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Not One Puff Ever! Ottawa, Canada - October 11, 2021: Rideau River and Mooney's Bay Beach in autumn.. I live 5 minutes from this beach (Courtesy of Shutterstock)

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Still nope, 3 years later!

Congratulations @JustSomeGuy on your awesome quit and thanks for dropping in ☺

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

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12 years and 2 days. Doorbell reminded me. No thoughts except lot of marijuana smokers here. Not that I am 16 again and they do make gummies. I could never smoke with them because of this group. Hate to reset. Have to stick to beer. Guess beer googles are better anyways with how super ugly these old people are. Wrinkles on their wrinkles in Florida. Just kidding There aren’t super ugly- just regular.

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Good morning, I have been coughing up mucus for the past month and still have a morning cough. I do have stuffed up sinuses but I am wondering how much of this condition is related to cilia re-growth. Here is an article I found on the topic from the Mayo Clinic., https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking/expert-answers/quit-smoking/faq-20057818 Anyone else experience this early on in their quits? I quit smoking a few weeks ago and now I'm coughing a lot. That didn't happen when I was smoking. What's going on? Coughing more than usual may be a sign your body is starting to heal. Tobacco smoke paralyzes and destroys some of the tiny hair-like structures in the airways called cilia. As a result, the cilia that remain have trouble sweeping mucus out of the lungs. When you stop smoking, the cilia regrow and become active again. As they recover and help move the mucus out of your lungs, you might cough more than usual. This might last for a few weeks or up to a year. But the cough often goes away on its own. If your cough lasts longer than a month, you may want to check with your health care provider. You may need tests to find out if a medical problem is the cause. In the meantime, you can do some things to try to feel better: Drink plenty of water and other fluids that don't have caffeine, such as juice, to help loosen congestion. You also could try a medicine called guaifenesin (Mucinex) to help clear up chest congestion. You can buy it off the shelf at drugstores. Suck hard candy or cough drops to soothe your throat and possibly help tame your cough. It also might help to take up to 2 teaspoons of honey before bed. Take a steamy shower or use a humidifier to soothe a sore throat. Some people may notice that starting to smoke again reduces the cough. But this will make your health worse in the long run. Ask your provider to help you stay off cigarettes for good. Coughing can be uncomfortable, tiring and disruptive to those around you. Get a checkup if your efforts don't bring you relief. Talk to your provider as soon as you can if: You're in pain. You see any blood in what you cough up. Coughing keeps you up when you try to sleep.

Congratulations on being 3 years smoke free, @JustSomeGuy Great job. Apologies for the slightly late post but celebrate your great achievement.

Congratulations my fellow Butt Kicker @Lust4Life2016 on eight years quit! That's fantastic and what's also just as great is you sticking around paying it forward and supporting everyone, so thank you for that

Thank you all. Window lickers- chicks and sticks. I forgot all about it. Learning to be a golfer and I genuinely suck at it. Watching the hurricane pass us by right now. As for quitting- keep marching. I feel so bad and still point people to the site but it’s harder for them…I laugh. If I made it, everyone can make it.

Congratulations @Lust4Life 8 years is amazing!!! All the best to you!

Great Job L4L!! Those years just keep adding up

I was lucky, I coughed so much while smoking that the cough was the first thing to stop when I quit. I'm sure it's cleaning your lungs up Gene but if you're concerned then it's never a bad idea to get yourself a checkup. If anything, it'll relieve your mind, and you'll get lots of kudos for quitting smoking Keep drinking lots of fluids too!

Congratulations on such an awesome quit. You and all the others with long quits are an inspiration to restore us.

Hope things improve soon G , Keep reminding yourself it’s all good , your body is cleansing itself … There is NOTHIN negative about quitting

Yes, I think that is what is happening to me. I was on a merry-go-round start-stop-start-stop for quite a while... the past three years that it will take a while for me to really heal.

Yes I did as well and so do a lot of people. It's your body getting rid of the gunk that was in your throat and lungs. I also got sick with a lot of infections after I quit.

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

Gday bet ya never though you could have a 6 pack ….now you got the double congratulations!

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Cute video from female Japanese punk rock band Shonen Knife featuring lots of cats, presumably all non-smokers.

@JustSomeGuy ... nice quit.

20. We win. Chicks have to perform a dance for us

Huge Congratulations @Lust4Life Eight years is Amazing … Hope you treat yourself to something special …. Great Job

Actually I still get a lot of infections. I used to know someone who quit many many years ago, and after she quit, she kept getting sick and had lots of things wrong with her. Weird for sure! Hopefully your symptoms will go away soon.

@bakon Awesome quit.

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

Whoop! Whoop! Congratulations on 12 years Bakon!

Happy anniversary, @bakon!!

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.

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The Eagles: Peaceful Easy Feeling https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=n-0lRkuNyj0

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Now your talkin Gene

Hey @tocevoD, maybe you should try coming here BEFORE you go buy smokes so we can try to help you past that initial crave because as you know, once you get past it it becomes less powerful. You can say to yourself the next time that you made it through before and you'll make it through again. Have you tried the daily NOPE thread? That worked so well for so many of us. Its a commitment to yourself that you won't smoke for that day. I did it everyday for a whole year, maybe give that a try?

When I was still on the quitting/failing/quitting/failing merry go round, I didn’t realize that smoking made me feel worse, not better. Stepping off that cycle is hard, but you’ll be so proud of yourself when you do - and you will cherish your freedom. I like your note that you will need to do something different this coming Sunday. Make a plan and stick to it. Be especially vigilant any time you are HALTed… Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. We (ab)used nicotine to take the edge off those feelings, and they can be big triggers. Quitting is a time of experimenting with new responses, not relying on smoking to pickle our feelings. Try again - you CAN do this!

In his defense, it gets hot and humid down there...also down there.

Congratulations @bakon!