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Day 2, get ready!!....time4change is coming for you!!

This. Won't even say the word. (Stop scratching your head!)

@Doreensfree...you're good at everything!!?

Congratulations Jet Black!!

Remember your rewards!! It really does help reinforce the good behaviors...and tell yourself "I've earned this for xx days smoke free...for doing xxx and not thinking about smoking." Good to hear from you

Congratulations Lilly! There's nothing to it but to do it! Start reading about nicotine addiction, get your snacks and distractions ready, and just do it! Don't give yourself an out; smoking is now off the table...you are dealing with a serious drug addiction. I'm sure you wouldn't watch someone snort lines of cocaine in front of you 20 times a day and *hope* they quit...you would beg them and plead with them to take care of themselves and mean it. We're ready if you are Lilly, all aboard!!

I agree, @Sazerac gives wonderful advice and has a very respectable quit. It would do anyone well to come here and take advantage of her knowledge. I won't speak for Sazerac, (but I can imagine her house is a non-smoking one) Stay here and find your quit. You don't have to come with one to impress; we all know what it is to try to shake the nicodemon and we can help.

Hey @Kdad! Just wanted to check in I'll leave a party so you'll know I was here! Hope your quit is well!

Good morning @time4change! I hope you wake up feeling good and ready to take on your quit day! There will be alot of pacing and redirecting your thoughts away from smoking, keep your water and snacks handy! I'm gonna tell you quitting is as easy (and hard) as not putting another cigarette in your mouth. Sending you power today!!

Yes, yes, yes!!!! I love watching a new quit grow and to hear from someone else when they have their "Wow!" moment when their quit clicks into place

My husband, too, Parsley. ? My favorite is when he's all but begging to go to the store so he can sneak one and I say, "Well, we can all go." And, then I get to see the panic and desperate sweat beads form on his forehead. Mwhaha!?

Aw, Linda...here's a big...hug to make you feel better I could feel your nervous energy in the atmosphere today I guess! Just take it all in, enjoy the day, all of it. Who cares today of resentment or tan lines? Love only today, and I'm sending some your way!!

We started 3 529plan accounts yesterday!!!!!!! Cashed out a small but nice IRA to start them. I can't believe we have college savings! I'm freaking out, I keep looking at these folders like they will disappear if I don't I can't believe it! I said that already, but I can't! 10yrs ago, I never would have imagined I would be where I am today.

And, to redirect, I'll even tell you about when I peed my pants at lazer tag. I'll just start with I ate my weight in sushi that day before we went. We got to lazer tag and it was unusually busy. We finally got our game times and didn't have time to "relax" before really. Get our vest and gun, the lights go dim, the 3...2...I start feeling the fish farts bubbling. Great. I play anyway, just figuring I can release the pressure as we play and noone will know it was me (in a dark room and all) I'm in the maze area just letting my fish farts loose, feeling good, nobody is shooting me... "MOM! YOU FARTED! GROSS!" (My dear son has been following me) That place got so quiet you could hear a squirrel's fishy farts. In the dark, I hear my husband blurt out a laugh and the snort as he tried to suck it back in. "YOU'RE GROSS MOM!" *shoots me in the back 10 times* After the game, you go back to a very well lit room to turn in your stuff and I'm already way passed embarrassed because now the stinky lady has a face...my husband and son get there and my husband is laughing so hard. I'm embarrassed enough that I start getting the giggles too. Can't stop; I immediately cross my legs (I've had 4 kids so bladder control is about 50% on a good day) He finally gets out"Did you shit your pants?" This makes me even MORE embarrassed so I'm laughing harder...I'm trying to waddle to the door because I can feel it coming. At this point, I can't hold it, can't make it to the bathroom...I'm literally peeing my pants in front of 10 church youth kids. I couldn't stop the flow, it felt too good. I just ran out the front door. Husband and son came out 5 mins later and asked if they could play one more round. You know it, standing up at the booth p*ussy chip in the air!

you're right. Friends don't do that. I'm not feigning innocence at all. I should have asked your permission and that's what I'm apologizing for. I'm sorry I invited a breach of your privacy. It was not my place to do so. One time we went to a mexican restraunt, my daughter doesn't pronounce the first letters of a word sometimes and if she get too excited she talks fast and the whole thing is hard to understand. Anyway, we sit and get chips and queso. She gets her chip and the next thing I hear, " MOM! IT'S *****! IT'S P*SSY CHEESE MOM! I LOOOOOOVE A P*SSY CHEESE!" *dying* "Yes, baby, it IS sssssspicy cheese." "YEAH, MOM! YOU LOVE IT P*SSY TOO?" *dead*

Always vigilant!! You really don't want to smoke anyway...just memories

Sorry I missed your Sos ((MLMR!!)) More sorry that you are having a bad day...I think most people that smoke (drug users in general) have depression/anxiety; we abuse use to self medicate. I deal with all that seperate from my quit because there are people that have never used also dealing with the same and worse problems. This one statement made me smile ear to ear tho: Here's what I saw:

Thank you @Sslip for being a good sport; I should have asked first tho and for that, I apologize?

How tall are you? Do you have a pet?

I'm going to revive an oldie but what seems to be a goodie!! Dear @Sslip How did you get so slippy? What size shoe do you wear? Are you married? Your Friend, Jane

I've had these for a while; finally found somewhere to put em!! This train has everything!

Hey Fab, way to go on 9 months!!

Welcome DragonsFancy! Congratulations on taking your life back from nicotine addiction! I will echo (echo echo) read (read read) about nicotine addiction. It helps put your quit into perspective and you will learn that your quit (this quit) can be just as easy as never putting another cigarette in your mouth.