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Happy Friday everyone

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

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I'm now at day 46 of my full on quit. In the past I've done a 5 year quit but accepted I would smoke on social occasions. This quit is the end all quit. The forever quit. I've had my times in the last 46 days where I have had small urges associated with situations where I used to smoke. Tonight I am in the major associated situation. I'm going out for a drink with friends around a music gig. This was where I would have smoked in the past. This is the severing of it for me. I will not smoke tonight. The smell, the cost, the wheezing, the hiding away, the 46 days accomplished. None of it is worth breaking just to introduce nicotine into my system again. I have resisted all NRT because I know the addiction is in in the nicotine and being a former smoker if I use NRT then it will always lead back to smoking. I will keep the strength I have built up already to ease me through tonight's final goal. I have called it the first big hurdle. In all honesty it could be called the last big hurdle.

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You are doing great!! Keep it up and take one day at a time. I'm a newbie as well and it's definitely not easy. Just come on this forum a lot because we are all here to support you!!

You have found out yourself that having an occasional smoke doesn't work for a nicotine addict and you seem determined this time to guard your young quit so you don't make mistakes of the past. All you need to do now is put that knowledge into action and let your determination guide you through when those urges threaten to wash over you. From the sound of your post, I think you'll be fine!

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I hope this isn't too tired or uninteresting a question, but I was wondering if people wanted to identify and explain the most significant aspect of their quit, either in terms of process (the "how") or the rationale (the "why") of their quit. Or anything else, for that matter. For me, it was exercise and nutrition. More specifically, when (and actually a little bit before) I quit, I made some pretty substantial changes to my diet and and to my daily exercise--I began to eat very "clean" (not eating out and preparing healthy low-fat meals at home, for instance), and I started daily workouts at a gym. One of the reasons I did this was because I recognized that my personality tends toward the extreme(s), and instead of ignoring that (or chastising myself for this predilection), I hoped that I could leverage it to achieve this particular goal. And I did get pretty focused on (and even obsessed with) healthy food and lots of exercise. It certainly could be argued (and I suspect that my spouse WOULD argue!) that I went a little overboard with the health and fitness project; however, I was doing so with a fair amount of self-awareness that this was an approach that just might work for me, given my personality traits. I'm not at all suggesting that eating grilled chicken and broccoli for a couple of months straight is the "right" way to quit: indeed, I'd say that the "Ben and Jerry's" approach is just as--if not more!--legitimate than my more abstemious approach. But if there's a broader lesson in/from my experiences, perhaps it is to try to craft an approach that allows you to benefit from and exploit the things that make you tick. What helped you, and/or what was your overwhelming, overarching rationale? Cheers, friends-- Christian99 21+ Years Quit

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Sounds like you have a good hold on this quit tocevod. Nothing like losing a quit to value a new quit right?!

You are doing great and enjoy your evening!

Congratulations on your 46 days . You sound still very positive.. Keep this going .. Quitting is all positive... Go and enjoy your Gig ...!!

Not sure I really had any strategy or rational for quitting. Perhaps my rational was suddenly realizing that I was doing great damage to myself & had been for decades so it was now or never to make a change. That realization happened one morning as I stood in a cold damp parking lot loading groceries into my car and reaching for a cig. Lighting up I coughed and coughed, as I had been doing all month due to having had yet another episode of bronchitis. I suppose it was an epiphany of sorts. I just suddenly knew I HAD to quit! Had my last smoke next morning at 8:00 AM then went about distracting myself and keeping as busy as possible though that first day (a Sunday) Took the next two days off work and just sheltered in place like a hermit. Somehow made it through those days that seemed like one giant urge to smoke. Went to work in a haze of brain fog the next day and somehow made it through. The experience had become so horrible and so overwhelming to me that it became a challenge. Who would win the war of wills? Me or my addiction to nicotine? The longer things went on the more determined I became to win this war no matter how long it took. Before I know it, although at the time it seemed like a very long time, I knew I had the upper hand and those urges became less frequent, less intense and less bothersome. Now today, I rarely think of smoking and when I do, it's not fondly at all! I pity people I see still smoking or vaping and I regret not having made the decision to quit earlier in life. Nothing I can do to change that now but I'm absolutely sure I will never smoke again!!

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Big congrats @robin0212 you are doing great, you are no longer a slave to nicotine and never have to be again, so happy for you! Keep up the good work.

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NOPE!!! Not One Puff Ever.. NSA. Not Stinkin Anymore !! DBA. Deep Breaths Available!!

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