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Way to go, @garry mhudson!! Congratulations and thanks for your support!

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Welcome aboard @I can do it Day 3 is doable. Everyone here has done it. No, it’s not easy. But totally worth it. I smoked for 35 years. You have to get your of your supply and all paraphernalia. Change up your route so that you are not driving past the places you purchased your cigarettes from. Increase your intake of fluids on Day3 and if at all possible sleep through it. I spent my first week in bed as I was experiencing a horrific state of withdrawal. Get on here and post when you are experiencing these craves and others can talk you through them. We truly want to see you succeed and experience the freedom we have acquired.

Congratulations on your awesome 8 year quit!!!

Welcome aboard @I can do it. I, too, smoked for over 40 years. But I broke free and you can, too. Your addiction will throw all kinds of tantrums and temptations at you initially. But it does get easier if you give yourself the chance to get to the other side of the first withdrawal pangs. They are illusions… the “conviction” that you can’t survive without smoking is baloney. Smoking is not actually your friend. Re-start your quit, change your routine, plan ahead for how you’ll distract yourself from cravings, and surround yourself with supporters. Don’t give up!

Hi @I can do it Welcome!! Not sure, but if you have any cigarettes in the house, you have to get rid of them! That is a must, you cannot have any temptations around. Quitting smoking is definitely not easy as we all know, but it's totally doable! The good thing is, the longer you stay without a cigarette, the less of an urge you will get. I promise those horrible urges go away in time. What I used for the first couple of months was to take a cinnamon stick and pretend it's a cigarette. I would suck in the air and make believe that I was smoking, plus the cinnamon flavor tasted really nice. If you don't like cinnamon, use cut up straws. Also, drink lots of water and eat healthy foods. Come on this board a lot because you will get amazing support and help from the people on here. I don't think I could have gotten through the early months of my quit without them. In the 15 months that I have been quit, I made a lot of nice friends on here. So please stick around when you get those cravings! Good luck to you!

Congratulations! 8 years is amazing!! All the best to you!!

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Woohoo 8 Years Huge Congratulations

So glad you found us @Icandoit You fight this Demon with knowledge Check out The Main Smoking Board . Read all the posts pinned with green , this is a great way to start your journey. We can help you reach Freedom Stay close to the board , post a daily pledge Yes you can do it … we where all where you are , we just had to know how to do it

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WOW! 8 Years Quit? Huge congrats @garry mhudson

Congratulations @garry mhudson on eight years quit my fellow Butt Kicker! And thank you for sticking around to support those coming behind you

I can't get past day 3. I'm in a cycle of not smoking for 2 days and on day 3 giving in and smoking for a few days. Then quitting again for 2 days. I've been doing this for 2 months. I am reading through the posts and hoping somehow I can get up the strength to get past day 3 and quit for good. I've smoked for 40 years and I can't stand it.

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Hang in there . We`ve all been through this and it can take time. Think positive and don`t be too hard on yourself. Keep trying and it will stick soon. Don`t give up. Trying is not failing. You fail when you give up. You can do this. You are better than the addiction. Best wishes. Stay close.

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Thank you very much and I am grateful for the site and wonderful folks that contribute so much. Hang in there all you newbies. Better days are not that far away.

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As all have said before me; you CAN do it! The early days are hard for most of us ... really hard but I can tell you for sure, quitting never killed anyone whereas the alternative; well, you get the idea. Even better than improving your health is being free of having to do what your nico-addict brain tells you to do 24/7. Just thing of how great it will be when you don't have to leave a party or any other function just because you feel you have to go for a smoke. That never happens again once you quit. So many other fabulous improvements to your life are just around the corner. Give it your all @I can do it!!!!

Congratulations on 8 years smoke free @garry mhudson Great job!

You can to this, @I can do it Life smoke free is worth the early struggles of a quit. You are doinng a great thing in qutting smoking.

Welcome aboard @I can do it and congratulations on deciding to take your life back. You can do it and we're all proof of it so lets get you past day three. First off its going to take a commitment from you to yourself that you won't cave to a crave. What I did when a had a bad crave was to go or do something that I never smoked at. Get some candies to suck on instead. I was hooked on soft peppermint puffs my whole first year quit. Can't smoke and eat at the same time right? I also used my JAC aka jillars air cigarette. I simply pretended I was holding an actual cigarette in my fingers and went through the motions of "smoking" it. It tricked my mind into thinking it was getting the real thing every time. Some people use cut straws, pens even licorice. I preferred my invisible one so I wouldn't have to remember where I put it lol. Its going to take some self discipline but you can do it!

You can do it. Nicotine is an addictive drug and you are giving in to the wants (not needs) of the addict. Your body and mind can heal from this but you must free yourself. The panic that you give in to is part of the withdrawal from nicotine. It's unpleasant but can't hurt you.

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

Thank you!

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Thank you so much. I was looking at those "Air cigarettes" and I really think that night help me.

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I'm DFINALJ, and I'm excited to be joining this community. I've been there, done that, I used to smoke, but I'm now a proud non-smoker! I'm all about spreading awareness about the dangers of smoking and helping others quit or avoid it. Got into it at a pretty young age and it has done nasty stuff to my body. I'm here to prevent people from making the same mistake I did,

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You've pretty mush encapsulated why we're all here @DFINALJ! Welcome to the Train and congrats on your 1+year quit