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

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Congratulations on 7 Years and Thank you MQ for keeping the train running. it has been the best ride of my life.

I'm not one to nitpick over semantics. However, I will always remind our newer quitters that the choice is theirs; always has been, always will be. Cigarettes have as much or as little power as we give them. You've made a wise choice Jeff, keep marching forward.

Thank you, QuitTrain and MQ! This is the best ride ever and I never want to get off!

Well the pistons keep on turning, and the wheels go round and round... Salute to the Quit Train, those who keep it running and the merry band of riders that keep us coming back. Gonna keep on movin'...

I love it Augustus, try having a twin brother and having your parents name you Jack and Jill because they were reading nursery rhymes to your older sister at the time!

What!?!? And today I decide to pop in and say Hello! Whoa. Divine intervention? Circumstance? That's a debate for another thread. What a wonderful day to celebrate this locomotive LIFESAVER! @jillar I think I missed your 5 year this month? @johnny5 you saved me - the SOS that will never be forgotten @BKP you slapped me into reality before my sticky quit @Christian99 good narratives @beazel games kept my hands busy @Rozuki your presence @Lin-quitting yours too @Bassman - duh @Doreensfree thank you! @notsmokinjo thank you! keeping it real @c9jane29 hey! @sgt.barney why not- @MLMR our life is our recovery! @Hope2Nope H2N - comforting @Cbdave G'day!! Your posts greeted me so many mornings and helped me make it a G'day without smokes! and so many other friends that fought to keep me on track with or without knowing - please don't be offended if I did not tag you - I'm old. I'm old and I'm having wine. I can't tag Mike Piano - no words from me are worthy compared to his.

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Glad your sis is past her surgery and on the mend. This Covid thing is screwing up a lot of other stuff, that's for sure. Hopefully your sister sees her 'smoke free' hospital stay as a good head start on quitting as well but what you said before is true. People are ready when they're ready themselves. We can only gently encourage them I suppose.

Thank you Jillar. It’s been terrifying, her aneurysm was big, should have been operated on months ago, and I know she was terrified of it rupturing, so smoked to “ease” her stress. I read it’s one of the worst things to do with an aneurysm as it affects your arteries. I tried to get her to stop, but I guess we all stop when we are ready and not when others are worried about us. While she’s been. In hospital obviously she can’t smoke, so that/has given her a good start. I just hope she carries it on. Hopeing she will be greatful for a fresh start and quit and keep healthy.

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Welcome aboard Gus. Good call on giving up the smokes. Just go with it. The process of quitting smoking rips us right out of our comfort zone and forces us to deal with some things we used to sweep under the rug. Withdrawals, nagging thoughts, and inconvenient truths can strip you down to the bare bones. The journey can be a little rocky in the beginning, but the destination is worth the trip.

Oh Geez .... a girl Gus eh? Humm ............ OK, don't both with the chicks or sticks game then. It's no fun anyway By the way, good job fighting your way through another day. They tend to be long ones in the early stages of your quit. Hang in though; it does get better

Hang in there Gus and welcome aboard! All of us can understand what you are going through. That`s important that you can keep in touch with the site. Loads of knowledge here. it is well worth it. Best wishes and hope to see you around.

Thanks so much, EVERYONE! A little bit of a rougher day today. I persevered though! I am determined! Just reading y’all’s comments are helping so much!!! Just thank you all! Oh and I am a girl GUS! My middle name is Augustus! As in Caesar! LOL I know, I know. But who knows what goes through parents minds when they name their children?!

I wish to Thank MQ.... He designed and built and has kept this Wonderful Train on the track ... It has saved countless of lives whom has travelled along the rails .... And I'm sure there are plenty more who don't sign up for a seat ... So on behalf of myself .....and the many members .... Thank you MQ ...without this place ....I think my life would be very different now ... Three Cheers for the Quit Train

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Wishing your sister a speedy recovery ,from what has been a very scarey experience.... Hoping she finds the strength to quit smoking ..... Sending a Cyber Hug ❤

That must have been so scary for you all @catlover. Thank goodness she's on the road to recovery. Hopefully she'll use this as a wake up call to quit and if she's willing we're here for her

Feeling so relieved my sister had her long awaited operation for an aortic aneurysm . Due to covid she has had to wait almost a year for it, and i have been so stressed it would rupture and I may lose her. She had an 8 hour operation last Tuesday and has just come out of ICU and on to a general ward. She is in a lot of pain, I spoke to her yesterday for a few minutes. Hopefully she will go home in a couple of days. I pray now she will quit smoking. Yes she was still smoking with the aneurysm, madness!!! The power of this addiction is appalling! Life is better without cigarettes, and I have proved great stress can be handled without smoking. Thank god I am free of this horrible addiction.

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-15....we're approaching the 100,000 post on this thread!!

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Thank you MQ and thank you Quittrain!

Happy Birthday QuitTrain and thank you MQ for all your hard work in keeping the train running.

Ya done good MQ! Have an extra large coffee to celebrate!

Thank you MQ for giving us this wonderful home base to find our forever quits. I've made great friends from all over the world along the way as well

Thank you MQ. I am forever grateful to you and the people here who guided me to freedom.

Thank you MQ for helping me and many others empower themselves to quit smoking. Congratulations on 7 wonderful years.

SO TRUE, no option on a love button, so giving hearts ♥ ♥

It has started raining Cats The dogs are predicted later this evening !

Good morning got the gegative fall out brushed off of my shoulders and doing good again.

This is where I was looking: so this post is 99992 Oh, and Zero!

Yes, mine says 99989, so this one should be 99990

Hello Gus, Welcome to the train, and Congratulations on your 9 day quit, that is so fabulous it’s great to have you here, and you will get brilliant support here. have a look at Joel Spitzers Videos, they are a great source of information and encouragement in the early days. I too was very emotional when 8 first quit, it is very strange at first being without that crutch, that we used for so many years. life will be even better soon I promise. stay determined!

@Boo You are correct! I should not have used the word fate. I used it as an excuse. I don't buy into that way of thinking about most things, so I shouldn't have used it here either. I'll try to think of a better word, or better way of saying it. Thanks!

Ach, smoking costs so much money. When I quit, I invested money in the stock market that I would have otherwise would have spent on cigarettes. After eight months, I sold them to pay off a credit card. My stocks were up 85%. My friends who are sitting on the fence, it isn't just the health benefits that you reap, it's the financial benefits. Take the money you would have spent on cigarettes and open a brokerage account. Most of them do not charge commissions now. Investigate some basic stocks, like Apple, Paypal, Google, Shopify, Facebook, etc. Get a brokerage that will allow you to buy fractional shares. That means, you can buy $10 of a Facebook stock. You don't have to buy the whole share. A pack of cigarettes could buy you a fractional share of Tesla. If you want to buy into a new company, check with Jeremy on Financial Education on YouTube. (I hope I'm not breaking any rules here.) There is so much life to live without cigarettes! If you're hooked on cigarettes, explore getting hooked on investing in stocks or something else for your future! Do you love art? Invest in some brushes and paints and canvasses! This is just my own success story. Now it's your turn to write yours. Share your story of how you quit smoking and turned your attention to something else that is life-affirming. I'd love to hear from you!

Hope you have a kick ass day Steve!