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NOPE first day of year thirteen

Thank you for all the good wishes. I was dismissing rewarding myself, well, you know...after 12 years... but, splurged and bought myself a rug I've been lusting after. Now, I have a concrete reminder of my accomplishment. Y'all, please remember to reward yourself, to mark all dates important to you. At the beginning, I rewarded myself minute to minute by stashing the money I would have spent smoking and with little things that made me happy, like a sit in the sun or listening to a piece of music, wetting my brushes. These rewards are super important to re-enforce your quit with healthy driven endorphins. Thanks again to everyone here. S

Quitting Girl! Thank you for the celebrations and so happy you are here herding the cats AND keeping your precious quit.

Doreen! My beloved Smut Sister. Thank you for everything you do, you make a huge difference. Please take good care of your sweet self. Reci! Very nice to see you. Thank you for well wishes and congrats on your quit also.

Thank you SO much, Denali and congratulations on your quit. Stay on the good foot, girleen. xx Thank you, Paul. Hope you are well and cooking up delights.

Thank you so much, Johnny. Very nice to see you here, you've always been stalwart support for which I am very grateful. S Thank you so much Cbdave! We all deserve rewards for fighting the addiction.

Hello darling nicotine free creatures and those ready to be free. My anniversary...how many years? Twelve maybe. Forgotten as years of freedom expand but surely remember those first seconds that lasted forever turning begrudgingly into minutes before the next crave wave would hit. Craves did not capture me. I held my ground. But honestly, gave this, my quitting 'experiment' a year. If I didn't feel better after a year, I could always go back to smoking. Never would have surfaced sans nicotine had I not begun to learn about addiction, what addiction does, how to circumvent brain patterns. Information available on this site and others, Joel Spitzer's straightforward videos taking the voodoo out of it. I read voraciously as my understandings emerged as a reliable personal strength, learning what was going on in my brain, how to change. How to jump start clean endorphins by rewarding myself with joyous thoughts, sights, things. Life lessons applicable to many varied situations. I knew I would not smoke anymore; I broke the chains. After a year of nicotine free lurking, I joined QTrain to thank all the people that helped me unknowingly and pointed me towards needed materials. Being part of the community was rewarding, I count many as friends and think I helped some. Certainly, flooded the train with posts, sharing more information I drudged up. For newbies or those lurking, remember that freedom from addiction is well within your power. Yes, there will be gnarly times, but these will not kill you. Smoking will. And if not kill, make your living a slow breathless dying and for what? for greasing the pockets of corporations leaving your families bereaved? for indulging an addiction that robs you of Living? WTF ? You pay, if not with your life than with the quality of your life, the quality of your death! Those things are beastly HARD. But you know that, we all know that... some of you are ridden with guilt over it. STOP IT PLEASE! My purpose in this note is to inspire you to quit and hold on to your resolve because I KNOW your freedom is within your power. You CAN. You WILL. Beating addiction is temporarily difficult and profoundly rewarding in short time. Short Time. So, read up. Educate yourself. Know you are not alone. Realize you can choose Freedom in every breath, every day and bask in gratitude that you chose Life. Your Life. I smile about, my experiment in quitting for a year to see how I liked it. It is the best thing I have done for myself, hands down. There will be no going back as NOPE etches deeper into my grey matter. NOPE. Not One Puff. EVER. Never ever Never.

Hello darling nicotine free creatures and those ready to be free. My anniversary...how many years? Twelve maybe. Forgotten as years of freedom expand but surely remember those first seconds that lasted forever turning begrudgingly into minutes before the next crave wave would hit. Craves did not capture me. I held my ground. But honestly, gave this, my quitting 'experiment' a year. If I didn't feel better after a year, I could always go back to smoking. Never would have surfaced sans nicotine had I not begun to learn about addiction, what addiction does, how to circumvent brain patterns. Information available on this site and others, Joel Spitzer's straightforward videos taking the voodoo out of it. I read voraciously as my understandings emerged as a reliable personal strength, learning what was going on in my brain, how to change. How to jump start clean endorphins by rewarding myself with joyous thoughts, sights, things. Life lessons applicable to many varied situations. I knew I would not smoke anymore; I broke the chains. After a year of nicotine free lurking, I joined QTrain to thank all the people that helped me unknowingly and pointed me towards needed materials. Being part of the community was rewarding, I count many as friends and think I helped some. Certainly, flooded the train with posts, sharing more information I drudged up. For newbies or those lurking, remember that freedom from addiction is well within your power. Yes, there will be gnarly times, but these will not kill you. Smoking will. And if not kill, make your living a slow breathless dying and for what? for greasing the pockets of corporations leaving your families bereaved? for indulging an addiction that robs you of Living? WTF ? You pay, if not with your life than with the quality of your life, the quality of your death! Those things are beastly HARD. But you know that, we all know that... some of you are ridden with guilt over it. STOP IT PLEASE! My purpose in this note is to inspire you to quit and hold on to your resolve because I KNOW your freedom is within your power. You CAN. You WILL. Beating addiction is temporarily difficult and profoundly rewarding in short time. Short Time. So, read up. Educate yourself. Know you are not alone. Realize you can choose Freedom in every breath, every day and bask in gratitude that you chose Life. Your Life. I smile about, my experiment in quitting for a year to see how I liked it. It is the best thing I have done for myself, hands down. There will be no going back as NOPE etches deeper into my grey matter. NOPE. Not One Puff. EVER. Never ever Never.

want to squeeze all celebration hours out of my 12th anniversary and thank Cbdave for tirelessly keeping this thread alive. NOPE for me, today and all days to come.

Hey Benny ! Congratulations on making the best decision of your life (or one of the top). Educate yourself, there is a plethora of materials here. Once you know the facts, smoking becomes abhorrent and more easily discarded. It may not be easy at first but, I know it is easier than dying from an endless list of preventable diseases and ailments. Reward yourself, you are doing a great thing.

Well Smut Sister, So happy to see you have been showered with sausages, or have you been showering with sausages? At any rate, Happy Twelve to YOU! This past year flew by like somebody with their pants on fire. Remember that first year that d r a g g e d on like every minute was a lifetime? Celebrate wildly, Doreen. You are magnificently loved by all.

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NOPE Hello all you nicotine free creatures! Not One Puff EVER. Proud to be NOPE-ing after more than 11 years!

Here is a new post from Joel addressing the industry's newest tactic. Please stay alert and aware. Don't get fooled again! Tobacco Companies Just Won't Quit

NOPE not a thought or a twinge or trigger or crave now well into my 11th year of Freedom. never a good time, no matter how long, to take anything for granted so my vigilance is maintained every day.