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well done @Sunshine594 years is a great quit. thank you for sharing your success

congrats @garry mhudson that is an inspiring quit.

thanks everybody for the support. everybody here was a big part in me getting this far in my quit. been offline for a while due to some technical difficulties. hope everyone is well and smoke free. i am still sans cigs

congrats @robin0212on 2 months. that's a stellar quit you got. keep it up.

Am I too late? I brought some soda. Luv ya Dor. You kept me strong. Can't thank you enough.

congrats on 2 months quit Sandi. you're doing great. you'll be on the Lido Deck before you know it.

congrats Bri. so good to see you doing so good. hope you had a great day

congrats @robin02121 month is a huge accomplishment. keep it going

awesome quit, Nancy.

that's a fantastic quit Doreen. You are an inspiration.

congrats @overcome on 1 year quit.

congrats Sandi. that's a great quit you got. keep that momentum going. great job.

congratulations Bri. It's awesome to see you knocking those months down. You got a first class quit going there.

not smoking is the only way to live. while you are smoking you are only surviving until you get your next fix. what did Clint Eastwood say in "Josey Wales"? "Dying ain't much of a living..." that's a pretty accurate description for the smoking addiction I think.

hi @robin0212quitting is a process and sometimes relapsing is part of the process. You can do this

I got a varmint that started eating my chickens so I'm waiting for him to show up and find the little surprise I left for his ass tonite. Why do I feel like Bill Murray's character in Caddy Shack?

that's the way to do it @robin0212 I just love seeing a new quitter succeed. you are doing fantastic.

@LeapOfFaith you are overthinking this, I think everybody does in the beginning. I know I did. Try to look at it this way, you only live one moment at a time, so just don't smoke in this moment. We all worry about how we will deal with the withdrawal symptoms we will face tomorrow and that is why we fear quitting because it seems so impossible. The reality is that all you have to deal with is the withdrawal you feel in the moment. None of us quit forever, we just quit for now because that's all there is...now. There is no yesterday or tomorrow and today only consists of now. I hope this makes sense. Good luck.

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@robin0212hang in there. smoking was probably a bigger part of your life than even you realize so let yourself grieve a little bit. it's ok. we all miss the things we've had a long relationship with, even the toxic ones. You are doing great. Just let all those emotions out, it's not healthy to keep it bottled up inside.

Hello LOF. I know exactly what you are going through. I spent a long time false starting quits. Eventually I had to prove to myself that life didn't end when I stopped smoking and I did this by engaging in my 2 biggest triggers....driving and golf, without cigs before I actually quit. Normally I would smoke a pack or a pack and a half on the golf course, then one day I was having a round with my son and decided to leave my smokes in the car. I didn't say a word to my son and he never even noticed (or at least didn't mention it) that I didn't smoke. That whole round I kept telling myself about how I was having a great time with my son and how it was much more enjoyable. I even drove home before I lit up. I had just proven to myself that I could enjoy golf without smoking. In fact, I had a better time without them. Next I had some business to take care of out of state and the night before I left I smoked the last cig I had. I drove from 4 am to about noon and then settled all my business without smoking. Then I got gas and bought a pack of cigs for the trip home cause I knew I probably wouldn't make it and I didn't want to have to make an extra stop for cigs. But I did make the entire drive back home without opening the pack of cigs I bought. So I now I had proved to myself that I could make an extended drive without smoking and nothing bad happened. I didn't lose my shit and road rage, the car didn't break down and I stayed in control. And since I promised myself I could smoke when I got home I did. So now all that was left was to take that leap of faith (see what I did there). I knew the parachute worked so all that was left to do was jump off the cliff. That drive I mentioned finished on a Monday night when I opened that pack of cigs I bought. Wednesday night I decided I wasn't going to buy anymore so I proceeded to try to smoke all the cigs I had left. I had one to go and my lungs just couldn't take it so I went to bed and smoked what turned out to be my last cigarette at 8:30 on a Thursday morning. It was challenging for sure, but I had a very unhealthy relationship with some ground up weeds rolled in paper. That makes no sense. It also makes no sense that I should feel some grief at the loss of my "friendship" with a tobacco product but I did. I still look back fondly at some of the great times I had when I smoked, but the difference is that I now know it wasn't the cigarettes that made those great times, In fact, the cigarettes were a hinderance I just didn't realize it. I also switched brands a few months before I quit and got off the philip morris brands. I don't know if that made a difference or not but I feel it did. Anyhow, that is how I mentally and physically prepared myself to get started on a quit. Craves were managed with lots of walking, deep breathing exercises (I did the wim hof method) and eating lots of sweets. It wasn't easy, but it was simple. I hope this will help you find your own strategy to get started, and that is the hardest part. Good luck.

congratulations @Slow progress that first month is a monumental achievement. Give yourself a pat on the back and a big hug then get to work on that second month. You have proven that you don't need the cigarettes. Don't it feel good to be strong?

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i reckon quickbooks hired the same PR firm that the extended warranty companies use.