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NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations saz on the new position. You're going to be a great mod!!

Nope. Nope. Nope. I get to choose!

NOPE!!!!!! NOT TODAY!!!!!

You are a wonderful pick! Your dedication and kind words guided me to freedom from smoking. You are so versed on the forum, you know how to find the right information when needed!

It is a great honor, thank you. I get a lot out of my time here with you darling smoke free creatures.

Congratulations on the new position Saz. If called upon to be Barney Fife to your Andy Taylor...I will answer the call.

G’day NOPE starts my day

Wow. It's a week today that I stopped smoking. I now have quitters lurgy....but hey Ho. Onwards and upwards

Congratulations, @Sammy on your First Year of Freedom ! I hope you celebrate and reward yourself. Your NOPE's are always so good to see on The NOPE Thread. Have some fun today and let us know how you are feeling on your first anniversary.

Congrats, Saz!

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Congrats! (fear of getting banned from the board, I might need to watch what I say in 3 Letters )

Awesome news. I'm sure you will be a great moderator, @Sazerac Congratulations!

Congratulations Saz... What a Team !!!!....The Train is Travelling Full steam ahead ...!!!!!....

Welcome ceeray. We all have been there. I can tell you I tried every smoking cessation method available. Nothing worked until I found this forum. I smoked for 42 years and never thought I could quit. The people here showed me the way. Your addiction is making you think you need that cigarette. When you quit, the only thing that will happen, is you will get healthier. The best way to quit is just stop. It only takes a couple of days to get the nicotine out of you system. Stay busy, stay close to the forum and shout out when you need us. We are here to help you. You can do this!

Perfect pick, you're a natural. Yay for you, Saz.

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Yay pumpkin, you're doing great!!

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Thanks all of you. The year seemed to take so long at the beginning and then something happens and it just zips by. I am a non smoker, I don't smoke, No thank you, I don't indulge. Boy that feels good to say! Dancing!

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G’day congratulations!

I know. I've just eaten two cornetto ice creams

Hi OMC, I'm not sure my extra lbs were due to quitting or simply due to my indolence and Age. I walk a lot (no wheels) and swim and eat lots fresh veg, little meat and no (or very few) processed foods. I pay attention to nutrition. I am seeing results. Here is a page of Weight Related Resources from our friend, Joel Spitzer.

I gained 30 pounds with my quit. Both my husband and I have been doing the intermittent fasting since January 1st. We only eat between Noon and 6:00 pm. This has been the easiest diet I have ever done because you can eat somewhat normal meals. I have lost 15 lbs and my husband has lost 20! We both have been going to the gym also. The older we get, the harder it is to take those pounds off.

Congratulations Sally!

Welcome @ceeray. Please avail yourself to all our resources and educate yourself about your nicotine addiction. 10 Ways To Effectively Use This Forum To Stop Using Nicotine You are keeping yourself in the cyclical torture of withdrawals by smoking and by limiting yourself to nighttime smoking. Quitting By Gradual Withdrawal Step One to quitting smoking ? Make a commitment to yourself and stand by it. Not One Puff Ever. NOPE. Setting your quit date so far in advance will create far more anxiety than needed. Make the commitment to freedom and Quit asap. and from our friend, Joel Spitzer How To Quit Smoking

Congratulations @Sazerac !!!!!

Congratulations Sammy in reaching the Lido Deck .... That's something to dance about ....Reward yourself well...after all your hard work getting here !!!

Hello and welcome ceeray .... Nicotine addiction sucks for sure ....I was addicted 52 yrs.... before I found Freedom ..... Glad your here ...take a seat and buckle up ....Breath ....good Deep Breaths .... You can do this ...we all did ....and you can too.....you just need to want it bad enough to fight for .... Take smoking off the table ...no matter what .... I shouted this hundreds of times each day ...till my junkie brain got it ....no smoking ....ever .... Gather things for your tool box !!!!..... All the info you can read ...start with all the green pinned posts on the main Discussion Board ... Watch Joels video,s....they cover most of your concerns ... Regular gum or mints ect....to help with the craves .... Keep busy jigsaws...puzzle books ....nice long showers or baths ... Stay close to the board ..post often ...we will support you all the way ... Why wait !!!!.....why poison yourself more ....today is a great day to quit ...

