I'm Back!

[Tyme2B]

Relapses stink....literally. I lost a 5 month Quit....no excuses, we all go through tough times. I'm scared after what I went through in my last Quit but I am educated and better prepared this time. I just have to do it. I felt better after 5 months of not smoking both physically & mentally and I was proud of myself. Gotta do this. It would be nice to live & even better to stop the disappointment in myself, the fear, the stink, the sense of failure & guilt. l just want to Quit. For good.

I thought I could quit again without the Forum....but the support from others helps a lot. Nope Nope Nope. I wish I had never started this filthy addictive habit.

[Tink]

Great to see you back tyme as You say you are more educated now, that along with support will help you with your sticky quit

 

You can and will do this x

[Tyme2B]

Great to see you back tyme as You say you are more educated now, that along with support will help

 

You can and will do this x

YES I will! Thank you! xxx

[action]

Hi Tyme, welcome back!

 

The Force is strong at the QuitTrain... you should stay with us for as long as possible - the better the foundation on your quit, the stronger it will be in the long run.  We have all been where you are now, and we all came out the other side with good support :D

[babs609]

welcome back Tyme.....relapse sucks and the thought of starting over sucks...but...keeping your head in the sand and smoking until you are dead is worse.  So...kudos to you for recognizing!

 

 

Hello sticky quit!

[Nancy]

Welcome back, Tyme!!

[Doreensfree]

Welcome back....

Never give up...giving up....smoking kills....

This place works...if you let it....

Education and support...this is how you will succeed....

Make this one count...

[Still winning]

Hiya, welcome home. Relapse sure does suck but quitting doesn't so well done on your return. x

[Runfree]

Good to have you back Tyme2B!   It sounds like you're in it for good.  And this quit will be nothing like your last quit.  

 

Nasty addiction for sure.  Nothing good about it.  

[Ria]

Tyme2B... we're all different, all weak in some ways, all strong in other ways, what's right for one isn't for another and so on!

 

For ME, I've found just being here, not necessarily adding my bit, but when I feel too much 'empathy' it CAN stimulate my weakness.. if that makes sense? So, I avoid reading SOS's or the relapse posts, for FEAR that I'll get a "good excuse" if I'm already 'down'.... so I'll contribute the "chicks or sticks" or another fun thread, and leave until the next day.... and the NOPE thread, of course! ;)

 

Anyway, that's me... as I said we're all different... don't feel bad, please! I stuffed a longer than a year quit, so we're all on 'borrowed time'... NONE of us should feel 'cocky' or judgemental, or righteous!

 

A day at a time, and for today, right now, it's NOPE for me!!!!

[MichelleDoesntSmoke]

Welcome back! Glad youre back. Hugs!

[Tyme2B]

Thanks to you ALL! I have to do this....the sticky quit...I have only tried to quit 4x in 40 yrs.....don't want to make it 5!

[MichelleDoesntSmoke]

You got this. Stay close to us. I cant even express how much these guys have helped me get through Hell Week. Deep breaths, ice water, walks, and the group....you will make it this time!

[bakon]

window licker

[Kendra]

Hi, Nice ta meetcha Tyme.

 

In 30 something years of tobacco slavery I quit 3 times.

 

I am leaving it at that.   3rd times a charm for me.    Glad you are sticking on 4.  

 

I'm with Ria.....different paths for each of us -yet some similarities for all.   nope, in practice if not in pledge.   

 

we've got this. 

 

I am coming up on three months....longest i have been free from nicotine in a decade.

 

I walk uphill easily now. my nose knows things it hasn't recalled in decades. my hair, clothes, car, breathe and body don't reek of smoke or stale smoke today.  I do not plan my time around having  cigarettes..... I do not spend one minute wondering how smoking will impact the people around me or influence people's opinion of how I conduct myself in business or volunteer work.      thank you, thank you, thank you quit train riders and conductors.  

 

Glad you're here Tyme.  

[MarylandQuitter]

One thing that I had to admit to myself is that smoking is an addiction just like alcohol and other drugs.  Nicotine is a very, very powerful drug so it only makes sense that we have a much higher rate of success when involved in some type of support group.  No need to go at it alone with the Internet!  There is so much help out there for so many things, quitting smoking included.  This is why we exist and it's why so many members who have long quits still post; to help others along their own journeys to freedom.

[Ramona]

Welcome Back Tyme.

It's nice to hear from you again.

[Evelyn]

Still going strong

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[Tyme2B]

Yes I'm still here! Feeling awful of course but I expected that. Remind me that fatigue & feeling "shitty" is all normal! Lol! I know I will start to feel better soon. I can wish I had never started, never relapsed, never become an addict but all the wishing in the world is not going to help....I have to do this on my own...and like others, try to do it whatever way works for me. This sucks you know! Looking forward to feeling better with NOPE. Thanks to you all for your supportive comments. I deserved the window licker one Bacon....but I'm back & I'm a NOPE. Hugs to you all xx

[Ria]

GAWD!!! I still don't know what a 'window licker' is!!!!

 

GREAT to see you here T2B! xox

[Evelyn]

Bakon calls a smokr or relapser a window licker, if I'm right it's Bakon language

[Sunnyside]

You got this, just get though one minute, one hour and each day at a time.

[Tyme2B]

You got this, just get though one minute, one hour and each day at a time.

Yes I think bakon calls a relapser a window licker. I agree sunny...just have to get through each hour of the day. I'm nauseated, tired & down...I'm sure you were there too. Just using my box of help tools to get through the worst. This addiction sucks.

[Ramona]

This addiction sucks.

 

It sure does Tyme.

SUCKS.

VILE, INSIDIOUS...pure f-ing evil.

Robbing us of our very life force...our time on earth...our breath

[Tyme2B]

I'm staying clean...no smoking. You are so right TEW. Vile, insidious, evil killer.....strong but true words. I can't believe that 40 yrs ago we actually smoked in hospitals....Staff & Patients! Knowing what we know today OMG!