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30 Days Smoke Free!! I want to thank everyone who has helped my wife and I get through the first 30 days. It was tough but my Wife and I were tougher! She went "Cold Turkey"and I chose the Nicotine patch route that seems to be working just fine. Thanks again and I'll keep posting along our journey to a Nicotine free life.

Congratulations @KEL on four months quit! That's fantastic 😊 Its great watching the support you give so many as you go through your journey. Who knows how many people your posts are helping! I hope you have a great day and treat yourself extra special today 😊

Congrats to Sal and wife! 1 month into a whole new life!

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Sal!!!

NOPE, not today!

NOPE, I do not smoke anymore.

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As I said on my PM CONGRATS TO BOTH OF YOU!! You were afraid when you started and now you both know you can do this with each other's help. You are the POWER COUPLE!

Gday NOPE……

Thanks again for responding to my cry for help. I am now officially off the gum. I spit it out, packed up my leftovers and am committed to going nicotine free! I feel like a great weight has been lifted off my brain.

M&M Sal Great teamwork- Impressive Welcome on board the train!!!

Thank you for participating! You are an inspiration to me and set a great example of how to stick with my quit Congrats on your time and good work!

Nice work Kel.

Congratulations to Sal and the missus. Good job.

I live in Connecticut and have a strange sleeping habit. I am disabled, so it doesn't affect my day.

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Sal, this is just the first step towards a happier and healthier life. Reward yourselves for this great accomplishment.

Congratulations @Sal to both you and your wife. You've gotten past the hardest month of them all

Thanks all! Sure appreciate you....

@KEL Good job!!!

Huge Congratulations Mr and Mrs Sal ... I love your supporting each other ...great way to travel to Freedom 😁

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@intoxicated yodaYes, I can see how that craving will never dissipate while I'm still feeding it, no matter the cost. I need to stop the insanity sooner rather than later and sooner is right about NOW! The insanity for me is in thinking I have control when it comes to nicotine in ANY form.

Congratulations on 4 months smoke free, Kel. You are doing great 👍

congrats Sal and Mrs. Sal on getting through that first month. teamwork makes the dream work. y'all stay strong.

Brushing up on my Canadian English. In my time on this board, I've become familiar with British slang. I can even understand most of Jo's Aussie slang now. Now, I'm working on a job with a group out of Manitoba. The foreman is an ex-smoker like myself. He explained that he "quit the darts." Apparently, Canadians call cigarettes darts. I told him that I started working out again when I quit. He explained that he only worked on his "Molson muscle." He patted his belly after saying that, so I figured that one out quickly Left and right are now Larry and Roger. The pisser is now a washroom. I've already had to explain a couple of Southernisms to him, so we have a bit of a dialect exchange program going here.

Congratulations Kel...4 months is a quit to be proud of ... Thank you for all the support to others travelling ....it helps them and you along your journey,s..😁

You want to smoke, I get it. But the cold hard truth is that if you smoke you will no longer be an ex-smoker. The reason you want to smoke is because you are romancing the cigarette. You think that it will make you feel better about something, it won't, you will feel exactly the same only as a smoker instead of an ex-smoker. So to combat your addict within try some things before you go through with your plan to smoke. 1. Remember that smoking is a lie, it always takes and never gives anything good. 2. Distract yourself with anything handy until the nagging thoughts subside. 3. Go to QuitTrain and read for inspiration and resolve. 4. Make a plan to recommit your quit and remember how you felt on day 1. 5. Remind yourself why you quit, it was a good reason then and it's still a good reason now. 6. Take a nice deep breath and be proud of being an ex-smoker. 7. Going forward can be difficult and scary, but going backward is pathetic and sorrowful. 8. Take some time to respond to others on QuitTrain, get involved in your quit. 9. Realize how lucky you are that you stopped smoking before your body gave out on you. 10. If you get this far and still want to smoke post an SOS on QuitTrain and respond to each person who tries to talk you down. There is no way that you still want to smoke, so congratulations you made it through an urge an remained an ex-smoker!

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Congratulations Kel, this is great news. Time to show your happy dance. Don't forget to reward yourself today.

Congratulations @KEL you are doing great!!

@Pricci Congratulations on quitting! Yes, you are going to experience all the withdrawal symptoms each time you step down. So, hell x’s 3. And then you quit wearing the 7mg patch and it’s the same as going cold turkey. I’m 10 and 1/2 months in to my quit. I used the patch. I skipped stage 1 and drastically reduced the length of time I wore the stage 2 and 3 patches. If your mental state can handle cold turkey, do it. My mental state barely survived being broken forever from weaning myself down. It would not have survived full blown cold turkey. I always recommend cold turkey unless a person’s anxiety issues are extreme. I hope that you have a better day today. Stay close! 🤗

@Sal, must ask your geographic area, I always seem to catch you in the wee hours for me about 3:00AM here. I have insomnia and don't sleep well and am always up late.

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@gum_addictI tried nicotine replacement therapy with the patches and all it did for me was make me want to smoke even more. I have a friend whose ex girlfriend quit over 5 years ago with the gum and she is still chewing it. She considers herself successfully quit even though she is always on the verge of smoking again to get off the gum. It can be a vicious cycle if you let it. If you are looking for advice mine would be to quit the gum as soon as you can...but you already know what you need to do.

Congratulations Kel, 4 months is fabulous, I loved it when I got past 3 months, you will be fine. Stay determined and freedom is yours 🤗

Congratulations to you and your wife, Sal. Great job 👍

At least I know enough now to know that if they call me a "hoser", they are not making reference to my dangly bits.

Wow @KrisThat is really why you love the snow!!! Nice memory to share. Check your e-mail I will send you a picture

I know you are used to getting this type of snow but I say if it is going to snow, let it snow, snow, snow. For us in the south it can be like magic. I just sit by the window and watch the wonder of it all. I always appreciate the beauty of snow gently falling, coating the roofs, trees, the joy of watching children shrieking with delight. When I was younger I would be out there with the kids. Now I enjoy staying inside, watching my son and grandson make memories together. Once a long, long time ago when I was 15 years old it snowed. I went out to enjoy it with my neighborhood friends. There was a new boy there visiting. Little did I know then that I would fall in love with this boy and marry him 5 years later. Yes, I love the snow!!

6. Tie in knots and let dog play with it

@Kel you r doing awesome!!!

Sorry to hear you lost the quit but welcome back. Stay close and S.O.S, before you smoke. Best wishes and we all are pulling for you.

Window licker. Now tell everyone how bad it was….headache and bad breath. Smell. Money wasted. Then read that post next time while posting sos

Congratulations on Five Years!!! When I grow up, I want to be just like you!