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Tomorrow will be my quit day! I had quit for 10 years and then divorced and took up smoking again for the past 20 years, this time needs to be my last time quitting ever, my health depends on it and I’m going to be a grandma in March, and want to be around to enjoy my grandkids! Will be needing support and tips from others too! I live in Portland Maine, 59 years old,

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

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

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Gday i chewed gum till my jaws ached. Moved onto tic tacs, do many and the mint burned my taste buds. Moved onto the fruit tic tacs. Ahhh. Found my new mouth comfort! And at less then a calorie each they are the breakfast foods of super models. They have a great little box that requires you to stop, open and carefully remove one, shut it up carefully so none escape and put it back in your pocket. Fulfills your need of ritual. Still have a packet around to this day though I don’t get nervous about not having a packet like I would in the early days.

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Make and stick to a personal commitment you made the day you quit to never take another puff.

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Woo hoo!! You’re an a roll!!

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Hi @Picaresque. You made the right decision to come back here and re-commit to your plan to stop Vaping or smoking. Just re-read alot of posts here and get back on track. Never quit quitting and make this your forever quit as my friend @jillar reminded me to do when I arrived here. Let us know how you are doing. Gene

Keep it going @Kdad

It's not more complicated than that. "EZPZ" (sgt.barney)

I watched lots of Joel videos when I first quit, his words really helped me. stay strong and determined. Don’t let anything deter you from the path of freedom.

Hi are you also @LPatto? As everyone here said, get rid of your vape materials!! You cannot have any of that in your house and/or car. Get rid of it, and as @Reciprocity said take a steel claw hammer to all of it!!! Destroy it all, because if you don't, it will destroy you!! If you don't get rid of all the paraphernalia, you will go back! We are addicts and if it's put in front of us, we are tempted, especially in the beginning. When I quit almost 2 years ago, I started with the weaning method. BIG BIG MISTAKE!! I went from smoking 3/4 to a pack a day and weaned down to 2 a day. The worst thing I could have done as I was in constant withdrawal, especially when I was down to just 2 a day (one in the morning, one in the evening). I can still remember how horrible I felt as I wasn't fully quit and wasn't a full smoker either, and I had horrible withdrawal symptoms. Everyone on this forum told me to get rid of the cigs and stop smoking totally! I listened to them and yes, the first week or so was hell for me, but it got a tiny bit better each day. YOU MUST GET RID OF THE VAPES!! That is the ONLY way to do it!! I believe that if you come on this forum every day, especially in the beginning, do the NOPE pledge every day as well, you will succeed. It worked for me and I was really addicted to cigarettes, and I'm sure vaping is just as addicting. As I said in my other post, we can give you all the tips and tricks, but YOU are the one who has to do the quitting. I want you to succeed, we all do! GET RID OF THE VAPE STUFF!!! That is the ONLY WAY!! JUST DO IT!!

Congrates …. Love Kats But …. The better half can’t have them about her. Me and the mog next door have a plutonic relationship thought the fence. Im pretty sure he’s/she a none smoker…

That's great news @Kdad!

Still smoke free! I am chewing non-nicotine sugar free gum.

Thank you so much Guys Feb 1st rolls round again, wow the years go so fast now!! Can’t believe it’s 7 years already. I’ve been feeling so happy with myself today, so happy that I never think of smoking anymore. I,m so comfortable with it now and it’s a great feeling. Newbies, Please stay strong and determined, it may feel hopeless at first, but keep it going for a few months, and it will get easier and easier. Give yourself lots of treats to keep you motivated, it s so worth it. keep noping everyone

Congratulations @catlover on your awesome quit! I hope you have a great day and celebrate

Committing to one year sounds good to me!!!

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Congrats on 7 ripper years. Seems like yesterday but wow time sure has flown.

Congratrs @catlover... thanks for inspiring us with your awesome quit.

