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NOPE Not One Puff Ever SNOTT Smoking's Not On The Table

8 months is AWESOME @SD2026!! So glad you found us... and found your forever quit too. We'll see you on the Lido Deck for your 1-year celebration really soon!

Congrats @Reciprocity! Glad you made it through!

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^^^ This is awesome advice for veterans, newcomers and everyone in between. To this day, I still read a lot and engage on this forum because addiction is sneaky… it can creep into my subconscious way too easily and pounce when I am vulnerable. So I keep reinforcing my recovery.

Hi again @Jane. Glad to have you back with us, to step off the “Misery Merry-Go-Round” for good. Your “enough is enough” attitude is a great asset to bring to your quit. For me, I found the withdrawal symptoms became more manageable once I “found my fierce.” I eventually got fed up with having my mind (and time and health and budget) always hijacked by cravings for nicotine. That determination to break free was useful. So was this site. Staying in dialogue about the experience and staying accountable were both helpful. Good luck with Day 1 - let us know how you do!

NOPE! Not One Puff Ever SNOTT! Smoking's Not On The Table

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Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves) What's the worst feeling?

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Hi @Sal. So great that you've come back. This is 100% the right place to get support and ditch those smokes once and for all! I quit using patches and the occasional lozenge to help me get through the initial withdrawal phase. That approach can definitely work if you combine it with a true commitment to quitting. The next time you have the urge to smoke, try popping a lozenge and doing something different to distract yourself. I did a LOT of wall push-ups and house-cleaning chores for those first few weeks, to stay busy and keep my mind off of the cravings. It's tough at first, but it gets easier. You can do this! Let us know how it goes.

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Thanks so much @MarylandQuitter and @Rixcz for all the spiffy site upgrades! I think I'm seeing the same thing @QuittingGirl is. On the regular laptop/desktop version of the site, the main menu nav bar at the top of the page appears to have disappeared - the menu where you can link to various activity streams (All Activity, Content I Started, etc.) as well as your user login, message notifications, etc. Those options are still all appearing at the bottom of the mobile "App" version. And they were present on the laptop/desktop version as of yesterday evening. But they're gone now.

Hey @Pilgrim. Good on you for being accountable for the relapse and coming back here to resume your quit. We've all been there. Glad you're back! I agree with those who have observed that the reason for your relapse is not especially mysterious. We smoke - and we relapse - because we are ADDICTS. Once we truly reckon with that fact we realize that there is no alternative but to take smoking/vaping 100% off the table. It is not easy, especially for those of us who were heavy users. But, at the same time, it can become deceptively "simple." In the words of some wise quitters here on the Train: When cravings strike, there are 1,000,000 things you can do in that moment. There is only one thing you cannot do - stick something in your face and light it on fire. Once your latest nicotine binge clears your system and you come into acceptance of these facts, the struggle does not magically disappear. But it does fade into a kind of background noise. No more dreadful withdrawal symptoms. No more shame from failed quits. No more roulette with your health. No more killing yourself so that others might profit. Won't that be nice? You can do this. Time to grab that freedom with both hands!