Welcome aboard ceeray, yes that is no way to live. Years ago I too tried hypnosis to stop smoking and lasted about the same amount of time as you. You know why? Because I truly wasn't ready to quit. This addiction looks for every little crack to get back in that's why it's so important to not only want to quit but to also be ready to quit. Once you know that you are, nothing is going to come between you and your freedom from smoking. You can do it, we're all proof of that. As far as using NRT's go, please don't smoke and use them at the same time. It's very dangerous. Also keep in mind that using them keeps you addicted to nicotine which you'll have to kick at some point to be truly free. We have tons of resources, clues that worked for us and support to help you succeed so I hope you decide you're ready. We love a quitter

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Amazing. It doesn't really feel as if it's been 5 years, and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. I have no great words of wisdom, have had no miraculous rebirth, no huge gains in confidence, no wonderful new happenings in my life (yet, but I'm working on that). Many more bad things than good have happened since I quit, but none of it was because I quit. What is absolutely certain, though, is that had I not quit poisoning myself with cigarettes when I did, my health would be drastically and irreparably worse today. So that has to be more than enough since at some point it's all that matters. Oh, and my house smells much better now, and I love that part, too. I still get some mild cravings/thoughts here and there, but am never, ever, sorry that I quit. So now I'm ready to celebrate and very grateful that I still can. Cheers to all, and if you're on the fence take the leap -- life really will go on and you'll be giving yourself the best chance to be around to enjoy all the ups and downs of it.

Well done Pumpkin !!!!.....Hell week over ...

Keep up the great work, @Pumpkin

Congratulations @Pumpkin!!!!

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min Hour Day as required!)

NOPE AND NOPE IT HAS BEEN FOR 1 YEAR, THANKS ALL, IT SEEMS UNREAL AFTER SO MANY YEARS.

Welcome, ceeray! As others said, we can all relate to the push and pull of wanting to quit and knowing it's time but still being afraid to fully commit. I came up with countless reasons why tomorrow or next week would be a better time to quit than today, but of course when next week arrived it didn't feel any easier, so it was back to maybe tomorrow. That can go on endlessly until you just dive in and decide that today is the day and that's it. I also played the cut down game to get used to not smoking at certain times/places. Maybe it helped, maybe it didn't, but you've already done that now so at this point it's only prolonging your misery. You clearly want to be a non-smoker and the only way to get to where you want to be is to put them aside once and for all and just plow through the difficult days to get to the other side. No one was more surprised than I was to learn that it really was doable for me (not just for other people) once I truly made the commitment and refused to allow for the possibility of ever turning back. Quitting comes with lots of side shows (like the yammering in your head telling you just one more, or maybe just one more pack), and some people find various quit smoking aids helpful, but no matter how you go about it, it's really comes down to making up your mind that you no longer smoke and that you are in it for the long haul, whatever life might throw at you. You can do this, ceeray, and along the way you can come here and read, talk, play games, laugh, rant and rave — whatever you need in the moment — and we'll be here cheering you on.

Enjoy your celebration!

Woohoo Sammy, congratulations on one year quit! What an awesome accomplishment. I hope you do something special for yourself to celebrate

We all had that fear when we first quit. And Most of us had multiple failed quits. I'm convinced that my success is because I found a support forum with people who were either going through the same things I was or had been through them and assured me it would get better. That's what you too will get here. We have so many articles, tips and clues even a video library of quit smoking material. The best clue I got was using my air cigarette, we call it JAC (jillars air cigarette), when a bad crave hit. I just pretended I was holding an actual cigarette in my fingers and then went through the motions of 'smoking' it. I couldn't believe how well it worked at tricking my brain into thinking it was getting the real thing. Some people use cut straws, pens, even licorice! Also stock up on sweets, you'll probably be craving them in the beginning. I was addicted to soft peppermint puffs for a whole year lol. And when you're ready to take a break head over to our social forums. Tons to do there from games, to an awesome song thread to jokes and everything in between

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