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Congratulations on 19 days quit. As Jillar said, these things to sound normal and a lot of us have gone through them. You are right...with time, these feelings will be a distant memory. Continue to fight through cravings, brain fog, etc. and things do slowly get better. You are so much better off without cigarettes. The early struggles are definitely worth the long time reward of a smoke free life.

That's awesome, Kate. I am glad your quit is going so well.

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I had something similar to those sensations early on, especially when I had the urge to smoke. I would just deeply inhale air and hold it in, like I was smoking, but without the cigarette. It was a weird, spontaneous thing but I didn't get to the point of not being able to get that deep breath. I agree with Jillar, if you are concerned, definitely ask your doctor.

Awesome work, Jack!

Congratulations on 1 month smoke free, @idontsmoke Great job!

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Great job @Amierouge Congratulations on 3 months of freedom!

I'm glad you are doing so great with your quit, John. Congratulations!

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Congratulations on 3 years smoke free, @Latoya

Congratulations @Christina

Welcome aboard, Sarah. You are doing a great thing in quitting smoking. You are also right in wanting to have a positive attitude towards quitting. I made several short quit attempts that failed. This was because I viewed quitting as giving up something I loved to do. It wasn't until I realized and fully embraced the truth that smoking did nothing positive for me that I was able to quit for good. I was just feeding an addiction all while throwing away money on an addiction that was slowly killing me and also making me feel bad in living in a society that has grown increasingly anti-smoking. A quit smoking forum like this really helped me. There is a lot of advice and support you can gain here to help you quit for good. Also, if you haven't done so, seek out Allen Carr's book "The Easyway to Quit Smoking." Some people have mixed reactions to the book but it really helped me to see that smoking was doing nothing positive for me at all and that really helped me out. It is great to have you here and I hope you stick around. Quitting smoking is definitely doable and a smokefree life is worth whatever early struggles you may have.

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