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Soooo? Was it as delicious as it sounded it was going to be? Were you full to bursting and needing a nap afterward? Do tell!

Hello @Meow! I hope that all is well with you? We’d love to hear from you!

Excellent. So true. Thank you. It’s hard. It’s so hard. And it hurts. Thank you for your honesty and for the pep talk!!!

WooHoo! Five years?! Congratulations @G67!

Thanks for the advice @Doreensfree @jillar and @reciprocity You guy are the best! And @reciprocity please let us know how the duck turned out.

Hey Robbie! I had the same kind of day yesterday and to be honest I already feel the same way this morning. I will not say that I have the urge to smoke because I don’t. I am in a constant state of low tension and anxiety because of something that is happening in my life right now that I have absolute no control over. I am literally facing a giant wall with my hands balled into fists down at my sides and my forehead pressed into said wall trying to will it away. I don’t know what to do about this wall. It will eventually crumble and fall as all walls do. All I can do is stay on here and read the old posts. It’s reading the personal battles that help me most. I guess that all I can say is that you are not alone in this. You are not the only one facing this particular issue. So keep posting on here and if the only thing that keeps you from quitting your quit is that you know that one other person on this planet is feeling the exact same way as you are then that is enough and we can call it a day and hope for a better one tomorrow.

You are awesome @PeachFuzz I’m so thankful that you stayed on the train with us. Best wishes for the future!!!

OMG! This sounds like it’s going to be delicious @reciprocity! I hope it turns out well!

Sorry for your loss @Opah

Hello and welcome back!! Fairly new here but have found that it’s the place to be!

YAY!!! Go! Go and live life Robbie! Speedy healing and enjoy yourself @Abby!

This is great news! I’m glad that you are succeeding! Best of luck to you and remember that we are all here if you need us.

All of the above is so true. We just gotta breathe. And keep breathing. We just gotta say NOPE and keep saying NOPE.

Amen. Beautifully said.

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What a beautiful trip @reciprocity! Amazing photos! I’m glad that you got out and I can tell that you are! Hey @Robbie! Good to see that you are still surviving that wretched lockdown!

A day short of being 11 weeks quit from smoking. 7 days into being completely nicotine free. This is hard. It’s mental. I’ve been crying again for two days again because I don’t even know why half the time and the rest of the time it’s because of everything. I am physically worn out from keeping myself active because I can’t sleep. My mental state really is the worst and is what is bothering me the most because you just have to let it run it’s course. I’m hoping that at least by day 10, I will be presentable to the public. I had no idea that withdrawals from a 7mg patch would be so rough. Having gone through these withdrawals at each stage of my quit using nicotine replacement therapy via patches you may be wondering if I believe it was worth it because of the high levels of anxiety and depression I have gone through not once, but three times? (Remember I skipped the 21mg step 1 patches.) Yes. I do. For me. I can only imagine how bad it all could have been without the patches. I know without a doubt that it was the right decision for me. Just like I know that I would never survive another quit. Which is why I will never quit this quit. I can’t. I hope that anyone contemplating a quit really sits down and thinks it through. Plan it. Know your limits. Set some goals and follow through. Join this forum. Stay close. Oh so close.

I hope that you go. I can’t begin to tell you how to get through it. It may be horrible. It may be frightening. You may have an attack. But you will survive it like we always do and be the stronger for it on the other side of it. Your family is worth it. You will have the greatest time. You will be so thankful you went.

Will do @Katgirl!

So sorry for your loss @AceWhite Sounds like your friend was as close as a brother. My thoughts are with you today.

It’s horrible that this is coming during this time for you. I believe you can do it. I wish that you could engage your mind more. I know. I know. There’s only so much any of us could stand of that. I can’t wait until you can get back out and get distracted by all sorts of people and events. Prayers for you.

That’s hilarious Opah. I love it. A true rebel at heart.