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Many of us have had stutter-steps on our quitting journey, @Molly2310. It’s ok. Learn from what happened and hop back on track. There is always a seat for you on the Train.

I sorry Molly2310. Please just jump back on the train. You did it once. I know you can do it again. There a line somewhere on this site that really spoke to me...something like....stop putting things in your mouth and lighting them on fire....Jump back on there plenty of company on the ride

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Fall down, get up ......... @Molly2310 don't be too hard on yourself, but do learn from this and get back in your seat on the train! I read Alan Carrs book the "Easy Way" early on in my quit, I wish I would have read it before my quit, it just made sense to me. I know I would not have got this far without all the information and support on the train and the Easy Way book. Just a suggestion and all the best to you! https://www.amazon.com/Allen-Carrs-Smoking-Without-Willpower/dp/178404542X/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=19AV89VIOO7HG&keywords=alan+carr+easy+way+to+quit+smoking&qid=1677618703&sprefix=Alan+C%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzUzdCNjRFSzczRUtSJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODE0ODY4MU5NSUxXSUJPS01QUiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjUzOTYyNkVGVzdQRFhDNjRGJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Molly don’t feel bad or sorry!! I’m sorry you feel bad 😞. And I’m sorry u smoked. I know that feeling from last year…and I feel bad for writing abt that I relapsed last year on my third week….sorry if that was weird to write. anyway, I’d love if we can still do our journey together….I’m on this damn site almost all the time bc my quits so young so I’ll be here! Hugs moll ❤️❤️❤️

Welcome back on the train Brioski You got this, you can do this! I had a hard time with anxiety when I quit. In part because of a bad reaction to steroids (oh lordy that was not fun) I found, quick ten minute walks helped (surely the neighbors thought I lost my mind lol so did I) walks and exercise also help with the dopamine. Rethinking time was one of the hard things for me when I quit. What to do now with that time I normally spent on feeding the addiction. I too loved smoking or thought I did. After reading here and watching videos I was honestly shocked to learn I was a addict. I always just thought I was just a smoker. The more I learned of it all the more I got mad, at the companies, at the government, at myself for allowing myself to become addicted and getting mad helped get me pass it all. Stay close to the site and reach out whenever you feel or want to. I so glad you got back on the train

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Aww Molly ,im sorry you gave up your great quit .. You should read your sos to yourself ,the reason,s you quit are still there. I had a saying that i repeated all day if necessary... Take Smoking Off The Table No Matter What ..Even If Your Arse Is On Fire. Someone who is not supportive Is not a reason to destroy your health Jump back in your seat ..and Quit For you...🐸

Same here with the triggers. I think the nicotine and chemicals screwed us up so much our bodies just go on the fritz during the beginning stages of our quit and can’t handle ‘peace’ so it wants to kill it and us. HaHa I will be 2 years quit next month and every so often while I’m reading and totally immersed in a book I find myself wanting a cigarette. Just a thought. Nothing major. I never really smoked while reading. I need both hands to read. Holding the book and turning pages. (I hate ebooks and audiobooks make me want to hurt someone.) I speed read. So, I’m constantly turning a page. If I lit a cigarette while reading it remained in the ashtray totally forgotten. (I don’t have the patience to read like a normal person. I get bored and anxious.) So yeah, I find it extremely odd that I now will think of a cigarette while reading. Probably just my brain attacking me because I am totally ‘zen’ if I have a book in my hands. So the ghost of nicotine tries to ruin that for me. You are doing great. Recognizing and resolving your issues. Talking them through with someone. I hope the remainder of your day goes smoothly!

