MarylandQuitter

This video discusses how it is natural to blame all bad feelings, whether or emotional or physical on the fact that you may have recently quit smoking when other factors may very well be at play. http://www.quittrain.com/topic/4753-videos-addressing-issues-early-in-your-quit/?p=168113

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Watching Others Smoke Video discussing how to watch others smoke and to use such occasions to reinforce your desire to stay smoke free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEEk5-0kj1A Related articles: -The Palmolive Bottle Demonstration http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/9971 -Another slant on how to watch people smoke http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/11405 Related video: -The Palmolive Bottle Demonstration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbUGp...

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Complacency is any addicts worst enemy. Nobody, and I mean nobody is immune to relapse. http://www.quittrain.com/topic/4754-videos-addressing-relapse-prevention/?p=166975

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Great thread! In the beginning I clung to the quit smoking recovery timetable and didn't want to undo the milestones that I had made. For example, after 12 hours of not smoking, the carbon monoxide levels dropped to normal and the oxygen levels returned to normal. :) To me, that was a big deal and enough of an incentive for me that I didn't want to undo it. http://whyquit.com/w...Time_Table.html

Michelle, the important thing is that you're not smoking. If the patch is keeping you from lighting up, then by all means follow the course. As you know, the end goal is to get off of nicotine completely and forever but for now, keep going. You've made a decision to quit smoking and you're changing your approach this time so that means that you're sick and tired of being controlled by this horrible drug. Good for you! :)

How's everything going, Katoo?

Great job!!!! :)

I was trying to pick out one that really stood out from the rest that helped me. However, they're all equally as important and each one should be read, re-read and then read again. Maybe even printed out and left on your counter-top, in your car etc. Pin it up next to your calendar and leave a copy on your desk too. Being proactive in your quit gives you a much, much higher success rate when compared to just being reactive when a craving hits. Study! :)

How did it go, Natalie? I hope you didn't smoke but if you did, get your backside back on the train and let's kick the crap out this addiction together, as a group, right now. Make 2016 your year!

Welcome, Katoo! I quit using Wellbutrin XL and let me tell you the dreams, whew, they were something else. It was like watching a movie in full color and being present in dreams like never before. The medication did precisely what I had hoped it would do and while on it, smoking made me want to vomit. Still, the addict in me kept trying to smoke hoping the nausea would go away if I just kept trying to smoke. Didn't work. The Wellbutrin wouldn't budge. Please stay as active as you can on the boards and keep reading and learning about this addiction because knowledge is really the most successful way to beat it...for good!

It's better to simply quit nicotine all at once because when you're still smoking (even cigars) you're keeping yourself in withdrawal. Not fun! I could never advocate smoking for any reason but if you wanted to use a NRT product, that could help. The goal is to get completely off of the drug, nicotine and never go back to it.

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Welcome to QT, Greenowl! Please give us an update on how your quit is going. If you run into any trouble or have any concerns, this is the place to voice them. We don't judge and are only here to help and guide you in the right direction which will lead to you never taking another puff again. :)

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Sorry about your Mom and I hope everything is going okay, all things considered. The "real test" you've already taken and passed, if there is such a thing. It's imperative that you keep your quit separate from all of the other things going on in your life; put it in it's own little space and guard it. There will always be tests along the way, not in the sense that they will cause a craving, but more so along the lines of learning to handle all situations without smoking, good and bad. Everything that we go through, so do non-smokers. Your quit is new, you're going through a very stressful and emotional time and give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done. Hope you can provide an update soon.

I was cracking up when Eugene was reading that world history textbook by the light of a Zippo. :lol2:

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And here we go!!

There was an issue with the tickers as well (didn't affect the counts etc.) so too is fixed. :)

All is well on QuitTrain now. :)

I vote clever!