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Three cheers for the latest inductee into The Decade Club! So inspiring!
Congrats on three weeks! You now have the most physically gnarly days behind you. Onwards and upwards!
Hey @mammakim. Glad you are here and reached out! Thirteen days of coping with the worst of your chemical withdrawal is a great achievement! Now the longer road of recovery begins, where the quit entails reckoning with other kinds of withdrawal… mental, ritual, social, etc. Smoking was baked into the daily rhythm of our lives for a long time, so it’s natural to struggle for a while. The good news is that you have already proven you can make it through any cravings! You’ve built some solid quit muscles already. I agree with @GonSo that staying busy at this stage is helpful. I also found it useful to change up routines, to try and break old associations I had of times and places I would smoke. You can do this! Hang in there!
NOPE!Welcome back, Andy. We’ve all been there with failed quits. Good on you for facing forward and committing to your new quit. I look forward to getting to know you!!NOPENOPE!Way to go @tocevoD! Welcome to the Lido Deck!
Well done @MarylandQuitter! Congrats on your Lucky 13, and thanks for keeping the Quit Train chugging along!
Best decision ever! (To quit… not to ditch the crocs. I have a pair, myself… drives my sweetie bonkers, LOL.)nope11 months and coming in hot!!!
Well done! So glad for the update, keep on keepin on!Hooray for @SD2026… those months are really stacking up!!nopeHi @snowghost. Welcome to the Quit Train! This is a great forum to get info and encouragement to help you quit. We’ve all been where you are… sick beyond sick of smoking but compelled to continue and afraid of how awful we think quitting will be. That’s how addiction works. But it CAN be beaten! Cold turkey, nicotine replacement, Rx meds - they all work if you’re serious about breaking free. I smoked for ~45 years and used patches and lozenges for the first few weeks, to fortify my quit and help me through the early days. Start at the highest dosage patch (unless you have a health condition). Dermal absorption works fine, but is less potent than delivery via smoking. Be wary of “weaning”… it will likely make your cravings worse, as weaning puts you in a more or less permanent state if nicotine depletion. Good luck to you! Hope you decide to take the plunge soon. Life gets SO MUCH better on the other side….Attaway @bakon!! Hope you’re doing great.
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