I have reset my Quit date for midnight tonight. Can't believe I screwed up so soon. Can't stop trying though. One day at a time. Byron

Hi @Kdad, I believe I experienced exactly what you are going through in many past failed attempts to stop smoking for good. I also got really good at getting over the physical withdrawl symptoms. But what I had to learn is that I had to quit wanting to smoke. The post below from Dan1 in quitnet helped me to examine my underlying beliefs about smoking to learn how to quit wanting to smoke. I re-read this post often when I had those flighty out of the blue thoughts that I wanted to smoke. I always countered with the idea that a thought of smoking is not a command to smoke. Then, I moved to just feeling the urge to smoke but stepping back and just observing that urge. Yes, the craving felt like a mental buzz, but I was just going to ride that mental buzz crave. I recall Dan1 saying that people pay thousands of dollars to buy drugs to experience this kind of temporary alterted state. That made me laugh out loud. Then, as Dan1 suggests below, really examine your beliefs about smoking and challenge them. Smoking has no inherent value whatsover. It does not fix anything, cure anything, or make us feel better. The underlying desire, if you look carefully, is always rooted in some false sense that smoking one cigarette will make you feel better or offer any kind of short term pleasure or relief. Dan1 one says, 'the concept is simple - quit wanting to smoke, and this thing is over". I hope this helps. You are doing awesome @Kdad. Helpful Thoughts From DanL1 From DanL1000 on 4/2/2006 2:38:06 PM Helpful thoughts 1,000 days ago, I quit smoking - AGAIN. Obviously, this time was different, or I wouldn't be here talking about 1,000 days, or about how there is simply no sense of craving, want, or need for cigarettes. The thing that made the difference? The helpful thoughts that came from participating here at the Q. I'm not talking about the shared dreams and prayers, though those certainly don't hurt. I'm talking about the new way of thinking about smoking that came from sharing, caring, discussing - and even arguing now and then - here at the Q. Here, I offer a few of the thoughts that helped me turn "impossible" into "done." Addiction is not a thing. Addiction does not cause uncontrollable want. Addiction is merely a word that describes being in a state of uncontrollable want. The difference is important, as it puts the power to change where it belongs - with us. We don't need to quit smoking, because unless we've got hot smoke in our lungs this very instant, we've already quit smoking. The thing we need to quit is the wanting to smoke. Unfortunately, most quit plans focuses exclusively on trying to do what is already done, and spend no time at all trying to change the only thing standing between us and freedom. Does your plan include a way to end the want? Some folks imagine this change impossible, and so don't even try to end the want. Then they wonder why quitting seems so miserable and failure so common. The concept is simple - quit wanting to smoke, and this thing is over. How to do that is less obvious. We don't want to smoke because of some flaw in our personality, or because of some chemical changing our brains. We want to smoke for the same reason we want anything else in this world - because we believe that it will make our lives better or more enjoyable in some way. This is the only way that it's possible to want or crave anything. It just so happens that this particular belief - that smoking can improve one instant of life - is an error. Understand this, and you will find freedom. Smoking does not end withdrawal; it causes it. The end of withdrawal comes from someplace else. Understand where, and you will find freedom. The nasty feelings that we call withdrawal are the same things the rest of the world calls stress or anxiety. Smoking doesn't help with these things, relaxation does. And no, smoking doesn't help with relaxation, either. In truth, it only makes it harder - and at the same time causes those stress symptoms that make relaxation all the more necessary. Smoking doesn't provide energy, or a 'pick-me-up.' It does make our bodies work harder for a short time, resulting in being more run down, not less. Avoiding smoking helps. Moving our bodies a little helps more. -Smoking does not help with weight loss, and quitting does not cause weight gain. The cause of these errors is the belief that eating can end craving for a cigarette. It cannot - only ending the belief that smoking can make things better can end craving. Movement burns calories. Whether that movement is the result of the jitters of smoking or the result of living a full life makes no difference. -Smoking is not capable of providing enjoyment. No thing is. Enjoyment resides with the person doing the enjoying, which is why I enjoy things that you don't, and vice versa. You simply need to change your understanding about smoking. Think of the first cigarette you ever smoked. Nasty, wasn't it? Cigarettes never changed, but you changed your beliefs about them. The time has come to change those beliefs back. -The change from smoker to non-smoker happens when you change your beliefs from those of a smoker to those of a non-smoker. This change happens in three easy steps, repeated whenever the urge to smoke is noticed. 1) Feel the urge. Don’t fight it, because that only adds to the stress, giving the smoker-mind another battle to fight. Don't accept it, thinking that it's something that must be endured or tolerated. DO learn from it. Paying careful attention, figure out what your smoker-mind thinks smoking will improve, and in what way. 2) Accept that your understanding of how smoking will improve the situation is an error - just plain wrong. Recognize that in this one small way, you are simply an idiot, and have a laugh at your own expense. Finding the humility to admit you are wrong about something might be the hardest part of the quitting process. 3) Understand that smoking does not, cannot, and never did make this situation or feeling better. Strive to understand what it was in past, similar situations that really did help. Was it relaxation? A mental break? A moment to move, stretch, or to breathe deeply? Chatting for a few moments with a friend? Permitting a short daydream? Taking a moment to switch gears? The power of these things cannot be overestimated. Smokers rarely think of them, because they wrongly give credit to the cigarettes instead. Non-smokers rarely think of them, because they are simply a part of life. -Beware of willpower. Sometimes the brain just won't work, and then willpower is a necessary tool. Recognize that the enemy is not some unstoppable force, but only a false belief. When the crisis passes, take time to find the source of that belief and correct it. Using willpower too often means you are shortchanging the healing process. - Saying "I will always be an addict" is the same as saying "I will always believe this lie." Does that really make sense? There is danger here, because it shuts down the only process that can provide real freedom - working to correct the lies and errors. You are an addict only as long as you believe the lies, and your beliefs are entirely in your control. Unfortunately, there are groups that prey on addicts, and find it useful to leave them with a sense of powerlessness. That phrase is part of their venom that has seeped into the public consciousness. Instead, try "I am still an addict." It reminds us to be vigilant, but also reminds us that there is work to be done and freedom to be won. This is not a forever thing. -I don't know if this makes sense to you or not. I know I struggled to understand early on, and took longer still to find the words to explain it. Ultimately, any words fall short - you have to live it to prove it. Have patience with yourself and with the process. This freedom is worth it, and especially, so are you. Peace to all, Dan (aka DanL1) 1000 days, 2 minutes and 39 seconds smoke free. 20000 cigarettes not smoked. $4,250.00 and 5 months, 2 days, 18 hours of your life saved.

