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Yes you can.. you did the last 5 days and will do it tommorow!!!! I dont know about you but somedays I have good days and then some days like today is rough as heck! But with this kind of support, it makes it so much worth it

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Tyme2B Newbie

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I’m not smoking! I did have a short relapse during the holidays but climbed right back on the train. Practice makes perfect? I sure hope so! I’m ready for perfectly smoke free. Thanks for asking ?

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3 minutes ago, reciprocity said:

Good to see you back on the train :) Make 2018 - completely smoke-free!!

So far so good! A new year somehow feels different...like a new beginning...so I’m making new goals & starting the rest of my life....smoke free. 

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JB 883 Newbie

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Just really try to hang onto the quit this time.

 

If smoking has not yet done any serious damage, that means you can still get out with minimal damage. Some ex smokers would probably give just about anything to go back to one of their "quits" before it became a REAL life and death situation.

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5 hours ago, Tyme2B said:

I’m not smoking! I did have a short relapse during the holidays but climbed right back on the train. Practice makes perfect? I sure hope so! I’m ready for perfectly smoke free. Thanks for asking ?

 

Glad to see that a slip didn't send you back to using nicotine again.  However, there are no practice quits.  This is your life and it's imperative that you keep your quit separate from all other things in your life and protect it as if your life depends on it, because it does.  There is no hope, try etc., there is only a commitment that you make to yourself that you never, ever stick a cigarette between your lips, set it on fire and start puffing on it. 

 

Every day protect your quit.  You can do this just like millions before you have.  Trust me and trust us when we say that you can stay quit forever.  :)

 

 

 

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Tyme2B Newbie

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Thank you! This support is helpful & energizing (except that I feel like a wet dishrag right now....but getting better) in that I know I am accountable for my own Quit. “False starts” & “Failed attempts” are just too damned hard on a person, as one just goes through all the initial symptoms of withdrawal again & again. Dumb & pointless. I’m staying away from triggers & succeeding at staying smoke free. Developing new methods of dealing with stress helps too. I’m 1 week smoke free today. ?

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Tyme2B Newbie

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Thanks Doreen. Your support & obvious caring is appreciated more than you will ever know ?

My new profile pic shows just one little reason life is worth the Quit. 

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Congrats Tyme.  One week is great!  Keep those daily NOPEs going and you'll never have to face another first week again.

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Joel Spitzer Newbie

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30 minutes ago, Tyme2B said:

Thank you! This support is helpful & energizing (except that I feel like a wet dishrag right now....but getting better) in that I know I am accountable for my own Quit. “False starts” & “Failed attempts” are just too damned hard on a person, as one just goes through all the initial symptoms of withdrawal again & again. Dumb & pointless. I’m staying away from triggers & succeeding at staying smoke free. Developing new methods of dealing with stress helps too. I’m 1 week smoke free today. ?

 

Yes relapsing over and over again is a horrible way to approach quitting smoking. Yet smokers are often taught that it is inevitable that they are going to have to quit over and over again before they get their "one true quit or their "sticky quit."  I think the terminology varies from site to site. Whatever the term, I believe this message that people must quit multiple times before they are able to succeed is wrong, discouraging and down right dangerous.

 

Here are a few resource pages I have addressing this issue:

 

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/is-relapse-a-natural-part-of-the-quitting-process/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/smokers-dont-have-to-quit-multiple-times-before-they-will-succeed/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/if-this-is-your-first-time-quitting/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/the-lucky-ones-get-hooked/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/i-know-i-will-quit-smoking/

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42 minutes ago, Joel Spitzer said:

 

Yes relapsing over and over again is a horrible way to approach quitting smoking.

Whatever the term, I believe this message that people must quit multiple times before they are able to succeed is wrong, discouraging and down right dangerous.

 

Here are a few resource pages I have addressing this issue:

 

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/is-relapse-a-natural-part-of-the-quitting-process/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/smokers-dont-have-to-quit-multiple-times-before-they-will-succeed/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/if-this-is-your-first-time-quitting/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/the-lucky-ones-get-hooked/

http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/i-know-i-will-quit-smoking/

Thank you Joel....I have lots of reading to do from your posted links....thank you! I have to agree that repeated attempts at quitting smoking cannot possibly be good physically, mentally or emotionally....I have realized in the past couple of months that I must COMMIT to Quitting. Period. This stop & start nonsense just does not feel healthy on any level & I can’t do it anymore. No wonder I feel like a wet dishrag, physically & mentally. I must admit I do feel a little better today though which is encouraging. Thank you for your message & for the reading material you have provided Joel. I NEED this intervention and MUST commit to staying smoke free. I will share what I have learned on the site after reading this information. I’m sure it will benefit others too...but right now I need to conquer this addiction myself before I can support others to stop doing the same stop-start thing I have been doing. ?  Thank you for your Expert advice. 

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Joel Spitzer Newbie

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1 hour ago, Tyme2B said:

Thank you Joel....I have lots of reading to do from your posted links....thank you! I have to agree that repeated attempts at quitting smoking cannot possibly be good physically, mentally or emotionally....I have realized in the past couple of months that I must COMMIT to Quitting. Period. This stop & start nonsense just does not feel healthy on any level & I can’t do it anymore. No wonder I feel like a wet dishrag, physically & mentally. I must admit I do feel a little better today though which is encouraging. Thank you for your message & for the reading material you have provided Joel. I NEED this intervention and MUST commit to staying smoke free. I will share what I have learned on the site after reading this information. I’m sure it will benefit others too...but right now I need to conquer this addiction myself before I can support others to stop doing the same stop-start thing I have been doing. ?  Thank you for your Expert advice. 

 

Yes staying free is really contingent on staying 100% committed to your quit.

If you want to spend a lot of time going through materials I have you could go through the resources on the page http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/videos-related-to-the-implications-of-a-puff-once-you-have-quit/

Or if you have just a few seconds to spare check out the video on the top of this page: http://whyquit.com/joels-videos/a-100-guaranteed-way-to-successfully-quit-smoking/

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