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Hi Ellsie . Glad your here . I am pretty new here to . Have a look around , there is lots to do here ; and lots to do helps us stay away from smoking . You can do this . Don't doubt that . One day at a time , or even an hour will do . Just don't smoke no matter what . Congratulations on such a great decision .

What once was fear now is gone . :yes3: :heart: :heart: NOPE

I am excited and awaiting the arrival of new folks to join us. :welcome: I can tell you the fear or anticipation of doing this was actually worse that just taking the bungie jump off and doing it . Your going to be ok and although quitting will take some work, it is nice to ride the freedom train with others who understand . They know the terraine pretty darn good and will help . I can tell you that I haven't met a quitter who has regretted the decision to quit . Welcome aboard the QUIT FAMILY TRAIN :welcome: ( P.s. I am Sherri :imnewhere: , the one who always forgets the ticker but its somewhere about 5 .5 years ) But to this day, day ONE is the best day of my life. :) Come on in ..grab a seat and sit a spell ; take your shoes off ; enjoy the ride . Great place to quit .

Get well soon Evelyn . Sorry , maybe I missed a thread, I don't know my way around here well ; please get better soon.

Well seeing you are all not smoking ,I think I'll join in that FANtastic idea . NOPE

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I am late, but its a nope from me . ODAAT.

Were you able to speak with your doctor and let him/her know your quitting and if a med adjustment would be suitable? Are you on an NRT? I think if you have mental health issues it is important to work closely with your doctor while you are quitting. Please check in with him or her .Get the best possible team and you can do this Evelyn .

You cannot smoke what you don't have .Throw the rest in water. Own your quit . You'll be proud you did . I threw 3 unopened pkgs of cigs away during my anger . No darn way they would control me anymore! Get angry at what is stealing your joy ( CIGARETTES ) by refusing to buy them ; bum , beg borrow or steal them or search for butts . You don't need to smoke anymore Evelyn . Cigarettes are not your friends They want to hurt you . Write a good bye letter to them ? You can change the things that YOU can .The past is the past now , and today is a new clean slate . Don't smoke . Do yourself a favor ; take your power back and douce them . You are not a bad person ; addiction got you ; just pick yourself up and get at er again. No smoking . You cannot change others Evelyn or past events if that is what upset you but you can change yourself and you can make good choices. You are worth it . You are of value . You do have purpose ... smoking is getting in the way of that . Injesting smoke? yuk . Feed yourself good things :) and you will feel better . You can heal Evelyn . You are safe . You are among friends here . Post before you smoke and wait for responses . It may be a while for one of us to get back to you, but NEVER smoke until we do ...even if a day goes by .. Do something to distract and delay and keep your self busy . If smoking says take me show it to the door and kick it out with a good swift kick in the rear ! Its not welcome in your home anymore . I do try and check in most evenings and mornings if I am not busy . In fact I was on last night so please post help if you need help . Addiction feeds us lies. Cunning isn't it ? It tempts, and it lies . You have to starve temptation and addiction . It will go away if you do . Us addicts are good at believing such lies . Quit believing the lies Evelyn . You are a good person . STOP telling yourself your not good enough, worthy enough, or smart enough . ( whatever your beilieving ) You are deserving of this quit. Smoking is a choice Evelyn for all of us and in most cases when we smoke it is a reaction to something but ; it is not a solution .. the solution is NOT TO smoke ; smoking is part of the problem. Do something different . Change what YOU CAN change . You play guitar? then play , sing , take a walk , write a song , go to sleep . Smoking is not on the options list. EVER ! Wouldn't surrendering be easier than battling it ? Think about it . You don't have to fight this battle Evelyn just surrender. Accept your quit , take whatever comes ...keep it smoke free, and enjoy your day of freedom. If there is a zoo close by go.... You will laugh and smile and have some fun. Evelyn . Quitting is serious business but go have fun while your quitting ...don't feel sorry , feel happy . Thats why your quitting . You don't have to battle this quit . Its yours . I understand it may make you feel vulnerable uneasy, nervous and scared : but you are safe now . Surrendering won't hurt you . It is healing . Smoking is hurting you . You posted the SOS after you smoked . Post an SOS before you smoke then distract and delay until you get a response back . I don't know if anything I have said helps. You know what you have to do Evelyn . Make your plan on what you will change and do to keep your quit. We can only give suggestions and our support . The rest is up to you. Choices . If you want to keep quit , you will never have a cig in the house. They will taunt you Evelyn . Get rid of them and they won't stand a chance as long as you don't let them . NON smokers do not have cigs. Are you a non smoker ? Own your quit Eveyn . Get mad; scream in a pillow ... and cry . Are you ready to let this addiction go?

