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What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Congratulations on half a year quit kdad!

Congratulations on two years quit dutchess! Hopefully you'll stop in and tell us how you're doing

That's the way to do it desperate1, vent all you need and get it out! The chest tightness is normal, your lungs are already trying to start clear that gunk out. The tiredness too is normal. Sweets help a lot with keeping blood sugar up so indulge yourself. It's very important to listen to your body during these first few weeks. If it's hungry, eat. Tired, sleep. It's working hard on trying to repair all the damage done by our years of smoking. You're doing great!

If you're not first, your last

I woke up thinking the same thing. Check in @Icanhike, we worry.......

Hey @DizzyD, how are you doing?

Make a good first impression

NOPE!

Hey desperate1, might I suggest a ticker for your signature? It's super encouraging watching all the time, money and cigarettes not smoked add up plus shows you what you have to lose should you cave to a crave. I loved watching mine that first year

Ya gotta love Sheldon, congratulations on 73 Abby

When I became I homeowner I quit smoking in my house but in the rental houses before that I used TSP to scrub the walls. It's a powder that you mix with water and it did a good job at getting rid of the nicotine. You could probably even use Simple Green mixed with water and it's got a nice smell too The antsy feeling is totally normal. I wish I had of got that instead of the tired feeling. I was too exhausted to even think about doing anything. So when you're done doing your stuff and are feeling antsy still, come on over and clean my house

You're doing great desperate1. I'm happy to see you take the one year commitment, it really worked great for me

I'm not impressed

Dressed to the nines

Glad to have you back desperate1, we have tons of successful quitters who were long term smokers. I smoked for 35 years! My advice would be to stick close to the board, especially that first month. I stayed glued to the board my first year and am convinced I wouldn't have been successful otherwise. Plus I met some great people from all over the world There is a wealth of information between all of us and we will support you however much you need or want. After all no one knows better what we go through when quitting than us

^^THIS^^ And thank you to all who make this place what it is

Lilly, like the others said, who cares what that guy says! You are smoking, that's HUGE! Keep using your patch, it's working! And don't let anyone tell you differently!!!

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that...…….

Thanks for the update igotthis, the thoughts will get fewer and farther between soon enough

Congratulations on five months quit igotthis, you're doing great!

Huge congratulations on another year smoke free beazel! I hope you have a great day

Welcome aboard kallison, I'd be happy to set you a deadline. I pick March 18, 2019. I pick that day so you can start preparing. You see when I decided to quit I didn't set a deadline but I did start preparing by not smoking in places I normally smoked. That made it so much easier when I did quit because I didn't associate smoking with those areas anymore. Another thing I used after I quit was my air cigarette. Whenever a bad crave hit I just pretended I was holding an actual cigarette in my fingers and then went through the motions of "smoking" it. It did great at tricking my mind into thinking I was getting the real thing. Lastly I stayed glued to my forum everyday, all day. I really found that reading, supporting others, celebrating milestones and socializing kept my mind off my misery. You can do it and we'll help as much as we can