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Evelyn welcome back it sometimes takes a few falling downs and getting back ups but make this your sticky quit x

Holski fantastic keep going you got this xx

Love reading posts like this to hep me reaffirm my quit, must admit am struggling with craves again, and Bonnie you hit something on the head for me in your post, I feel empty I could never put my finger on the feeling but thats the one, so to both of you my head is down and Ima keep on trucking I will be here and I will celebrate my one year Anniversay xx

Paula you are doing amazing you keep on going you got this and you will get there xx

70 days is shamazing your doing fantastic and squeaking along nicely xx

Julie absolutely amazing xx

It looks absolutely beautiful, I have just started stripping my upstairs bannisters back to natural wood not going to lie its going to take a while lol xx

You got this Holski, exercise is good, if its not to early, play some banging tunes too always makes me smile xx

Congratulations Rez 8 months is brilliant xx

Hi and Welcome on Board Jeanne, thank you so much for sharing you story and journey so far, you have already been through so much and I am so glad you are here now so we can share the rest of your journey with you, we are the ones who are in control of our quits and we can choose to make it as hard or as difficult as we like, its an exciting and rewarding journey there will be some pitfalls or maybe not! But reach out as often as you like, talk and share as often as you like we are all here to help and support with some laughs, tears and a lot of screaming lol Well Done xx

Need this pledge today I WILL NOT SMOKE NOPE

HAT good to see you, come on and grab your way one ticket soon, the ride here is so much smoother and much more genuine because we all care about how we are all doing xx Oh and I know somewhere to get coffee :lol2: lol

Holski great to see you Ill shout it out with you THIS IS YOUR STICKY QUIT............okxx

Hi and Welcome Chani great to see a long term quitter xx

For years and years my mantra was "it will never happen to me" who was I trying to kid, I was listening to an addiction deep inside, for years and years I was scared to give up, who was I trying to kid, I believed the addict inside me, for years and years whenever my partner and son said, please stop its killing you, I laughed and said yes well I'm stressed, I'll do it when I'm ready, tommorow, who was I trying to kid, the addiction was pulling the wool over my eyes, for years and years I told myself that smoking wasn' dangerous, I enjoyed it, what harm could come to me, I ignored the breathless feeling, I ignored the cough, the tiredness, the rapid heart rate, the heavy feeling in my limbs, who was I trying to kid, the addict in me wanted to keep smoking. But I finally woke up to the fact that smoking is dangerous, smoking will kill, it will happen to me, I did not want to be breathless, tired any more, and how did I finally wake up, I read so many testimonials from people with cancer, people who had lost loved ones, I found a Forum a fantastic form full of people keeping it real, people who cared enough about themselves, to stop kidding themselves and finally quit. I began to believe in myself, I believed that it wasnt scary to quit smoking, I believed that I could quit, and I did, with help and support and the desire to succeed, I now look at my partners and childrens faces and see the happiness and belief from them too, and it makes me warm inside. Some days are difficult, some days are easy, but isnt that just life, but it is so much better because I no longer smoke. xx

Tracey you are doing fantastic never forget that 7 months is brilliant keep going we are right here for you xx

Tracey so glad to see your still here and doing better, PAUL you are an absolute star for helping tracey, the support of the Quit Train is so valuable and was proved yet again, we all have to realise that there is no shame in admitting we are facing a crave, it happens, we sometimes need help and its really fantastic to know that we can reach out and there will always be helping hands and voices around. Well done Tracey you came through so proud and once again PAUL amazing xx

Fantastic Joe 7 months is truly fantastic xx

Hi Laura keeping on hanging in, some really wonderful advice above and not much more to add except its just the demon junkie thinking trying to creep back in and tell us we are missing something, when we damn well know we are not as I said to my mum the other day "my logical side of my brain is saying you don't smoke any more but see the illogical side is manically laughing at me and telling me to just go on, have one it will be ok you know you want it," my mum calmly turned to me and said well Jackie tell the illogical side to f@@k off, and thats just what I did whilst laughing at my 73 year old prim and proper mammy

sniffing I hate someone continually sniffing for god's sake blow your nose!!

Bakon that is the chinese ancient art of Chi nging Char Nals !

Hi Gabby all those emotions and thoughts processes that you mentioned above are all completely normal, yes you will feel "out of it" for a while your body is adjusting to the amazing changes that being a non smoker brings and it takes time, I think all us new quitters simply believed all we had to say is "I no longer smoke wish it was that simple, it takes dedication in the beginning but just believe in yourself Gabby we all believe in you and you can do this and you are doing great and it lessens after time, don't stress over any weight gain Ive put on weight too but I am now exercising more and I know the weight gain will re-adjust through time, being a non smoker is far more important xx

WIley so glad you had someone around to give you support, it absolutely sucks, when after this length of time a fricken crave comes along and BOOM its like where the hell did that come from!!! I'm exactly like you, I know I will not smoke and I do not want to smoke, but the craves still make you stop and think, so glad you dodged that bullet would miss my toothbrush baring shark if he wasn't around well done and proud of you xx

"it will never happen to me" we should never take our lives for granted again, we know the risks and chose to ignore them in the past, scary scary, so young

Hi Ali really nice to meet you and congratulations on 11 months that is amazing, your post re-enforces us quitters who are finding it hard (namely ME) that keep the quit and it will be so much better, so thank you for coming and sharing your quit with us on Quit Train, i'm definitely keeping a tight hold of my one way ticket to freedom xx