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^^^^ I was just thinking about this the other day. I'm now getting to a very comfortable point where I'm not having to constantly remind myself that I'm quitting smoking. It's just starting to come naturally to me now. The thought of smoking seems unnatural to me at this point. It's a good and happy place to be. One I have been fighting to get to for 6 months now :) I know it will get even better too :)

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Hi samw and welcome to the QT :) I'm glad you have found that commitment you were looking for! You're right, quitting without total commitment makes the battle that much harder to win. I also found that once I truly started to believe that smoking never did anything positive for me and only enslaved me in a cycle of feeding a deadly addiction, it made things much easier for me to just push aside any urges to smoke. I know why I smoked all those years and now, I know I was just horribly uninformed about what smoking really is. There's a lot of good info. on this site and support too. We have all been there so we truly do understand what it's like to quit. All the best to you sam.

Congrats on making it to the 8 month milestone Dee. Be sure to celebrate then push forward toward that Lido Deck :)

Yay!! That's fabulous news :) What a gift to the 2 of you - double congrats!!

Congrats Jackie on being quit now for 7 full months. Fabulous job and I suspect you are still finding reasons to remain smoke free for good!

Yes, keep trying different approaches until you find a combination that works best for you. I would just caution you not to expect any "quick" solution. In general, most find that the progress is very gradual. It's a process and it takes time but it will happen. Surely you must feel differently now than the first week of your quit - right? But can you tell me which day it changed for you? Probably not because it's a very gradual process. Facing down each of your old smoking triggers and saying NO to lighting up. Each battle you win makes you stronger and weakens the addiction until, before you know it those old triggers don't result in a strong craving any more. Mindset also counts for a lot. Especially in this part of your quit. Focus your mind on all the benefits you are already realizing because you have quit smoking and be careful of looking back at smoking as a pleasurable and relaxing thing because it wasn't in reality. You were just feeding an addiction all those years - that's all. Now you're free of that and your only job is to make sure you stay that way by strengthening your quit. YOU can do it. You're already doing it!!

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Oh my ...... Andy's really celebrating large today :o

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Congrats H2N! You're only 3 months away from a full year quit. Now, that's exciting!! Hang in there Hope and before you know it, you'll be on the Lido Deck :)

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Great news. Keep it up and I hope your shingles issue is done soon!

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