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It's now official Chrispy, 5 Years without a smoke - congratulations!! That's really something to celebrate

Thanks for the concern all I really don't mind the snow & cold so much. I'll be warm enough once I attend Joe's cookout

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Good for you - YES!! Remember how this feels because you never want to do it again, right? You are pretty much at the peak of any discomfort now that you are 3 days smoke free. Stay strong and stay close to the board here. Let us support you. Read all you can and watch all the videos you can. There's a ton of information available here for you. That will help educate you about this addiction and people here can relate to you because we have all been through that first week! Keep your resolve not to smoke because you will soon be over the worst of it and you have a lot invested now. Build on that. That's how it's done. A little at a time

Dig in Christine. You'll be fine if you take smoking off the table completely. 3 days is pretty much the peak of discomfort in your quit. After 3 days, nicotine is completely out of you system if you are quitting cold turkey. That doesn't mean if gets easy after that but at least that part is done. Then, it;s a matter of retraining your brain to function without cigarettes every hour or so. They call your first week quit "Hell Week". I'm sure you can imagine why now. Stay close to this board over the next while and vent or ask questions or just let us know what you are feeling. That's why we're here. To help you along your journey. We have ALL been where you are right now. We KNOW what you are going through and can at the very least lend you support

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That's great! And certainly something to celebrate. I always say, and truly feel, it's not us long term quitters that are the heroes around this place. It's you newbies!! I remember being in that first week on my quit and it takes all you have to deal with all the changes going on in your body and mind. But, if you stick with it, you will soon be one of us old-timers cheering on a whole new group of "just quit" people. We longer term quitters here truly take as much joy in seeing others being successful at quitting as we did with our own quits. It's truly something amazing to be part of

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Well, that's good but don't minimize your few days because that's a huge accomplishment!! Time seems to almost stand still in the early part of our quit because of the adjustment our brain is experiencing. That will pass soon enough. Learn something positive from this recent craving. That they only last a few moments and like BOO said, you don;t want to make a long term decision based on temporary feelings. These are the tools we pick up in our early days of quitting Also, think about going to the SOS page and post a message to yourself in the "Pre-respond to your own SOS thread. You can post a message about why you want to stay quit and read it any time you feel you want to smoke. It's another good tool or, just post up an SOS on that page and wait until your get at least 3 responses. People will be alerted when you post in that thread. Stay strong Christine

Great Job BOO! OO Beat those chicks big time!

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Don't buy smokes! You have a few days invested already in this quit. Don't throw those away. Go for a walk or have a shower or a bath instead. Do anything but smoke. You CAN get through these tough moments Christine. Think about the reasons you wanted to quit. Keep those fresh in your mind! Smoking kills - quitting heals

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