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Friday 30th of November and the American Calendar of days tells me this is "Stay Home Because You're Well Day".... so down here in the great land down under we call that "Chuckin a Sickie"... so the theory is that why waste ya day off being sick, take a day off an enjoy it cos your not sick... just don't be a d1ck about it... I mean if ya gunna chuck a sickie to say, go to the cricket or the baseball or the golf or whatever sport is one while your supposed to be at work... don't get on frickin camera.... problem solved. So hope ya chucked a sicky today... and if ya missed ya chance, why not chuck one next week instead. NOPE .... cos nothing controls me but me.

G’day christmas is nearly soon us let’s face the pressures with a simple yet powerful mantra NOPE it can be a powerful roar or a whispered afirmation of your strenght C

Mornin' fellow NOPErs and welcome to the first day of December... which is work AIDS Day..... most of us here would remember the fear and horror as news of HIV and AIDs existance became world news.... Did you know, White King (a super strong bleach) can kill the HIV virus.... the problem is it would also kill any person you injected it into... so there is still no cure, just a treatment to keep it at bay.... a treatment that so many in the world will never be able to afford. So world AIDs day is a day to remember those we have lost, and to make sure it stays in prominence so that the push is there for research to find better treatment, and one day to find a cure.Its also the beginning of tie month and Human Rights month. NOPE ... .... never give up hope.

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NOPE!!!!!!!!!! Especially on my birthday -- and to think it is smoke free, always wanted to be smoke free on my birthday!!!

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G'day NOPE starts my day C

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You may be right Weegie! I'm pretty grumpy and a bit of a closet A-hole normally so the added anxiety of quitting probably heightened those traits my wife married me for I was pretty quick to get frustrated and angry for probably the first 4-5 months of my quit. It was the longest lasting symptom for me personally.

I was just thinking people are obviously grouchy, homicidal, weary, crazy, ornery whether quitting or not. Do you think the quit exaberates who we just are as people? Or are these new emotions to you guys? I was never OTT emotional in my quit and I wasnt an OTT emotional person before my quit either. I'm a positive and confident person. And I felt more positive and more confident during my quit and thereafter. I do now though, have a very short temper in my car and can be seen giving the Vicky out the window most days haha I think before I was too busy smoking to notices all the assholes on the road!

My dear Mrs Fowkes, Initially, what you are getting are more cravings, your body sending signs saying "Oh no, all the nicotine is out of the system, how will we survive?" these red flags make you believe that you cannot operate without smoking. Trust me, this time, your body is lying to you. You were not born with a smoke in your mouth, you've lived a decently large part of your life not smoking and the same holds true for the rest of it as well. You have to work towards moving from one crave to the next initially, so the next time you do get a crave, just give yourself 4 minutes. If at the end of 4 minutes, you still feel like smoking, well, give yourself another 4. in this interim, watch a funny video, read a small article, watch a favourite scene from a movie you love, listen to a great song, maybe twice, dance like no one's watching (that is if no one really is, unless you can dance, I have to lock myself in a room with 6 metres of aluminium before I can do my version of what's called a dance). But just get through that crave, and very soon, the craves will lessen. Everyone you meet on the train will vouch for that. The craves will lessen. Soon you will see how it's better not to be bound by this habit, and not be a slave to it's whims and fancies. Just take it and deal with it one crave at a time. There's some really good advice Nancy gave, and many more seasoned quitters will certainly provide you with a lot of gems. Stay close to the forums, drink up on the knowledge, and pretty soon, we'll be celebrating your first month being quit. Stay strong Mrs Fowkes, you're better than your habit, you're stronger than your habit.

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Did I smoke today? It is the one and only question that matters when quitting. I've seen some recent posts in which people call themselves "bad quitters" because they craved and/or romanced the cigarette during their quit. There is no such thing as a "bad quitter." There are only successful quitters and smokers. If you craved a cigarette but didn't smoke, you are a successful quitter. If it took you a while to rewire your brain about the realities of cigarettes but you didn't smoke, you are a successful quitter. Smoking is an addiction. Cigarettes are something we conditioned ourselves with for years. Quitting is a process. If the process was a bit more difficult for you than others. If it took you a little while longer to turn the corner than others. If you really, really, really wanted to smoke a cigarette. If you were grouchy, bordering on homicidal, during parts of your quit...If any of these conditions applied and you stayed true to your commitment and did not smoke, congratulations. Your quit is every bit as much of a successful quit as anyone else's. To smoke or not to smoke...it is the only question that matters when quitting.

