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HB J!

Feels good, eh? I'm happy for you Evelyn!

Life is getting better and better, huh Rooster? Great job and keep up the good strides! NOPE'n it all the way.

NOPE!

BAHAHAHA! His posts are my mental exercises for the day. It's great fun.

Monumental Success! Congrats Comrade. And thank you for sharing your sage words.

Happy Birthday Humbled! I hope all your wishes come true

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Thanks everyone!! Your support helped get me this far. I'm a bit stunned I have a month, and am thrilled and grateful too. Yay. I tried on some very very nice running shoes today :D. I think they will be my 2 month quit treat, if I can wait that long before buying them. One month quit...amazing. Joe, Congrats to you too!! I'd be elated to follow in your footsteps and find myself at 13 months. Way to commit to being a better you!

Welcome PMs were great!! Reading in the Newbie Discussions and gaining knowledge was most helpful. Doing a daily NOPE...seemed silly at first but it makes a difference Finding out it only took 72 hours to get to the other side was HUGE!! 36 years of smoking vs the start of freedom being only 72 hours away...unfathomable.

Taking a drag will not take the edge off. It will give you 3 seconds of believing your life is better...that's it, 3 seconds. Then reality emerges and you will see your life is NOT better, the stress is not gone...it's not. You instead have added to it. Ease your mind away from black or white, all or nothing thinking. There are many more options to dealing with the stress you're feeling. Get out some paper and make a list of ideas people use to overcome stress. Maybe start with deep, slow breaths and then putting on your shoes and walk around the block. Break the thinking pattern you are stuck in....a drag will NOT ease your stress. Never has, never will. We're both around a month clean. I know what it means to me. Don't lose it Evelyn...don't toss away your quit over some external bs.

Good Morning Quitters NOPE!

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Awe, just heartwarming! Hoping all goes well for them and the big sisters.

NOPE!! <one month-ish on and i'm starting to really dig this community>

Who needs a silly gazebo!

LOL, It'd be best to leave it to your imagination. The thing works, nuf said. Are you putting a jacuzzi out in the gazebo?

Oh man, 4 months is great! Congrats.

I just ordered an insanely expensive jog bra :o :D....next month I'll be getting some insanely expensive shoes for summer.

LOL, love it! You know exactly when you put it down for good. Me too! My two mantras at the very beginning were "get through 72" and "a cig will not solve this problem". AND....doing the NOPE pledge. You've got this Lennon...look how far already!!

Yep, the thoughts are there and the motivation ebbs and flows. Don't know why that is but it happens for me too and not just with quitting smoking. Cleaning closets is a good example, lol.

Hi Lennonluvr. I'm a new Quitter. And I agree what was said above...educate yourself and learn how to REFRAME your thinking so you are prepared to knock this down and get your life back There is a ton of info here on Quit Train and lots of helpful folks. The cravings are going to come and our tendency/pattern is to give in to it but that is where knowledge will help you. The emotional pull of having lost family and the possibility of your children losing you are great motivators.....AND, knowledge will give you more tools and insight. My first few days, I spent time reading the Newbie Database and watching videos. Having that info under my belt pulled me through more than one rough moment. The idea that I could be done with the nightmare if I could just push through 72 hours was enticing. One hard push, then little ones after that, then a life of freedom. You can do this Lennonluvr. Soon you'll be free. Imagine that!

NOPE!

This is a BIG deal....congrats and keep up the good effort. It will be worth it.

Yes! My first wow moment was the aroma from the bakery in a grocery store. i'd been shopping there for years and who knew you could smell the sugary goodness over by the produce!!