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Congratulations @darcy on your first month smoke free! What a huge accomplishment, you should be so proud of yourself I hope you treat yourself to something special today because you've earned it!

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d2e8b8 3579 Quit Date: Oct 17, 2016 Posted December 15 I recall a post explaining triggers which I'll try to paraphrase in case it helps someone as much as it helped me. There are 3 kinds of triggers - - Daily triggers. These happen daily e.g. coffee, lunch, in the car driving to work, returning from work, etc. When we quit smoking, these are the triggers that we tackle first and overcome within the first few days. Having overcome these, we start to feel confident ...not realizing there are other triggers waiting to trip us. - Occasional triggers. As the name suggests, they happen occasionally e.g. vacation - drive, flight, visiting family or friends, social activities like bar, dance etc. Generally, these are events that happen a few times a year but not daily. These are dangerous because they surprise us just as we're feeling confident. If we're not prepared, we can lose the quit to these occasional triggers even after staying quit 3,4 or 6 months. - Life event triggers. These only happen a few times in our lives e.g. losing a job or a loved one or a break up. Again, smoking doesn't help with anything but the trigger catches us at a moment when we are vulnerable and may not be acting rationally and can result in losing a quit. For me, it helped to understand the concept ahead of time - that after overcoming the initial daily triggers, there will come other triggers and they will tend to catch you by surprise and unprepared. A bit of thinking and preparing ahead of time helped so that when the time came, it was possible to fight and kill the trigger. It's all in the head after all and I had my own game that I played in the head to kill triggers. I visualized hitting the trigger with a hammer and shouting "Die trigger die". A couple of times I may have shouted aloud getting a few strange stares ... but it worked ... and that's all that matters. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/blogs/entry/1105-thoughts-on-triggers/

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If you'd like another awesome tool, we have quit tickers for your signature. You can watch all the time, money and cigarettes NOT smoked since you quit!

Yay to being almost done with hell week @Molly2310, you should be so proud of yourself Glad the NOPE/NOPT thread is working for you too. My fellow 2016 Buttkickers and I use to race to see who could NOPE first after cbdave posted it lol. It was a lot of fun and further commitment to keep it so we could post there

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Yay @Molly2310 glad you're having a good day And look at you already almost a month quit @darcy, well done

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Ouch @Sirius, yay for quitting! Hope your leg feels better soon!

Hey @Molly2310, yes that does make sense. We've all been there, that's part of the magic of this place. As you go through your day you deal with a lot of triggers, or times you would grab a smoke, and those need to be dealt with one by one. That's why we recommend taking the One Year Pledge that's pinned to the top.We feel that a year gets you through most of the triggers you will have to deal with and we want to help you if you need support. Your addiction is throwing a complete tantrum right now and wants its fix. You just stand your ground and don't give in because with each trigger you go through it'll be easier the next time.

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Geez @overcome, I just realized I put the wrong number, sorry about that I changed it on the heading but kept what I wrote just to trip everyone out lol. Anyway, happy seven monthaversary!

MarylandQuitter Quit Date: 10/07/2013 Posted October 17, 2014 I know for me, my family truly had not a clue about the addiction much less what it was like to quit. This is why I suppose my doctor told me to get involved in a support group. Nobody Understands What I'm Going Through Video discusses what family members can and cannot do to help their loved ones to quit smoking. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/3132-nobody-understands-what-im-going-through-while-quitting-smoking/

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Hey Molly, they say it takes about three days to rid your body of nicotine so that's probably why day 3 is so hard for a lot of us. Your body is screaming for its fix. Hopefully tomorrow will be better for you

I agree this is a great post @DenaliBlues and we've had many members who felt the same as you did I'm sure. For me when I NOPED each day I did so because for that day I did feel like I would never take another puff ever. I didn't allow the word ever to keep me from using what was a powerful tool for me.

You're doing awesome @darcy, and look at all the money you've already saved! Crazy how quickly it adds up isn't it?!

@Molly2310, so glad you are posting and surrounded by nonsmokers for your first week quit. You're doing great!

Hi @Molly2310, congratulations on taking back your freedom. We've got a great group of members here so reach out to us with any questions or concerns you have, chances are someone else here has experienced it with their quit We also have a great library of information, even videos if that's more your thing so be sure to take a good look around...