Giveintowin

Hey to all our fabulous quitters. I have been moving house today and I moved back into a block of units I lived in 7 years ago. When I lived there I had a raging smoking habit. While my move today went quite well I have been aware at times of a little smoking devil reminding me that I usually smoke in this place. I have been able to resist it without a lot of trouble but I have had to be patient with myself through this. I also think it’s important to talk it through with my fellow quitters. The other challenges seem to be that everything is unsettled from moving and also my allergies are triggered since the previous occupant used a lot of chemicals which always make me feel sick. Just about here I would apologise for whining but I’ve learnt my quit is important enough to whine and talk about things that are challenging me. i remember how agro I was when I first quit and without venting I would never have gotten through it.

Moving day and it’s NOPE!

Welcome AB. Glad you found us. ?

Well done Nikki. It’s just one day at a time of that you need to do this.

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It was good that you posted about this. I find it amazing to ghjnk we can put so much diligent attention into a quit and then on a whim lose it. Many have lost their quite this way. I lost previous quits this way too. It might pay to look at what you were thinking/feeling before you left for the shop.

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Congrats to you. One day at a time is all it takes to become a non smoker.

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Congrats Nikki. This is how we quit smoking, one day, one crave at a time. It gets easier as the days, weeks, months pass. This time will pass anyway but at the end you can have a shiny new quit.

Enjoy Norway NOPEster. Nice post. So good to see you doing well. ?

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When I read your post I wondered if you thought you had no purpose, nothing to give. Can I just say thank you for saying the withdrawal has made you “ready to commit violence”. You see I remember that feeling of being in withdrawal but I often forget it now. I forget how hard the struggle was in the beginning. I love it when someone says something so poignant that it gives me. A good reminder of why our quits need to be protected.

Hey Kazza. It’s great to see you are still quit. Congrats. ?

I would like to add that if people had to go and register with their doctor as an addict to be able to get cigarettes, it would take the illusions away that smoking is normal, maybe even sociable or even attractive etc. When you smoked in public you would be saying to you the world that I’m an addict and my doc wrote me a note so I can keep breathing in this harmful thing and I haven’t found a way yet to stop doing it.

Congrats Jo on 8 months! May there be many more.

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I don’t know who used the term garage doors to refer to encountering previous situations in which we used to smoke through. While the terminology is weird the concept is not and I’ve found it helps me to be prepared when I’m encountering a new situation. People on on this board have seen me post when I needed to do new things like take a flight etc. I feel a little bit childlike doing this but it is preferable to finding myself with a fag hanging out of my mouth again. (That’s so attractive). Next weekend I am moving house. Do part of the preparation, besides packing is checking in with the quitting crew so that my head gets in the right place. Something about new situations that have old associations or something can be a bit of a trigger. So so wish me well peeps. My anxiety has been up and I’ve come come back here pledging daily again to keep my quit. I guess a reminder that that quitting isn’t an event that happens once.

Eww Beazel unfortunately we all may have smelt like that or similar at one point. Glad we don’t anymore.

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Congrats. That’s awesome farmgirl. ?

Aww shucks. So much nice words and people here. Thanks again. ?

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