DenaliBlues

Welcome back, Bria! One hour/day at a time is a smart strategy. Staying busy and distracted helps, too. It’s not wrong to say that you love smoking. Total honesty is needed for a successful quit. But as your quit grows, you may find that the internal, “I love smoking” idea is unmasked as a romanticized false narrative. For me, I realized that it was more accurate to say, “I am an addict who feels antsy without my fix and smoking is my drug.” Sheds a different light on things. Anyhow, good on you for coming back. You can do this!!

Hi, Molly and Bria. I’m sorry that things are difficult for you both right now. I can relate to being clobbered by multiple deaths and sorrows - that happened to me in 2021 and 2022. It can feel relentless sometimes - still terribly raw, despite the passage of time. Haunting. But I am more than the sum of my losses. So are you. When my mom was dying last summer, several people on the Train asked me if smoking ever really fixed anything? As much as I desperately wanted to smoke, I had to honestly answer “no.” Smoking never mended anything broken, never brought anyone back. So I keep my quit and I muddle thru as best I can. It’s not a linear process, but I can absolutely promise that the quit muscles get stronger with time. There are gifts to quitting that gradually start to bloom. It’s a courageous and beautiful thing you’re both doing, to walk toward them.

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NOPE! And SNOTT - smoking’s not on the table.

Happy anniversary, @Kate18. What a wonderful milestone to celebrate. Here’s a happy dance to salute you!

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Godzilla

Woo hoo Darcy! Getting through those first four weeks takes a lot of ingenuity and grit - well done. So happy that you made your break for freedom!

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I relate to so many of these. This is my go-to post to yank me back to reality when I miss smoking.

10. Make sun tea. Howzabout 10 uses for… SAND.

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NOPE!

lauds

Yowling Tasmanian Devil