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Well fukcin, fukity, fuk!!!!!! That's the good side of life at the moment. Putting out fires in two places 1,100 km apart and this will last for weeks so I'll be in transit a lot and one place is pretty remote; as in - Oh, you've actually seen water that comes out of a tap all on it's own??!! Anyway, apologies in advance if I miss any celebration posts ? Don't hesitate to post your own or for a friend if you know the date? After a whole bunch of bad sh*t started happening at once, it surprised me that my brain jumped immediately to STRONG thoughts of lighting up a smoke and chain smoking till I just passed out or or couldn't breathe. I didn't think it was possible to be that overwhelmed by a strong urge to smoke after being quit for more than a year? Anyway, those thoughts have now been replaced now with a strong desire to inflict pain, misery and possibly bodily harm on certain folk ?

You've done the hardest work in this 1st month. Be proud of what you've accomplished and reward yourself. Keep working at it boater, It does get easier the further you push yourself

It's my great pleasure to welcome you to the Lido Deck Missdixie 1 full year smoke free today! What a proud moment it is for you. Please take your well earned place on a lounge here and soak up not only the sunshine but well wishes from your fellow quitters too. You have done this by noping 1 day at a time for the past 365 days! There's always a special bond between quitters taking on this challenge together and it;s been my pleasure to share the journey with you, Enjoy this day to the fullest ?

Congrats Sslip! Good work on reaching 4. You'll be golden if you just keep looking ahead.

You DID IT! 1st month, the hardest trial there is in this quitting process, is now behind you. Great work R! Smoke free for a whole month so go treat yourself Then carry on to better days ahead!

Congratulations Sparkzzz on reaching your 7 month smoke free milestone! Hope you celebrate this achievement before pushing on to even better days. I'm sure your finding new and wonderful benefits as a non-smoker all the time now

Huge congrats Weegie! This is a big milestone as it marks that halfway point in achieving a full year quit! Be sure to celebrate this today and reward yourself for keeping that commitment you made to yourself 6 months ago Smoke-free for a half year now!!

Really solid quit JB - congrats!! You're getting it done so take a little time today to celebrate your accomplishment. Keep up the great work

Look at you Octain! 4 months smoke free today - great work! You've hung in there during the early days and I;m sure you're now starting to enjoy the benefits of being a non-smoker. Be sure to celebrate your milestone today. Maybe go for a ride on your motorcycle?

I just got done removing 12 full sections of wooden fencing from the back yard and cleaned up a huge pile of shingles off the lawn (lost 1/2 my roof shingles right down to the bare wood). We had a big wind storm today and the damage in the area is something I have never seen before! I would say 85% of homes have some degree of damage. Guess what I'm doing this weekend?!!

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Well, don't they say bad things come in 3's? If that's true, you should be good to go!

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Mine was about like what you describe Saz! It was by far and away the most debilitating and longest lasting quit symptom I experienced. I felt pretty much useless for a month or more ?

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I'm glad you found your way through that dark time Sunny! It is certainly overwhelming at times for most of us particularly in those early days. I don't know if you noticed but there is also a "Pre Respond to your Own SOS" thread on that page that you can utilize as a help tool too. You can post up a meaningful message to yourself that you can read if you're feeling weak at some point. Hope your having a better day today

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The others have given you a lot of great info. to work with lml And, you are right. Those 1st times doing things without smoking are when we are challenged. They say the seasonal changes are the same way. We tend to do different things in different seasons so it can take up to a full year to have met all those challenges head on. Of course, things do get progressively easier as you move forward but there are still new situations right throughout that 1st year.

This addiction is very powerful in ways we just don't expect DV. It will attack us at moments we don;t expect because it figures our guard is down or we just are tired of fighting. These are the times we must rally all of our commitment and fight that son-of-a-bitch!! My guess is these are the last dying, full scale attacks your addiction is rallying against you. It knows you are winning and it won't go away easily. You fight through these days and you will see how much better it gets and how much easier this becomes a little further down the line. It happens that way for ALL of us - it will for YOU too DV; you'll see

Oh boy! You're 1/4 year smoke free today Roopy That's fantastic - congratulations! Be sure to celebrate this special milestone today by treating yourself to something nice ?

Great job Rory 4 months smoke free is a great accomplishment. Celebrate all your hard work today!