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Good for you, @Kate18! Seems like there will always be something going on in our lives that will make us think....oh, I really would like a poison stick right now, it will make things better....but it really doesn't! We know this deep down....that's when you knuckle down and say...No, it won't make anything better and you take a big drink of water or a long walk to take your mind to a different place. As time goes on it gets easier....this I know, as do you!

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I never had the cough either....until about 2 months before I quit. As @Doreensfree said above...the damage was happening elsewhere for me. Once I quit, cough was gone...but the damage was done....and I had to deal with it.

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My new sofa and loveseat arrived yesterday.....right on time, early even! We have been playing with the power recliners with power headrests....a first for both of us...and keeping little Panda (my dog) away from them...no need for him to be on them...he has comfy dog beds all over the house!

Good for you, Gus! One day at a time.....and you get stronger and stronger at beating this addiction!!

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Hope it arrives promptly and unscathed, Doreen! You have been waiting for this a long time, no? I have been promised delivery of our new sofa and loveseat tomorrow...btwn 10:15 am - 12:15 pm...can't wait!! Right now, only have two wooden rocking chairs in living room.

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Congrats on 3 months, @Linda! Celebrate your hard work and KTQ!

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Sorry to hear of the relapse, @JH63! Took me 3 times before I found my "sticky quit" and I know many others here went through the quit/relapse cycle a few times before success finally happened. The info available on QTrain and the support to be found here is some of the best.....but you have to really want to stop the addiction once and for all. Hope you find your way back here when that happens!

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Welcome aboard the QTrain, Barb! Congrats on the 22 days quit! I had similar stats to you (age/# of years smoking) when I quit the day I had a stroke in 2017. The first couple of weeks were so hard but I kept repeating to myself "one day at a time" and somehow managed to keep trudging along. I found an online support group at the time, which was a BIG help. Finding online support here at QuitTrain after the 1st group disbanded, was an even bigger help...knowledge is power, so read all you can here, watch the Joel videos and participate in the forums!! When things got exceptionally hard to take for me, I would just go to bed and sleep...had to turn my mind off! Also, drank lots of water and did lots of walking, played lots of solitaire. The days quit started adding up along with the money saved. Good thing I quit when I did, cuz there were more issues to come re: my health and the damage done by all those years of smoking. In 2018, I was diagnosed w early COPD/Emphysema and Coronary artery disease. I underwent triple heart bypass surgery. Found out just last month, I had an early melanoma on my back, so had to have that mole removed surgically (results came back clean, no cancer!) Each health issue I have dealt with in past 4 years, I had peace of mind knowing that I had quit the poison sticks, so my chances of making it through each procedure were so much better than if I had still been a smoker...and so far, so good for me. PS Get yourself a ticker to keep track of things....it is very motivating!!

I am over here now!

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Congrats, @AceWhite! Celebrate and KTQ!

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Congrats, @JohnQ! Celebrate and KTQ!

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Congrats, @Mac#23! Celebrate this wonderful milestone and KTQ!

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