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I was grouchy during the early days of my quit. Of course, to be fair, I wasn't exactly Pollyanna before I quit. And I'm still annoyed by a lot of the stupid shit that goes on around me. So yes, grouchy is kind of a default setting for me. However, I'm a smokefree grouch with much more energy to piss and moan about things that annoy me now.

Oh this is me right now. Sometimes I wonder who that person is. I can be pretty ornery some days but then I cut myself some slack. I kind of look at that meanness as a way to turbo charge me through the crave. At the end of the day I did not smoke and that is what counts.

Happy Birthday @Martian5 for your first smoke free quit birthday.... well done... its such an amazing feeling isn't it... So I beat our Scottish cake making lassies to the punch and got you this ripper...

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@Martian5 Happy Birthday! Nope!

I think maybe the first week or so I was a bit more agro than normal... it was like I forgot how to count to 10... so my temper was on a hair trigger.... and even after the initial few weeks it was still a case of watch it when I lost it cos I would just go mental... but I know I have a tendency to that anyway... i did feel like I had less control over it. so back to Boo's initial centiment.... waking up in the morning I promise myself: I will not smoke today. going to bed at night I acknowledge: Today was a success, I did not smoke.

I'm a very laid back person....no line in the sand.... I did go angry for a short time ,at the very beginning..... I soon went back to my old self....

Welcome to the board. You have to accept and acknowledge that smoking does not relieve or cure stress. What it does is relieve the withdrawal symptoms which makes you feel calmer for 30 minutes or so until the withdrawal symptoms come back. You have to decide for yourself that there is no circumstance that it is okay to smoke. NONE! You are romancing the cigarettes and giving them power they do not have. Quitting can be uncomfortable, even miserable some times, but it will not kill you. Smoking does not do one positive thing for anyone.

Boo well said, thank you for posting this. You made the process of quitting "real" and we all need to realize is that if we make it through each day no matter the challenges that we are indeed successful in are quits and that we must focus on this!!!

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Hi Everyone, I'm new to the site, but not new to quitting! My quit date was 25/11/18 so my last fag was Sunday, well until 30 minutes ago. I have attempted to quit so many times before I have actually lost count. Each of my quits vary from 1 week to 12 months. Each break in quitting always comes back to handling stress or anxiety. This quit is based on the east way and Jason Vales app. I have found this week really quite easy, one of the easiest yet. But today I have been faced with a stressful task a t work where I can't see a solution to a problem, so I have really craved. I used the SOS videos, went for a walk, did some deep breathing had something to eat and drink but still gave up and went to the shop. Now I have 20 fags (well 19 now) which I don't want but I know I will end up smoking! I keep coming back to both of the above methods and their comments that we don't start smoking because we think it will help us with stress...BUT I did. When I was 12 years old (now 26), both my parents were very heavy smokers when I was growing up (one still is) and they always use to say 'I'm stressed I need a fag' so when I was 12 and in a state (of what I thought then to be) of stress I thought that the only was that I could get through it was to smoke and I genuinely thought (and still do, to some degree) that it stopped my stress. So now each time I am in a stressful situation I just don't seem to be able to get a handle on my emotions and smoke! Does anyone have any advice, please!? Thank you and sorry for the long post!

G’day all Thanks heaps for all your best wishes... I’m not just saying this it’s really raised my spirits. Ive got some colour in my cheaks it’s really noticable how good you feel with a head full of oxygenated blood! Managed to get the yellow iodine out of the beard and its back to a proper silver again. As for the bad trim, it will grow in time. Spiritually, it’s knocked me around a bit more than I care to admit. Over the last 8 years I’ve been operated on for 2 major injuries, I’m a 2 1/2 year cancer surviver but this has been the hardest. I think it’s coming back from being semi paralysed down one side with a foggy head that scares you. As for not smoking. My doc said great, even a recient non smoker, he could work with that. Being a 3 year non smoking better still once those carotid arteries are clear they’ll stay that way. As for my heart trust me they have had a captive patient and every test shows those arteries are clear. My medication is one low dose aspirin and one statin per day. Don’t know if that will change when the other side is unblocked. Back to just a couple of days work next week, ill ease back into it..... Really pray that no one has to go through this. It’s no fun, if never wish it on anyone.... just read about it... trust me Chris

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Welcome to the site, Mrs Fowkes. @Nancy is absolutely correct, When you want to quit, you Can quit. When you commit to Not One Puff Ever you can have a successful quit. You may find this post helpful Ten Ways To Effectively Use This Forum