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

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NOPE! I've been running into a lot of guys who claim to have quit, but they only transferred their addiction to cigars, a pipe, a vape, or to marijuana. Not. One. Puff. Ever. Of. Anything! Smoke is smoke, a pile of carcinogenic crap you're inhaling into your body. Even the vapor of a vape is loaded with a lot of dangerous chemicals.

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Congratulations! That's about the time I really started to feel like I might be free from my addiction forever. It's a time to celebrate, and to be vigilant. You've come this far, so stay on your guard and keep going! Treat yourself to something nice today.

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Love this! @Kdad, please make this your forever quit before your health starts suffering irreversible damage. You just don't know which cigarette is going to put you on oxygen for the rest of your life......

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Congratulations @Genecanuck 5 months is amazing and time is sure flying for you!!! All the best to you and onward to 6 months and the Lido Deck!

Hey !!! Congratulations G Sorry it’s a bit late , you’re nearly half way to the Lido party … Great Job 🐸

Hey @Kdad.... You received a lot of good feedback from our amazing Quit-train family. There is another way to look at what we have to move through to overcome this addiction we have: the underlying causes of nicotine withdrawl. Here is a post from Dan1, someone I admired from Quitnet Cravings do not exist. Dan 1, March 18, 2007. Cravings - that tightness in the gut, the lungs, the throat. The moodiness, anxiety, and irritability. Those things that seem to be your body and mind SCREAMING for a smoke - they don’t exist. Oh, the symptoms are real, but they are the symptoms of stress, not a `craving`. That stress might have been caused by withdrawal, maybe by fighting a desire or `craving`, or often enough by the puts and takes of everyday life. We’ve come to call it a craving only because we’ve been self-medicating our stress for so long with nicotine that we don’t properly recognize stress when it smacks us in the face. It’s time to learn more effective, much safer methods of stress management. Apply them here, and the `cravings` disappear in short order.

If anyone's concerned that increased stress levels from quitting smoking may help initiate a shingles outbreak, they should get the shringrex vaccine before quitting; problem solved!

“So many?” What peer-reviewed clinical study has measured the incidence of shingles specifically during smoking cessation? Please quantify “so many” and provide your research citation, so that we all can learn from the science. I am very sorry for everyone who has suffered from shingles. It must be especially tough to go through that when quitting. My sympathies to everyone who has endured it. But what causes reactivation of the virus is a compromised immune system. Many factors can impede our bodies’ immune responses. Stress from quitting… OR stress from a tough job… OR family situations… OR a hundred other things. Quitting Girl’s observation that age gradually weakens our immunity and makes us more vulnerable is fact-based: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4928389/ https://www.healthline.com/health/what-causes-shingles-to-activate At the end of the day, I think the most important thing to take away from this thread is that sometimes life hands us double whammys. Unexpected illnesss. Deaths in the family. Relationship woes or money troubles. All of these things can really challenge a quit. It surely sucks when that happens. But what counts the most is how we’re able to persevere, KTQ and help each other out along the way.

Welcome to the party Wendy Here is your glass of wine Cheers 🐸

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I’m gutted …. Gutted because you never posted a SOS How can we help , if you don’t give us that chance to get you through the rough time . Was that one cancer stick worth it , to lose your fabulous Quit … @Kdad we can give you all the tools we can , but the work has to come from you You have to ask yourself , do you want to remain a smoker or truly want to rid yourself of this killer addiction . 🐸

