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A weekly blog featuring well written posts from members of our community. Each week I'll pick a post and add it to this blog along with the link to the whole thread for anyone wanting to read more. Hope you like it 😊

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To NOPE or not to NOPE

Cbdave Quit Date: 10th oct 2015   Posted February 4, 2019  G’day I’m cbdave and more often that not I get to raise the NOPE pledge of a morning. Being close to the international date line and living on the east coast of Australia means that I get to see the new day a lot earlier than most. If I’m off fishing it can be really early as I hate my phone smelling of fish bait. It wasn’t always that way. I never posted a NOPE on the QSMB board in those first months. 
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Triggers after you quit

Jenny Quit Date: 05/24/2012   Posted March 30, 2014    Throughout your quit you are likely to be faced with events that bring thoughts of smoking back to the forefront of your mind.  I've been quit nearly two years (28 year smoker)  and while it does not happen often, it still happens. Not like when you first quit and craving a cigarette can be a whole body experience, but more of a thought.  Your mind after so many years of smoking has been conditioned to think that a c
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Will i always miss smoking?

Sunnyside Quit Date: 02/01/22   Posted July 6, 2016  I found this article on another website and thought it may help someone here. By Terry Martin "I quit smoking seven months ago. I do feel better, and I don't struggle all of the time now, but I still have days when I find myself missing my cigarettes. I sometimes wish I could have just one now and then. At times, the urge to smoke is so intense. I wonder if I'll ever be free of this habit? Will I miss smoking f
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How to silence the inner voice....

Ladybug Posted April 9, 2014    I have no idea where I got this from, but it's in my quit diary and I thought I share it with you guys!   As to silencing the inner voice:   The secret is a repeated conscious choice. If you draw a saw across a log one time, you may make a scratch in the bar. If you draw it across the log a few more times you may scratch the surface of the wood.   If you keep drawing the saw across the same place on the log, the scratch
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Reclaiming Our Comfort

DenaliBlues Quit Date: 2/10/2022   Posted 16 hours ago    So sorry you are ill and feeling skunky, @Linda.  I’ve felt the same way. This wily addiction sure likes to try and strike when we are feeling low or unawares. Stay strong!   Bear with me as I try to express something for you, for me, for all of us who suffer… there is something important about “comfort” that quitting requires us to reclaim. I think smoking hijacked our ability to feel comfort. Instead o
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A Message from your Body

Nancy Quit Date: 07/07/2013   Posted September 17, 2014    I found this online, here.   A message from your body. (Repost)   By tahoehal  on November 03 2007 at 4:39 pm      Insert your own name ......... and days of being smoke free x. Dear .......... It has been x days since you have quit smoking. You probably don't recognize me since you have been real busy for about x years.  I am your body and I wanted to have a conversati
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When things get crunchy, remember...

DenaliBlues Quit Date: 2/10/2022   Posted January 21    Reading and re-reading is a great strategy in the early hours and days of your quit. I did that, too. What else will you do to support and distract yourself? You might try making a list of things you can do instead of smoking when the cravings strike. I know it sounds corny to make a list, but it helps to be prepared (things to do with your hands, things to do with your mouth, mindless tasks, exercise snacks, physic
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Take smoking off your table!

REZ   Posted April 30, 2015        Everyone has a lot of stuff on their table and in their life. You might have job stress, lots of bills, some medical issues and a host of other things going on that makes the thought of quitting seem impossible but it's not! All those things have nothing to do with smoking. You might reach for a cigarette when your dealing with them but if you think about it, smoking doesn't help resolve any of your other problems. All it does is makes the b
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WILLPOWER

Mee Quit Date: 08/01/2018   Posted August 31, 2019    I used to think I did not have the willpower to quit smoking.  Every attempt, my thoughts would drift back to needing that cigarette and the excuses of why I could not quit.   Last night, as I lay in bed, I could not get this word out of my mind.  I realized that, over the past year, this word has really changed meaning for me. I always had the willpower to quit smoking, I just did not know how to do it.  St
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So Amazing

NOPEster Quit Date: February 4, 2017   Posted July 30, 2018    Here I am visiting my sister in Norway for the first time as a non smoker. FYI my quit date was 2/5/17. I’ve never had such an easy time being a guest. My overseas flight over was enjoyable and stress free. I no longer constantly sneak off from the family for a cig. I can hike with the best of them. And I do not reek of smoke nor cough persistently.    I love my new independent life free from the ni
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You Just Don't

Soberjulie   Posted April 7, 2014  some days are harder than others.   but you don't pick up that first cigarette   you just don't.   it's less about willpower than it is about making a decision not to, in advance of the thought or the desire, no matter how scared, angry, jealous, happy, bored, horny, depressed, anxious, elated, insecure, arrogant, lonely or silly you feel.   some days it seems that although yesterday life looked good, today
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Joe's Quit Story

joe Quit Date: 11/20/2013   Posted April 5, 2014    Just thought I would share ...In a nut shell, quitting smoking isnt as hard as you may think....its all about knowledge and commitment...the first step is quitting......   Looking back on my smoking "career" I wish I knew then what I know now....I CAN quit smoking!      I think from the first cigarette i smoked as a 15 year old kid I knew that I shouldnt be doing this and that it would eventually kil
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Scared to Quit?? ... Face Your Fears, I Did and Lived to Tell.

