Reciprocity

Congrats on reaching the 4 month milestone Jayhawk! You're 1/3 the way to your 1st full year smoke free. Even Brady's excited about that!!

Yay Weegie!! So proud of you girl! You've officially done it now. 1 whole year smoke free All your friengs and fellow quitters have showed up to welcome you to the Lido Deck

It's been posted by many here about what happens when people for whatever reason give up a well established quit and the story is the same every time and ..... it's not a happy story. Never heard one person yet come on here to say it was Great and they're glad they did it - not one person has said that! Yes, your mind is making it seem like something that would bring you great pleasure and solve your problem about having to carry on the quit battles but in reality, lighting up again would be devastating to you. Just ask Foe who's recently come back after throwing away a substantial quit. Why did you quit originally? Health reasons? Money it was costing you? The fact that smoking controlled everything in your life? So, now you're romancing smoking - why? What one good thing is smoking going to do for you? Already established above that it won't give you that nirvana moment you're seeking. Many people who have taken that path have told us that so why oh why would you want to go there? I understand you're growing weary of the constant battles, even though they may not be as difficult as they were in the beginning but you are at a place now where you have no viable choice but to continue because going forward is the ONLY direction that will bring you the peace and happiness you're seeking. Going back will crush you immediately as you exhale that first and second drag from that cocktail of chemicals you mistakenly think is your comforting friend. Carry on MLMR no matter what! As everyone is telling you ....... it WILL get better

I'd bet you could out do Boo in the weightlifting department Linda if you really set your mind to it

I don't envy you Foe as those first days are not something I think back fondly on but, as you know. you gotta go through those to get to the more manageable days. Congrats on finishing day 1! Hope you sleep well. I remember sleep being my best friend during my early quit. No cravings when you're sleeping

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Like the others have said, I think we all go through that "something's not right" feeling for some period of time. Smoking was tied to everything in our lives and suddenly, it's not! That's a huge change in almost everything we do and feel throughout each day. As for that Red NO SMOKING Warning Sign flashing in the background, I think that's pretty normal too. I know I had to really focus on being a non-smoker for probably the best part of my first year. It didn't seem natural to me and I wasn't yet comfortable with the fact that I was a non-smoker. Now, it's second nature to me and I even have trouble seeing myself as a used-to-be smoker

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Nope! Hipsters be like .... Eat food; don't smoke!

Still here

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Pets are living things that grow up as part of our families, sharing the other family events that make up all the important memories in our lives. That makes it really difficult to have to see them go but, because we love them, we must make the decisions that are best for them in the last days of their lives. It's tough but compassionate. We're thinking of you and Bayleigh Joe.

Congrats Octain on being yet another member of our quit family to reach into double digits with your quit! I bet you are amazed, as we all were, at just how strong you really are when you want something bad enough. Be sure to celebrate your 10th month of freedom

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It's open table buffet all day, every day around my place so time change means nothing around here..

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Welcome to Quit Train Foe! I hope you learned from whatever happened that lead you to starting up again. Giving up a quit that is that advanced is a real shame. Let's get you on the road to your forever quit Take a tour around the train here. It's probably similar to your previous form in a lot of ways. Education about our addiction is a beneficial thing so read all you can. You know you can do it because you have done it before but this time, you just need to change what ever it was that lead you back to lighting up. I'm really happy you decided to quit again. Your life may depend on it!