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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever. A morning walk

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I am not going to smoke today. NOPE!

NOPE for today!

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Good morning NOPE!!

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NOPE! 💫

N.O.P.E. 🙏

NOPE! Not One Puff Ever SNOTT! Smoking's Not On The Table

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@Doreensfree the IPS software automatically locks HUGE topics like this one and creates a part 2 version. The old software did the same thing, but I don't think any other single topic has had over 5,000 pages.

Well here i am again. Was doing so well last year then fell back into smoking again and just haven't been able to quit again. I have now decided enough is enough and have climbed aboard the quit train again. As from 5pm I have smoked last cigarette Wish me luck

Last radiation treatment today so now I;m done! They asked me on the way out if I wanted to "Ring The Bell"? I declined. I couldn't imagine standing there ringing the bell to signify the end of my treatments because it's right beside the waiting area where there's many people waiting for the turn on the table. It just didn't seem appropriate to me. So that's it! I'll just assume I good to go unless I hear otherwise in about 3 months.

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.

Gorgeous picture today @Cbdave & @Reciprocity Thanks for sharing

Great job Doreen and thanks for all you do here.

Tomorrow will be 3 months and 6 days of NOPE!! Also sucks at .0052% as a non smoker. +- ?

NOPE for today!

Wow that is beautiful @Reciprocity My mom was up by Banff many years ago and she told me just how beauituful it is. NOPE!!

Nope! Moraine Lake; Banff National Park, Alberta; Canada

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Hey @Pilgrim. Good on you for being accountable for the relapse and coming back here to resume your quit. We've all been there. Glad you're back! I agree with those who have observed that the reason for your relapse is not especially mysterious. We smoke - and we relapse - because we are ADDICTS. Once we truly reckon with that fact we realize that there is no alternative but to take smoking/vaping 100% off the table. It is not easy, especially for those of us who were heavy users. But, at the same time, it can become deceptively "simple." In the words of some wise quitters here on the Train: When cravings strike, there are 1,000,000 things you can do in that moment. There is only one thing you cannot do - stick something in your face and light it on fire. Once your latest nicotine binge clears your system and you come into acceptance of these facts, the struggle does not magically disappear. But it does fade into a kind of background noise. No more dreadful withdrawal symptoms. No more shame from failed quits. No more roulette with your health. No more killing yourself so that others might profit. Won't that be nice? You can do this. Time to grab that freedom with both hands!

Well; not to be mean but I hope it really sucked when you realized what you'd done and all those promises you had made to yourself were broken. The only positive thing is that you are still here and willing to quit again. If you don't learn a lesson from what happened then you're bound to repeat it at some point down the road. It's very important to learn a lesson from any failed attempt. That's the only way you can correct/avoid it in future! Where did you get the smoking material? I thought did you said you'd got rid of it all back in early May? Did you not do that and actually take the time to go buy more? If that's the case then it wasn't just a temporary, fleeting impulse thing; it was something deeper that needs to be corrected before you'll ever be able to quit permanently. You KNOW you can do it @Pilgrim ! You did it for three months then threw all that hard work and emotional turmoil out the window and now that was all just a wasted effort - what a shame😖 Anyone & everyone CAN quit but only those that are truly comitted to having a smoke free future and permanent freedom from an addiction running their lives actually achieve that transition. You simply have to want to be free of your addiction more than you want to continue to smoke! It really does boil down to that. I hope that YOU are now ready to make that life changing commitment!

NOPE!! I would rather not be puffin.😎

Better late than never NOPE!

Wishing you the best but as you know "luck" has nothing to do with it. YOU are the deciding factor in your quit and stay quit. It's easy to smoke that first one and fall quickly back into the full fledged nicotine addiction trap again as many of us can attest. I was one of those that found it hard to get back on the train and each attempt seemed to become harder and harder. I knew I needed something to switch on in my brain to stop the white knuckling and change my focus into my free choice of never going back to smoking. Being quit for 5 or 10 years and still thinking about wanting to smoke when seeing others smoke was not the future I wanted for myself. I wanted to feel gratitude and achieve peace in my smobriety. I found the switch by reading and educating myself about nicotine addiction (the why, how, and what I could do to help myself) and then reading some more. Each time I read I took away a few words or thoughts that spoke to me and added them to my pile of "never wanting a smoke" and "never going back". Find your switch. Then it really doesn't matter how long it's been since we last smoked. All that matters is that it no longer is a want or option to anything in our life. We are then free. You can do it too. Pledge daily (you don't break promises to yourself do you?). Post an SOS as needed and as often as you need to the community for help. Nobody says you have to do it alone. Use the community. "Best Wishes".

