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Thanks for your encouragement guys & gals :) It feels great being able to measure my quit as 1/4 year! That was a short term goal I was focused on achieving. Now that it's done I'm looking a little further out at the 1/2 year mark. Month 3 was pretty much a non issue; which is great when it comes to quitting. Just remaining on guard for those times when thoughts of smoking would suddenly rear their ugly head and try to lure me back to feeding my addiction. Those are certainly less frequent and very easy to push aside now. Just don't do anything stupid like think you can have just one, now that you figure you have a handle on things. Even stressful situations now don't seem to be a huge trigger to smoke like they were earlier on in my quit so I guess there's progress still. So that's my plan going forward. Steady as she goes from here on and just remain committed to the NOPE!

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12 Just waiting for Joe now lol :)

12 we'll wait you out then run up the score :)

12 Shouldn't you be in bed or something Doreen??

I noticed that too in my early quit. Just how great it was to breath easier right away :)

Yup, that's the way to do it AG :) Distract yourself and deep breathing to calm those anxious moments we all feel early on in our quits. You're lucky you can get outside and enjoy nice weather. Was well into the minus temps and snowy when I quit so I just huddled up inside for awhile. I know one of the things I noticed and enjoyed first when I quit was how much easier and more comfortable my breathing was. You're going about this exactly right too. Just deal with the here and now at first. Don't look too far down the road. day by day, hour by hour at first. You'll very soon be much more comfortable with this whole quitting thing :) Enjoy your start gazing 2-night. Sunsets are nice too when we get them :)

Well, AG, I was the opposite in terms of the passage of time. It felt to me like time stood still during the early part of my quit. My first month felt like a year - lol. Just goes to show how some things are different for all of us. Glad it's a "little" better today for you. Just keep focused on the prize for now hour by hour; day by day and you'll do fine :)

Yummy :)

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9 we got this Stewie ................

AG1 - you're doing great and yes, everything you are feeling is very normal. If your quit date of 4/26 is correct then you are in day 4 now? Typically the first few days and even the 1st week is pretty miserable. That's why they call it hell week. Yes, state of mind does play a big role in it but it's tough to be all cheery when that addiction is screaming at you to feed it!! Just keep fighting through the craves, the anxious feelings and do whatever makes you feel good. One of the things I remember most about the early part of my quit is how exhausted I was each day, even though I had done virtually nothing :unsure: So yes, getting as much sleep as you can will serve you well during this early quit part. By the way; I loved Az. when we toured that state by car some years ago. We went from north to south, east to west and loved it :) Very dramatic change in climate and vegetation from north to south. Absolutely beautiful place!

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I'm in the witness protection program which precludes me from revealing anything about myself :secret:

Welcome back PS :) Glad you are OK and your quit is solid! Hope your workload eases up sometime soon. Customers can be annoying at times but, where would we all be without them? We'll see if the sticks can win another few trophies while you're tied up :P

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Hey Doreen ........................... here's your map!!

That horrible "can't continue like this" feeling will soon dissipate and you will be left with just the good things you detailed AG1. That's the beauty of this whole process. Out with the bad and in with the good. The difficult time is temporary but the benefits are permanent!! That's why it's so worth it to just power through that first week of pure hell :) Keep going and you too will see! We don't see the progress day to day as much as we would like but it is gradually happening even when we don't notice it. You'll look back a week from now and realize how much better it is that that first week. It's a long journey but well worth the effort :)

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Don't forget about your tongue! Bakon wants pics - lol.

So we have a few newbies with us lately and although you're all feeling like your in the depths of hell and struggling with quitting at the moment, I'm sure there are some positive things you've noticed even this early on. Tell us about them. I for one would like to hear about the positive things you're experiencing and the more you focus on those positive things, the easier the fight will be so ...... let's hear from you! I remember when I first quit the one things that stood out in my mind was that that annoying "smoker's cough" was gone almost immediately and the constant clearing my throat before I would speak as well. Gone almost immediately and good riddance as far as I'm concerned!

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