@Brioski I suffer from panic/anxiety attacks with depression. I was having major issues with anxiety after quitting smoking. I can’t remember exactly what I saw that first brought it to my attention that some quitters have to reduce or even totally cut their caffeine intake after they have quit smoking. I’m sorry that I’m not more informative on the whys of that. It has something to do with the brain having to need more caffeine for it to actually work when you smoke so that when you quit you are overloaded. Not everyone. But of course, me. I need coffee and I love an ice cold Coke. It’s one of my favorite things. I was using an ice cold Coke as a reward during my initial quit. My anxiety was so bad though that I was desperate enough to try lowering my caffeine intake and it worked!!! I could hardly believe it, but it helped so much. I am best when I have zero intake of caffeine, but living a life without caffeine is insanity itself, so some days I just deal with that. It bothers me that I can’t or don’t really want to totally let Coke and a really good cup of coffee completely go from my life. I mean I’ve kicked Nicodemon’s butt to the curb! Ground him under my heel into his own ashes and I just can’t seem to want to get rid of something that causes me so much emotional turmoil. Maybe if I have a full blown public breakdown it would make me want to totally let caffeine go. Maybe not. Anyway, I don’t know what your caffeine intake is, but it might be worth it for you to try reducing it for a period of time just to see if it eases the anxiety. I’m not positive, but I believe maybe it was @intoxicated yoda that first brought this issue to my attention. I hope that you can get the anxiety issues under control. I know how bad they can be. 🤗 P.S. You know those times when you feel like all you need is a really good cry? Well, I can very easily trigger that by fixing a really good strong cup of coffee or having a Coke. That’s just how sensitive to caffeine I am and that depresses me greatly. But I press on.

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

Hi, @Brioski. So sorry you are having a tough day. I don’t have any advice for anxiety attacks (would use the tools your doc suggests and follow the tips from folks here with firsthand experience). But I can say that in the first while after I quit, my breathing felt extremely strange at times. Sort of floaty, like I was taking in O2 but it was not “gripping” somehow. I believe it had something to do with the fact that I was a heavy menthol smoker. It took me a while to recalibrate to breathing without the pinchy feeling from smoke, menthol and chemicals. I had to get reacquainted with clean chemical-free oxygen. This weird feeling got better. But during the transition, I appreciated aromatherapy inhalers and diffusers. Different essential oils have different properties and appeal to different people. But for what it’s worth, I found rose, grapefruit and sweet birch (wintergreen) scents to be helpful during the early weeks of my quit. Lavender, rosemary and jasmine also. In any case, I’m wishing you ease and a good night’s sleep. Take care.

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Oh @Molly2310. I’m sorry that you smoked. But we’re still here for you. You just get right back on this train and start counting those smoke free days again. We are here to help you. Please reach out if you need us. Don’t try to bare the burden alone when you don’t have to. We’ll hold your seat here on the train. I do hope to see you back with us soon!

Belated congratulations on your first year smoke free! May there be many more to come!

Wow so interesting! Yes it does seem like that…destroyers the peace/peaceful times. I smiled reading about your reading….hopefully I’ll get to experience that one day…fleeting thoughts…. I went to visit my friend w my pup and wanted a cig in the midst of us hanging out but not in the car or anything, so weird. Some light anxiety but nothing like yest. I also resigned from teaching last June so I think part of it is doing something, something to keep me busy and not just being at home all the time. I have some ideas for a business so it’s just a matter of organizing and getting my life back together. im so so proud of your 2 year 😱😱 quit coming up Gus!!! Wow, all of you guys’ accomplishments are something to be valued and admired. I mean it. Fantastic.

Thank you, @Gus your sharing some of your story was so kind and I appreciate it ❤️❤️ I actually haven’t had caffeine for I think like 5 or 6 years due to high blood pressure, although I drink decaf and I know there’s trace amts in that but oh well. I do love a good diet and caffeine free coke myself but lately it’s been cranberry juice and water or ginger ale or hint water. Thank you again ❤️ You all are so helpful I appreciate every one of you ❤️❤️ On a separate/same note, I’m surprised about the times when I’m craving (I guess not craving bc it comes and goes rather quickly so triggers? maybe idk the times when I’d like a cig lol) because it’s not when I thought they’d be…ie I thought first thing in the morning, after I eat, driving, but those aren’t too bad…it’s after a shower, during a nice afternoon/evening cooking dinner, and after completing a house chore. Hmph, interesting.

