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Romanticizing the cigarette is a tough thing to let go of. Just know, as your signature says... If you have just one you will be right back where you started, and where you started was desperately wishing you were where you are right now. PS For me, there is no such thing as "Just One". This is so true. It will not be just one cigarette. It will lead to more ...and... You may think that cigarette will calm you down but it will not. It will just feed your nicotine craving and will restart the process of smoking to relive the crave. You will also feel bad for losing your quit. It is a vicious cycle and it is best to break it once and for all. It might not feel like it but you are doing great, Michelle. Keep fighting. You can do this.

Good job posting an SOS and fighting through those craves, Michelle. Each time you fight through a strong crave, it is a victory and it makes your quit stronger.

You are making it through the toughest stages of your quit, Michelle. Celebrate each hour that passes smoke free. Keep up the great work!

Congratulations Richard!

That is awesome, Diane! Keep up the great work!

NOPE - smoking sucks!

Welcome to QuitTrain, hellkat. You are making a very wise decision by putting cigarettes behind you forever. Post and ramble all you want if it helps. Do whatever you need to do as long as you don't smoke. You will find lots of support and knowledge here.

The mornings were tough for me too, Kate, but things did get better. You are doing a great job of expressing what you are experiencing. That helps you better understand what you are going through and also helps others early in their quits. Keep doing this as I believe it will help you. Also, congratulations on making it to day 2. These early milestones really are huge and I hope you realize that. Just keep taking it one day at a time and you will get there.

A support forum like this one. It really gave me a sense of accountability in my quit and wound up making quitting a much more enjoyable experience (something I didn't think possible). I also read Allen Carr's The Easy Way to Quit Smoking. Some people don't like that book but it really helped me realize that smoking did nothing positive for you at all and that quitting is one of the best things you can do. I still wouldn't call it an "easy way" but that book helped me and many others. I smoked for 20 years. The first 10 years, it was a very sociable experience. The longer I smoked, though, the more of my smoking friends either quit or I lost track of. I eventually grew to think of smoking as living under a dark cloud (literally and figuratively) of negativity, isolation and poison. I wanted out of that. When quitting, I really tried to focus on the positive. In time, you will see that smoking does absolutely nothing positive for you whatsoever. There is no negative in quitting. It can be tough but it is worth it.

NOPE - Smoking sucks!

Congratulations on 2 months smoke free, freeatlast!

Congratulations dizzy! 4 months is great!

Nope! Happy Friday everybody! 😎

Nope

Congratulations Kdad! 10 months smoke free is great!

Congratulations on 10 months TobacNo!

That is awesome, Diane. Great job. What you are going through is normal with new quitters. Most of us have gone through this. The first days are the toughest but it does get much better with time. And, as long as you commit to never taking another puff, you will not have to go through those first few days again. You are doing a great thing by putting smoking behind you.

Welcome aboard, Eight-Toe Joe. That is a great name, by the way. What you are going through is normal for many quitters but the long term benefits of quitting smoking definitely outweigh the short-term issues like brain fog. You've already been given a lot of great advice but you can get a lot of advice and support here. Stick around. We all want you to put smoking behind you for good. You will be glad you did.