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  4. i did use little mind tricks to play with in the beginning of my quit...like talk to the crave like I had a little monster inside of me that was dying...and it was trying all sorts of ways to get me to weaken and feed it. I would say...oh you sneaky SOB...nice try!! haha... another trick I would do would be to take 3 deep breaths...holding in my breath longer and longer and by the third one...held it in as long as I could...by the time i would blow out that last breath...my craving was gone. No different than if I had actually smoked a cigarette...only, if I actually HAD smoked a cigarette...the nightmare cycle would NEVER end. Some days were worse than others...I would do the 3 deep breath trick 4 times in an hour sometimes maybe more...gradually...slowly some days...the need to do it decrease :) another "trick" I would use was always having a bottle of water with me...take a nice gulp...most of us don't drink enough water anyway. there are many tricks you can do to ease your immediate discomfort but it really is dangerous to romance the cigarette in any shape or form...I am proud of you in your quit so far though....but make no mistake...the cigarette is the enemy and you don't want to continue to make yourself believe you just had one. On the contrary...you want to repeat to yourself mantras like "there is no such thing as 1 cigarette" or "i will not be a slave to nicotine" or my favorite "I'm a non smoker...why would I want to smoke, silly?" Keep at it...keep reading and watching videos...keep posting.....and NOPE!!
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  8. she is beautiful! Great job!
  9. well done Jim! Even though you just lurk these days...we are very proud of you! Way to go!!
  10. well done C2B!!
  11. Happy Birthday Grace!
  12. Happy Birthday Nancy!
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  14. And that's how it's done!! Good job Kenzie in posting the sos. amAzing job quit train !! You all are awesome.
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  16. so glad for the quit train and all you wonderful quitters!

    1. Doreensfree

      Doreensfree

      I'm with you babs

    2. Stewie

      Stewie

      Yeah nice place, good people.

    3. jimmy

      jimmy

      love yall

       

  17. way to Go Grace!! You have a beautiful quit going there!
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    yay!
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  21. I started off changing my routine at first.. but the more I learned about this addiction the more I realized that the sooner I faced a "first" head on...the quicker I got over it. "first" coffee, "first" drive in the car, "first" meal...it just got easier and easier each time I did it. Alcohol I was still cautious about for a while because in the past I ruined quits with it... so, I avoided alcohol for a while. I avoided gambling for 4 years!! haha...should have stayed away from that though.

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