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Yay Tiffany!!!

-13 hello all!!

Very proud of you! 1 day at a time, sista

Has it really been 2 years??? wow...where has the time gone!?!?!?! Well done my friend!!

Omg Sorry I cursed you out BAT happy to read it was a dream. Thank god!! Xoxo

Happy Birthday Marylandquitter!!

Tiff, what you are describing is exactly how it was for me. For most of us. Just when I would feel "I got this!!" ..I would immediately get restless. But as long as you know it's normal...you just accept the roller coaster as is and eventually it does get less and less flip floppish. I promise. Great job on day 2!! Woo hoo!!

Don't listen to the smokers Even though they are lovely people...they are addicts and can't bear to believe that you have the "willpower" and they don't. This isn't about will power. It's about being smarter than your addiction. Even though they love you...they want you to fail so they say stuff to make you doubt yourself because lets face it....addicts love others to stay addicted with them Stay in your lane.....you got this TIFFANY!!

Life is really so simple...WE are the ones who make it complicated Because the truth is....if you BELIEVE the cigarette will give you any kind of comfort or joy...then you will suffer a great deal. Not just in the early part of your quit, but for YEARS after...if you can stay quit that long. This is where the education part comes in. If there is something you want that you believe will make you feel good...most people don't have the willpower to refrain from. Those that do...are miserable and live their life miserably always thinking they are being deprived. They aren't. It's all in their head. All about their belief system. I remember a show that was on...not sure if it still is but it was called 'My Strange Addiction. The people on that show had some of the strangest addictions I had ever heard of. I only watched 1 episode and on this episode..there was a couple who became addicted to coffee enemas. Their addiction became so bad that they took turns taking care of their kids so the other parent could spend 8 hours in the bathroom giving themselves an enema. That sounds crazy to you, right? Of course! But to them...it relieved them of their suffering. Well folks.....that is how non smokers look at smokers. With good reason....because after the initial physical withdrawal that only lasts a short while....that is exactly how it is. All in your head! You believe in it. Because you believe in it...you obsess over it. Because you obsess over it...you drive yourself crazy trying to convince yourself maybe this was a bad time to quit...maybe just one puff...maybe i'll just be a social smoker...maybe this..maybe that. There is no maybe. YOU STILL BELIEVE--and until you de-program your brain with constant reading, videos, repeating NOPE, mantras like 'there is no such thing as 1 cigarette" or just constantly remind yourself that you are a non smoker, that smoking a cigarette DOES NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING for you..until you reverse the programming that has been in your head for so long...you will always suffer, you will always be a minute away from relapse...you will always struggle. Even though there are thousands of "excuses" why people relapse or smoke...here are the most common BS lies. 1. Boredom--what's more boring than putting something in your mouth and lighting it on fire...really? I can think of a thousand more things to do with my time. 2. Anxiety--smoking increases your heart rate thus..increasing the anxiety (the only time smoking relieves you of any symptoms are when you are in the withdrawal period and it only gives you relief because you are feeding the addiction) 3. Help you concentrate--Really? again...an illusion (after the first few days) Smoking adds thousands of chemicals to the bloodstream and ultimately decreasing the oxygen to the brain. How does that really help?? We need oxygen to THINK...not jet fuel. 4. " I'm under too much stress right now" This is life, you will always have stress. The smoking trap was designed to hook you for life. The only 'good time to quit' is NOW. 5. ANY OTHER LAME EXCUSE ENTER HERE...cause that is what it is.

NOPE!!

Welcome back And no more window licking Got it? :)

NOPE!

Nope!

I didn't often get sick when I was a smoker, but when I did...the hacking cough lingered for weeks. You know the kind: Cough till you can't breathe, dry cough, non productive, gonna pee my pants kind of cough I still don't get sick often...just once a year but now it's a cold...a regular sniffles, a little bit of a cough, and it's DONE Love it still hate having a cold..but not nearly as bad as I used to

woot woot!

you've come a long way, baby!! Good job!

Great work Beacon!!!!

Happy Birthday Marti!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Welcome back Evelyn Non lecture from me Never quit on the quit Ever.

Nope!!!! Quit train is back !!

Not one Puff EVER

Way to go Leanna!!! I remember when for the longest time we thought your name was anneal Proud of you and so excited for your soon to be arrival!!

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the beginning is always a drag (no pun intended. Well....maybe haha) However.... sticky quits only have 1 beginning and never again :) You got this.