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I've got a cheap waterfront property that would be perfect for ya Nana!!

Nope! No smoking unless I'm on fire!

Hang in there Steven! It's not easy in the early days - we get that! But, it's so worth while and it WILL get easier the longer you go not smoking. It's that way for all of us

Me either lol! Up here we cal it 4-Bucks cuz you ain't gettin' nothing for under 4 bucks 😆

@Mee ; I actually saw that today on the local morning news here, as we're very close to the falls. They are starting to open up more now here though. Next week there's restaurants & bars opening up but with 20% previous capacity and all kinds of other rules. they are expecting numbers to spike some as a result. The interesting things here is that now almost 75% of the new cases are with under 40's! Once they started loosening controls, it was party, party time and guess what?? Social distancing is where it's really at. All the other mask & hand washing stuff is merely icing on the cake. You're welcome to come and stay at my place for awhile. Just gotta swim across the Niagara river to get here - lol Here's my tip: Don't swim across near the whirlpool 😵

Congrats on 7 years Paul! Hope you're cookin' up something special for yourself as a treat!

Great job on getting through that 1st very tough week!

It works just fine and trust me .... you look totally normal!

Welcome Steven and congratulations on deciding to quit. I too was a long time smoker and was glad I found a place like this with so much information and so many wise people who had quit before me and stuck around to pass on information about quitting. You'll learn a lot here if you use the forum to it's full extent. Remember this about nicotine addiction: Smoking is short term pleasure followed by long term consequences and quitting is short term challenges followed by long term benefits. Choose wisely!

Congrats Mona on reaching the 1/4 year quit mark today! It's really heartening to see how you have made all your quit tools work for you so well this time 🤗 Keep up the great work!

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Each one of us here was at one time exactly where you are today Linda and we made it through to find our own personal freedom from the slavery of nicotine addiction. That's exactly where we all want to see you get to - freedom from your servitude to nicotine! It's possible - it's doable! Just grit your teeth if you have to in the early days and carry on to freedom! It will get easier as time goes on! Understand that quitting won't kill you but going back to the smokes likely will. That thought and other similar ones kept me motivated in the early days of my quit when the nicodemon was trying his best to lure me back to feeding my addiction.. One day at a time is how we do it. Before you know it, smoking will be a distant memory and the benefits you gain from quitting continue on for the rest of your nonsmoking life!

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You peeps missed my BD too! The whole place here is goin' to hell in a hand basket 😂 🤣

Rather have a sharp stick in the eye than eat any curry dish myself (and I lived 25 years in a community where almost everything was curried!)

@Doreensfree - Looks like you Brits have a promising vaccine trial on the go for this Covid-19 virus. Here's hoping it keeps progressing favourably 🤞 I may not be the complete answer but looks promising so far. At the very least it's a good step forward https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/oxford-cansino-vaccine-teams-say-early-reports-show-desired-immune-responses-1.5031017

Gone With The Wind!

NOPE!

Thought I was doing you gals a good turn by not playing anymore but .... doesn't appear to have made a bit of difference 😞

6 months - 1/2 Year. Time to celebrate before completing your first full year Great Job Angeleek!

Just do your own thing Darcy. Why worry about others and how you stack up to them or their experience as a quitter. We are all different. We all quit differently but in the end, it is our own choice as to how we quit and become free or whether we bow to our addiction and begin feeding it again. Why should you not be entitled to enjoy the benefits of being smoke free? Just do it your way because .... your way will be PERFECT for you😍 Your quit is still relatively young. Be patient. It will continue to get better and easier as time goes by. That doesn't stop at some point. It's a continual process. Give it time, lots of time. You'll see ...............

I was on the patch for 2 days then forgot to put it back on after a morning showier on the third day. Ended up giving the patches to someone else a week later and went cold turkey from there on. It was fine. A little white-knuckled at times for the first couple of weeks but I managed to navigate the storm my addiction created for me in order to try and lure me back to feeding it. NOPE! Not doin' that!