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Thank's all, yes dealing with some challenges. The new med's seem to take away some of the angina. Will see how the week goes? KTQ Stew.

Back from the hospital with a BIG NOPE!!

7 .... new thread? @bakon is gunna be devo'd or proud, you never can tell with that though hater.

I`ve had moments all along the quit but the longer the quit, the easier it is to push back for me. Hard to imagine waking up and lighting up like I use to do.

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I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

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I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

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No question that I think all of us still have some sort of occasional thoughts of smoking after 1 year+ being quit. I have had those thoughts as well but the longer I've been quit, the less frequently I've had any passing thought of smoking. It's always struck me as being weird too because those thoughts would just pop up from nowhere! I wasn't doing anything that would normally create any thought of smoking, the thought would just be there suddenly ... "Hey, you should have a smoke now!" Then my brain would focus and I'd be thinking ... what? Where'd that come from and why? Then, I'd just dismiss it and carry on. I will say though that any of these thoughts of smoking I've had has never made me actually consider picking up a smoke and lighting one up; not that I have any around anyway. But my point is these thoughts have never been strong enough to motivate me to smoke again. For that I'm thankful! I have heard of some who have genuinely struggled with staying quit years after they have quit though so yes, it can happen and is something we all need to stay on guard for.

^^^ Absolutely agree with this @johnny5. I lost many quits before this one by treating quitting as if it was purely an abstinence issue. Which of course it is at the beginning. But the addiction has deep emotional and psychological tap roots. Abstinence by itself, with no other understanding or healing, becomes brittle with time. Breakable. For me, becoming a permanent nonsmoker requires not just abstinence, but deep recovery work - to heal and build resilience, to understand that triggers and cravings may always be there, but I am not controlled by them any longer, because have tools and choices and a supportive community here. Your post is timely @QuittingGirl because just this evening I was watching a move where the protagonist sat on a log outside in the forest and smoked a cigarette. It looked so good. I wanted a smoke too, even after 4+ years of being quit. But I’m not in real danger… because I can recognize that feeling as nostalgia (not a command), and because I have this forum to come share things on. Plus I never ever EVER want to go thru withdrawal again! KTQ friends.

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