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Congratulations on reaching yet another milestone in your quit journey. 2 Months now and still going. I'm sure things are settling down a little more now for you. Check in and let us know how you're doing

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Doesn't everyone eat alone?

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Hey! Careful now I'll assume you mean that in a good way?

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Interesting read - thanks for sharing Sirius Yeah the relapse percentage stated for people still early in their quit is a pretty large net they have cast there Based on what I have seen during my year paying attention to this kind of thing it's probably closer to the 90% than the 60% relapse rate. Sad but true in terms of what I have been exposed to and most of that is when people have reached out to a support group like this one too so it may even be higher for those going it alone? The longer term relapse rate could very well be pretty accurate as I have seen a few falling off the wagon so to speak after multi year quits. I think we (newbies in particular) need to be careful how they interpret this data about longer term quitters relapsing though so they aren't put off trying to quit themselves because of this seeming to be such a daunting challenge for such a long period of time. It is not that way at all unless one gets careless or is uneducated about the addiction and just doesn't understand or doesn't take it seriously that "just one" won't hurt. The struggles that most newbies face do not last all that long - not the really tough part anyway. Smoking is an addiction so there will always be "a risk" of falling back into the addiction but, once a smoker has built that solid foundation of a quit it is pretty easy to keep it. In fact, very easy to keep it. Just know that 1 smoke will destroy what you have built so, brush any mild thought of smoking away no matter what the circumstance - easy to do when you've got a year or more under your belt! Romancing your memories of how great smoking was? - don't! Smoking was something you HAD to do not something you wanted to do every hour of every day. And, always remember WHY you quit in the first place. Doesn't matter what the reason was. It was important enough to YOU so, don't forget it or think that anything has changed to make that reason less important to you.

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Congrats Jules on reaching the 1/4 Year smoke free milestone. You're doing great so just remember that you have to stay focused on the ultimate prize now. Your permanent quit Three, three who's got three?

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I would echo this exactly. My dietary leanings are somewhat less sophisticated and a tad more unhealthy?

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