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What Doreen said Lisa. Feeling terrible about "choosing to smoke" again will not help you at all. Use this disappointment to double down on your determination to quit and stay quit! You need to want to quit MORE than you want to smoke again. Post an SOS if this happens again and let someone talk to you about what you are throwing away if you smoke even just one. We know these early days are tough. They were tough for all of us. No one is special in that regard. There were some times when I wanted to crawl into a hole and just hide or sleep and just not be wanting to smoke any more. We all have those times but you need to do whatever you need to in order to get past those moments. They will not last forever but, the addiction will if you keep feeding it. Let us help you with this Lisa. Come here as often as you can and read, post and interact with us so we know best how we can help you. You CAN do this Lisa

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In case you're new to the forum, here's some more information on this important feature. There is a separate page for SOS posts. You'll see it at the top of the main page of the forum. There are two options to choose from: Pre Respond to Your Own SOS & Post an SOS. The difference between these options are this: Pre Respond to your own SOS is where you an write a message to yourself about why you quit in the first place and why you must not relapse and smoke again. That will stay there and if you ever feel the need to give yourself a pep-talk, your own words are there for you to read immediately. The Post an SOS option is where you will post a message to let other members know you are struggling to keep your precious quit. People will respond as soon as they see it. You must wait to get responses before doing anything else. The idea behind both of these emergency options is to replace those overwhelming thoughts about needing to smoke a cigarette with more rational thoughts that this is just your addiction screaming out to be fed once again. Smoking again will only reawaken your addiction to nicotine to it's full strength again and it will destroy all the hard work you have already invested into quitting so it's critical that you do not smoke again - Not One Puff Ever!! Don't ever be embarrassed to post an SOS! It will very likely save your quit. We are all overwhelmed at times in the early days of our quits - ALL of us! There's no shame in posting an SOS in fact, it's the smartest thing you could possibly do for yourself

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Haha .... between games now -2 Sask lost so they will be coming to either Toronto or Ottawa for the playoffs. Depends on who wins the late game ?

OO (Watching final CFL regular season game of the year Sask. vs Edmonton. Last night, Calgary vs Winnipeg and it was -15 & snowing!!)

OK - I heard through the grapevine, he's training a new partner so won't be available for a bit

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I forgot to mention to you about the daily NOPE pledge. That stands for: Not One Puff Ever (NOPE). There is a special page on the forum dedicated to this daily pledge that you make firstly to yourself and as well to the rest of the community. You will not smoke just for today. That the other important bit in the early stages of your quit. Take things a day at a time. Don't look too far ahead. Only today matters. Don't worry about tomorrow until it comes around!

Hello and welcome to our family of quitters Thik4Sho Having a community of people who are going through or have already gone through exactly what you are going through is a really great tool to help you stay quit. I found that out myself when I joined up here. This is a small community but we all get to know each other pretty well and help each other along the way. Please read all the "pinned" threads that you will see at the top of each page. Very helpful information and along with the support you receive here, education about this addiction is KEY in quitting and remaining quit. Smoking is an addiction and you (and all of us) are nicotine addicts. Understanding the addiction will help you outsmart it. In the early part of your quit, distract yourself in what ever way you can. Come here and read, read read. then, read it all again. Binge watch TV or videos or whatever you need to do to take your mind off the unpleasant symptoms of quitting. You CAN do it but you have to want it more than you want to go back to smoking and ruining your health even further. Most of us here were smokers for 4 or 5 decades and have successfully quit so, it CAN be done. You will get a lot more helpful information from other board members as well. Take it all in because these will be people who have already gone through exactly what you are experiencing now. Embrace the process because this is the very best thing you will ever do for yourself