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You may think you are quiet but, hearing cuts out when you are in the throes.

-6 Stick's middle name is 'Desperate' lately.

You are going to go through a year of craves getting milder and also seasonal triggers. Each trigger you conquer will change your brain and wrench your reward system away from nicotine. The biochemistry of this is astounding and once you reclaim these receptors, they are Yours forever ! They will only return to nicotine if you do so, NOPE your way through. This is why rewards are so important. You are doing so great, have a super attitude and are ruthless in Sticks/Chicks !

you may well have to adjust medications, @Vivianne Medication Adjustments That May Be Necessary After Quitting Smoking Have a good time, V !

Oh, why now ?

-4 stop taking cheating lessons from bakon !!!! It will only make the spankings not nice like they are now.

we're here too, Juan. Reward yourself for conquering this episode !

Can @Doreensfree HEAR @Boo COMING (sp) YET ? The rest of the neighborhood certainly can.

Well, go find a girlfriend, Juan ! That will keep you busy and your mind off smokes, for sure. lol.

-5 making new friends with your Spankers, I see....Mighty One. That's so sweet!

Bump for @Juanrmartino2 and all of us. Pay attention to what your body requires !

here it is You think you have a hard time but you don't. Just imagine: twice weekly Chemo treatment ... breathing from a tube up your nose fed by some Oxygen concentrator. An hour or so baking your internal organs under the Radiation Emitter. Wasting away on a Terminal Diagnosis with mere months to live.. That's a hard time. A. Real. Hard. Time. This? This is nothing. NOTHING. EZPZ

Identify what your body really requires. You quit smoking....you don't need smokes for sure.

Take some concentrated deep beautiful breaths of oxygen. In through your nose, out through your mouth. Think of good times. Eat a little something ! Are you Hungry Angry (emotional) Lonesome (bored) Tired ? Deal with those things. Do not smoke, smoking is ridiculous

You have a great quit going. Concentrate on your success, Juan. Your freedom from addiction.

illness caused by smoking....a lot of that in hospital

Juan, There are too many cigarettes in the world ! Smokes have NOTHING for you, nada nunca nadie

Juan, Did you see The Sarge's post about what is hard ? You may be uncomfortable but, you can power through this. Put your mind to beautiful things instead of thinking that this is hard, help your brain re-configure itself.

Check this thread out also, Red Flags

-5 thanks for holding down the spot, V

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NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

So glad you have jumped into your Freedom, @Vivianne, you are right where you belong and we are really happy to have you here. Already, you are making a difference. Your enthusiasm is contagious just like your decision to quit smoking and put nicotine addiction to sleep. The next few days will see the end of the physical symptoms of quitting as nicotine and all the poisons involved in cigarettes start to leave your body Forever. The healing has begun. The cilia in your lungs are sloughing off all that gunk, your blood is cleaning itself, your brain begins to re-wire. Make sure you reward yourself. The Significance of Rewards

@Vivianne we go to 0 before we start -1 and I call it The Big 0, lol. So you have The BIG 0 (congratulations on your BIG WIN ! ) and I will take -1

Sorry to hear you chose to smoke, Axyz. Even if you have a quit buddy, you need to make your quit all about YOU and not pay any mind to other people's failures or, be tempted by other smokers. You are not missing anything...they are missing everything. I am glad you decided to start again. You can build yourself a successful quit by learning more about nicotine addiction and internalizing the information. NOPE means NOPE and Freedom is delicious.