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Congratulations Yoda! 8 months quit is awesome and thank you for all of the contributions you have made on this site!

I’m sorry to hear that Lily is not doing well, @Linda and that you are going through this. It can be so hard. I do hope that something can be done to help her.

WooHoo @Sal!!

Keep up the good fight Marie! I’m rooting for you! You CAN do this.

Congratulations Kris!! 10 months is an amazing quit! You have come so far since first joining us here on the train!

Welcome to the Lido Deck Dianne! I’m so glad that you made it and I do hope that you have planned something wonderful to celebrate your first anniversary of becoming a non smoker!

Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that Anita started smoking again. You are doing the right thing. Stay focused and remain committed to your quit. Hopefully, in time she will be ready to try again! Thank you for keeping us updated!

Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches! Talk about comfort food!

Welcome aboard Happy Passenger! Stay close! You can never be on here too often. There is so much to read that will help you! I’m looking forward to following your quit!

Congratulations on 2 months quit Sunshine!

Do it! No matter how ugly, messy, and hard it is. Quitting smoking is the best thing I have ever done for myself. You will not understand it until later in your quit and it happens at a different time for everyone, but quitting smoking is freedom. One day it will dawn on you that you are not answering to or consulting with your nicotine cravings for permission to live your life and that day will be the day that you are free indeed!

What were your original reasons for quitting? I’m sure that they are the same. Focus on them. Say them over and over in your head. I know that you haven’t given up because you are reaching out to us.

Take your time Marie. Don’t rush it. Sit down and think your quit plan through. Quitting is not easy, no matter how you do it and everyone’s quit is different. You need to know that up front. But it CAN be done! This train is full of a bunch of successful quitters that are still here to support others!

Congratulations @DenaliBlues! 2 months is awesome and you seem to be doing wonderfully well! KTQ!

You are doing wonderfully @JudiMD! You are one tough lady and thank you for all the support that you give others! Congratulations on 2 months!

Congratulations @Katgirl! 11 months!!! See you on the Lido Deck in a month! WOOHOO!

You sound like you truly are just done with it this time @nicotine_free! If you start even thinking that you’re gonna start thinking about smoking again, please remember that feeling: “I felt like someone was squeezing my lungs.” Because that’s what smoking does. Constricts and squeezes until you can’t draw a breath on your own anymore. I do hope you stay close. We ARE here for you!

Welcome aboard @Marie71! I’m 55 and smoked for 35 years. I recently passed my one year quit mark and I used NRT to quit. I used the patch. I suffer from severe anxiety and I knew that my mind would break if I went cold turkey. I was determined to quit, so I went through a long drawn out process of reducing the nicotine in my system until the day I forgot to put a patch on and decided I was done with the patch too. I would never outright recommend that someone put themselves through weeks/months of withdrawal to quit unless their mental state can be as messed up as mine can be. I knew, without a doubt after a few weeks in that I had only one quit in me and that my mind would never survive another quit. I was either quit and done or I would die smoking. We are here for you whatever you decide to do because ultimately this is YOUR quit journey. We just ask that you reach out when needed so that we can help you along. I have faith in you. You seem determined! Stay close!

You’ve got this Boo! You’re doing great! This is exciting!

It’s great to hear from you @Steven Drojensky! It sounds like you are doing wonderfully! Thanks for checking in. That one year mark is just around the corner. KTQ!

This turned out wonderful @Mee! I love it! You should be proud!

Congratulations Steven! 10 months! You have done wonderfully well. How are you?

Hello @Robbie! I miss you girl! It’s funny how special the attachments are to those that are newbie quitters around the same time you yourself are! But I have faith in you! After a rough start you battled right on through all while suffering the more oppressive Covid restrictions!! I know that you are still smoke free and I hope that you are still out and about enjoying your music!! Take care Robbie! I will not forget the journey we traveled together along with a few others. I will not forget the promise we swore to each other. NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! I surely will not!

Keep pushing through those craves @Kdad! You are so much stronger than you know! I was glad to see that you posted an SOS today also. Keep fighting and use what the train offers!

Seven years + is AWESOME!!! It will not be so long before I get there. 6 years, but I ain’t going back just staying on this forward march!!!