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Welcome back, John. You are making a great choice in resuming your quit. Stick around. There is a lot of support and knowledge you can gain here. There is nothing positive that comes with smoking cigarettes. It is all negative. Quitting smoking is an incredible thing to do.

That's awesome @Mac#23 Congratulations on 2 months smoke free and thanks for all that you do here to help others in their quits. Keep up the great work!

Welcome back, Heather. Like you, I had a number of short quits before I quit for good....and, just like you, I kept relapsing because I felt that I was missing out on something by not smoking. The truth is, you are missing out on nothing positive by quitting smoking.....all that comes with smoking is negative. All sorts of life threatening physical risks (too many to mention but it is a huge list), throwing money away on something that kills you, feeling like an outcast in an increasingly non-smoking world, a horrible smell, always out of energy, etc. etc. etc. That supposedly relaxing feeling you get from lighting up a cigarette is just feeding an addiction. There is nothing relaxing about that process. It is actually more stressful to continue smoking. You gain nothing by continuing to smoke and gain so much by leaving those nasty cigarettes behind. Stick around. Read and participate. You will be doing yourself (and your loved ones) a huge favor by quitting smoking for good. You just need to realize smoking does nothing positive for you.

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Congratulations Colleen! 7 years is a huge accomplishment. Celebrate big today!

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Kickin' it old school

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Congratulations Wayne! 4 years smoke free is great!

Congratulations on 4 years smoke free, @jillar Thank you for continuing to pay it forward by helping others with their quits. I hope you celebrate today. And here is your cute rabbit pic.

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Great choice, Sumanth. No need to wait. Quitting smoking is a truly great thing to do. I smoked for 20 years, starting during my freshman year in college. I ran cross-country in high school and it didn't take long after I started smoking to where I couldn't run like I used to. After quitting, running did become easier with time. Replacing smoking with a good habit, like exercise, is a great idea. The main thing is that you commit to not taking another puff, regardless if you pick up another activity or not. With time, you will see that quitting smoking will have a lot of great benefits for you. Welcome to the site. It is great to have you here.

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6 years smoke free is awesome, Sirius. Congratulations!