MarylandQuitter

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Quitting is much easier with a support group and a bunch of quitters who have your back. :)

Don't buy a pack

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When I quit in 2012 (relapsed in 2013) I did so using Wellbutrin XL. While I was on the medication I don't recall many cravings at all, mostly because smoking made me nauseous while on it. Once I get fed up with feeling sick with each puff, I just quit. Shortly after quitting I also stopped the Wellbutrin XL (by the advice of my doctor who prescribed it) and I still don't remember any intense cravings. However, when I "tried" to quit before that, the cravings were pretty bad at times and I couldn't make it past the 4 hour mark. Most of them were in my head and I made the cravings out to much worse than they were because I was so obsessed with wanting to smoke. When I quit in 2013 (my sticky quit!) I can't say how the cravings lasted (I'm sure I posted it here somewhere) but before I quit, I felt the pull of the addiction like I had never, ever felt it before. It scared the shit out of me and I had only been smoking for one week. I remember driving down the road on my way home from work and the addiction felt so strong like I had never felt it previously and knew I had to quit. I felt that if I didn't quit very soon that I would be trying to quit 20 years down the road. The next day I quit smoking at 7:03 PM. Waking up the addiction by relapsing and feeling the firm grip that the addiction had on me is something that I NEVER want to feel again. Will I Ever Stop Thinking Of Cigarettes? Most people overestimate how much of a battle staying smoke free will be once they quit smoking. This video discusses how people will generally stop thinking about smoking, and much sooner than they usually think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8310BI-euJw&list=PL8EB359C247D3FE6C&index=13 I Want One! Video discusses how to stop the internal debate that often occurs after quitting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHvi6dwLanA

You own your own quit. RELAPSES ARE PLANNED. When somebody relapses, they were already planting the seeds and romancing the cigarette before they ever lit up. There may be one case in 2000 where this isn't true, but not enough for me to bet on. If you don't become complacent in your quit and your keep your quit separate from everything else (to protect it), you're not going to relapse unless you choose to. Relapsing is always a choice. Choose wisely. :)

As nicotine addicts, our goal should be to get off of nicotine completely and forever. NRT shouldn't be used in place of smoking because nicotine in any form keeps us dependent up on it. Nicotine Is Nicotine Is Nicotine Video discusses how nicotine delivered by any source via any route of administration has the full potential of causing relapse to any former smoker or user of any nicotine product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KViTfIfHUv0&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB&index=6

I Want One! Video discusses how to stop the internal debate that often occurs after quitting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHvi6dwLanA Boy Do I Deserve A Cigarette For That! Video discusses the irony of how many people often feel that they need to reward themselves with a cigarette for getting through a major obstacle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xvrdjrPNHE&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB&index=10

I cannot remember the last time I got a haircut from somebody who doesn't smoke. I can smell it all over them and am thankful that I don't smoke and turn peoples' heads from that putrid stench discharging from my pours, breath, hair and clothing.

One thing that I had to admit to myself is that smoking is an addiction just like alcohol and other drugs. Nicotine is a very, very powerful drug so it only makes sense that we have a much higher rate of success when involved in some type of support group. No need to go at it alone with the Internet! There is so much help out there for so many things, quitting smoking included. This is why we exist and it's why so many members who have long quits still post; to help others along their own journeys to freedom.

Since you've come very close to smoking, sounds like you might need to stop resisting posting here and start again. :) No need to have such close brushes with smoking.

Great news! A few more days and you've got that crucial year under your belt! :)

Glad to see a happy ending to this! Lots of bad shit in the world and even in our lives at times. It happens to ALL of us, those who've never smoked, those who've smoked but quit and those who smoke. Smoking changes nothing except an accelerated path to poor health and an early grave. Perhaps tuning out from all of the crap on the news for a bit might help. Take a break from it. Everybody does, don't you know? Stay strong! :)

I lost a quit in in 2013 after being quit for 9 or 10 months. I remember being so pissed off that blew my quit for one pack of cigarettes. Don't let it define you. You relapsed and lost your quit over two cigarettes and all it takes is one puff. Guess what? You're quit again and not one of the people who relapse and then try to quit again 10 or 15 years later. You made a mistake but corrected it immediately and for that, hold your head high! :)

Beautiful pictures!! Thanks for sharing them. :)

Congratulations! Not on the win (Steelers), but on 3 years smoke-free!!

Thanks, folks!!! That shuffling video brings back memories. hahahahaha

Thank you!!!!! I can't believe I'm already 22 years old today!

Happy birthday!!!!

Stop Smoking Benefits Timetable Welcome and glad you're staying strong!! Don't ever give an inch to this horrible addiction. As time goes, it get's easier and easier. :)

Right up your alley! Next month, TWD!!!!!!!!

Awesome!!

I smoked one pack after being smoke-free for 9 months and reset my ticker. One puff means you failed to keep your quit. NOPE! Not one puff, ever! Relapsing is depressing but only for as long as you let it. You took a puff and to be honest with this support group, you should reset your ticker. I'm not saying that you have to, but in all fairness to the group and those not yet here, you should. That ticker is actually accountability not only to yourself, but also to others. When you make a public statement it holds you accountable. You're not the only one here who has relapsed. I could be coming up on 3 years instead of 2 years quit over 20 cigarettes which I didn't even enjoy one single puff from any of them. It is what it is. I can look at my ticker and know that I have not taken a single puff in that amount of time. Should I Reset My Quit Meter? Video stresses the importance of drawing a clear line in the sand regarding the issue of whether a person should reset their quit meter if they ever take a puff off of a cigarette, or really deliver nicotine via any tobacco product or other nicotine containing device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfzV-Gmshk You Mean You Haven't Had A Single Puff Of A Cigarette? This video discusses the danger of other people or former smokers themselves in making an arbitrary distinction between the ingestion of a smaller dosage of nicotine in contrast to some larger amount. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvve35Z3ArY&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB&index=48

NOPE!!!!!!!!

I love that I didn't have to stop at a convenience store to buy smokes today.