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It's not just a case of ..!!!!Oh well I'll try again.!!!!..... I've seen people with good quits ,smoke one or two ...and just carnt get back to quitting for good ,and go back to smoking full blown . It can take years before ,they get in the right frame of mind to try again ...and still fail..... The only reason a quit fails is because ,folks still believes the cigarette offers you something...you still believes the lies...... This means you still haven't read and understood the nature of this killer addiction ... If you carry on smoking ,your more than likely will contract a smoking related illness....some are irreversible...... If your here ...you have a quit .....all you need to do now ,is keep hold of it with everything you have .... I live with someone who ,if they could would turn back the clock ,and do exactly this ...emphysema is something you don't want ....

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This is so on point. We must have control at all times and never think that a cigarette can offer us some magic bullet that will help us thru something or offer positive re-enforcement. Cigarettes offer nothing and only take away -- I have to remind self of this everyday and why I always go to the NOPE pledge. Thanks Doreen for this post so that we can remember!!!!

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Ok... I have a big failed quit in my past...and I'm talking more than half a decade... so listen up kidlets...1 smoke was all it took..just 1... And then for well over a decade I smoked like a chimney... Sure at the time, in the back of my head, I thought I'd have a couple here and there and quit again easy peasy, I mean I'd already done the quit think for nearly 7 years...NOPE...just as hard, if not harder this time around, and that's on me, because in the back of my mind all the time is the thought that I'm Gunna blow it again and my quit is just on borrowed time. Don't give yourself that whispering voice of self doubt. Don't get me wrong, this quit is it, not smoking ever again but just remember, however easy your quit feels you need to protect it because one smoke really can switch all those nicotine receptors back on in one moment. Just because you have a failed quit doesn't mean you can't have a successful one. QUIT in Aus tells us that the average is 6 serious quit attempts before you have your forever quit. That is the average, some only need the 1 attempt, some need 20.....whatever your number is you do have one so never give up giving up. In the same vein don't belittle a failure by calling it a slip, just as you own your successes you need to account for your failures. You smoked, you reset your quit... There are only three questions to answer when you fail: 1. When will I quit again? 2. What were the triggers? 3. What did I learn?

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Sorry you are having additional health issues but at least it has kept you aware of your nicotine addiction and the fact that you really need to tackle that to give yourself the best chance for better health in your future. I'm glad you are seeking help from your medical people. I'm sure your bipolar issue adds a significant complication to the quit process. I wish you the very best in getting some direction from your Dr. on that. Quitting really will be a huge step forward to a better future for you.

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Kate, whishing you all the best from The rainy Netherlands. I admire you for researching your health/food, putting the poster on your fridge (I did the same with a letter, but for a different reason). My mental health is improving and I am really starting to experience a new calm. I believe quitting makes the mess in my head easier to bear, proof is piling up especially for the last couple of weeks. I whish the same for you and I know you can do this, despite everything. I bet you are a strong person. Hang in there!

Glad you're back to quitting Kate while your blood pressure is still in an easily manageable place. Hopefully that's the motivation you finally need to conquer this addiction. Stay close and reach out when you feel yourself caving to a crave. You owe that to yourself and who knows maybe these fine people can help you past it and you will save your quit

Hey Kate sorry to hear about this. Work with your doctor on your BP, they can really help with that. For years my doctor was trying to get me to quit due to blood work and high BP. Finally I had a sit down with her and my nurse and they were blunt and realistic -- I took it from there and hear I am now. I will always have to take BP meds but since I have quit and changed some of my other lifestyles my BP is well controlled and a reduction in meds has happened. I can relate about your granddaughter, I came to the same realization about my grandson since we are so close. You have some good reasons for sticking with your quit at this time and as you improve use that as your motivation. Welcome back and come back often -- you can get it right this time!!!!!

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Thanks Doreen for this great post and reminder how romancing that cigarette leads to danger. I have been rewarding myself and am so amazed how much I have deprived myself by putting so much money in poisoning myself. I have a long way to go but these little rewards are adding up and keeping me motivated.

