Genecanuck

Hello @Kdad.... I hear you. I had many slips in my past. You made the right decison to throw the pack away. Good for you for not giving up on your quit and coming right back here. You've got this @Kdad. Here is what my friend Dan1 had to say about a slip.... RE: See you at a later date From danl1 on 11/5/2004 9:02:23 AM I did the exact same thing. Several times, in fact. Then I tossed that pack, joined up here, and got on with things. That was 487 days ago. It's not about strength, ultimately. It's certainly not about being worthy. It's about understanding that they really don't have anything to offer you. If you will listen to you heart, you will see that you've just learned a big hunk of that. You simply need to pay attention to your higher angels. Yes, there are the times when it seems that we 'just want to.' That is not about being weak, or stupid, or anything like that. It is simply about being confused - on a level and in a way that makes it seem that you don't have control, because it's a non-verbal part of you that feels that way. Maybe you are not in a place to be here for a while. But still, be quit. If things go the wrong way, don't be disappointed, be constructive. A diet group I sat in on once had a phrase: "There is no failure, only feedback." It's a tough way to find things out, and I don't believe that it's necessary to smoke in order to learn how not to, but while you are in that place, you may as well look around and see what there is to see. -Didn’t do much for you, did it? -Made you feel pretty crappy physically, didn't it? -Didn’t make you feel all that great about yourself, either. And so on. Bottom line, smoking simply isn't worth it. There is not a single thing to be had from smoking that can't be had better, simpler, safer, faster, and cheaper in another way. There are just a few parts of our brains that take a little more convincing than others. All it takes is patience. It doesn't take strength, willpower or perseverance. In fact, those are the exact qualities that find you back smoking after you have already decided to quit. The amount of energy we expend fighting with ourselves to smoke after we have quit is simply amazing. That's right - you haven't been fighting to quit these past weeks - that, you had already done. You've been fighting to smoke. Stop that. Be kind to yourself, and pay attention to what's really going on in and around you. There's no bit of life that smoking can improve. You know it, now you need to work on believing it.

Many thanks! My quit is starting to feel like my new normal. I really do appreicate all your support. Kind Regards, Gene

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Hey @Kdad.... You received a lot of good feedback from our amazing Quit-train family. There is another way to look at what we have to move through to overcome this addiction we have: the underlying causes of nicotine withdrawl. Here is a post from Dan1, someone I admired from Quitnet Cravings do not exist. Dan 1, March 18, 2007. Cravings - that tightness in the gut, the lungs, the throat. The moodiness, anxiety, and irritability. Those things that seem to be your body and mind SCREAMING for a smoke - they don’t exist. Oh, the symptoms are real, but they are the symptoms of stress, not a `craving`. That stress might have been caused by withdrawal, maybe by fighting a desire or `craving`, or often enough by the puts and takes of everyday life. We’ve come to call it a craving only because we’ve been self-medicating our stress for so long with nicotine that we don’t properly recognize stress when it smacks us in the face. It’s time to learn more effective, much safer methods of stress management. Apply them here, and the `cravings` disappear in short order.

Thats awesome @Kdad ... not one puff ever. You are doing great. Have a good day.

@BAT inspired me

Happy New Year @Penguin... and congrats on a solid quit

Happy New Year @Kdad... Just checking in with you to see how you are doing? @QuittingGirl... has offered some good insight. The cravings do go away with time. Keep your precious quit @Kdad.. and let us know how you are doing. Kind Regards

@bakon .... Joining you to end 2024 as a Non-Smoker and starting the new year as a non smoker

Welcome back @MichelleDoesntSmoke2025.... I understand where you are because I use to be a serial quitter as well. Lets both make 2025 our FINAL quit.

You've got this @Penguin ..... good for you for deciding to keep your quit in the midst of some challeging times. You are an inspiration.

My Sweet Lord George Harrison

@Runfree

Wishing all my Quittrain friends a Merry Christmas from Canada's National Capital.... and all the very best in 2025.

Hey, its another Friday and that time again for all of you special window lickers to pat yourself on the back for another smoke free week. So who is a certified professional window licker this week?

To @johnny5... tickets to go see The Barn Dance in Julian, NC..

To @Penguin... a pin up poster of The Penquin ....looking smug because he thinks he has outsmarted Batman!

Thank you very much for your support @johnny5, @jillar, @QuittingGirl, @Doreensfree, @DenaliBlues, @Mac#23, @Reciprocity. @Penguin You are simply the best. Hugs Gene