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Thanks so much everyone! Kind of you to join in my 2 year anniversary celebration.

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How is our Chicklette doing ????? We missing you .!!!!..... Pop in soon ...we worry....!!!!!

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I'm not smoking todsy

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Craves coming one after another. Doing deep breathing, pacing and just feeling rotten. Went from energetic to feeling just beat. Getting a minor throbbing sinus headachey feeling with a drippy nose. Could be my sinuses are clearing? Geez up one day down the next. Some tightness in the chest but thinking it is still anxiety. Drinking water and juice. Ate a little something which seems to help. Almost to the point of having a good cry. Keep reminding myself that this is part of healing and that in order to come out the other side I must deal with these things and keep fighting. This is not an sos but just a rant to keep me motivated. It helps to write it all down. A friend gave me some of those marshmallow peeps and I think I am gonna go and bite their heads off and then take a nap. Refuse to smoke but withdrawal sucks. There now I feel better already.

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Good for you having a rant on here. It's horrible how our emotions are all over the place when we quit smoking. I enjoy having a nice bath with a few candles - it's good for the soul. I have recently discovered podcasts. I downloaded an app called castbox so I pop on my headphones and just listen for hours. There's so much choice and so many subjects to choose from. You said on your profile you liked true stories and there's loads of those. You're doing great

That's the way to do it desperate1, vent all you need and get it out! The chest tightness is normal, your lungs are already trying to start clear that gunk out. The tiredness too is normal. Sweets help a lot with keeping blood sugar up so indulge yourself. It's very important to listen to your body during these first few weeks. If it's hungry, eat. Tired, sleep. It's working hard on trying to repair all the damage done by our years of smoking. You're doing great!

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Shut up whiner.....just messing. you will live and it will suck at first say NOPE a million times, it helps time will drive you crazy, you will have more on your hands and grow bored, so move around. Walk or just do laundry. Keep busy. sleep will come and go chin up Keep Marching

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It gets better desperate1, lilly gave you an idea. Serial is a podcast if you like true crime.. Take a nice long walk or workout, keep yourself/mind busy on other things

Hey D! Unfortunately, it's all part of the early days. Do what ever you have to NOT TO SMOKE. That's really critical at this point. Cry your eyes out or come here and rant & rave. We don't mind and it'll be good for you. If you end up waking at crazy hours of the night with nothing to occupy your mind, come here and go to the games page. You can get lost there for hours playing whatever games strike your fancy. I spent hours there in my early days. You are going cold turkey I believe. I did as well. Those first days were challenging for sure but, you CAN do it.

It can suck the first few days and is a struggle but it can be done and you are showing that it can be done. Keep up with the advice that you have been given and are following -- it will help. It will get better (slowly), once you get thru the first 72 to 96 hours you get past the physical symptoms. From what you say about how you feel seems pretty typical from withdrawing from smoking. You are strong and can do this. Great on posting and post as much as you want -- it can really help!!!!

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For disaster scenarios we have backups in Europe. Thank you, but you should only thanks to @MarylandQuitter

Lovely to meet you Desperate1. It's not easy but we have a whole group of people holding our hand along the way which really makes a difference. It's nice to have you to share the highs and lows with x

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Don't give those greedy murdering Tobacco Companies another penny /dollar of your hard earned money D.!!!!...

Sazerac I spent the morning writing down all the things I can get by saving 200 a month. Amazing how much money I spent every month on poison.

I woke up thinking the same thing. Check in @Icanhike, we worry.......

NOPE - Not One Puff Ever. Life is much better without nasty, deadly cigarettes.

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Gday NOPE for me C

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Lol bacon. I was like what. Thanks for the laugh...needed that

I started my quit for all those sweet health perks, but honestly what you said (planning everything around smoking) carried me through. It’s great not having to worry about when/where I can smoke next

Also hope @DizzyD and @kallisonmk check in soon as well. We're a bit like mother hens here when it comes to new quitters. We get worried when you stray too far from home

Top 10 Tips To Stop Vaping by Alan Carr Alan's method has helped countless smokers and is the same drill for vapers. Stop sucking in the poison, it does nothing for you.

Oh that slow first year Then the second year flies by Funny how time works

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Ahhh the inevitable "voice of doom" in the background who is a know it all jerk, we've all seen them! I had it, from people online and in person because I was on champix. I will repeat my learnings, it takes 72 hours, yes just 3 days for nicotine to clear your body. It is the mental discomfort that is the fight really, not the getting rid of what the patch is replacing. I wil say though, I found the patch harder than not after a short while, but I know a lot of people who have quit in multiple ways. The key is educating yourself on the hows and why's you got addicted and why that means you need to break free now....then not putting anything in your mouth and setting fire to it. Ps, I'm not above a little laxative powder in their coffee or lunch if they need teaching a little lesson

I think part of the reason was also that I wanted to see if I could actually do it because I knew it would be really tough. Sounds weird but I like to challenge myself from time to time and that has ended me up in hospital twice in my lifetime with serious injuries so I figured that this challenge would either have no effect on my life if I failed or, it would benefit me if I was successful. I know that's strange but as long as it works out; it's all good :)

Hey @DizzyD, how are you doing?

Not sure why i quit, but i somehow managed it, so now i have a crap ton of reasons to not go back. And i wont. Seriously, who wants to go back to smoking??