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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min Hour Day as required!) And can I add.... stay safe

I just got through week one and starting to feel better. I have a good feeling that tis journey is going to start to steam roll in a positive direction.

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Fantastic Mac, congratulations on getting past hell week, the hardest week of them all!

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I want to thank everyone for all of the support thus far. It's always easier to attack any of life's big challenges with a strong support system.

I couldn't wait for bedtime in my early quit. Not only was I exhausted from battling all the strong urges to light up again but when I was asleep, I had NO cravings so .... going to sleep was a win-win!! As I'm sure you've heard before, these quit symptoms are temporary and will pass in time. I know right now, a day must seem like a week to you. Time almost seems to stop in the early days of quitting but it isn't so just push through all challenges one at a time. Things will get easier

Using big words. I do not know why..

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Hope your birthday was a Great one! Thanks for keep us safe from all those hardened criminals!

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Or I could say 84! 84 days nicotine free today - yooo hooo! yippee eye eye oh yippee ay! Yay! That makes 12 weeks which is the longest all my research came up with concerning how long it takes for the brain dopamine to get back to normal, i.e. for the post-nicotine depression to go away. Today is my deadline day to be happy again, start moving again and get to blasting off the 20 pounds I have gained since quitting! Won't be hard with spring here and all. I feel great and thankful I could finally lay them cigarettes down! Twelve weeks nicotine-free. Wow...I haven't gone that long since I became a smoker at age 14! Thanks to everyone here for being such an inspiration and a wealth of information and support for me and all who need it. Great people on this Train! 12! Yippee!!!

Yes they do stop but it takes time and an absolute commitment not to smoke again. Fighting through the early days of your quit will not kill you. Relapsing just might. That's the stark reality of smoking and why we all need to quit and stay quit. You CAN do it, just like those of us who've traveled the same path before you. We were no different - we also had to go through it, not around it.

These early days are SO important. Please do NOT light up a smoke. It just stars the addiction cycle all over again and you have been fighting so hard to break it. What is your freedom worth? Certainly a short while of challenge. Stay the course and don't relapse Guttie. We've all faced it and it DOES get better as long as you don't give in.

Put the damn thing down!! Do jumping jacks, scream at the top of your lungs, cry, beat up pillow, get in the shower and scream, anything but smoke! You are strong!!

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That first week is critical to get through so a huge congrats is in order! You will not face greater challenges than in that first week. Feel proud in the knowledge that you have done that first week so nothing can stop you now!

Great job Mac.

If distraction isn't working for you anymore, you could just face the craves head-on. When you recognize them for what they are, they're really not all that scary.

You should listen to your body ...it must need rest ....your health is important ...

Is it normal to feel so tired after quitting I goggled it and it says it's one of the withdrawal symptoms. Has anyone had any problems with fatigue. Is this normal

Congratulations on 41 hours smoke-free, @Guttie39 In these early days, celebrate each milestone. You may be counting minutes and hours early on (I was) but things to get smoother over time. Temptation was high for most of us early on but you are very capable of fighting through this. It may not feel like it but you are doing a great job. What you are going through is normal for most quitters. Do whatever you have to do as long as you don't light up a cigarette. Keep up the great work and keep the quit.

Congratulations....one day over .... on to number two....you can do it !!!

For as long as you need it to. Your mind is slowly building a new normal that doesn't include lighting up a smoke after almost everything you do or every emotion you feel. That takes a while so in the meantime, replace those lost moments with some other activity. Keeps your mind off listening to that voice in your head that's trying to talk you into lighting up again. That's your junkie voice and we all had it when quitting!

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Day 10 Distraction works But for how long!!!

Yo Porky. Keep on keepin’ on.

I am big on freestyle home aerobics - I just turn on the music and dance around and add in some aerobic moves, isometrics, body toning moves like arm circles, leg lifts and such, running in place, air punches, some floor stretching and a little ab work. I jog outside and on a treadmill at the gym. Weird, after quitting smoking, I got so preoccupied with eating and so DEPRESSED I dropped my 14 year workout habit. 20 pounds later I am looking forward to getting back in shape. Do whatever keeps your blood pumping and your mood light!

LOL Thanks Boo! Love your seal!

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I'm reading "High Treason" by John Gilstrap. It's the 5th book in the Jonathan Grave series. These are black-op fiction stories.

on hiatus. still on train.

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Thank you all for your encouragement I have not picked up a cigarette and lit it. I keep telling myself I will have to start all over again my body will have to start detoxing all over again. I am already two days in and my body has already started detoxing. This is one of the biggest urges I have had this one is trying to stay around a little longer.

exactly so ^^^^ your brain is in the process of rewiring itself. Learn about this, it will explain so much of what you are going through. I think it is a fascinating process and the healing on the other side is colossal. Your Brain Beating A Crave Nicotine and The Brain Embracing Crave Episodes

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You're up Jo!! I can trip over a doorstep let alone trying to get over something way up in the air (-10 in spelling in grade 8 They started at 100 and took marks off for mistakes made. Clearly I was not a good speller! In my own defense, there was one person worse than me at -40 )

@Doreensfree yea I did not know quitting smoking had so many side effects. I am going to try to take me a nap. But google did say it is one of the side effects and should improve in about 2 weeks or so.

Don't ever apologize for asking questions. Googling my quit symptoms is how I came across my first forum. I lurked there for about three weeks before I was brave enough to sign up and man am I glad I did. My fellow quitters calmed my nerves and answered my questions too, just like we want to do for you

Thanks Jillar!

and when you must witness his smoking remember this reality. This is what your are freeing yourself from and committing to LIFE The Palmolive Bottle Demonstration