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4 years is a great achievement. Congrats Joe

6 months is a huge milestone PT - congratulations! I bet you are finding things a lot easier now and a lot more enjoyable too. Be sure to reward yourself and then carry on the the back half of getting that 1st year under your belt

I still get the odd pretty strong craving to smoke after 9 months quit. These don;t come daily by any means but just occasionally. They come from nowhere and last for mere seconds and is not brought on by any identifiable trigger - just when I'm going about some mundane daily life routine. It's just enough to get my attention and it scares me a little bit because I figure those should all be gone by now but, it's gone in an instant leaving me wondering .... WTF? I don't see this as being a big issue, not like it was early on in my quit but it does go to show just how powerful this addiction really is - to me anyway. I won't smoke ever again in my life I know that. Throwing away all the work I have done this year would just not be acceptable no matter what

Congratulations to you sir on your 6 year anniversary! 6 years is impressive to say the least and something others can look to as what is possible to achieve.

^^^ Something special for yourself & a much needed service for animal friends - absolutely perfect Pumpkin

Congratulations Jess! 2 months is great. Treat yourself to something nice today then ..... back to work

Congrats Pumpkin! You're doing great and I'm sure enjoying your smoke free live. Celebrate yet another milestone today!

There is no "easy way" to quit. That's my take on it. I went CT. It sucked for probably 6 weeks and then for another 3-4 months it was up and down depending on the day. In the end, I am glad I just went off it all right away. Shortest road to Rome?? Who knows. Everyone is looking for the easiest way - the least amount of difficult days while quitting. I'm not convinced that exists. In terms of the "suck factor", you can embrace it as part of the process and focus on the good things that are starting to happen or dwell on the misery you are feeling. That's a choice you can control. In the end, as far as I'm concerned, you gotta be committed fully no matter what. If you are, eventually you WILL make the transition to being comfortable as a non smoker.

It's a live chat if someone else is posting while you are. 2 or more people have to be in chat at the same time if you want to have a live chat. That's why a predetermined time is not a bad idea although, that doesn't always work with people's time zones and/or schedules.

Great job John. I know you don't visit us too often but wanted to give you a shout out anyway. And, just to address Bakon's question of "John Who" well, here you go

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Congrats J5 on remaining quit for 3 years now. Great Job!

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Please, please . I know we sticks are superior in the counting game but such demonstrations of your praise are almost embarrassing ...........

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Me 18 then.

Boo 16 Me 17

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RF -6 Me -5

Joe -6 Me -5