Leaderboard

nope!

nope

NOPE

Nope!

NOPE!!

NOPE!!

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

NOPE

Nope !

NOPE for today!

NOPE!

NOPE…

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

NOPE!

NOPE!

3 weeks today and feeling motivated!

NOPE!

Hi Jane! Welcome aboard the train, so glad you found this site because you will get wonderful support and encouragement from the people here. I know it's so difficult in the beginning but with each day you stay quit, the withdrawal symptoms will become less and less until you don't have them anymore. It takes a while but, like you said, this is your final quit because you don't want to go through withdrawal again. Ohh you are so right! This is my 2nd time quitting and I definitely don't want to go through withdrawal a third time! 😬 I have 2 pieces of advice for you that I have been telling people who just started their quit. In those beginning weeks and months, I would take a cinnamon stick and pretend that it was a cigarette sucking air in through the hole and pretending to blow smoke out. I also kept one in my pocketbook, if I needed to use it when I was not home. The cinnamon sticks really do help, but if you don't like cinnamon, you can use cut up straws. The 2nd piece of advice is stay very close to this forum because I truly believe staying close will lead you to success. Do the daily nope pledge as well. If you are having an urgent caving in moment there is an SOS section. Since we are a group of people from all over the world, someone is always bound to be online. We are here to help you Jane! Good luck to you and I hope to see you again soon!😀

NOPE…

Sazerac Quit Date: October 23, 2013, A Good Day to be Free. Posted October 3, 2014 Our Nancy asked me to post this from my blog to 'Quit Smoking Discussion'. Thank you Nancy. Lifetime of Addiction I didn't want to hear this but, I am now facing this truth. Nicotine Addiction doesn't go away. You can put it to sleep. You can even put it into deep deep and deeper sleep for years ! but, it will awaken the moment you take one puff. One Puff. This is for your whole life. Mind boggling, huh !? This was the choice you likely didn't even know you were making all those years ago when you started smoking, I didn't understand the ramifications for sure. But, it is the truth. You will always need to be cognizant of your addiction even when smoking is a vague memory, because the moment you take a puff, the moment you take One Bloomin' PUFF, That's it ! It's all over and your enslavement will begin, again. What tenacity ! but, you need to understand, Nicotine is not as tenacious as You and Your Will. You can quit. I know you can. I quit and I am not a special snowflake, I am a Nicotine Addict, just like you. I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction. Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive. I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship. I am so angry about this and it is My Own Damn Fault ! But, my anger, it is a good anger. It is a righteous anger. It is an anger that will fuel my commitment to NOPE. Not One Puff EVER. Copping to the 'forever' part is a cold hard reality of the addiction. At some point, I had to quit fooling myself and accept it. It isn't just for today. It must be forever. If it isn't...I will continue to enslave myself. Some feel their addiction is so strong they cannot quit, This is wrong. You have the power. You always have the power to quit and you always have the power to stay quit. Make the commitment to NOPE ! As our friend, Sarge, says, 'Easy Peasy'. Easy ! not complicated ! This is not Rocket Science. If you make that commitment to NOPE...you will not fail. You Will Not Fail. The simplicity of it ! The Beauty of it ! Not One Puff Ever. Do it. You won't regret it. Love, S Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/2927-lifetime-of-addiction/

Hi Everybody hope you are having a good Easter. Day 16 for me and not doing to bad, odd fancy but not many craves at moment. Saturday was a hard day. Didn't really feel right, very tired and achy . No craves but just generally felt crap. Just under £200 saved Onwards and upwards.

Congrats @Jane!! As I recall, that early quit time is like a rollercoaster; up one day down the next & so on. Ya just gotta ride it out and trust me ... It'll be well worth the effort to fight through those days. Stay focused on the positive changes (like your 200 pounds savings) because looking at the positive gives youwill power to keep at it.

Keep up the great work @Pilgrim

Yay @Genecanuck! Almost to that lido deck!

Wombats

Way to go, 8 months is amazing, almost a year!! Fantastic!

NOPE!

NOPE!

NOPE for today!

Def not today !

Thanks for the support. Still smoke free!

So ... How was YOUR Easter .......

NOPE!!

NOPE!! On this Easter I wish all a happy and pleasant day.

NOPE…

Welcome aboard and keep it going Jane!!!

Hi Jane Welcome and Congrats on day 12 of your quit, almost 2 weeks 🥳 keep reading all you can, it really helps. pamper yourself, and reward yourself with lots of treats.

Take smoking off the table … No matter what is going on around you 🐸 This worked for me 🐸

Sounds like you know what to expect from past quits. The #1 Golden Rule we all need to adhere to is --- not one puff ever. Smoking is an addiction to nicotine (not just a bad habit) and that first puff or cigarette leads eventually to the next, and the next, and the next for most addicts. Knowledge really is power. I encourage you to read how & why we get physically & mentally addicted and what we can do to help ourselves (the article "Addiction 101" on the why quit.com site is long but I found to be very helpful & insightful). And then read some more to actively change how you see smoking (for what it really is). For me, the "switchover" in thinking & perspective was hard won but worth all the work & angst it took to change myself to no longer even want to smoke. I know someone who quit for 15 years but always felt like she was missing out, that it wasn't fair, was resentful, and really struggled at times using only her will power to remain quit. IMO will power is not the way to go. Willingness & free choice is the path to an eventual long & peaceful quit. That is the true victory. You can remain smoke free. You will never have to redo the early days. Keep going.

Congratulations on 6 months smoke free @Genecanuck You are doing great!

Congratulations on half a year quit @Genecanuck, that's fantastic!!

That is fantastic @Genecanuck You are doing so well!! Soon you will be dancing on the Lido deck!! 😀👍

Well done @Genecanuck! Congrats on 6 months without nicotine. So glad you found your way to freedom!