QuittingGirl

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Congratulations @MarylandQuitter on 11 years!! That is amazing! And thank you for creating this forum to help all of us quit! I don't think I could have done it without the help of everyone on here!

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Thanks everyone!

Nail technician

Joke

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Oh I am definitely in agreement with Denali! NOPE x 2!!! I don't like spiders!

Thanks! She truly is!

Actually this is a perfect post for me now. The reason I went back to smoking the first time after being quit for 6 years, was because my husband had Tachycardia and had to have a heart ablation procedure. Needless to say, I was extremely stressed and PETRIFIED so I went back to smoking. Thankfully he was ok, but did going back to smoking make him Ok? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! Smoking did NOTHING for my husband or me. Fast forward to a few weeks ago when another very stressful medical incident happened. My 98 year old mom who is in pretty good shape for a person of that age, needed to have emergency hernia surgery. Needless to say, I was very stressed out and nervous. A 98 year old going under general anesthesia and having surgery!! I was PETRIFIED!! Thankfully, my mom came out of surgery with flying colors! She stayed over in the hospital for 3 nights and the doctors, nurses and hospital staff were amazed at her rapid and easy recovery. She barely took any Tylenol as she didn't have any real pain except for some soreness which is totally normal. My mom is an amazing person with such a positive mental attitude! The difference between the last time and this time, is this time I didn't go back to smoking. It certainly wouldn't have changed me being nervous. It actually would have made me more nervous, because my heart rate would have increased A LOT, and I might have ended up in that hospital as a patient instead of being a visitor! So yes, no matter what incident you go through, cigarettes, will NEVER help you! Thank you again Gene, for bringing this up!! Btw, you are doing fabulous with your quit, and I do believe you will become a regular around here!!

HI @Deggit Welcome aboard the Train!! Gene gave you great advice but you really do need to come on this site as often as possible so we all can support you in your quit journey! Many of us on here have been quit for over a decade and then there are newbies like you and everyone in between, but we all have one thing in common, we all had that very "first day" of quitting! We all went through the withdrawal symptoms, so everything you are experiencing, we also went through and we can definitely help you succeed. This is the 2nd time and last time I am going to quit (who wants to go through another round of withdrawal symptoms, if I don't have to!) Definitely not me!! The first time I quit I used Chantix and while I found it to be a wonder drug where I didn't get very many withdrawal symptoms, I did go back after 6 years. Unfortunately I didn't know about this site back then. If I did, I probably wouldn't have gone back to smoking. This time I quit cold turkey and the withdrawal symptoms were very bad in the beginning, but I came on here a lot and everyone helped me get through them. It wasn't easy, but I did it and you will do it too! I hope to see you on here again soon! Good luck to you!

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Garage

Lawyer

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NOPE!!

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