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Still not taking one puff. It has been a week!

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Glad to hear you are determined to stick to NOPE! It’s rough at first, but freedom is beautiful in the end!!

Thank you so much! Yes I have finally accepted that there is no such thing as just one puff. For the last decade or so I've vaped and used ecigs, not smoked cigarettes, which in my experience, is even harder to quit because it tastes good and doesn't smell up your hair and breath. So that's two motivators gone. What I kept doing was setting a quit date then after a short time (2 days, 3 days, once it was two weeks!) then think oh I'm just going to buy an ecig for a few puffs/one day/insert whatever lie I told myself. Then I couldn't bring myself to throw it away. Then it became okay I'll quit again when this one is empty/I'll quit again when/I'll quit again when. So I fully embrace NOPE. Not even one.

YES YES YES still going strong. The cravings are extreme but pass quickly!

Happy New Year @Kdad... Just checking in with you to see how you are doing? @QuittingGirl... has offered some good insight. The cravings do go away with time. Keep your precious quit @Kdad.. and let us know how you are doing. Kind Regards

Gday got a beer and cashews …..

Gday sitting on the front step. Step 14 off ground ….. watching a storm roll in. dogs gone inside…….

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That’s awesome @Kdad. You’re on your way!! If you stick to NOPE you never have to wrestle with the discomfort of withdrawal again. Keep it up!

Yup, you can't even have just one puff, because one leads to two, leads to three, leads to four and before you know it, you are back smoking or vaping! Just keep doing what you are doing and you will succeed!

Happy New Year @Penguin... and congrats on a solid quit

Welcome back @MichelleDoesntSmoke2025.... I understand where you are because I use to be a serial quitter as well. Lets both make 2025 our FINAL quit.

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NOPE Every time I think about smoking, I remember the sickness I felt, and the stench. I think about having to plan my life around smoking, the conflicts it caused with family, and the worry it gave me (and still gives me) with every little medical hiccup I experience. I'm so thankful to be free of most of that and more, and getting stronger and healthier every day.

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Certainly a challenging issue to work out @Penguin but you know what ...? That's exactly the kind of thing to help keep your mind off smoking and/or any urges to do so. It really is a win/win Best of luck in getting it solved. Keep us updated as things progress please.

Congratulations on quitting and welcome back to the quittrain family. It's finally time for your forever quit. You deserve to be healthy and smoke free You be quitting for yourself first and foremost. Then use your friends and family for support, along with motivation. We here at the quittrain will support you 100% of the way so lean on us. You been through this before, it's hard work but you are worth the effort.

Hang on to your precious quit @Kdad! If you can make it through this first rocky patch, things get easier on the other side. But buying another pack flushes it all down the drain… and you’ll feel way worse than you do now. Your addiction is putting up a fuss and throwing a tantrum, like any toddler. Due to withdrawal, you can’t trust your judgement right now. Would you let a toddler drink gasoline just because he cried and pouted and stamped his foot? Of course you wouldn’t. So don’t let your addicted mind buy that pack! Breathe through it, exercise, distract yourself. You can do this!

Don't buy that pack @Kdad!!!! The change you need is to be clean again of smoking again. That's what's required. Do whatever you have to not to smoke again. It's right there in front of you for the taking. Don't listen to the nicodemon's lies

Hey @MLMR. Thanks so much for this post. It’s important to be real. Quitting is hard enough physiologically and cognitively, but I’m not sure we have enough honest talk about the emotional and mental health aspects of addiction and recovery - bleak bits and all. When I first quit I was most terrified of despair. Terrified that I would never be happy or whole without smoking. I was wrong. That was not an accurate assessment of my mental health - it was addict mind panicking about losing control. Those moments that feel like you MUST smoke (or that there is nothing to lose) cannot actually be trusted. In fact, I think nicotine makes depression worse… I won’t lie - it was gnarly. I was messy a lot. But it did not destroy me. In fact, it fortified me… to be free of the shame, the shackles of compulsion. My advice for what it’s worth: get a good therapist and try again. You belong here, my dear.

Well done … keep climbing @Kdad … On to week two

That is really great @Kdad Just keep doing what you are doing! One day at a time and you will succeed!

@bakon .... Joining you to end 2024 as a Non-Smoker and starting the new year as a non smoker

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Welcome to the Train Michelle! So glad you found us! You are certainly in the right place for quit smoking support. You won't find a nicer group than my fellow Train riders. Quitting isn't easy at all....believe me I know. The beginning is so difficult, but I promise you it will get better. With each day you go without a cigarette, the cravings will get less and less. The first week is the hardest. What I did in the beginning of my quit is I took cinnamon sticks and made believe they were a cigarette and I would suck the air in from the hole and make believe I was blowing smoke out. The cinnamon tasted really nice and doing that helped me in the beginning. If you don't like cinnamon, you can use cut up straws. What I also found to help me stay quit was coming on here every single day or at least every other day. In the beginning and even later on, it's so important. The cravings will get less and less, just don't smoke! Not even one puff because you will be right back to square one going through the same withdrawal symptoms. Quitting isn't easy but it definitely can be done as we have so many on here who have been quit. Some for over a decade and some newbies too and everything in between. Good luck to you and remember we are here, if you need us!

Rewards along the way to mark whatever milestones you feel are significant is an excellent idea I saved up all the money I'd saved over my first year of quitting and put that toward a cruise for myself & the wife. The first cruise ever where I wasn't hiding away on the ship in the smoking area and the first time not suffering through major withdrawal during the flights to get to and from the cruise port! It was win/win all around So by all means, reward yourself for a job well done!

Congratulations Penguin on your wonderful 14 months smoke free It’s sounds like a nice idea to Reward yourself

Are you talking about the one like at the bottom of my posts? As far as I know the site doesn't have the ability to host tickers, but you can build one at Ticker Factory for a "General Event," and put in whatever you like.

Still staying strong! Watching the Joel videos. There sure are a lot of them.

Sorry to hear about your troubles @KdadGood to see you jump back on the train . Looking after yourself is on the top of your list now . Smoking never solved anything , it just drags you down further. I know you can do it … Re-read all the helpful stuff on our main page … let’s get this done

You've done well to achieve 13 months quit @Penguin! You've landed in a great place as well coming to this site. We're all quitters here so have been through similar trials & tribulations as you have and we're all committed to supporting each other in staying quit for life. Welcome aboard!!