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A really good post . Thanks for that , Yes , It does not offer anything special . Maybe everything else , And it can be dealt with enough time and patience The point of that is i think not to become self inflicted with some severe affliction , and then be mad about it for the rest of one's life .

In what parallel universe is a 3 mile run a way to celebrate! .....lol....

Love it, he needs to come here and help us lol

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I'm sorry to hear about your blood pressure, Kate, but I am glad you are back at quitting smoking. Going smoke free should really help your BP and many other aspects of your health. Stick close and reach out if you need help. Quitting for good would be the best thing you can possibly do at this point.

Kate thanks for posting your "refrigerator" information, I am going to look that information up to see if it will help me. Looks like you are establishing a good plan!!!!

Thanks to both of you, Martian5 and Reciprocity. I made myself a poster this morning and posted it prominently on my refrigerator. I feel a bit foolish sharing it, but what the heck. The "Daily Dozen" at the bottom of the page refers to Dr. Michael Greger's Daily Dozen free app to keep track of his recommended foods each day. After getting the news about my eyes a few weeks ago (mild cataracts and early-stage glaucoma), and now the rise in blood pressure, I am back to a whole plant foods diet that I began a few months ago. I found Greger while searching around Youtube for videos of Rip Esselstyn and the whole foods diet he promotes. Both Greger's and Esselstyn's stories are interesting, as are the results they say are achieved by ditching animal and processed foods, such as normalizing blood pressure, reversing heart disease, returning to a healthy weight, etc. Both back their recommendations on clinical evidence reported in thousands of articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals. We'll see. My blood pressure is too high, I am now 21 lb overweight since changing to a sedentary job last year, and I am in a fight to protect my vision. Smoking does not solve any of those problems. Never has, never will, and I'll keep drilling that point into my thick skull until it's anchored for good. High blood pressure april 29 2019.pdf

NOPE Unhappy health news (not devastating) yesterday (BP, stage 2 hypertension, stroke territory). Feeling scared about it and at the same time encouraged enough about staying quit to post NOPE.

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Woo thanks guys! celebrated with a mani and 3 mile run after. Work. 😊

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As addicts we are all 1 puff away from a pack a day! Once you have put in the hard work to establish your quit it becomes an easy matter of daily maintenance. Complacency and your addiction whispering however softly in your ear are our enemies. Forever vigilant folks.

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1 and a half years of quit and breaking it can be a bit depressing 🤔 I am in my 5th month without smoking . I still get very bored , tired and dull after 7 o clock in the evening ,because i spent a lot of time in the morning studying and preparing my final semester project Anyway please think positive and start new .You have only smoked a little after 1 and half years without smoking . Choose to be optimistic, it feels better Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions

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Few things - Awesome. I thought pretty much everyone here but Doreen hated me. Now as far as doing something besides smoking, I can recommend a few other habits (some bad) - Spending too much time on ebay, staying up all night and sleeping away the day (I work an evening shift), collecting LP's (hipsters are not the only ones who do that), cursing loudly at work when frustrated, eating way too much sugar, hitting the thrift stores to buy more BS one doesn't need, and most important - being a reason forums have moderators. There is something else I should mention - One of my co-workers is a chewer. Probably since he was a kid. Anyways, he had been quit for 3 1/2 years. I told him I had smoked, and he mentioned he picked up chewing again, like back in November. I said, "I need to stop, I do not want this habit". Then he said something horrifying! He said, "It is like the love of my life. I know it is bad for me, cancerous etc but I cannot quit, like I am married to the habit". Man, I have NO desire to be married again. Especially not to the nico-demon.

Thank you JB for this honest post ....it just may help that one person who is still romancing !!!just One !!!! I'm happy you got back in to your seat ,before it went cold ... Learn by this mistake ,and remember it .....

Now what? You have a decision to make. Do you really want to be a smoker again? Is the occasional hit of nicotine worth the cost and sacrifice? Only you can answer these questions for yourself. "Easy" is a relative term. However, just not smoking is the cardinal rule of quitting. It's a simple principle. It's also the only principle that really matters in a quit.