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Good post. It's good to remember that we are doing something good. Thanks

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Aww TS this is awesome! One day, I’m not sure when, you will even forget you quit because you forgot you ever smoked.

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I’m really happy things were going well for you in the moment you posted this. I don’t want to ruin your mood and I apologise in advance for possibly sounding like a misanthropic ass. But I feel I must warn you that like your bad moments your current elation will also pass. You see you are on an emotional rollercoaster and the safest thing to do is ti strap yourself in and accept the ups and downs. It is wonderful you’ve stopped smoking. It feels like crap. It feels sort of ok. I dunno what’s happening now. I’m handling this good. Its all just chatter. It helped me to remember this and to hold on to my quut with whatever was happening.

Yes i had the fog!!! No-one really believed me about how bad it was but i seriously couldn’t think properly for a long time. I tried to avoid controversy, arguments or anything that required me to think something through rather than just lose my sh*t. I actually still have it. It is less than 1,3,5 months ago but i still don’t think it completely gone. Moral to the story is try not to fight with me because im not quite the full quid yet. ?

Congrats WW. I just had six months and thought this was an important moment milestone. We are half way to our 12 months. Congrats to you. ?

Congrats on 7 days. ? it’s a nice feeling when the craves ease up a little.

In the beginning everything was a trigger. Now it's seems to be when I do something new. I like the message of this post. I need to have patience with myself. I mean I think I've been quit for a while so I should feel good and not want to smoke. I don't think about smoking often but sometimes do have a thought to smoke. I think about how horrid withdrawal is and how I don't want to go through it again. It seems to help when I have a flippant thought of having "just one".

Good luck with your quit. Just to let you know, I quit with patches. I was on them for a long time. I don't think either way CT or patches is preferable. I think we should do whatever we need to do to quit. I was advised to follow the instructions, ie 4 weeks on 21mg then 4 weeks on 14mg then 4 weeks on 7mg. Is it working for you doing it over days?

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Nice post OTM. I called an ambulance on a client today with blood ox level 60%. He still smokes. He he is another reason for me that I quit. I mean it only gets worse for us. Really, you can play whatever game in your head but in reality you are getting worse if you are smoking. Full stop.

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This is explains smokers having more difficulty breathing out than breathing in at times. My Mum died of lung cancer and I remember watching her chest seem to deflate too quickly when she breathed out. Now I know why.

I'll let you guys know.

Thanks to both Jo's. Tassie is cold Jo! F*^^% that! ? I'd rather not to be able to breathe. tee hee. BTW the purifier thing doesn't seem to be doing too much. I'll let you all know in a couple of days if it improves.

Thanks Sslip. You are kind.

Yesterday I went and bought a very expensive air purifier. I won't say how much it was because I don't want to remember. I didn't buy an expensive air purifier because I'm rich and could afford to pay for the cleanest air possible. I bought an air purifier because sometimes my breathing isn't what it used to be and I get allergies etc. I grimaced as I handed over the money and thought of how many years I smoked with perfectly healthy, top functioning lungs. I felt like a dufas to say the least. I can console myself and think at least I don't smoke now, and that really expensive air purifier is only 4 weeks worth of cigarettes which are expensive in Australia. I'm six months quit and this is good, right! So dear young peeps keep your quit and keep your lungs etc in good order.

Good on you Farmgirl.

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I’m glad you was kidding. Relapse sucks and so to withdrawal!