Wow, @DenaliBlues that is such great advice, too! I definitely am comforted (not glad per say but you guys get it) that you guys can relate to this uneven breathing….yesterday was def panic attacks but I slept great (like 8pm to 7am lol woah), nose breathing, and I feel ok right now. The aromatherapy suggestion is great, I will def look into that too. Thank you friends. You’re comments, advice, and comforting words mean more than you know. A beautiful blanket of snow has fallen, biggest one of the season really. So I’ll try and take in the beauty today.

Hugs @Brioski, hope those clues work for you...............

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Congratulations @darcy on your first month smoke free! What a huge accomplishment, you should be so proud of yourself I hope you treat yourself to something special today because you've earned it!

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Congratulations @Jordan7 on eight years quit! And thank you for sticking around and paying it forward 🤗 i hope you have a great day today! 😊

Thank you ❤️❤️ They did, but also taking a drive/getting out of the house and the rescue anxiety med helped too. I get inside my own head too that I have all these different health ailments when I prob see my dr more than the average person and have a great, 30 yr relationship w him, for which I feel very lucky. Anyway, thank you for your help jillar ❤️ I hope I’m not the craziest person on this site 😂

@jillar wow that actually makes me feel way better. I saw/read for a few ppl breathing got worse before it got better so maybe that’s what’s happening too. And just now I start to feel it come on again. Using your pursed lip technique and telling myself it’ll be ok and I’m ok. I hate this.

Had to come here and offer my biggest props to my friend Denali ❤️❤️ You were a few weeks ahead of me last year and now, a whole year ahead!! Lol. All the very best to you, you certainly deserve it!! Well done my friend, I’m proud and jealous 😂

Thanks much @jillar and to all for the very nice shout-outs, and thank you, @DenaliBlues, for bringing my people along! And yes, @Molly2310, in eight years you'll be where I am and that's far away but in the meantime you will get to celebrate months 1 through 12, then years 1 through 7 of your fabulous quit, so you'd better keep the champagne on ice from now on. No one could convince me of this eight years ago but at some point (different timing for us all) not smoking starts to feel more natural than smoking and it's all pretty easy from there. The only regret I'll ever have is not having quit much earlier. Cheers to all us quitters, old and new!

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congrats Jordan7. that's how you quit and stay quit.

Wow, 8 years feels so very far away. You give me a tremendous amount of hope. I’ll be where you are today one day and you’ll be coming up to 16 years then! 👏🎉😁

My youngest son was mandated to be vaccinated, because he serves in the USAF. He was able to go off base, in Japan, and get the J and J vaccine, because he was concerned about a risk to his reproductive organs, from the RNA based vaccines, and wanted to become a Dad. This risk has been known for several years.He now has a 15 month old son. Kat

Sorry I’m late Darcy, congratulations 🎉

Woo hoo Darcy! Getting through those first four weeks takes a lot of ingenuity and grit - well done. So happy that you made your break for freedom!

Congratulations on 1 month smoke free @darcy. Keep up the awesome work!

Way to go Darcey... Congratulations on your first month smome free .. Reward yourself for all your hard work !!!

Whoops, this Lido Deck thing is trickier than I thought…

The Crew have joined the Party 😀😀

Hurray for you and your freedom Denali Blues! A year is a great accomplishment and gift to yourself and lungs. May your freedom be forever and your kindness continue to lift up those on their paths to freedom. hoping you celebrate in whatever style sings to your heart...

A HUGE congrats buddy! I am so happy for you, one year is just awesome!

Congratulations on 1 year smoke free @DenaliBlues and thanks for all the support you continue to give others. Excellent job! Celebrate big today!

Huge Congratulations @DenaliBlues....Welcome to the Lido Deck.... Grab a drink....your chair is waiting at the front ...Enjoy the view ... The Captain is here to greet you and get the party started .... You are a much valued member on the Train ...Thank you for all your support to others ... Hope you reward yourself well....you deserve it ..for all your hard work .. Now lets Party