notsmokinjo Quit Date: 28/11/2017   Posted October 9, 2018    Are you afraid to QUIT? ... I was.   Are you scared that you will fail or fail again? ... Yep, me too.   Is your fear that it will be too hard? .... kinda   Is your fear you just can't do it? ... that too   Is your fear quitting will make you sick? ... yep   Is your fear quitting will hasten you death? ... Absolutely petrified this would be the case and as irra
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Same-same but different

notsmokinjo Quit Date: 28/11/2017   Posted March 3, 2020    I know there are a few threads already about the unexpected gains we got from quitting BUT I'm too lazy to go hunting, besides when ya do you tend to fall down a rabbit hole of rereading some bloody good posts...well I do..anywho ..was reading an old post and it got me thinking (no it did not hurt)...   Did quitting change who I am? Has it opened life opportunities that weren't there previously? 
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"Just one rule - “No nicotine today!”

Aine Quit Date: 2-26-2014   Posted April 17, 2014    I love this bit by John Polito on the nature of a relapse; I need the reiteration of some of these basic ideas of addiction and the dangers of romanticizing the smoke.   "Just one rule - “No nicotine today!” There are hundreds of quitting books with millions of words and scores of quick-fix magic cures promising near painless and sure-fire success.   There is but one principle that affords a 100% guarant
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The Pattern of the Journey

beacon   Posted March 5, 2015   I was thinking about the first few months of my quit and how I posted on the boards quite alot. I posted about dizziness, stomach aches, craves and anger and and clear lungs and weight gain and feelings of sheer joy. The first month, the first drink, the first vacation, the first taste, the first drs appointment, Each of these were special, unique, important to me, my experience. The old phartes commented, comforted, celebrated, and laughed.
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Grow into a Happy Non-Smoker

Sazerac Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free.   Posted January 16, 2019  I just found this, hope you like it too.       Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/11762-grow-into-a-happy-non-smoker/  
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Don't EVER Let Your Guard Down-Repost by Craig

Repost by Craig     I get sad whenever I read about someone that relapses after rocking an awesome quit for weeks or months. I quit smoking 290 days ago and I'm extremely confident I'll never smoke again. Things were a little different on day 142 though. That's the day I almost smoked a cigarette.....   Quote   Day 142.   I have been romanticizing the cigarette for about a week now. I've been daydreaming about the simple joy of holding a cigarette bet
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WILLPOWER

Mee Quit Date: 08/01/2018   Posted August 31, 2019    I used to think I did not have the willpower to quit smoking.  Every attempt, my thoughts would drift back to needing that cigarette and the excuses of why I could not quit.   Last night, as I lay in bed, I could not get this word out of my mind.  I realized that, over the past year, this word has really changed meaning for me. I always had the willpower to quit smoking, I just did not know how to do it.  St
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Add this to your toolbox...A Letter To Loved Ones

Repost by Sherry Posted 07 April 2009 - 11:31 PM     Dear ___________, I am about to try and change my life for the better. I have quit smoking. I just wanted to write this letter to you so you know what to expect for the next couple of weeks, since the process of withdrawal can be very challenging for me, and for those around me. (Most people do not realize it, but nicotine addiction is literally one of the hardest drugs to kick, even harder than heroin). Everyone
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One less thing to worry about

Lust4Life Quit Date: Sept 26 2016   Posted October 9, 2018    Those of you that know me from QSMB know that I was a secret smoker.  Closet smoker.  Naïve smoker.  Pick a label any label.  I lived in constant fear.  Constant worry.   Fear of being outed.   So much worry. Which cracks me up now because smokers stink no matter what is done to mask it.   Pretty sure my smoking was the pink elephant in the room no one talked about.  Yay!   I had an ongoing
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Interesting Article for the Ladies !!!

Doreensfree Quit Date: 7 /8/2013   Posted July 12, 2019      Women Who Smoke At Risk of Vulval Cancer 27 June 2019 By Frances Hardy In the UK, 58 women are diagnosed and 21 die each day from gynaecological cancers. Here a doctor explains the impact smoking can have on a woman's body For many people, the idea of developing cancer is hard to comprehend.  Yet young female smokers are at particular risk of developing the disease – in parts of th
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Nobody Understands What I'm Going Through (while quitting smoking)

MarylandQuitter Quit Date: 10/07/2013   Posted October 17, 2014    I know for me, my family truly had not a clue about the addiction much less what it was like to quit.  This is why I suppose my doctor told me to get involved in a support group.    Nobody Understands What I'm Going Through Video discusses what family members can and cannot do to help their loved ones to quit smoking.       Link to original post: https://www.q
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How quickly we forget

joe Quit Date: 11/20/2013   Posted December 21, 2014      Yesterday was 13 months since my last cigarette....    While wrapping presents tonight, my wife asked if I feel any "different" this year than i did last year.   After thinking about it for a few minutes, I had to say , that I truly dont remember how bad it REALLY felt last year...   Don't get me wrong,..I know I was having cravings every time I turned around and I think to some degr
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The Perfect Quit-Repost by jwg

jillar Quit Date: May 29, 2016   Posted May 20, 2018    the perfect quit by jwg1763 » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:03 pm   Welcome come right in ,, how can I help you today? Umm yes I would like to see about buying a quit Well sir you have certainly come into the right store Let me show you some of our newer and maybe are best Ok ,, that would be great,, are they expensive? Lets just look and then we can talk price Umm , umm ok.. Now
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