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I was away and missed your birthday...hope it was great!

vaping is just another way to get the nicotine in the body.... cold turkey is always my choice for quitters because there is a level of discomfort that you have to get through in order to be able to get through life smoke free. The discomfort you feel in the first hours, days, weeks and months after quitting are what mentally prepares you for the rest of your smoke free life

San Diego to be exact. To meet my new grandson. I am nervous because it's the first time I have ever traveled alone...especially flying. People who know me think I am so self confident and in many ways they are right B) ...but when it comes to traveling...I am a chicken. Wish me luck! I will check in when I can Behave y'all and chicks...watch those sticks!! Babs :wub:

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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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she is beautiful! Great job!

well done Jim! Even though you just lurk these days...we are very proud of you! Way to go!!

well done C2B!!

Happy Birthday Grace!

Happy Birthday Nancy!

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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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way to Go Grace!! You have a beautiful quit going there!

yay!