I believe what you're experiencing kdad is normal and part of our addiction to nicotine. The physical part of smoking is actually easier than the mental part. This is the part that we talk about taking a full year to get past most of the cravings that come up because each time we get past one it gets weaker and loses its strength over us. Alot of us, me included, take the One Year Pledge so I hope you think about taking it too https://www.quittrain.com/topic/318-the-one-year-commitment/

You can't smoke/vape what you don't have! Get rid of your vape device & any Vape cartridges (take a steel claw hammer to them and render them all non-functional). Having them within reach is setting yourself up for failure. You need to FULLY COMMIT mentally to quitting, right from day one. Quitting is not like sticking your big toe in the water to see how it feels before you commit to getting in. Quitting is diving in head first without concern about how uncomfortable it might be. Glad you're back at it! Take the advice given here and all the information on this site and allow it to guide your actions going forward.

Agree , chuck that vape out … Give yourself a fighting chance Are you reading , and watching all the stuff we are offering . The more you learn , the more chance you have

You don't need to make a new profile if you relapse. You can just update your existing account. Makes it easier on all of us to better offer our support. My suggestion for you is to throw away the vape and everything smokable you have in your home. I know when I quit the first few hours that day were smoking all the butts I had in my ashtrays

Congratulations on seven years free!

Congratulations @catlover, 7 years is amazing!! A wonderful accomplishment! All the best!

Huge Congratulations Catlover on your 7 yrs smoke free

Congratulations @catlover Great job!

Happy anniversary, @catlover!!! 7 years is so awesome. Sending you lots of love on this milestone day!

Great job Recip Congratulations

Aye Reci! Congrats on 8 years! Freedom feels so good!

Howdy!..... It is another Friday and it is time again for all of you special window lickers to pat yourself on the back for another smoke free week.. So who is a certified professional window licker this week?

It just occurred to me, @Kdad, that after I quit, I had to avoid any venue where smokes were sold. These days I can go into the local shop around the corner or the liquor store and get what I need without even thinking about the smokes, but in those first few months I bought anything I needed from the gas station elsewhere. If you ever find the temptation rising up again, you may consider cutting out any venue where smokes are sold, just because it'll be less available to you then.