Martian5

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Sunny you can do this --- You have been doing the right thing the past 3 days by coming here, you know you need help and you are coming to the right place -- takes a lot of guts. Try the deep breathing techniques and a glass of cold water can help. And come here to NOPE all you want till you get through this.

Opah -- outstanding job on your 1 month. It can be difficult that first month so take some time to celebrate and reflect then continue forward. Congrats

Jules, awesome job, congrats and have a special reward today,.

7 months, awesome job -- congrats on your success so far

Yes keep "NOPEing" and deep breathes, maybe some cold water --- You Can Do This!!!

Welcome aboard Novo, it is nice to have you along for the ride. There is so much in life that can hit you like a truck but quitting cigs will help you. Remember to NOPE at least once a day (sometimes a couple three times a day is needed), it has helped me make it through this journey. Come here also for the education and the support often.

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NOPE to your hearts content, anything to help you through today and the next couple of days. Come here often, we will do what we can to help you through -- you can do this.

Statistics -- When I took my 2 required stat classes in college my instructor included in his intro "how to manipulate the truth with numbers". If you read all the statistics on quitting, NRT or not, it shows that we basically do not have a chance. Well to all that I agree with you, pure BS. Seems like we all here are doing OK and I am doing it with doing my daily pledge and posting on this site using all of everybody's motivation to go forward on this journey. Do NOT look at the statistics, come here and vent or ask questions or just talk -- we can all Keep The Quit by working together.

There were a couple of reasons I began smoking, both in the military. Smoking a cig was used (by me) as a replacement to smoking a joint when I could not partake toking on a joint so to me YES it would trigger a crave.

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Congrats PeaceTrain, awesome job and almost at that one year mark. Thanks for the help and take some time to celebrate, you deserve it.

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Fantastic job Claire, congrats on the 1 year mark -- awesome achievement

Welcome aboard and come along on this journey -- Congrats on your quit so far.

Welcome aboard Boater. Congrats on the 10 days, you should be beyond the physical WD's now it is time to work on the mental aspects. Smoking was so ingrained in my life, so easy to do at any and all times and that is what made it hard and makes it so much more difficult than drugs (for me anyway). It helps to come here and use the site for education, to do the daily NOPE pledge, and to reach to those of us on this site to help you out.

Welcome aboard Sunny. The thing is that you realized the mistake and taking steps to moving forward with your quit again. You also reached out again so that is a big step. Remember to NOPE everyday and come here to educate yourself and reach out to others, we are a good batch of people when you really get down to it.

Dragonfly, keep strong and remember the NOPE pledge it does work and there are many here to help. We are here not to judge but to help guide on this journey.

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That you CAN overcome stupidity..

You did well, it should make your 1 month even more special (congrats). The thing is you were able to keep the quit in hard circumstances -- good job and nothing to be embarrassed about.

Hell week --- now it is behind you and you have that foundation for keeping the quit. Use the knowledge and experience you have moving forward and use the positives -- it does get better, congrats.