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

Hello gang, I join the pledge to commit to being here for the long haul and paying it forward.

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Congratulations @bakon on your 12th year quit! Hopefully you check in and tell us all how you've been

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Now your talkin Gene

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Whoop! Whoop! Congratulations on 12 years Bakon!

I agree, you're doing great Gene ☺

Happy anniversary, @bakon!!

Congratulations Bakon, on such an awesome quit. This deserves a sweet reward.

Congratulations on 12 years! That is so great! All the best to you!

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Congratulations on 12 years smoke free @bakon Great job! And thanks for all the great and amusing support you've given to others over they years.

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Good advice from our favorite breakfast meat. He's now reached twelve years and has probably forgotten all of us.

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Been dreary and cooler here to these past few days. You can tell the season is changing and summer's now firmly in the rear view mirror! Almost time for a cup of hot soup or hot chocolate? Will soon be a great time to take a drive and watch nature getting ready for it's winter sleep.

Its cloudy and overcast in Ottawa today.

@bakon Awesome quit.

One day at a time Gene , your fighting the battles We are proud of you

Congrats ya ol fart! 12 years is admirable. But, yer gonna have to continuing to use yer toes to count the years. Can't expect much more from a window-licker I suppose.

Exactly! Just don't smoke! I know it's not easy at times, but as the time goes on, it will get easier. As I mentioned in one of my previous posts on this thread, my mom is a smoker and I live upstairs from her. When I go down to visit, there are times she is smoking. She would put it out for me but I tell her not to. I can't change the way people are and I think having her smoke makes me stronger. The smell doesn't really bother me like it bothers some people, I guess because I am so used to it. The longer you stay quit, the more you will start to not think of smoking all the time. In the beginning of my quit, every morning I would think about that first cigarette. Now I rarely ever think about it in the morning and most of the day as well. This will happen to you too, so just hang in there. You are doing so well Gene!

Been here before. Need to quit. Sitting here smoking now. Set myself a time to quit later on today. I've got my son then for the weekend and he's never seen me smoking as I don't do it when he's with me so it will give me the weekend till Sunday evening with him, not smoking. The time I struggle is when he goes home. I abstain every Friday till Sunday evening and then when he goes home I go running the shop for ciggies. Im at a loose end at that point. The struggle starts then. I've got the Allen Carr motivational books. I've never listened to a podcast but am looking for a good podcast series to get into. I have a gym membership I haven't used since going full time smoking again. I've had long quits in the past so the will is in there somewhere. Every single Friday he comes to my house I think that I'll carry on the quit. Sometimes I get to the Tuesday or Wednesday without having one and then I'll crash and burn and scurry to the shop. I really, really want to quit. The money, the hiding and the health are all the reasons needed. What else can be done. Ive been down the road before with a long quit. A massive quit for a few years. I need to kill this once and for all. Any tips much appreciated people. Sorry, wrong thread. Can anyone move this to quit smoking discussions for me?

I like to see Everyone post to this. Newbies, Old farts, Pretty People and the Ugly ones too. If your new- post everyday just for making it another.... 1.length of quit 2. Something positive your going to do for yourself today And here's why.... 100k posts of people just saying hi with a number, a SOS with a plan and all who responded last week, supporting a fellow member, Because you quit- dont matter how long- you quit, Nobody else in real world is really paying attention that you earned something today for being you and quitting. SO I will go first.... 1. Bunch of years 2. Piece of cake after dinner and 10 minutes of listening to a couple songs (American Pie just came on) will be my reward for 3/29/21

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Heart: Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Centre.... is a really moving and powerful performance. Led Zeppelin were in the audiance and were just blown away as they watched this performance by Heart. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ_EFAmj08

Woohoo 12 years for Bakon. Thank you for all your support with my own Quit over the years Horney Toad , Doorbell and all the other names you gave me Your the best

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Welcome back, tocevoD. It's a great idea, I think, to get back to the gym on a regular basis: this was a crucial dimension of my own quit. I paired that with some significant changes in my diet as well, hoping that the fitness and food would give me things in which I could actively engage and on which I could focus my attention (instead of on the thing I was ostensibly denying myself). Another way to say this is that I began a self-improvement project centered on HEALTH, of which quitting smoking was just one (super important) part. Whatever approach you use (and, BTW, the "Ben and Jerry's Plan" is just as legitimate and noble as my more abstemious one), we know you can do it and will be cheering you on. Christian99 22+ Years Quit

Glad to see you back @tocevoD, you know you can do this because you already have. When Sunday night comes and your son goes home is the time you need the most support it sounds like so come here so we can help you! Also remember your clues, have you tried my JAC air cigarette or sucking on candies? Would your ex let you have your son an extra day to break up the habit? I stopped smoking in places I normally smoked so I wouldn't associate them with smoking after I quit. Maybe that would work for your Sundays?

I will not give any advices as I am just going through my first day. However I do understand what it feels like to fail with addiction and how much we want to be clean although running to the shop later and buy a new pack. So...I wish you all the strenght and lets post everyday here. I believe in the communicty power, we all know that nicotine addiction brings abslutely ZERO positivity and kills all thebeauty inside of us.

Dr Fauci banned window licking, but I know of this one underground club......

We all know what your doing for an hour in the bed or tub.....same thing the Martian is going to be looking at on new computer.... Another day-----todays reward was a banana muffin. been watching the sweets but today said F-it and had the muffin

This deserves a big pat on the back ...well done !!

Coming up on 5 years Retired. My days are consumed by software programming/engineering (whatever it’s called these days). Released my first Application on the App Store a few weeks ago. And... waiting my turn for covid vaccine.

3 years and almost 3 months. Getting ready to purchase my dream computer with all the money I saved (making decision tonight)

Quit: 5 years and 20 days ago. Something positive today: Playing with my daughter. Games of peek-a-boo and playing airplane are my idea of fun now.

I have never since today pledged anywhere except on a daily but today I pledge to remain here for at least my one year Anniversary to be supported and to pay it forward This is my pledge