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A belated congratulations on eight years quit @joe, I hope you celebrated and did something special for yourself

Congratulations @JustSomeGuy on two months quit! That is awesome and I hope you enjoy your first (of many) smoke free holidays

@AceWhite, they usually always move back home at least once, I know I did lol. So enjoy the empty nest while you can lol. And if they don't move back home then it'll only make the times you are all together that much more special

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Congratulations @NADA, on six years quit! And thank you for all your words of wisdom and support you've given to everyone through the years.

Still winning Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England Quit Date: 12th March 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 Hi Abby, I think if we don't understand it can be too daunting to quit. I, like many others, knew that times when we couldn't smoke were hard (train journey, plane, car etc). We were pretty desperate by the time we could smoke again. That's because after 20 minutes or so, the nicotine in a cig starts to come out of your blood stream - it creates a lack which grows and hey presto, you think about smoking and do so the next time you can. Hope this makes sense so far To not smoke is actually easier, really, I'm being straight with you. Yes initially, you get those cravings, but they are only thoughts and can only control us if we let them. After that you actually don't start to crave every 20 minutes or so, it just gets less and less. Hoping this still makes sense and trying to take you the science type route. Emotionally it's a journey. However there are literally millions of ex smokers, look at it logically, if it were that hard millions wouldn't be able todo it Allen Carr book called easy way to stop smoking works great for some folks. You can still smoke while you read it. Whyquit.com worked better for me as did reading all the info on this site that's pinned at the top of each forum. People say education is key and it's true. When we can start to change our mindset from we need to smoke to be ok it gets easier. And that's where the self education comes in, you basically read and get info that appeals to your personality but the end result is the same. We know smoking is bad for us, we choose to ignore it. Educating means we can stop ignoring it and realize some uncomfortable times and some fabulous times (honest there is both!!) mean nothing in the face of the freedom we all now feel. Better health, better finances but also self worth. Keep talking as something you say may trigger something in you that makes your mind start to work against the addiction and read up, it honestly does help. Worst case, it can't hurt to do some reading and some talking right. xx Link to original thread: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/8-posting-an-sos/

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There was a thing on Shark Tank about the Squatty Potty and it's supposed to help with constipation too. I think Amazon has them because let's face it, Amazon has EVERYTHING lol

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@intoxicated yoda, maybe you're trying to give up too much too soon and that's what's throwing your system off so badly? We usually recommend focusing on just one big thing at a time. I know quitting caffeine abruptly can cause constipation. Oddly for me once I got farther and farther into my quit the less coffee I drank. I used to only drink two cups a day but now I'm lucky to get a whole cup down. Also, are you drinking enough water? How about fruit juice? You could also suck on candy instead of eating junk. I was stuck on soft peppermint puffs my entire first year and they were only about 20 calories each. Hopefully, you'll be right by Thanksgiving but if not this one then you will by sure be by next year. Use all this suffering to cement your quit. And each time you feel you may cave to a crave come back and read this thread so you can remind yourself how you DON'T want to have to go through this again!

California already is pretty much smoke free @Opah. At least where my county is concerned. Very few places where you can smoke in public and in those places people give you dirty looks and make snide comments. I personally LOVED when they outlawed smoking in bars. My eyes used to water so badly that even though I was a smoker I had to go outside to get fresh air and some relief. And I never sat in the smoking section when I went out to eat either.

I have two land lines so I have you all beat! Thank you for the kind words Kris

Congratulations on another month quit @Kris, they're really adding up now! Hope you have a great day

Hi @darcy, welcome back aboard. Sorry you caved to a crave and gave away your quit but you're back now and have learned that as addicts we have to adhere to NOPE! Use us to your advantage, please, that's why we're here. We want to help you achieve your forever quit. So maybe post SOS if you feel your quit is in jeopardy so we can try to help you past it next time As far as your ticker goes, I deleted your old one for you and here's the link to make one with screenshots so you won't have to get so frustrated hopefully when you're ready to make a new one. https://www.quittrain.com/topic/15042-creating-a-ticker/ Glad to have you back