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Remember Doreen. Wine drinkers drink from a glass. Never straight from the bottle!!

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I am happy to hear that you HAVE made that commitment to yourself because that is a critical step. That brokerage job on Wall Street must have been crazy pressure I have the DVD Wall Street - Love It!! I'm sure it's not like the reality but still So now it's time for you to take care of YOU and we can help you do that. Hang around and find out because smoking is high stakes too - your life may depend on what you do. We choose life here on the Quit Train!

That's right D1. We can't change those stupid decisions we made back when we started smoking. What's done is done. Now we just gotta pull ourselves up by the boot-straps and put in the time and hard work required to get us to the point where we can manage any thoughts we might have of smoking easily. We can't make it like we never smoked but ... we can commit to never smoking again

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Hi Vince and welcome to Quit Train. So you understand some of the harm smoking has already done to you and are concerned about what harm may have been already been caused but you still aren't ready to fully commit yourself to a life without smoking. You would like to but, you haven't really made that commitment to yourself yet - am I right? Only YOU can do that Vince, We here have already done that for ourselves and turned our lives around so, it IS possible but the first step is to make that unwavering commitment to yourself to quit for good! Next step is to educate yourself about nicotine addiction by reading all you can here - there's lots of information available and even reading the posts from others who have made the journey helps a lot. Watch the Joel videos on smoking. Education is SO important in order for you to understand all the lies your addiction have been telling you all these years. Once you truly understand that smoking does nothing good for you and only takes, it will be a lot easier to leave it behind. We all "loved" smoking at one point Vince but now we know the truth about it and we guard our quits with our lives. I hope you stick around and take your life back Vince. It IS possible for anyone to quit. The beauty of this place is you have a lot of others who know exactly what you are going through and can give you unconditional support along the way. That in itself is a great quitting aid.

Possibly cheaper there too if you get to the right place I was in Tampa a couple of weeks ago for a few days and the weather was fabulous. About 80 degrees, not humid and sunny, sunny, sunny Enjoy your trip!

Lol - false I do get a local weekly paper (sometimes - when the delivery guy sobers up enough to bring them). TNP has an allergy to something?

Nope! I won't smoke on Sat. April 27th

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Hey efficacy! What you're feeling is perfectly normal. I was like that for a few days at first. Could barley function. I quit on a Sunday morning and had to take 2 days off work just to deal with the beginning part of my quit. I basically laid on the couch for those days and watched DVD's just to pass the time. I remember going back into work on the Wed. and freaking out about some relatively minor issue at work and thinking .... have I returned too soon? Can I deal with this and my quit too? Well, obviously I did but it was a struggle - no question. And time seemed to stand still back in the early days of my quit as well. I remember looking forward to crawling into bed as early as I dared each night because once I was asleep, the constant craving I was feeling would stop. Ahhh .... the good old days of early quit! Just know it is doable. Nothing you will come up against is insurmountable. Stay positive. Look at the benefits you are already seeing. How much $$ have you saved? You no longer smell of stale cigarette smoke. There's lots of good things already happening. Focus on those and all the other good things to come

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You know best what will work for you. Once you quit putting nicotine into your body altogether, you will be truly free and then it will be a matter of never putting nicotine back into your body ever! Then and only then, you have truly taken back your life

And guess what? You, as well as all the rest of us, are worth much more than damaging ourselves by smoking so let's get you quit this time for good

Turn that around this time by being your own best friend by doing the best thing you possibly can for your future! YOU, like all of us, CAN do it too no matter what method you use. Don't be fooled into thinking that some have it easier than others because they use a smoking cessation aid in the beginning. They too have to do ALL thar hard work that those of us who quit cold turkey do at some point. It just breaks it up a little bit more. It's not necessarily an easier road to travel because it can take a little longer using those aids. You know yourself better than anyone and therefore what might work best for you. Once you have decided how you want to proceed, just stay true to that commitment you have now made to yourself to quit smoking no matter what your addiction throws at you in the early days because we are here to support you through that phase of quitting. Just get on the board here and ask for help or advice. That's why we're here. I think you just might surprise yourself

I agree with what Doreen is saying R3; it's now time to make a plan to get off the gum. That doesn't mean quitting it right away but make a workable plan that YOU can live with. If you're using 3 per day, cut that down to 2 per day for a week or so then down to one per day for a short time then set a date to stop altogether. That way you will know how cutting it down will affect your cravings. It shouldn't be a gig deal at this point because you have done well in adjusting to the mental part of not smoking cigarettes and that's a major step forward because that's what takes the longest. Adjusting your day to day life so you can go about your day without smoking cigarettes. Getting nicotine out of your body is a 2 -4 day process once you stop putting it into your body by what ever means (smoking, vaping, gum, patches or sprays). It should not be that big an issue now after 4 months of not smoking. When you start cutting down on the gums and get a craving, distract yourself. Think about something else or go do something, even if it's just a walk around your living area. There are all kinds of ways to distract yourself. Whatever the case, you don't want to use the gums as a new mental crutch to keep putting nicotine into your body. That would just ruin all your hard work for the past 4 months.