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G'day NOPE to start the day C

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Thanks everyone! I have been learning about and making sourdough bread this year. I usually make 2 – 4 loaves, keep one and give the others away. They cost about $ 0.75 to make (no value given to my time). People have been happy to get them because they taste good and it saves them $ 5.00. Giving the bread away gives me more chances to practice my bread making. Learning to quit smoking can be like learning to make bread. There are lots of things to learn about it on the Quittrain. Each day you can practice and it saves not only money but also your life. Teaching others will help you train yourself. I’ve been listening to this while I do laps at the gym. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Wv57dzcU0

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"Rainbow farting unicorns" are the domain of smokers not quitters. The belief that a tube filled with tobacco and carcinogens is the magic elixir that will solve all of life's problems. The belief that if you could just have one, all will be right with the world. Just one good drag of nicotine, and here come the unicorns. It's a lie. All a lie. The cigarette will temporarily relieve nicotine withdrawal symptoms. The same withdrawal symptoms caused by the cigarette. The magic cigarette creates the problem that is solved by smoking another cigarette. And at the risk of sounding "sanctimonious", I do feel great. Fantastic even. Quitting smoking has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. The rewards for dealing with the early challenges have compounded many times over. I'm not a martyr, just a regular guy who decided I was tired of being a slave to nicotine and killing myself in the process. Quitting is easy, but you can make it damn near impossible. The choice is yours.

Thanks Jo! NOPE from this Grandma for my 3 amazing grandkids (and 1 due any day)

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Gday lifes funny sometime! I may be late, but I'm still here, feels pretty unusual being so late to NOPE the day. C

I will have been quit for 8 years this month and after smoking a pack a day for 40+ years, I never thought I’d ever be able to get that Nicodemon off my back. I just signed up today to try to support a dear friend who is trying to quit after triple by-pass surgery. She's scaring me. I told her checking in with a board like this several times a day when I was quitting was so helpful. I used to keep a “War Journal” of encouraging comments from posters and I would read over it every single day. I’m glad I found this board and I hope I’m able to help my friend quit because after all she’s been thru, she’s having a hard time.

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Steady Lad! ..............just NOPE!

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I'm with J5 - I don't smoke anymore either! NOPE!

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I quit several years ago and I'm not particularly good and I don't feel anything close to wonderful. Does that help? I have slowed down the damage though, so I'm still a bit ahead.

I smoked 40+ years and never had a cough until that last year just before I quit! Lots of clear phlegm was coming up along w what looked like tiny bubbles every morning...yuck! I was pretty fit as I walked several miles every day for the last 30 years along w several scuba diving trips each year, and also doing all my own yard work and housework. I have been quit for 17 months now...the cough stopped the day I quit and so did the phlegm coming up....I have not had a cold or bronchitis in all this time, the pulmonologist said I was early stage COPD but felt all I had to do was quit smoking, as my lungs were in pretty good shape (I had been going for scans for prior 3 years and there were no changes). In the last 1 1/2 years, I survived a stroke with no deficits and a triple-bypass. I consider myself extremely lucky I quit when I did.....

Nope! And Happy Grandma Day to all the fellow Grandma’s out there!

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Hockeymom87 in the house! Couldn’t remember all my stuff so I started over... there is probably a ton of new quitters here I am hoping anyways! Holler and say hi!:) ?

Congratulations @Paul723 for being smoke free for 5 years. Well done on keeping your quite for 5 whole years despite all the stresses and temptations life has thrown you way over this time. You are an inspiration to all of us coming behind you. I know celebrating is probably the furthest thing from your mind at the moment with everything happening at home but make sure you pause for a moment, and acknowledge your wonderful achievement and even if its just something small spoil yourself today because you deserve it. Bravo for staying the course and staying strong.

Good morning fellow NOPErs... welcome to another fine week of the smoke free life. So today is a special day for @Doreensfree, @beazel, @Wee fluffy me and all our other beautiful, amazing Grandma's because today in America they celebrate Gorgeous Grandma Day. I miss my gorgeous grandma every day and know how proud she would be that I NOPE... so today especially this NOPE is for her. NOPE ... because "If god intended smoke to come outta your nostrils you would have been born a dragon" Topic of the day: flowers

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Hi Can Do.. Late to the party...no bloody internet all day... Wow..did I get a surprise to see you here...glad you decided to give it a try..what have you got to lose ...nothin... You have been given great advice already.... All you have to do is ...never put anything in your mouth and set fire to it.. You can do it...you just need to want to... Stick around ....you might surprise yourself !!!!

