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Congratulations, Doreen!!! I can't thank you enough for all that you do for us. You're the best of us. 💙

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever. low tide

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Congratulations Doreensfree! 🎉

Happy quitting anniversary, darling @Doreensfree! Thanks for all of the encouragement, good sense and fun. You’ve helped so many of us find our freedom… and you wield that frying pan with style, lady!

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Congratulations to my dear friend and co-moderator @Doreensfree on 13 years!! You are such an imazing role model to ALL of us!! Not only are you a moderator, a role model, you have been a great friend to me and many other people on this forum! Doreen, CELEBRATE BIG TODAY!!! We have become very good friends getting to know each other, and telling us about our families. You are a great Lady!!! Thank you Doreen for starting as a person who helped me to start my "Stop Smoking Journey", to a really great friend, as I have gotten to really know you for the past couple years!! CELEBRATE BIG TODAY, MY DEAR FRIEND!!! ALL THE BEST TO YOU!!🎉 Love you!❤️ Sandi

Thank you Everyone …for all your best wishes here for my Celebration Day its seems I have two posts Brilliant Carnt have enough I say ! The years are flying by… Newbies …At the beginning it’s hard to imagine the years flying by ..when you think of smoking 24/7… I got here 13 years taking it one day at a time … You will too …stick at it ❤️

Congratulations Doreen!!! Thank you for all that you do. You are an amazing inspiration to us all!

Congratulations Doreen! 13 years is an inspiration to others. I'm sure it's difficult for you to realize just how many people you've helped solidify their quits over the years but it's certainly noticable to the rest of us and that's something to be very proud of. Hope you celebrate all these accomplishments today 🎉

So happy and proud for you dear friend! In some ways, it is hard to believe we started our journey together 13 years ago, We have been through a lot together...some happy and some heartbreaking. Love you to pieces and hope you have a wonderful day! "At 13 years after quitting smoking, your risk of lung cancer drops to roughly half that of a smoker, your risk for several other cancers decreases significantly, and your body continues profound long-term healing. According to the American Cancer Society, major milestones reached around this timeframe include dramatically lower disease odds compared to those who continue to smoke"

What the heck is a Mini-Quit? It’s not a “practice” quit but it sure can help you begin a quit if you are having trouble launching one for yourself. It helped me. A Mini-Quit is changing up WHEN, WHERE, and WHY you normally smoke. It’s purpose is to give you a head start on breaking some of the smoking behaviors, habits and associated cues you made for yourself. As smokers we all had our rituals, patterns, and pacifier moments when we used smoking to soothe & calm ourselves. Although not the purpose of a mini-quit, a normal consequence is usually less smoking because it does not feel normal or as satisfying. Smoke as much as you want just not in the normal places and at the normal times. ********** Change the When. If you smoke right after a meal for example, or first thing when you wake up … don’t. Wait 30 mins instead. Do something else first to distract & delay smoking to change up your normal routine. Do the dishes, brush your teeth, take a shower, exercise, meditate, whatever you choose. Change the Where. Smoke in different places. If you have a specific place you smoke at home outside, don’t go there. Smoke somewhere else. Don’t get comfortable either. Don’t listen to music, read, text, or talk on the phone. In other words, don’t multi-task; just smoke. Keep your sole focus on smoking. Observe what it looks like & notice how you feel when the smoke swirls around you. (Personally, I felt an overwhelming sense of all the time I was wasting just smoking.) I’m assuming you already don’t smoke in your home or in your vehicle. With all the known health hazards nobody should be exposing their spouse, children, pets, loved ones, or friends who visit you in your home or ride in your vehicle to second & third hand smoke. If you do smoke in your home or vehicle, stop it! Make those places off limit now for smoking. Change the Why. Change your smoking patterns/behaviors. If you are used to smoking when angry or upset, to concentrate or think, while stressed or talking on the phone, etc., (and who of us as smokers didn’t) … don’t. Wait 30 mins. Do something else to distract yourself & delay smoking. Walk around & breathe to give yourself time to let the “go to” ingrained smoking behavior pass. The only way to change is to make/do the changes. Don’t focus on wanting to smoke either during the wait. Kick the thought(s) to the curb. ************ Try changing up 3 or 4 of your cues/smoking association behaviors for a few days or a week. Then add 3 or 4 more change-ups. It takes 3 weeks to change a “habit” or before we become comfortable or “normalized” with it so I don’t recommend using the Mini-Quit process for more than a week or two (but whatever, it’s your quit; do you!). The ultimate purpose is to launch your quit with fewer cues/smoking associations. It IS important & necessary to replace the old cues/smoking association behaviors with something else to fill the void. Strictly speaking, we don’t eliminate our “habits” … we change them into something else. Make sure what you choose to replace them with is positive and can be sustained for the long term regardless of mental & physical status. As far as being “ready” to quit smoking goes many of us weren’t ready or even wanted to but we chose to quit anyway and made the commitment not to smoke. It’s not about will power either. It’s WILLINGNESS, CHOICE & COMMITMENT. If you can quit for one day, you can quit for two days, and so on. One day at a time in the beginning. Again, the purpose of Mini-Quits is not smoking reduction although as you learn about yourself & change it up it is a wonderful side effect. Be aware that If you intentionally focus on just reducing the number of cigarettes “way down from normal” (especially if it is 5 or less cigs/day) you may be putting yourself into constant nicotine withdrawal or you may be treating cigarettes as a reward which is the last thing you want to do. You do not want to make a cigarette a “precious” commodity to yourself. Remember you are a nicotine addict; it’s not just a bad habit. You might want to consider doing Mini-Quits and then “just” jump off the scary cliff whether you feel ready or not & build your wings on the way down. That IS how it’s done

