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I too remember in the early days of my quit, a day seemed like a whole week. It was if time was almost standing still! Not sure why. Maybe just because of sensory overload? It was brutal. That and the seething anger/frustration I felt boiling up inside me almost constantly. It was pure luck that I didn't do harm to any poor unsuspecting person during my early quit days Seems so long ago now. It's hard to think about those days now that it's a distant memory but it was very real for a time.

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Welcome DF! You've made a great choice in quitting. Please hand around here and read as much as you can during the early days and watch some of Joel's videos about smoking (there's a whole separate page for those). Education about the addiction and how it works will be key to your quitting and staying quit. Keep that list hand so you can look at it whenever the craving to smoke threatens to push you backwards. Keep your goal fresh in mind always and be strong in your commitment - say NOPE every day in the NOPE thread (Not One Puff Ever)! See you around

TobacNO - nothing and yet everything is normal when you're quitting ; if you get what I'm saying? It's uncharted territory for all of us when we first quit and our bodies and minds react in different ways I guess. It's more a matter of how you react to those changes that will dictate whether it's going to be a problem for you and for how long. Eventually, everything returns to normal except, we are no longer killing ourselves by inhaling poison every day

Good to see you're still a quitter Jack Matters not how you're doing it as long as you keep doing it! Feels great the further you go without smoking doesn't it?

There are many symptoms related to quitting smoking and not everyone experiences all of them although we all experience some. It matters not which one's we experience individually providing we deal with them and not go back to smoking because of them. Learning to focus on the positive benefits that come our way rather than on the negative symptoms is important as it makes the quitting process less difficult. As we all know, quit symptoms are only temporary. Benefits from quitting are permanent

Wow! 8 Months smoke free today! Congrats CL. Hope you celebrate yet another milestone in your forever quit. Give yourself a pat on the back for all the hard work you've done to get here

3/4 way to the Lido Deck tocevoD! Terrific job you've done solidifying your quit. Be sure to reward yourself for reaching yet another milestone in this journey. I'm sure you're very proud and happy, as you should be

Congrats on 9 months smoke free Fab! You are three quarters of the way to the Lido Deck now. Celebrate the occasion my friend

Great work LT! 2 months is fantastic and proof that you are in this for the long term Reward yourself then carry on building and protecting that quit.

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Great Job Albert! 6 months and halfway to the Lido Deck. This is a big milestone Albert so be sure to treat yourself to something nice Cheers Mate!

I have a friend who's a mortician and he likes smokers!

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You will fill those moments by just saying NOPE every time those thoughts enter your head and by the time you are mowing your lawn next spring ........ you will NOT be thinking about smoking at all through the whole process. A cold brew after it's done maybe but smoking will not be part of your thought process by then if you stay clean from here on It;s why we pledge a full year here in this place. You have to face all the seasonal triggers for a full year through all the seasonal changes before your brain is truly and fully adjusted to life that doesn't include puffing as a reward or as an escape from something.

Thanks for the update Joe! Hope the birthing things goes well next week. Let us know how it turns out. And yes! We all love a few new quitters. The more the merrier