MarylandQuitter

As we get ready to put 2017 in the books and prepare for 2018, thousands of people have been putting off smoking until the New Year. In fact, there's a good chance that you may be one of them. Please follow this link to freedom! http://www.quittrain.com/topic/3963-new-year-so-you-want-to-quit-smoking-but-have-questions-welcome-to-quittrain-climb-aboard-see-just-how-doable-quitting-really-is/

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Blackstorm, Please give an update on your quit and if your goal is to quit nicotine completely. Otherwise, I'll have to toss this nonsense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl89g2SwMh4

I just got an email from her about the password. Just waiting to hear back from her...

I hope all is well this morning. Jess, where did you get the cig?

For Sarge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oY8ppZnjuA

Rod Serling was in interesting man. I remember as a kid watching an episode of Night Gallery that scared the crap out of me. To this day I remember a scene of lady or a guy drowned in a bathtub. Creepy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8sT6nz7VUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wfazePQzj8

OMG hahahahaha Rez and Ava lol

Just wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays or whatever you choose to celebrate or not. I understand we all have different beliefs and celebrate all sorts of different things but please stay safe on the roads and draw near to those you love. Even if the miles separate you from the ones you love, find a way to reach out to them and if that's not possible, think fondly of them and look forward to seeing them again. Hug your kids, pets or whatever you can and be thankful for each day we have on this earth. Be thankful for the freedom we have from nicotine addiction. For those of you who don't see many bright spots right now or feel alone, you have friends here. We're open 24/7 and I'm always popping in and out of this place. If you need an ear to listen, I have a phone and don't mind giving out the number to help. Whatever you do, if you're feeling depressed, please reach out to somebody even if it's that dude in Maryland who quit smoking. :)

As you know better than anybody, the memories are still going to be there with or without cigarettes. I'm not going to lecture you because I'm quite sure you've given yourself a few of your own already. However, you have asthma and everything else aside, that alone is reason enough to never smoke again. You can't smoke anymore, Evelyn, unless you're ready to commit to spending the rest of your life enslaved to smoking. One of these times you may not quit and that was a scary reality for me when I relapsed. The pull of the addiction was stronger than it ever had been and I had only relapsed for one week. It literally scared the living daylights out of me. Now, onward and upward. No need to dwell on the past because what's done is done and there are no do-overs. You had 3 months and gave it up for 3 cigarettes. I think it's time for a little "Yo Elliot!" He is speaking about eating healthy but it's so relevant to smoking it's well worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEnHzV9XpL0

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I don't know how but I ran across some of these with Ah-nold and had forgotten how hilarious they are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTne4kXGwUc

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I'll join you! NOPE!

Great message, Joe. :) I don't remember having a tough time quitting and as I remember it, I instantly noticed that I felt better. Although I had cravings as I was ridding my lungs, heart, blood and brain of nicotine and tar (+ 6800 other chemicals), I instead focused on how much more calm I was without the constant spike in blood pressure and the huge shot of adrenaline that came with each cigarette. The Stop Smoking Benefits Timetable is something that grabbed onto and kept it close in the early days.

Glad things got better after your chat, Jen. How are you today? Hopefully this finds you aware and committed. Just out of curiosity, where are you with the reading and watching the videos here on the forum about nicotine addiction? As you read and watch the materials, you'll train your mind and get a fresh perspective on the drug we're all addicted to and even start to see changes in your own quit. Difference between physical and psychological urges Video discusses how while the intensity between the psychological thoughts for cigarettes weeks or months into your quit may feel very much like the physical urges you may have encountered in the beginning of your quit, that there is an important difference in the two states. http://youtu.be/_A8s7Pw7jA0 Fixating on a cigarette Video discusses how people often fixate on the desire to have "a good" cigarette. http://youtu.be/OZLJ_nlkUCQ

Post your stats here (just how many cigarettes you used to smoke per day). Great idea, action! http://www.quittrain.com/topic/3877-calling-all-members/?do=findComment&comment=105281

Please post how many cigarettes you used to smoke per day so I can make a community ticker to track how many cigarettes as a group we've not smoked. Not sure what I'll use as a quit date for the ticker, maybe the day QT was created?? I love the idea action! I'll keep a running total as new members join etc. on a spreadsheet so it can be easily tracked and changed. MQ - 35

That's great news!!!!

CARL! STAY BACK WITH THE OTHERS!

NOPE

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