NOPE FOR ME TOO ! When you are tossled in the storm Keep your eye on the lighthouse , Let it be your guide; Let it bring you peace and calmness And bring you safely home. Great seeing you all here today . Thanks Evelyn for opening the pledge this morning .You are doing great . Everybody have A GREAT NOT ONE PUFF DAY.

Good job posting Evelyn .Remember the SOS feature if you get stuck. The thing that helped me most was knowing that its ok to post .. That posting is showing strength not weakness . I made it my rule when I quit . Post /don't smoke. I had to tell myself it is not ok to smoke if you have quit because it takes you back to day one and the way through this is to GET THROUGH. Day one over and over hurts ; it is discouraging so we gotta keep the ball rolling :) A puff won't save your quit ... not having one will. A puff is not an NRT . A puff could lead us back to a pack a day in no time . This site is great . I am glad I came here . It has distraction forums , music forums ... games etc. It great . It has great stuff for the tool box. Great resource tools here as well . Remember Evelyn craves pass when we do something different. Self talk really works. Another tool . Great job Evelyn . Great job keeping your . Your worth it. Craves will pass I promise...just take it in small chunks , small goals and achieve them . Your doing great . I continue to look forward to pledging with you and walking the journey to our forever quits . One step at a time .

Congratulations on your achievements thus far Crush. Welcome to quit train .You can do this. You will not regret quitting . It really will change not just your health but your life as well . Glad you have joined us .

NOPE HERE Thank You for starting the pledge Evelyn .

:clapping: YAY StewieTech!! I am new here . I am not tech savy so clapping was the best I could do. but it is a standing ovation :) CONGRATULATIONS !

Happy Birthday dear Sharon >>>>>>>>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU >>>>>>>>>>>>>> :music: :music: :music:

NOPE Ticker says I said Not one puff 5. 5 plus a day years One day at a time will say NOT ONE PUFF EVER ! Have a super day everyone . Do something fun .

Good glad you feel awful ... Picture all those cigarettes you smoked sitting in your tummy . Think of all the cigarette smoke from those 1000's of cigs in one big cloud sitting in your brain . No wonder we felt sick . Well you are a non smoker now . It will take time, but you will feel better soon and your head will think more clearly than ever before .Then JOY comes and GRATEFULNESS comes , And FUN comes . You will love it Evelyn . One day at a time ... One day ..don't smoke ..Don't worry about tomorrow .. Just for today :)

Thinking ,buying and teasing , Hmm is addiction taunting your thoughts this morning? Your right "NOPE" . Don't give the thoughts the time of day . Its smelly stinking . Sucking on a smoke sucks the life out of you and leaves ashes . Smoking is not allowed to take up space in your thinking today cause your a non smoker now. It doesn't mean the end of the world it means the beginning of great things Evelyn and YES GREAT things will happen for you . Everything happens slowly and at first and we don't see it but it really does change life in a good way . I am excited for you . When you get up in the morning and thoughts of smoking come tell them to get lost ; when you get up in the morning think what are you going to do differently now ; what are you going to enjoy now instead of that sickly smoke . Your thoughts may go to addiction but remember we are rewiring our thinking and our thoughts should not go to anything that smells smoke . Changing our routine will help. When I quit I would buy a newspaper, set out my coffee cup and set up my coffee pot. It would be coffee and the newspaper in the morn , followed by a walk, then a shower . Try setting up a couple hour morning plan for yourself so that when you get up your mind goes to your NEW plan rather that to old thoughts . You are cutting new paths . . Taking your power back :) Ever bought yourself a single rose? Buy one and put it in a pretty vase and set it up on your table :) You are worth quitting for . When you have supper tonight remind yourself to treat your quit like the beautiful flower . You did scare me a minute when I saw your post , you were kidding but hey I knew you wouldn't .. You pledged . You want to forget about smoking not think about it .Great job pledging BTW . Keep the the quit ..go to bed a winner ... post don't smoke . Have a Great day Evelyn YOU can DO it!

