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I remember those occasional tough days.Mind keeps thinking about how nice it would be to have that first puff. That's the nicodemon whispering sweet nothings in your head. It's a suggestion, not a command. Keep your goal at the feront of your mind during these early days. Quitting is your desired goal and that's completely within your control. Hey, those days aren't easy but you CAN get through them even tough it might mentally exhausting. Those days won't stick around for long. You'll soon have an iron grip on your quit so hand in there. It's doable! And yes, reading some of the past posts & stories on the forum is a great idea. There's also a bunch of quit smoking videos on the Joel Spitzer's Quit Smoking Video Library page. He's quite a character but his videos make a lot of sense about how completely irrevelant smoking really is.

@FinalAttempt; you'll still have golf, buddies & beers, you're just ditching the cigars & with the money you're saving from not smoking, your wallet won't be taking such a beating Don't let your nicotine addiction or your buddies sway you from your ultimate goal! That goal, quitting the smokes for life, needs to be job 1. I mentioned savings because that's an important positive result of quitting and focusing on those positives helps a lot to keep you on track. Aslo, happy to see you back on the forum. Hadn't seen you for a couple of days and was hoping you weren't bush whacked by the nicodemon! You're at two weeks quit now which is fabulous. Well done!!

Hey @FinalAttempt, you're doing so well not smoking especially when you were away! Absolutely do read the materials on this site, it really does help. I know sometimes the cravings can be stronger especially in the early days but you can fight this and I promise it WILL go away! Looks like you've already tried the boring distractions of clearing up/organising, if it helps, take a deep breath and slowing exhale, a few times and continue reading the helpful threads on here. I too still get strong cravings at times (although not as many as the first month) that don't go away as quickly as I'd like. I've even taken myself off to bed for a nap/cry/whatever lol but appreciate that can't be done at times! This will pass, I promise it will

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lol yep a naked dog The Yacarekaaiman looks to be a kind creature that I'd trust with my life (said no-one ever)

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Spring/Summer will definitely be a challenge for me as well. I recall most of my quit usually started as a New Year resolution, and most of my relapses happed on a golf course. Probably because of the deadly combination of fresh air, golfing with buddies, beers and cigars! Golf courses here (Toronto area) will open in about a month, I need to prepare for it.

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I've been away for a week, visiting my son's family about 300 miles away, just got back yesterday. I thought this quit was going to be a breeze because the first 10 days went by quickly with no problem. I guess because I was with family the whole time, and I was always occupied with all non-smokers doing something; there were various urges but they came and went quickly. My wife went to work early this morning so I found myself home alone with nothing to do, and the urge for a smoke has been lingering all morning. I've tried to keep myself busy by looking for work around the house, cleaning up, organizing, looking for things to fix, etc. but the urge just doesn't go away I'm going to hang around this forum today and read through the materials, hopefully to keep this quit my actual FinalAttempt!

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A what???? Oh just a Mexicaanse naakthond. Yacarekaaiman

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I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

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a baby Xoloitzcuintli

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I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

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Yep to NOPE!!!