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I am sorry to hear this, Irene. Yep, relapses make things a lot worse. Smoking helps nothing. I'm glad you are starting a quit again (and I would suggest sooner than Friday) but remember how this feels. Relapses are not something you want to go through again. Use these feelings to encourage you to quit and stay quit for good.

I quit cold turkey, although it took me multiple attempts to quit for good. I did finally quit for good through the help of another quit site (QSMB) and in my early days I assumed all of the more established quitters there quit cold turkey as well. Turns out many of them quit cold turkey but a lot of them also quit by some sort of nicotine replacement therapy. Ultimately the most important thing is did you get to the point of no longer consuming nicotine of any type. I think the belief that cold turkey is the best way to quit is because if you are successful, it is probably the quickest way to quit. I would not discourage people from using NRT to quit if they struggle keeping a quit cold turkey though. The goal is to get to the point where nicotine is completely out of your life. Once you get to that point, you have succeeded, regardless of the method. But let me repeat this. Ultimately the most important thing is did you get to the point of no longer consuming nicotine of any type. If you are still consuming nicotine at this point in your quit, Sunshine, you really need to work on getting that out of your life once and for all. Otherwise, you are still living the life of an addict.

Nice picture, Nancy

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Congratulations @Kate18 Keep up the great work!

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Welcome Helmethermit. Whatever reason you have to quit smoking is a great one. Life without cigarettes is much better than continuing down the deadly path of smoking. This is true anytime but Coronavirus should be extra reason to quit. Stick around. There are lots of quit smoking resources for you to read and a number of successful quitters here who want to support you in succeeding. You are doing a great thing.

I'm glad you are ok and thanks for sharing. This is scary stuff and continuing to smoke would make it so much worse.

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Turn and face the strange...changes

NOPE!

Congratulations Forestgreen on 1 year of freedom. That is an awesome accomplishment. I hope you celebrate big today.

So sorry this was forgotten, forestgreen. Congratulations on 1 year smoke free and Happy Birthday!

All of this social distancing stuff made me think of the title of this song. (Don't Stand So Close To Me) The song itself obviously has nothing to do with Coronavirus but it is stuck in my mind now so I am going to post it. Stay safe people, this Coronavirus stuff is serious but hopefully things will get better in time

NOPE - Smoking sucks!

Nope!

Nope

Happy Spring.

"Oh who put all those cares inside your head You can't live your life on your deathbed "''

Congratulations Ace! Keep up the great work!

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Congratulations Darcy! You are doing great.

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