Susana

Best decision ever! Welcome back! :give_heart:

I´m late... NOPE :)

I deleted it when I realised it wasn´t appropriate to this thread :blush:

I am at that stage in my quit where physical cravings are remitting, or I could even say non-existent, really, but I´ve been here before and I have failed before, so I´m like a chameleon... looking here, looking there... looking for handles and looking for dangers... I´ve been looking at smokers. My smoking friends, for instance. People are either smokers, or non-smokers. Non-smokers are easy to define. I have it written on my mirror with blue eyeliner: " Non-smokers do not smoke. Not one. Not ever" But... what about smokers? Well, this may be a bit stupid or radical or nonsense, but it is helping me. Smokers smoke. All the time. And when they are not smoking with their mouth they are smoking with their mind. Meaning: a smoker is not a person that smokes every now and then. You see a smoker with a cigarette in her mouth, and she is a smoker. But you see her indoors eating a steak, and she hasn´t stopped being a smoker. She hasn´t even stopped smoking. She may be gulping the steak down so that she can go out to smoke with her mouth the cigarette that she is already smoking in her head. I know because I used to be one of them. So when I see a smoker and I like the smell of their cigarette, or the expression of their face, I remember that. You have to choose: you are a smoker, or you are a non-smoker. Either a) Not to smoke. Not one. Not ever. Until you don´t even think about it. Or b.) To smoke 24/7. Always. With your mouth or with your mind. Smoke or crave. Until your last breath. There is no "inbetween". Somehow the choice seems much easier this way.

yep.

Plácido? :P

Cats... on the other hand... DO ;)

Why can´t I click on your profile "there"? Are you serious?????? :o Let´s get ready for some tough love! :dance2: :bb: :aggressive: :dirol:

Naaaaah! No way! You must be trolling...... :girl_impossible:

And I....I....I am the smutty one??????? :rolleyes:

After the physical discomfort has gone months ago, and the "special snowflake syndrome" is in the past too, and we are clear of nicotine and doubts and getting into "normal" life - no man´s land - the only reason I can think of for a relapse after months is the "just this one" junkie thought. The thought that we can smoke one cigarette/one pack/one day/one week and either not notice anything... or quit again as if nothing had happened. Which we know is BS because the law of addiction has no loopholes and it is not a belief, it is a hard fact. You puff one you want to puff the other 10.000 that come afterwards. We know that, don´t we? So why would somebody want to have one cigarette? Because the person still believes that that one cigarette has something to offer to them. The sooner we all here get that thought erased off our brains, FOREVER, the better for all of us. We are NOT giving up anything. We are stopping doing something very nasty to ourselves. We are NOT missing on anything, we are gaining LOTS by not smoking. Call it indoctrination, brainwashing, whatever, but it is the only way to be quit and happy and stop this torture.

Hi Cloud! :bye: Welcome to the Quit Train! Have you tried any NRT in the past? Is this your first quit? :)

Holy Molly that was a film and a half! A suspense film... With a happy ending indeed!!!! It must have felt absolutely horrendous! I´m so sorry you found yourself in such difficult situation. But you were strong and intelligent and came out of a rough patch clever and clean. Have a nice glass of wine, a hug, and don´t look back. It is all good and you´ll have a fantastic holiday and will buy lots of strange American trinkets, and Christmas presents for the family back home, and everybody will be happy and laugh. :) ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Tracey))))))))))))))))))))))))))

You were doing great, and you were quit for 7 months. Please do not let that fall behind whilst you move away from your quit and into sickness and horror. After these 7 months, you will never be a happy smoker again. Believe me. You will not. You will want to quit again. You can do it. You´ve done it for 7 months just a few days ago. You have fallen but you can get up again, and start again whilst you still remember how good it felt to be free, and clean, and proud, and healthy, and nice smelling.... I hope you´ll respond Bandito´s question, and I hope your answer will be a). Today is the best day to quit. You have the advantage of having a long quit still fresh in your mind and in your body. Don´t let it wither away.... (((((((((((((((((((((((Jackie))))))))))))))))))))))

You would never be a bloated whale... rather a nice chubby dolphin, fast and graceful. Still, water and wind, better out than in, and better still that you feel "yourself" again. ((((((((((((((((((((Lisa))))))))))))))))))))))

Hi Chrys! Welcome to the Quit Train! Please take a sit and enjoy the journey with us :friends:

YAY you! :good3:

It is Monday and I reckon we are all at work! :girl_haha:

I´m with you! This is a N.O.P.E.ing Monday party! :give_heart:

A friend of my mum´s used to say that when the world comes to an end by nuclear holocaust or similar there will survive the cockroaches, the rats, and Susana. Which says a lot of my resilience and determination. Usually my hair gets most positive attention. The one on top of my head, that is :laugh2:

Morning Vic, Doreen and everybody! N.O.P.E. for me too