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I was diagnosed with Copd many years after i quit. I was surprised as i did not feel that way. I had asthma when i was a child. My condition is at the mild stage.The good thing (only) about copd is that you can keep it at a certain stage for many years if you 1 stay a non smoker 2 exercise and eat well 3 keep fat of your diaphragm. My copd has been mild for well over a deacade. I quit smoking in 2001 on my birthday and will be 62 in 11 days. My health is good and i use a preventor inhaler every day. During the winter i may have a 2 week episode of coughing but i have a ' rescue pack' which includes anti biotics and a sinus spray.. My respiratory results have not changed for over a decade! So.....it is possible like quiitting smoking to keep copd in check but you have to exercise and keep your diaphragm and muscles free from excess weight. Buying a watch to record your stats is a good way to monitor how you are doing. 22 years quit in 11 days.

Easy peasey. I remember when you had done 100 days in 2011. How time flies..... Possible promotion to Sergeant Major Barney, Well done Sarge. never in doubt!

Johnny7. Top stuff. NOPE

People, situations, mojo, depression have nothing to do with staying quit. In a few weeks or days you will have forgotten these events. Frankly you should accept drudgery, cranky people, misery, upset with open arms. Not because you want them in your life but due to the fact these events and thoughts change your sub conscious and eventually build new neural pathways. Over time (less than a year) your brain and sub conscious will have changed into a non smoker. The Sarge will be quit 10 years in a week. He always advocates that it is down to you after the education. Following a group of quitters is motivation. You have to stay committed NOPE

8 years and still going. NOPE

8 years and still going. Nope

magníficos nueve años Cristoabal.

NOPE 20 Years today.

I have read hundreds and hundreds of newbie introductions. You will "cut the mustard" fom your musings. I did a journal. You should file your posts. Reflect on your progress. You will make a year. Stay focused.

I remember you HAT. Who could forget you?. You pulled your final quit out the hat

In the 90's I did the same thing on my 1 year anniversary. I felt crushed, hated myself and vowed to smoke until I die! 4 years later i came to my senses. We all come back...but like you it took me 4 years and you 3 years.. It is great to have a reason to quit like your new son but only you have the responsibility. What changed it for me was this fact and it was the game changer. I will only be successful when I die. It has to be clean from day one to the my final day on this earth. My dad, uncles, aunties and others did it- and so we come to NOPE, NTAP. Read them slowly and let the words embed in your unconscious. NOPE means NOT one puff EVER.... It does not mean Not one puff EXCEPT.. NEVER take another puff.. I am 4 days shy of 20 years but frankly it is the staying quit that really matters. On the day i quit my mates had been quit for 15 years. 15 years seemed like Mount Everest in time. Well I started on 2nd October 2001. Today my mates are all alive and well. 35 years quit and on the cusp of 60. You know you can do it...

I remember when Babs, jenny, Sarge, Jonny5, Christobal and others were just starting. Literally only a a few weeks. Now they have 9 years and some are a couple of months away from 10 years. It can be done and will be done if you Never take another puff....keep the quit and not one puff ever.

5 Years of NOPE. LUST FOR LIFE

9 years! I remember when you started babs. Like Sarge, Johnny 5. I knew you and others would kTQ. 10 years for Sarge and johnny 5 soon and christobal. Top stuff.

Great stuff Bakon. You have not changed since those days of 2012