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Congratulations @nicotine_free on one month quit already! That's fantastic and you should be super proud of yourself. I hope you do something special just for you today because you've earned it

5. Make tortillas

Welcome @JudiMD, I'm sorry about your cancer diagnosis. Thank goodness they caught it early. Quitting smoking after 63 years may seem scary but dying of cancer is scarier so you've made a great decision by choosing to quit. Stick close to our site, especially the first few months. Read the tons of threads we have to learn about our addiction or if videos are more your thing, we have a whole forum of them. And most importantly post an SOS if you feel you're going to cave to a crave. We will do our best to talk you off the ledge and keep your awesome quit.

brimming with joy

Free to help

3. Make pancakes

10. Make a wood burned sign Flour

8. Make a bridge

Maybe its processed meats that are bothering you @intoxicated yoda? I couldn't imagine a life without bacon though....

No you don't

Sucks getting old

6. Make a swing

Pavers need weeding

Care to explain

Pilots fly planes

4. Make a shelf

2. Make a bench

10. Shave your underarms A wood plank

8. I used one to cut around the border stones holding down my pond liner

Only need some

Showing my age

Welcome back @Sunnyside, sorry you gave up that nice quit you had going. Proof once again how none of us can become complacent with this addiction. Congratulations on a month quit already, that's fantastic. Don't forget to change your quit date and make a new ticker

Enhancers or natural?

Love your new name @nicotine_free Stick close because it may get a little bumpy ahead but we got your back

@gum_addict, you ARE doing exactly as you fear....feeding the addiction when you should be working on reducing your dependence on the nicotine gum. And it appears you've taken a step back today by chain chewing it. The good news is that you see what you're doing and know you're going in the wrong direction so you can fix it. No matter what none of us were successful without going through the actual withdrawal process of getting nicotine out of our system. Most of us, myself included, ripped the bandage off by going cold turkey but there's nothing wrong with using an NRT as long as you realize its temporary and at some point you'll still need to go through the withdrawal. I would suggest alternating between the nicotine gum and regular chewing gum. You could even start adding more regular gum as you reduce the nicotine gum. Part of that tricking the mind into thinking its getting the real thing like I did with my air cigarette.