hour, minute at a time and smoking will become a thing of the past.

I never gave up my wine, either. I would just stay inside instead of walking outside, and sing and dance!

Nope... Rember to stay strong through out the holidays.

Those occasional, fleeting thoughts of having a smoke are just that ... fleeting memories of your past smoker's life. They will become even more occasional in future. I can't remember when I had my last serious thought about it being nice to light up a smoke. The whole smoking lifestyle just seems so ridiculous to me now. Hard to bekieve I wasted that much of my life attached to those things

Congrats @Stewbum....

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXC_dhQHzY&si=NoyA6cm-xocNtzCI

Congratulations @joe on your awesome quit! I hope you celebrate today

Welcome back @Reciprocity 6

Congrats on 11 years smoke free @joe

Showed em how it's done, Johnny! Congrats on your decade.

Congrats, Joe. I hope you're doing well

Congrats @johnny5 on reaching your 10th year smoke free. That really IS a HUGE milestone and worth celebrating. Glad you stuck around all those years as well

For the upcoming US Thanksgiving holiday...

@Eeyore, its so good to hear from you! I hope you're doing well and stay around a while. We have a really good Post a Song thread that's only missing some eeyore picks

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Congrats on 10 years smoke free Johnny!!! You da man! Your friend, Eeyore

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Congrats @joe

Well done! Happy quitting anniversary!

Terrific job Joe 11 years is awesome.

Congratulations on such an epic quit. Way to kick nicotine's butt.

Congrats on 10 Years Johnny, such a wonderful achievement

Congratulations on 11 years smoke free Joe. Awesome job

Good Job johnny5! Not you can keep track of your quit in decades!

Congrats @johnny5and thank you for the encouragement and support you gave me in my quit. Stay blessed my brother

Gday 10 years! ….. your an absolute Champion! More than just “good” An absolute bloody Champ. Enjoy your time in the spotlight You deserve this!!!!!!!!

Well done, Johnny! Congratulations on your decade of freedom! And thanks for all of the encouragement you’ve given to me and so many other quitters.

Huge Congratulations Johnny on your fabulous 10 years Anny . You have been a massive part of this board . When I see your name coming here to support I know it’s going to be good solid advice . Go and join the Decade Party … your Beer is waiting Thank you for still giving that advice