Husband and his wife started dieting a week ago. The wife suggested they should have a cheat day today. She went out and brought home McDonald's and KFC wings. The husband brought home his secretary. Hospital visiting hours are the same as usual: 9 AM to 9 PM.

Thank you MQ for the explanation We chicks will still whack the sticks 😁

Hi again @Jane. Glad to have you back with us, to step off the “Misery Merry-Go-Round” for good. Your “enough is enough” attitude is a great asset to bring to your quit. For me, I found the withdrawal symptoms became more manageable once I “found my fierce.” I eventually got fed up with having my mind (and time and health and budget) always hijacked by cravings for nicotine. That determination to break free was useful. So was this site. Staying in dialogue about the experience and staying accountable were both helpful. Good luck with Day 1 - let us know how you do!

I know I congratulated you in your other thread (you're so special you got to have two lol), however I'll add to this one as well so Congratulations! 😁

Good luck with your new quit.

Check, now. Should be fixed.

I'll take a look now. Thanks for mentioning it.

Thanks so much @MarylandQuitter and @Rixcz for all the spiffy site upgrades! I think I'm seeing the same thing @QuittingGirl is. On the regular laptop/desktop version of the site, the main menu nav bar at the top of the page appears to have disappeared - the menu where you can link to various activity streams (All Activity, Content I Started, etc.) as well as your user login, message notifications, etc. Those options are still all appearing at the bottom of the mobile "App" version. And they were present on the laptop/desktop version as of yesterday evening. But they're gone now.

I think the log in/log out is not showing up anymore, and also the Off the Record Section shows up to non members.

Thank you Peeps 😁🐸

I somehow missed this one. But wow!!! 13 years is awesome. 🥳

Congratulations on your 13 years of quitting smokes and thank you for all you do for us all.

Sorry to hear that you relapsed @Pilgrim Hop back on and hopefully this time you will stay in your seat!! As Doreen said, re-read everything and watch the videos. Do the daily NOPE every single day!! In the beginning you have to, IMO. You must be getting annoyed at constantly getting the withdrawal symptoms? How can you stand it? Stop buying cigarettes or getting them from someone, get back on the train and be done with it!!! I know it's not easy, but everytime you go back, you will be back at square one which is the most difficult part of the ride. This can be done @Pilgrim You MUST set your mind to it, for it to work!! Make this the last time you go back to smoking!!🤞

Aww ok , you threw away your great Quit Glad you have decided to keep your seat , that’s very important. If you have read all the info here and you smoked , then something hadn’t gelled Not sunk in You still believed the cigarette could offer you something .. You smoked because you are a addict Re read everything .. watch the videos Have you read the Allen Carr the easy way Buckle up and let’s get this done 🐸

Ya ... none of us could justify our smoking either. You just celebrated your 3 month smoke free anniversary. What is the longest you've ever not smoked? You left smoking as an option open instead of taking the "Commitment Oath" to smobriety no matter how you feel, no matter what you think or tell yourself, and no matter what happens to you. Take smoking off the table. I hope you get back on the train and ride it to the end. It IS doable for you.

Gday I’ll put this bluntly. I quit this final time due to pneumonia. What keeps me quit is COPD. Just don’t want that for you…..

It looks amazing!!! 🙂 I love the new look and the Header is really great! 😄 Thank you so much MQ for doing all this for us!! 👍 You have helped so many of us quit and the future quitters as well. I honestly don't think I would have been able to quit, if I didn't find this place!

Happy 13 Doreen. Puttin them down girl.

Gday You deserve every single day…… congratulations