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Welcome Steven! Please do educate yourself with all the materials suggested above, trust me they will help you tremendously like they did for me. Congrats on your new Freedom! John

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^^^this^^^ Welcome Linda. From my own experience of about 40 years smoking and quitting countless of times, the most critical element for a successful quit is the education about smoking. I used to get really miserable, always depressed and felt many physical issues when I quit. But after I read/listened to/watched a lot of materials and obtained an understanding of what this addiction is all about, I suddenly realize that the cravings are actually 80% mental and only 20% physical, and I've been able to overcome those cravings much easier and no longer feel miserable, on the contrary I've been feeling relieved that I am now confident that I can kick this addition for good. All my smoking friends had eventually quit by about 10 years ago, I've been trying to quit for 24 years but kept relapsing, I am the most stubborn smoker that I know, and if I can do it, anyone can, so I'm sure you can too. I can't emphasize enough how important education is for quit smoking. Start by going through the sticky posts in this forum https://www.quittrain.com/forum/2-quit-smoking-discussions/, I suggest begin with these 2 posts:

Hi Michelle, great to see you back and still kicking the Nicotine monster in the butt. I believe in you, well done Michelle!

Well done Angeleek, Congratulations on this great milestone!

4 years is Awesome! Congratulations G!

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Good luck tomorrow Michelle, and wishing you a speedy recovery.

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I strongly believe that one of the key success for quitting is the Attitude. All smokers of any type (cig, chewing, vaping, etc.) are Nicotine addicts. Quitting means you ARE getting your FREEDOM back, NO more worry about running out of tobacco, NO more worry about having to feed the addiction every few hours. I tried to look at my quit from the bright side: I'm battling with the addiction for a few weeks to get my LIFE back, and it's the best decision I've made for myself. So, Embrace your freedom, be proud that you're kicking the addiction in the butt, and you'll find it's not really that shitty to overcome the cravings.

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