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Welcome back @Steven Drojensky, sorry to read you gave up your awesome quit. Just glad you're back and ready to get your forever quit. Don't forget to update your quit date and ticker. For the ticker you'll need to delete your existing one before making a new one or else it'll keep reverting back.

In honor of Quit Train's anniversary the first post written by our founder MarylandQuitter...... MarylandQuitter Administrators Quit Date: 10/07/2013 Posted March 28, 2014 Remove the desire to smoke and you will never smoke again. Practice on removing the desire to smoke until you firmly believe that you get nothing from it. Until then, use your smoking addiction to help you quit smoking. That’s right, you read correctly. You, me and millions more rationalized smoking even though we knew the consequences. Use those same veteran rationalization skills to rationalize quitting smoking. Think about that for a minute. If we could rationalize smoking knowing full well the damaging effects it had on our health, why can’t we rationalize quitting smoking knowing full well the health benefits of quitting? Based from my experience, the most important attribute to a successful quit, which is a non burdensome quit, is to remove the desire to smoke by understanding and believing that the cigarette has nothing to offer. This and only this will allow for a lifetime of freedom and never leave you feeling like you’re giving something up or missing out by living life as a non-smoker. So many have relapsed and so many more are too afraid to quit smoking because of all the horror stories they’ve heard about nicotine withdrawal when you quit. That horror only exists in our minds, if we let it. Of course we’ll have mild withdrawal and mental triggers that may cause cravings, but they’re far from horrific and certainly nothing more than we’ve already experienced. Quitting smoking is not hard. In fact, the whole process is quite enjoyable if we only focus on the benefits of being a non-smoker. There is no need to focus on anything else because we’re not giving anything up. We’re not missing out. The cravings come and go and soon will be gone forever. Even while we were smoking, the unwavering loyalty of our body was trying to heal itself while we kept poisoning it. It never gave up on us despite that we were putting things in our mouths and setting them on fire to feed our addiction. Once we quit smoking, our bodies take a huge sigh of relief and work overtime to make up for lost time and starts healing and repairing the damage that we caused it. The easy part for some is the initial quit while for others it’s staying quit. Ask 10 people and the answers will vary. The reality is that everyone can quit smoking and stay that way. If you’re finding it difficult to stay quit it’s because you think the cigarette still has something to offer you. This is why I relapsed. This is why others’ invariably relapse. Never give up and just continue to remove the desire to smoke by knowing with every ounce of who you are that the cigarette offers you nothing. It can’t do a thing for you. It’s impossible that it can relieve stress, doesn’t taste good and certainly is no reward. Some get this right away. Others, like myself, it took a little longer. But now that I know this, the desire to smoke has been successfully removed and although I still get a trigger here and there (just part of being a nicotine addict), I know it won’t do a damn thing for me. You can get there too. Never, ever stop striving to get there. Never smoke again. Not one puff, ever (N.O.P.E.).

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You bet your OK @Brioski, you're swatting those craves down one by one and showing who's the boss of your body! Keep doing it and PLEASE believe ALL of us who've been where you are that it WILL get better, we PROMISE.... Enjoy your brats. Btw, have you considered making a rage room or maybe going to one if there's one by you? Great way to get some frustration out from what I hear

Those aren't things I'VE done, just things that CAN be done 9. Use for scrapbooking (Yep, don't do that either )

7. Decoupage a table top with it

@Gabes is who designed a few of the logos. Maybe he'll see this and be able to help out again if that's what you guys decide on for your year logo

That's it right there @Brioski and @darcy. I stuck close to home for a month because I was worried I would stop and buy cigs and when I did finally venture out I took my never smoker husband with me to keep me honest. Keep getting your feelings off your chest by posting as it helps not only you guys but others coming behind you. I used to go back and read all my posts each month from when I started my quit just so I wouldn't forget where I came from. Unfortunately that forum imploded and many of us lost our content

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@Brioski, im hoping today is a little better for you. Please keep reminding yourself that what you're going through is completely normal this early in your quit. Some people cry a lot and some people get irritated much easier and then there's the lucky ones who have loads of extra energy and carry on their life like they never smoked. I just kept telling myself over and over that this too shall pass and all good?(?!) things must come to an end. I'm so sorry about your dad. I lost my dad and my uncle (his brother) from smoking related cancers and still continued to smoke until my breathing was so bad I HAD to quit. You don't want to get to that point trust me....

Congratulations @darcy on another month quit! You're doing great and I hope you're treating yourself to something special today

Congratulations on one full month quit @Brioski! That is AWESOME!!! And thank you for being so supportive of your fellow quitters, it's appreciated

DenaliBlues Quit Date: 2/10/2022 Posted 16 hours ago So sorry you are ill and feeling skunky, @Linda. I’ve felt the same way. This wily addiction sure likes to try and strike when we are feeling low or unawares. Stay strong! Bear with me as I try to express something for you, for me, for all of us who suffer… there is something important about “comfort” that quitting requires us to reclaim. I think smoking hijacked our ability to feel comfort. Instead of receiving tender care, we received ugly toxins and the manipulative mind games that come with addiction. Smoking was much less gratifying than it was cracked up to be. But Addict Mind wants to smoke anyway. So it’s telling me (falsely) that I am bereft of all comfort. The thing is, we are not bereft. We just need to reprogram how we’re habituated, to give ourselves ACTUAL kindness and care, not crappy chemical substitutes. There are days when it feels impossible to experience being soothed without smoking. But I try. It’s a great creative challenge to find other ways. And when I simply can’t comfort myself, I benefit from attempting to give kindness or comfort to others. I have VERY happy cats since I quit… lol. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/21298-crazyness/

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To show people what you had for dinner How do we know if it's bad luck or karma happening?

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