I used to put my trree up and take the decorations off in Feb and leave just the lights on . Its just so relaxing . So pretty . My favorite times though have always been as a child getting a real tree ; my dad cutting it down , putting it up the night before Christmas ; stringing popcorn and cranberries, singing and laughing . Ahhhh so fun . I It was mostly just about being together :)

Hi Evelyn . I am glad you have come back to the forum . I am pretty new here .. but I have seen you here and I know you want to quit smoking . This site is a great resource to reach out . I personally love the SOS forum feature . Sometimes what we say to others we need to hear ourselves. The SOS forum is a great tool to use . It will help you to help yourself . It will help me too if I get to stinking thinkin and want to smoke lol .I am excited that is a feature like that here . You have good insight, and it sounds like you have been here a while so I know you have the tools . Its easy to forget that we have them sometimes or sometimes we pick the wrong tool . ( A cigarette is the wrong tool ) so be sure you have none available . Throw them away . No safe keepings ( I did that BTW ) it didn't work having them around. Oh man I learned the hard way too . It was torture !! Maybe when you get up first thing in the morning remeber to put your tool bag on ... ? Pledging is a great tool . Just remember smoking is not one of the tools in your tool bag ! You can have a song play list , a book , bubbles work great ... mmm what else ? oh you know what will work for you . Put some things in there that are fun and distracting . Cinamon gum helps ; oranges are great for craves. Puzzles ... how about a journal .... You could write a positivity journal . No negative things are allowed . Only good things ! No bad things about yourself of others . Good things make us feel happy :) Got Cozy slippers ...thats good thing ..keeps our feet warm :) 30 below weather ...Thats ok we don't smoke . We can see ice crystals and they are pretty . Hope something I said might help . All I can really say is take one day at a time Evelyn and no matter what Keep your quit , Post if you need help and don't smoke . I hope you are working with your Dr . You mentioned your mental Health . Sometimes meds need to be adjusted when you quit ...please let them know you are quitting smoking and ask for help with that as well if you need to . Being proactive will help you and your quit . I believe you can do this :) Fitting in ? This is a quit smoking site . It has a common goal . If you are here to quit smoking I would say you fit in . The quit is yours . The work is yours . You put work into your quit and you will get good things out of it . You are in the drivers seat . We are just in our own vehicles too lol and we are all just helping each other along the way to our destination . If I get stuck, I KNOW you would stop and help me .I willdo the same for you . Sometimes we need a push or a shove .. sometimes just encouragement to step on the gas and get through with no help at all . You own your quit . Look after it like a brand new car or a brand new house . Best wishes on your new and final quit . You can do it Breathe ..you will be ok . _ Sherri

Hi Tiffany . I am new here . Sorry I missed your post yesterday, but as I was reading your post this evening and the messages to you I could see you were being cared for by some real special and caring people . Strength in numbers :) I was glad when I came to your message that you made it through . Hope today you are doing better ? I remember that anger I had . My anger was at cigarettes and I literally went into my bedroom and screamed into a pillow . I was so angry at this addiction. Angry that quitting was hard ; because here I was battling everyday , cryng every day , fighting every day and where was my joy ? .Then Tiffany right after that time , or maybe a few months later, I decided not to fight anymore . Instead I surrendered . Surrendered to my quit . I accepted that it will be what it will be and if I just take one day at a time I will be ok . Just don't smoke I would tell myself . Keep your quit Tiffany ; you have a great quit going there ; work through what needs to be worked through . Look after yourself and be proud . You did good posting and working it through . Great job .

0Follow this topic What do you think when you see someone smoking?Started by StewieTech, Today, 11:26 AM Great question Stewie . I have had a mixed bag of thoughts about that when I have seen smokers smoke over the last 5 and a half years . There were times when I saw people smoking( especially in the beginning ) of my quit that I wished smoking was "healthy". There were times when I saw them smoking that I still wanted to smoke but I didn't . I knew it was the addict in me ; the "stinking thinking". There were times when I would see people smoking and I feel sorry for them . Sad actually . There are times now when I see people smoking that I want to go up and talk to them ; assure them that they can quit; thats its not impossible . But I know it has to be in their time :( If they seem open however I am not afraid to share that good news . I see them smoking and I know many of them hate smoking just like I did . When I see them smoking I see their addiction needing to be fed just like mine used to have to be fed . Sometimes I see folks smoking and I think "they want to quit" ; either they are not ready ; they don't know how, or they think they have more time . I see them smoking outside the hospital doors and I think "MY GOSH" I used to be like that ! I think wow, was I was an addict ! Now when I see them smoking I think I am so grateful I don't smoke . I wish they would quit too . Many times now I see them smoking , but now I am an ex smoker that thinks like a non smoker . I just go on with my day . They go on with theirs but I won't belittle them or make fun or be rude . Its an addiction . I guess as my quit grew my thoughts changed towards smokers and smoking . Smokers ; Great People Caught Up In Big Tobacco Lies :( We can quit. We all can .

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NOPE . Not one puff ever . Nope keeps the puffer away for me . From 3 inhalers to none at the moment . I can live with that .