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

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Just what I needed to read today- coming up for nearly 7months smoke free but really bad cravings for the last few days. I won’t smoke but I’m finding that I’m constantly trying to get the same sort of fix I got from smoking - feeling grumpy. Husband still smoking and I feel annoyed with him for just constantly standing outside smoking - in his defence - he smokes less than I ever did! Posting here as I am definitely not going to crack but why after all this time am I still not settled?

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Congratulations on your 5th month of being quit. It never goes away but will grow further and further apart and will definitely be a mere thought, not a craving. If I remember correctly it was around my 9th month that the craving that always came with the thoughts of smoking switched to just being a thought that never became more than that. It’s like that last barrier to feeling like I had truly quit smoking just crumbled and fell away. So very liberating. The chains were gone! You are doing great!

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It’ll come, @Slow progress. It’ll just happen and it will be magic! You are doing so well. Just keep doing what you’ve been doing. I can’t hardly believe that it’s been seven months for you already. The stress of it all will let up, I promise.

Good on you for posting @Slow progress, your user name says it all. It's slow progress in the early days of our quits but with each day quit, we get stronger. Trust the process, it will get better you just need to give it time............

5 months is a Quit to be very proud of .. Dont let stinking thinking creep in …nothing comes good fro smoking .. use your tool box to stay on track … Does it get better you asked … definitely… I come here and talk smoking ,nearly all day of every day …of course I think of smoking ..like I think of …what’s for dinner . Keep going …The magic will happen x

Hi SP.. Your quit is still very much in the early days ..you are just about 7 months in …on your journey .. yes you will still have urges …it’s what you do with those urges … The more you keep on fighting ..the easier it gets … There are no negatives here …It’s all positive … Your heading for the Lido Deck Well Done x

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It definitely gets less intense toc…at 5 months I was still craving and some times got frustrating…and although yea I think it’ll always be there/a part of our psyche but it def gets less and less….even from 5 to 9 months there’s a big difference. You’re doing really really good….when you get that feeling see what else u could do to gain comfort….a coffee, video, deep breath, distraction, piece of candy, etc. keep up the great work toc and reward yourself!!

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I would say that if you got through every single trigger from all the years you smoked then they MAY go away but I can tell you that when I get thoughts of smoking now its not a battle, not even a fist fight. Its just a thought that disappears as quickly as it appeared. You can and should expect to have cravings for the whole first year as well as any time an unexpected life event happens. It will prepare you for when it does. Depending on where you are with your quit it may be easily swatted away. You're doing great so keep it up!

Congrats on your 5 months of freedom! Keep in mind, even though 5 months is a long time from when you first quit; it's still early days when compared to the rest of your smoke-free life. The links in your brain between what's always triggered you to smoke are still there and still pretty strong, even though you don't sense them daily. When certain situations occur they will surface almost immediately which is why you'll often hear people say: "We must always stay on guard for those sudden triggers - never get complacent!" It will be a very slow process. As it is for us all but, gradually that link in our brains between grabbing a smoke to ease sudden stressful situations will fade away. It's merely a matter of rinse & repeat! Stay with the program and you'll get there too; I promise you that.

I'm now 5months and 11hrs in on my tracker. Still getting random thoughts. Wouldn't say it was every day. I can't even remember the timescale between them. I'm around smokers in work. They don't bother me now, I pity them after observing their habits and how much they need the nicotine without even knowing it. I am using them without them even knowing it for my own fight. I was one of them so the thought of having to feed the habit again is my fuel. The thing is I can feel my stress levels rising at times. I think we all get it. We have stress levels and the adrenaline rises. I actually think my rising streets levels and adrenaline rising is prompting me towards the ciggies. Maybe the brain is sending the signal as I would have had a ciggie in the past in the same situaition. Maybe its one of my final hurdles. Not to feed it in this type of situation. Looks like it's going to be a battle for life. Will the thoughts ever go? To anyone who is a few years into their quit, do they ever completely go?

Well heck……

Hi Linda - how are you doing, we miss you and hope for the best. Merry Christmas to you!

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Gday for jillar, sorry it’s only one the postage kills but it is 7 percent alcohol… Gday for Doreen …. Though you might want something from down under

To @Cbdave because the one you have must be getting pretty dried out by now:

I hear you SP…it definitely sucks at times. I had a weird realization the other week that I mentioned in another post but finding something “comfy cozy” to help relinquish the crave/thought/urge in the moment definitely helps our body find that the relief we think we get from cigs can happen with something that’s comforting…. a deep breath, a flop on the couch, a heated blanket, a clean room, etc. idk that’s what I’ve found w my quit. You’re doing so so well, just keep going gf

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beacon Posted November 22, 2014 Good video. This is what I struggled with. Still if I get a thought about smoking it is when I am relaxed and doing nothing and not when I am stressed. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/3552-how-to-do-nothing-without-smoking/

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To Doreen,

To Jillar, Your delivery is on the way.

To all my friends here on the train. Here is a taste of the best stuff on earth to celebrate the holidays.

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To both of our wonderful moderators...just a start!

Thank you Doreen, here's a little something I got you ☺

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