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Still not taking one puff. It has been a week!

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Glad to hear you are determined to stick to NOPE! It’s rough at first, but freedom is beautiful in the end!!

Thank you so much! Yes I have finally accepted that there is no such thing as just one puff. For the last decade or so I've vaped and used ecigs, not smoked cigarettes, which in my experience, is even harder to quit because it tastes good and doesn't smell up your hair and breath. So that's two motivators gone. What I kept doing was setting a quit date then after a short time (2 days, 3 days, once it was two weeks!) then think oh I'm just going to buy an ecig for a few puffs/one day/insert whatever lie I told myself. Then I couldn't bring myself to throw it away. Then it became okay I'll quit again when this one is empty/I'll quit again when/I'll quit again when. So I fully embrace NOPE. Not even one.

YES YES YES still going strong. The cravings are extreme but pass quickly!

Happy New Year @Kdad... Just checking in with you to see how you are doing? @QuittingGirl... has offered some good insight. The cravings do go away with time. Keep your precious quit @Kdad.. and let us know how you are doing. Kind Regards

Gday got a beer and cashews …..

Gday sitting on the front step. Step 14 off ground ….. watching a storm roll in. dogs gone inside…….

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That’s awesome @Kdad. You’re on your way!! If you stick to NOPE you never have to wrestle with the discomfort of withdrawal again. Keep it up!

Yup, you can't even have just one puff, because one leads to two, leads to three, leads to four and before you know it, you are back smoking or vaping! Just keep doing what you are doing and you will succeed!

Happy New Year @Penguin... and congrats on a solid quit

Welcome back @MichelleDoesntSmoke2025.... I understand where you are because I use to be a serial quitter as well. Lets both make 2025 our FINAL quit.

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NOPE Every time I think about smoking, I remember the sickness I felt, and the stench. I think about having to plan my life around smoking, the conflicts it caused with family, and the worry it gave me (and still gives me) with every little medical hiccup I experience. I'm so thankful to be free of most of that and more, and getting stronger and healthier every day.

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Certainly a challenging issue to work out @Penguin but you know what ...? That's exactly the kind of thing to help keep your mind off smoking and/or any urges to do so. It really is a win/win Best of luck in getting it solved. Keep us updated as things progress please.

Congratulations on quitting and welcome back to the quittrain family. It's finally time for your forever quit. You deserve to be healthy and smoke free You be quitting for yourself first and foremost. Then use your friends and family for support, along with motivation. We here at the quittrain will support you 100% of the way so lean on us. You been through this before, it's hard work but you are worth the effort.

Hang on to your precious quit @Kdad! If you can make it through this first rocky patch, things get easier on the other side. But buying another pack flushes it all down the drain… and you’ll feel way worse than you do now. Your addiction is putting up a fuss and throwing a tantrum, like any toddler. Due to withdrawal, you can’t trust your judgement right now. Would you let a toddler drink gasoline just because he cried and pouted and stamped his foot? Of course you wouldn’t. So don’t let your addicted mind buy that pack! Breathe through it, exercise, distract yourself. You can do this!

Don't buy that pack @Kdad!!!! The change you need is to be clean again of smoking again. That's what's required. Do whatever you have to not to smoke again. It's right there in front of you for the taking. Don't listen to the nicodemon's lies

Hey Guys Been a while since I have been on the Train. Got divorced a year ago and started smoking again. Just quit and having a major craving. I don't know if I can do this. Need support. Kdad

… @Cbdave surprised everyone when he whipped out a harmonica. He started playing…

My best advice, and it may not apply to you, would be to live for life, not be lived by life. Engage yourself in your life, both good and bad. Quitting is just one aspect and there are many positives you can make yourself connect with (as you know!). The dark place will be there weather you smoke or not; not smoking is not what takes you there. Avoiding depression take a conscious and continuous effort just like quitting smoking. Denali has given you excellent advice.

We are rooting for you Michelle

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For me the first month was the worst and after that the cravings started to ease up. Just don't smoke and it will get easier and easier. Of course, there will be challenges along the way, but the longer you stay quit, the easier they will become. I know that in the beginning of my quit I was very impatient and wanted the cravings to go away instantly, but unfortunately they didn't. I just had to bide my time. Now after a year and a half, I can honestly say that I rarely get any cravings anymore and if I do, they last a couple of seconds and then are gone. They aren't physical cravings but more of a mental craving. Just hang in there and eventually they will go away. You also won't be thinking of smoking every minute of the day either.

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I'm focusing on work. Staying busy.

Hope you're still on your new quit @Kdad! You know deep down inside that smoking won't help anything other than draining your wallet and other undesirable things so kick those thougts to the curb and stick with your quit no matter what. We're here for you so keep reaching out. Quitting is simply a little bit of pain for a lifetime of gain.

…when @Reciprocity and @QuittingGirl performed a karaoke version of, “I Got You, Babe.” But we were all shocked when…