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

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

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Tired of trying to figure out what sh*t to buy people for Christmas every year? Here's the answer!

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Nice job quitting 4 years great post of encouragement to new quitters.

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Welcome aboard Penguin, there is no better site for knowledge and support for people who want to kick the habit. Congratulations on your quit so far. We are always willing to welcome and support new members. Grab a seat on the train and enjoy the ride towards your forever quit.

I had a terrible event of breathlessness and anxiety that I never experienced before. It made me realize that this old lady had better quit! I was sucking down nicotine losenges and that just wasn't doing it. I went to a well reviewed vape shop and OMG, met a person who understood and helped. Just starting on my journey but I'm not longer terrified.

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Congratulations on 7 years free @notsmokinjo, I hope you stick around for a while because we miss you when you're gone! Have a great day my friend 🤗😊

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Have to say I did not make it to the pool yesterday. I find it difficult getting motivated early in the morning. But I plan to go to the pool on Wednesday morning. Cheers, Gene

I know I’ve been really bad about checking in here. I’m a couple months past my 4 year anniversary and felt compelled to touch base and if I can help anyone struggling, to do so. If you told me 14 years ago, when I first quit, or any of the 10 years between then and when I actually did quit that I’d be here right now, I wouldn’t believe you. My journey started on the old message board, the one that shall not be named, and I recall reading SO much information. Posts, celebrations, failures, advice, tricks, tips. I remember getting compassion and tough love with every relapse. Every relapse that I would eventually tuck my tail between my legs and come back looking for some commiseration and a new plan of attack. There were also long bouts of staying away, while I was smoking, of course. It’s the normal cycle of a relapse. After enough times, you sort of even stop feeling sorry for yourself. At least I did. At this point though, I feel that I’ve gone from “I used to smoke” to “No, I don’t smoke.” Like, it was a part of my life for about 15 years but where I am now people are surprised to hear that I used to smoke, they would never guess if I hadn’t told them. And for me, that’s a good feeling. The battle with nicotine was mine, and mine alone, but as far as anyone else is concerned, it makes me so happy that I have severed that connection with the cigarette. I don’t have any tips, tricks, or other advice that made this quit stick when the many, many others did not. I just knew, my body knew, my mind knew…I was done. It was like I had never smoked before at all. No withdrawal, no cravings, no triggers…I was free. And that’s where I am today. I am as free as I will allow myself to be, which is honestly why I DO make an effort to come back. To celebrate and to remind myself that I got lucky. To remind myself that before this quit, I struggled countless times. And to remind myself that I can NEVER go back, no matter what. Because it’s easy to go back to it. And it’s easy to stay quit for good…as long as you NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF! If you’re struggling, on the brink of relapse, don’t give up. Speak up, reach out, don’t give in, don’t give up. This to shall pass. Stay the course, shipmates.

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Hi, Gene. It sounds like you are coping with a lot. A similar thing happened to me early in my own quit: I got slammed by multiple deaths in my family over a short time span. Plus there are the losses of quitting smoking, too. Despite how terrible smoking is and my deep ambivalence toward it, I still missed it and felt deeply unmoored and sad through the first several months of my quit. So I went through a grieving process about that, too. It was a new experience to go thru hard times without the crutch of smoking to emotionally withdraw or pickle my feelings. But it got better. I suppose that coping with feelings more directly is part of the healing and recovery process as we become nonsmokers. In any case, hang in there! Sending hugs your way.

Through all this adversity, smoking would not have helped one little bit. A timely reminder as I grapple with my own medical issues. And along the way, you not only kept your own quit… but you also supported me and many others in our bids for freedom. So grateful! There are some good souls riding this train!!

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Hello @SecondChanceSailor... Congrats on being a Non-Smoker for 4 years. That is awesome. And thanks for sharing your story. Very inspiring.

Welcome Penguin Congrats on your quit and for finding chicks v sticks game.

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I don’t smoke anymore!!! It is one of the best things I can say. The only thing I can compare the feeling to that I get when I say it is when I used to sing My Country ‘Tis Of Thee in grade school. HaHa An amazing post by the way and I’m sure that it will help someone along the way. Congratulations on your fourth year of being a quitter! I’ll be four years in March! I hope to see you around more.

Great post @SecondChanceSailor, and congratulations on 4 years quit!

I remember you @SecondChanceSailor Congratulations on your 4 years smoke free The first time I actually said to someone I dont smoke anymore , gave me a huge sense of pride … I never thought I would say those words , Well done !!! 🐸

Thanks everyone, couldn't have done it without you.