MarylandQuitter

Wow! Congrats on making one of the best decisions you could ever make, and doing it together!! Please stay close to the board and learn about this addiction. We beat it by being smarter than it, not stronger.

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You've still got nicotine in your system so the 3 day rule doesn't apply. The idea with the patch is to use it temporarily (if you must) to quit smoking but you must quit nicotine completely in order for you succeed in your quit. NRT is okay so long as you plan on getting off it it ASAP. Pretty much you're delaying the withdrawal process by using the patch vs cold turkey but people have success with it. Also, please don't let withdrawal horror stories influence you at all because many have no issues with withdrawal. I didn't. The time you put between you and nicotine the less and less you'll think about it. I never forget that I was once a smoker but I can tell you that in times of stress, the thought of smoking doesn't even enter my mind. If somebody would have told me this before I quit I wouldn't have believed them. Stick around the board and post, read, watch videos and learn how to beat this drug addiction. As long as you attack it for what it is, a drug addiction, you'll be free before you know it!

You can make it the last time that you quit! It's been two days. One more day and nicotine will be absent from your body and then it's all psychological.

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Learn from this. Whatever you do, don't let this control you and allow you to continue smoking again. If you want to get rid of that crappy feeling that you "caved in", stop smoking immediately. No need to wait until tomorrow, after this or after that; just quit now.

You're not going to quit by being stronger than your cigarettes. You win by being smarter. The videos and support that you have here will help you tremendously.

https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4754-videos-addressing-relapse-prevention/

Don't let this define your quit. Don't use this as an excuse to continue to feed your addiction. I don't delete accounts, don't give up on people and don't subscribe to the notion that relapsing is any kind of a valid reason to just give up. I'll be back with a couple of videos that you need to watch.

If you weren't feeling calm then, smoking after 10 days would have increased your agitation. Congrats on not giving in and throwing in the towel! The more time under your belt, the less you will think about smoking in all situations. Everybody is different, but I don't think about smoking during stressful times. Since I've quit, I've gone through more stress-filled times than when I was a full-fledged addict feeding my addiction. I never would have believed that the day would come that smoking would not be at the forefront of my thoughts, especially when stressed. Yet, it's a distant memory. Again, great job!

It sure is nice being able to tell doctors that we don't smoke anymore. After quitting smoking, tossing toxic people out is priority as they can undermine every single positive thing in your life.

You know the drill, now make it work.

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What an odd post. Perhaps you need to peruse the over 3 years of data collected on the site before you think there is not much mention of how people make it through cravings. In fact, start with the S.O.S. board and then work your way down through following two forums. Pledging NOPE is not anything like telling a three year it's time to go to bed. What an odd analogy. Odd post altogether; not quite sure what to make of this but please consider that this may not be the best place for you. I know I will be considering this on your behalf.

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