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I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

NOPE!!

I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

NOPE

N.O.P.E.

NOPE

Nope

NOPE!

Nope!

NOPE…

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever

NOPE!

NOPE for today!

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever

NOPE

NOPE!

NOPE

NOPE for today!

NOPE!

NOPE!!

Nope!

NOPETY NOPE !

NOPE!

N O P E

In that you are thinking about those things @SD2026 demonstrates you have already dealt with them mentally so you won't be hit with an "out of the blue" craving. You'll have no problem getting past those issues and when you've faced them once, they will never be an issue again. All part of that 1st year quitting

I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

NOPE

Yes @Cbdave the simple things. To me It feels like a calmness that wasn't there before, which proves to me that smoking makes you stressed. I would never have believed that before I quit!

@Reciprocity this is what I've been thinking of recently, I already know Spring/Summer will be a trigger for me but at least I won't be caught off guard and will just try to prepare myself in some way.

I was the same @Keith First few weeks checking what health benefits I should expect by that week or if I had a negative experience, if that was normal, however I stopped when I could actually feel/see them for myself. It's a great feeling!

Nope

NOPE!

I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

NOPE

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Hello darling nicotine free creatures and those ready to be free. My anniversary...how many years? Twelve maybe. Forgotten as years of freedom expand but surely remember those first seconds that lasted forever turning begrudgingly into minutes before the next crave wave would hit. Craves did not capture me. I held my ground. But honestly, gave this, my quitting 'experiment' a year. If I didn't feel better after a year, I could always go back to smoking. Never would have surfaced sans nicotine had I not begun to learn about addiction, what addiction does, how to circumvent brain patterns. Information available on this site and others, Joel Spitzer's straightforward videos taking the voodoo out of it. I read voraciously as my understandings emerged as a reliable personal strength, learning what was going on in my brain, how to change. How to jump start clean endorphins by rewarding myself with joyous thoughts, sights, things. Life lessons applicable to many varied situations. I knew I would not smoke anymore; I broke the chains. After a year of nicotine free lurking, I joined QTrain to thank all the people that helped me unknowingly and pointed me towards needed materials. Being part of the community was rewarding, I count many as friends and think I helped some. Certainly, flooded the train with posts, sharing more information I drudged up. For newbies or those lurking, remember that freedom from addiction is well within your power. Yes, there will be gnarly times, but these will not kill you. Smoking will. And if not kill, make your living a slow breathless dying and for what? for greasing the pockets of corporations leaving your families bereaved? for indulging an addiction that robs you of Living? WTF ? You pay, if not with your life than with the quality of your life, the quality of your death! Those things are beastly HARD. But you know that, we all know that... some of you are ridden with guilt over it. STOP IT PLEASE! My purpose in this note is to inspire you to quit and hold on to your resolve because I KNOW your freedom is within your power. You CAN. You WILL. Beating addiction is temporarily difficult and profoundly rewarding in short time. Short Time. So, read up. Educate yourself. Know you are not alone. Realize you can choose Freedom in every breath, every day and bask in gratitude that you chose Life. Your Life. I smile about, my experiment in quitting for a year to see how I liked it. It is the best thing I have done for myself, hands down. There will be no going back as NOPE etches deeper into my grey matter. NOPE. Not One Puff. EVER. Never ever Never.

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!