Penguin

Congratulations on your accomplishment, @Reciprocity!

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Well done!

I don't recall ever having a dream involving smoking when I was smoker, but in the past 15 months I've had one about every three months. When I came to the forum I saw evidence of an "in-house" ticker the site used to support, but apparently that went by the wayside before I ever got here. Most of those I've seen (and my own) are all from Ticker Factory.

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Welcome to the Quit Train! I too, came here well after I'd quit smoking, but I was noticing some cracks in my resolve that I wanted to patch sooner rather than later. You've come to a good place to receive no-nonsense accountability and support from people who truly want to see good for you. Many here have different approaches. Some prefer tough love, some prefer a gentler approach, but it's all from a place of good intentions. If you're willing to put in the hard work to make and keep a commitment to quit the gum, you'll find success. Whether you succeed on a given day or fail, we'll always be glad to have you here, fighting the good fight and putting in the work one day at a time.

I took January as a "trial month" of sorts to figure out a workout plan. Part of what I'm doing today is putting the final touches on a workout plan that eases me into a full workout. Starting next week, I'll begin that regimen. Hopefully this time I won't collapse a lung.

I don't look forward to those situations, but in a unique way I've come to appreciate them as an opportunity to reinforce my quit. "Embrace the suck," as my military friends say, and sometimes you'll almost enjoy them as an opportunity to grow. It's not that you want it to happen, but if you see it as an opportunity to grow as a person, it makes the silver lining that much brighter.

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I've had several interactions lately with a rather frustrating (but well-intended) person. I used to always smoke whenever I finished talking with them, and while the thought of, "I would usually smoke right now" has recently passed through my mind, I didn't want to seek out a cigarette. I'm not a big fan of intentionally putting myself through stress just to get used to it, but every time I organically experience something where I used to normally smoke and I make the choice not to, I can celebrate that it's reinforcing my quit.

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I tried patches and gums at certain points before my final quit, but nothing ever worked for me. I'd be chewing the gum and pocket it in my cheek just to have a cigarette. When I finally quit, it was cold turkey--but a collapsed lung is a strong motivator. I had four days in the hospital to consider the ramifications of what would happen if I kept smoking, and that was enough for me.

NOPE! I'm going to the DMV today to get my ID, and no matter what, I'm not smoking. The only downside so far is I couldn't get there before they opened to wait with everyone else, or I'd have been around a bunch of smokers who never stand far enough away.

Welcome! Congratulations on your quit. Now let's see what we can do to keep it going! The people here have been very supportive, and they'll be honest with you about the harsh realities of smoking. It's a good place to receive accountability without the ego. We'd like you to stick around and put in the time to get some distance from your addiction. As so many of us here have shown, you can beat it!

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Ever since I quit, I've had a handful of dreams in which I dreamed I broke my quit. I've woken up in a panic before, and one was so convincing I spent time going over my finances and looking around my apartment for evidence I'd bought cigarettes. My dreams are not usually that vivid, and it really irks me when I have those dreams. Does anyone else experience smoking nightmares that leave you in a funk? Let me know how you cope with them, please!

We're on our fourth day of crappy weather here, so I'm inside working on our family history. Unfortunately, all the online resources are also having issues with the weather, so they're frequently going offline. It's been a bit frustrating, but also productive. I've managed to clean out a lot of the tangles and dead weight on the family tree--people that we thought might've been connected but aren't, duplicates, and so on. So far I've pared away 200 names, and finished the second draft of my dad's and my continuation of my grandfather's family book.

NOPE! I like myself!

Congratulations! That's about the time I really started to feel like I might be free from my addiction forever. It's a time to celebrate, and to be vigilant. You've come this far, so stay on your guard and keep going! Treat yourself to something nice today.

NOPE! I've been running into a lot of guys who claim to have quit, but they only transferred their addiction to cigars, a pipe, a vape, or to marijuana. Not. One. Puff. Ever. Of. Anything! Smoke is smoke, a pile of carcinogenic crap you're inhaling into your body. Even the vapor of a vape is loaded with a lot of dangerous chemicals.

Congratulations! Ten years is a big accomplishment!