NADA Posted January 10, 2019 I'm not sure if there are others out there who believe that smoking and lying go hand-in-hand, but I found myself lying to people throughout my life about whether I smoked, how much I smoked, and if it was effecting my health. This is a post I wrote a few years ago. Most of us smokers began our years or decades of addiction back when we were teens. We learned to lie about smoking right from the very beginning. Usually it started with our parents asking why we smelled like a rancid ashtray. “Oh, I was at Johnny Picklefork’s house and his mom smokes like a chimney” I nervously responded. “That Bertha Picklefork really needs to cut back” my mom would chuckle. A few months later my mother met me at the door with a pack of reds in her hand as I returned from school. “Young man, what was this doing in your sock drawer?” I let out a small sigh of relief knowing that it was only the cigarettes that she found. “Um, Tammy Tamblanadana’s brother was grounded for smoking so Tammy asked if I could hold on to them for a few days”. Sometime later my dad drove by me holding a cigarette in my hand while hanging out with the neighborhood kids. When asked about this at dinner, I effortlessly told him, “I was just holding it for Jin Dong while she tied her shoe”. Once it was second nature to lie to my parents about smoking, it became just as easy to lie to myself about it. I can quit any time I want. I just do it to calm myself down. It relaxes me. It’s just a habit. The list could go on forever. It kept me in the cycle of addiction for decades until one day I called it out for what it was: Pure Bulls&@t! Not only are the health benefits endless when you quit, but it’s incredibly liberating to stop lying to yourself and others. P.S. The names in this story have been changed to protect the innocent. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/11725-the-lie/

Yes, this is what addiction does. So liberating to be done with all the evasions, the minimizing, and the justifications. Freedom is sweet on a lot of levels.

Doreen, you spoil me! Thank you so much, what a great party!

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Congratulations Wendy, great post!

Congratulations on 10 years! I love this story and its affirmation that we don’t need smoking to complete us. Withdrawal is hard, but so much freedom awaits on the other side. Thanks for sharing!

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Gday See this every day johnys got it at the bottom of his post every day in the NOPE pledge If you have just one you will be right back where you started, and where you started was desperately wishing you were where you are right now. - Marvitta How true is this!

In my smoking career ,as I got older the concerns started creeping in , and then I was always trying to quit , think I tried every way known to man , fail after fail … The one thing that did work for me is being told .. Quit or you probably will lose both feet … amputation… This scared the crap out of me .. Fear … yep … that did it … Smoking catches up on you eventually Dont even look back @Kdad quit while your ahead This is your life … don’t even question it 🐸

Thanks so much for the comments. My rational mind understands all the advice. But there is a dark side that wants to say screw it and throw everything out the window. It really does seem like a battle between good and evil.

Remember, you have permission to do anything else you need to do to get through your stress, just nothing that involves smoking. Those sudden cravings that nag at you are rough, but you can get through them. Just think, every moment you resist, you're reinforcing your quit.

@Kdad Please don't go out and buy a pack and give up your quit! You won't be happy after you do it, and I think you will probably regret it. Nothing good can come out of that. I know how you feel, I have been in your position early in my quit where I wanted to buy and pack and just give in. But, then my rational side took over and I thought it all through, and I was so glad that I didn't smoke. Go for a walk, drink lots of water, talk to family/friends, but DON'T SMOKE! You can do this and we are here to help you every step of the way!!!💪😃

@Kdad nothing changes if nothing changes . Freedom is worth fighting for … You have to fight … Come -On you can do it we know you can , because we did it 🐸

Gday Yep pull the money out of your pocket and buy another pack. Smoke 2 throw it away and buy another. And another…. It’s only money. Except money can’t buy you another quit. It’s priceless and it’s only worth is what it’s worth to you. You have to make it worth something . You have to make it a precious thing. Mine is 9 years 3 months of worth to me. Put a cig in my mouth and lite it….. my quit becomes nothing….. jack shit …. Bugger all. Now that’s not gunna happen. I’ve got something that has real value. And I’m not gunna give it away. Dont give in. Make it your precious….

I’m sorry you’re struggling tonight. But smoking never makes anything better, @Kdad. It just adds shame, coughing, and stink to the situation. You’ve got such a good start… don’t throw it away! Distract yourself, stay busy, just don’t buy that pack!

Hang in there Kdad. You can do this again! Keep at it. Best wishes.

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

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!

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

Woo hoo! 10 years for yoo!