MarylandQuitter

I bet you're enjoying summer in NE Ohio with all your grandbabies. :) Happy birthday. :party:

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Must be extremely boring in those parts. :read:

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Well said. :)

What a heartwarming story. What a blessing you received. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ceuUQ8A5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZzSvDNIG_o

NOPE!!!!!! Despite it ALL, good and bad, cigarettes don't ease pain and they are certainly not a reward for anything. Here's to keeping our quits locked and secure. :good3:

My doctor warned of this last year and just recently reminded me to stay away from them. She said that when you take even as prescribed, it raises your blood pressure, often times to high risk levels. I know firsthand from family members that this is in fact true. My doc during a recent physical told me to just avoid them altogether and my blood pressure, heart etc. are all great. I rarely take anything for pain, but Advil was what I would take if I was that uncomfortable. Tylenol isn't good for your liver but when you need something for pain, what to take now?

It's been handled.

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Welcome and congrats on the best decision you could ever make for yourself. Please remember that NRT is fine and works for some, but the goal is to get off of nicotine completely. You're off to a great start but please watch all the videos that you're able to and do all the reading that you can to learn about this addiction. Being smarter than cigarettes is how we beat this, not by being stronger. :) Prolonging Nicotine Withdrawal Video explains how the 72 hour withdrawal symptoms that I discuss in many of my videos and articles is only applicable to true cold turkey quitters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHx12A8-mFg&feature=youtu.be Life As A Smoker Is A Balancing Act While quitting may result in a person feeling some discomfort for a few days, smokers face discomfort on a daily basis from having to maintain a constant and comfortable nicotine level. Maintaining this level is a constant balancing act. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfiH2iX_aIU

I'll look into these. Great ideas. Thanks!

A very special congrats to you, Nancy! Thanks for all you do. :)

My relapse in 2013 in a nutshell... ...Those 9 months prior that I speak of, although smoke-free, I was still believing somewhere in the back of my mind that cigarettes could offer me something because of my triumphant reunion with them nearly two years prior. It was all a big lie perpetuated by me. When I bought that pack in October I thought it would help. After reading Allen Carr’s book several times and being proactive for so many months, who was I kidding? The only thing I got from it was emptiness. It was at this moment and 19 cigarettes later that I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that cigarettes could not do a damn thing for me. It took a one week relapse for me to 100% believe that no matter what happens in life, no matter how crappy I feel, cigarettes will not do anything. With each and every cigarette I analyzed how I felt. From the very first pull on that cigarette I was ultra aware of how I was feeling. I remembered Allen Carr. I remembered the lies. I remembered all the former smokers in the support group. I recalled all I had read about this addiction. I was still waiting for the enjoyment because I thought it really existed. Not only did I not get one bit of enjoyment from any of it, but I also found out the hard way that there isn’t a single thing enjoyable about smoking. It wasn’t until I truly understood that I got nothing from smoking that I willingly put the cigarettes down without any medication and without a second thought. However, close to the end of that week of smoking I could feel the addiction coming on strong. Had I not chosen to quit smoking on October 7th, 2013, I feel that I would have fallen back into a full blown nicotine addiction and smoking 30-40 cigarettes per day as that was my usual routine. I was probably just a few cigarettes away from this happening and it was scary to relive those feelings of being physically and mentally addicted to smoking constantly needing to feed the throngs of nicotine withdrawal. This is not a place that I ever want to revisit. Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing is worse relapsing over. Nothing. Glad to see Tyme is back on the train!! Dig your heels in, tuck your chin and don't give a freaking inch to this addiction. You're smarter than nicotine. You don't have to be stronger to beat it but you can beat it every single time by being smarter than it. Are You Stronger Than Your Cigarettes? This video discusses the importance of understanding that you won't be able to quit smoking and stay free by becoming stronger than cigarettes but rather by becoming smarter than nicotine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxLxDuTOCT0 A whole video section on relapse. :) http://www.quittrain.com/topic/4754-videos-addressing-relapse-prevention/

JAWSOME! lol!! That's pretty funny. I'm listening to some Bob Dylan but once this CD is over I'm going to flip through the channels and see what all the hubbub is about. Babs, stay out of the water. lol

Okay, so what is all this shark week? Is it a bunch of movies about sharks like Jaws etc.? The original Jaws is awesome, by the way.

Sorry guys, I'm fine. Somebody called in saying they heard shots fired but it turned out to be nothing.

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Good to see you! Glad you're doing well and congrats on the awesome quit. :)