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congrats @Stewbumthat's a great start to never smoking again. keep up the good work

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congrats @Kate184 years is fantastic. cute pup, too.

@Gusthat's how you do it. So glad you kept that awesome quit going.

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Congrats @BrioskiWelcome to the Lido Deck. Give yourself a well deserved reward today.

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congrats @DenaliBlueshope you have a great day today

sounds like you live in a little corner of paradise. Maybe I'll get a chance to visit Australia one day. The closest I ever got was watching the movie Quigley down under.

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@Icandothis2well hello and welcome aboard. you can do this. all you really need to do is follow the rules. If using patches or gums helps you follow those rules then by all means do whatever you feel is necessary. That being said, the quitting is simple but not easy and I don't think there is an easy way out of this. Anyway, here are the rules. Stick to them and you cannot help but to quit. Rule 1. Don't smoke Rule 2. When in doubt, refer to Rule 1.

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@Elenait's never the right time to quit and it's always the right time to quit. do yourself a favor and don't put this off on your ex boyfriend. he is whatever he is and if he wants out let him go. there will always be tragedies to derail your quit. it's like being a boat on the sea. no matter how rough the sea gets the water in the sea doesn't sink the boat. it's the water you let in the boat that sinks it. own your addiction and make you the priority. you will surprise yourself.

if it's real to you, it's real enough. i had physical symptoms for months, others were breezing through it after 6 weeks. you're young so you will probably groove a new habit pretty fast. Realize it will suck for a while. embrace that and do something other than smoke. you can do it.

@susie14the biology and the psychology of addiction is complicated. lots of pathways and chemistry involved in creating the habits that form the addiction. breaking the addiction isn't complicated. it's very simple. don't confuse that with easy. when i quit i didn't quit smoking as that was a bit traumatic for me, so I quit buying them. you can't smoke'em if ya ain't gottem. but it still came down to 2 rules. keep those rules and you are guaranteed success. Rule 1. don't smoke Rule 2. when in doubt, refer to Rule 1. I will admit one thing, though. Looking for the easy way out is a great distraction from smoking. I used that one a lot.

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