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Just keep going. The first few days are the most difficult, but they will not last forever. If they did, nobody would ever quit smoking. Any discomfort you may have, is just temporary. After 72 hours, almost all the nicotine is gone from your body, and you will start to feel some relief. After Day 4, the improvements in how you feel will be noticeable, and it will just keep on gettint better. For the next month, keep sweets close to you, and if you feel like having a cigarette eat some sugar and then wait 15 minutes. The desire to smoke will then go away. When you were a smoker, nicotine regulated your blood sugar by increasing it with each cigarette. Now that you have quit, your body needs to learn again how to do this without nicotine, This can take a few weeks to happen. At the same time, your mind has to realize that when your blood sugar is low, it causes a trigger for you to smoke. Ignore this mental trigger and it will go away, and probably never come back. Do whatever you need to do, but do not put any nicotine in your body, in any way. Even just one puff, and YOU LOSE. Realize that what you are experiencing is drug withdrawl. We are nicotine addicts, we have a physical addiction to nicotine, and the way you feel right now is BECAUSE of this addiction. The reality is that cigarettes did this to you, and nicotine withdrawl symptoms are really signs that you are starting to recover from this addiction. Again, the discomfort is only temporary. You must believe us, and continue your quit with this in mind. The rainbow farting unicorns are very real, but they will not appear in your life until your quit matures. Eventually you will arrive at a place in your quit where you will stop thinking about smoking, and will feel so much better physically, mentally, and spiritually, that you will ask yourself why you ever continued to smoke. Let us know how you are doing. Stay close to this forum.....and post a SOS message here if you think you are going to smoke. You are not alone in this, all of us are with you in your quit. Cristóbal

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Hope all is well in your corner of Aus C. Hello stranger... hope all is well with you and yours, great to see you back in the NOPE.

I was looking for one post when i came across this one and wanted to comment for anyone still thinking about quitting but haven't because this is one of the first advantages you'll see upon quitting. I smoked for 35 years and coughed and had to clear my throat constantly. In addition to that, I got sick 2-4 times a year. Any chest cold turned into bronchitis and a Dr visit. Since quitting, my cough was gone within two days. I did still have to clear my throat but not by coughing anymore. I've had two colds. The first about 6 months quit and instead of being down for 7-10 days, I was up and around in just a few days. The second cold was in early March of this year and was the same. Super light and quick recovery. You know, if it wasn't for threads like this, I would forget some of these awesome benefits of quitting.

What you are going through is normal. I know that is probably of little comfort right now but all of us went through this. Things really do get better with time. The first few days really are the roughest and you are making it through that roughest part. Just keep fighting through it. We'll be here if you want to yell, curse, etc. Do what you have to do as long as you don't light up. What you are doing is a great thing.

Rory, congrats on your quit and when your friend is feeling up to it.... have her join this quit train forum! I had triple-bypass surgery 3 months ago myself and I was so thankful that I had quit smoking a year ago (my last cig was as I was on my way to hospital as I was having a stroke!!) I went through withdrawal then while in hospital for 8 days and it was torture even with the patch! My mantra is "One Day at a Time"....and sometimes I would go to bed at 7 pm (I have always been a night-owl but the near constant nicotine trigger chatter in my brain was exhausting me) so I figured it best to just get some sleep and the day would be over. Drinking lots of water and deep breathing was helpful also...along with finding and participating in an online support group. Here I am 17 months after quitting and 3 months after the bypass surgery and I am feeling pretty good! ?

I'm learning more about grapes with each passing day.  Me too....I like white wine ,better than red......

I'm in the early stages now, so I don't even know what specific questions I'm looking for answers to. I'll know a lot more after I test the soil and start preparing it in a way that, hopefully, will produce a good yield. The University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension has a lot of great resources online and I ordered a book last night that is considered the preeminent source for all things muscadine. So with my obsessive personality in full swing, I'm learning more about grapes with each passing day. Thanks for the offer. It's good to have a link to viticulturists.

Welcome to the club, my friend. Yes, my life may be sunshine and rainbows now, but I struggled for a long time. You are no more addicted to nicotine than I -or anyone else here- was. We have all been through this. Commit to your quit. I mean really commit and you cannot fail.

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Reading the comments they pretty much hit on everything all i can add is the reward is worth it. All you need to be is stronger than the withdrawal. You can beat it.

-20 ... tada.... there you go Princess Fluffy

Thanks everyone! Havent dropped in for a while. Still quit. ??? Doing great - loving my new life style without the smokes. Wouldn’t have bet on myself being at this point today.

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