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Well done JoJo You’re nearly at your first week …brilliant All nictone has now gone from your body ..your now free…Tou are a non smoker .. All you need to do is take it one day at a time ,and stay free Here is a well earned pat on the back for all your hard work 🐸

@johnny5 Clearly I didn't do my homework when I was on QSMB! Or maybe it's just me again lol. Again @Doreensfree, Congrats!

Thank you Quittrain Yes it’s the correct day 8th August 2013 We do our dates ..day/month/year Its hard to believe 13 years have passed in the beginning every minute , hour is counted, now the years are rushing past Newbies stick at it … I was where you are once … I owe my Quit to this place , it works If you want it to work Thank you again friends Hugs to All ❤️

@Minnie Mouse the British and Europeans write the date differently than we do. Day/Month/Year

Congratulations on 13 years smoke free @Doreensfree and thank you for all the work you do to continue to support others in their quits. Celebrate big today.

Congrats Doreen, you are awesome

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Congrats! You're doing great. Enjoy your freedom!!

Thank you for sharing. Wishing you strength during your treatment. ❤️

Oh my goodness, your granddaughter is beautiful! It must have felt so good to enjoy camping with your family without having to worry about getting your nicotine fix. Congrats on your success!

Definitely. I mean my mom keeps cigs in her room cause she smokes in there but I am going to try my best to stay away from her room

Well I have an update. I still have not stopped smoking but today I am going to do this! I'm picking up my first inhaler later and it's just got me in my feelings. Like I have really messed up my life from smoking and I'm angry at myself that I never stopped a long time ago. Smh. I HAVE to do this now. I want a better quality of life. I hope you are all doing well and thank you.

How's it going @Pilgrim? I hope you are still KTQ!💪

What a wave of compassionate, encouraging support. Thanks to each of you! ❤️ KtQ!

It's such a pleasure to have someone truly committed to their quit and doing all the prep work for success! You sound like a winner already!

Unfortunately, you are not alone where you find yourself today. So many chose to vape in the hope of quitting smoking but instead as you and everyone else discovered all it did is increase the "want" for more and more nicotine by changing the mechanics of getting it. An addiction to nicotine is still an addiction regardless of the device used. The only way out is to discontinue its use in all forms. (The vaping industry makes me soooooo mad can you tell lol). You can do this. Educate yourself (read, read read; find the bullet points that speak to you and send you over the wall of "no going back") and do your prep work (plan, tools, mantras, lists, rewards, etc.). You have to choose freedom every day in the beginning and be willing to go through whatever it takes to get yourself off the merry-go-round of active addiction. No shortcuts. Total abstinence is key. NOPE. Not One Puff Ever. Break the chains. Best Wishes.