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  1. NOPE! (You're doing great, Kate18!)
    6 points
  2. G’day NOPE starts my day C
    5 points
  3. I got a bunch of sleep last night. I feel ok with myself today. i am nearly to day 5. only having two cups of coffee today. This has been a reallly long week for me. i feel almost normal today
    5 points
  4. Oh my goodness. This brought back a memory. I had three brothers and we used to do this all the time when we were kids.
    5 points
  5. Won't smoke tomorrow, Saturday. Didn't smoke today. Makes it easier to not smoke tomorrow.
    5 points
  6. Congratulations @Christa326 for being 5 months smoke free. Well done Christa for building such a solid base for your quit and a life time smoke free. Its great to have you still on the train. Make sure you do something special to reward yourself and celebrate this milestone. We would love to here how you rewarded yourself.
    3 points
  7. Congratulations @Kate18 for being 1 month smoke free!!! Well done on being a whole month smoke free Kate. This is the hardest month of being smoke free and you have got through with your determination and your amazing baked goodies. Its great to see you NOPE each day and the determination and self commitment in those NOPEs you can do this sweetie, this is just the first of many anni posts coming your way. So rewards are really important during your quit, they are a major part of the whole process... so every day is a day to celebrate but your anniversaries are magical... let this day shine, just like you do.
    3 points
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  10. Yes ...you !!!... Why dont you stick around a while...you have so much to offer our Newbies !!!...and us oldies will be glad of the company ...!!!
    3 points
  11. G,day The girls went nuts over both the Beetles and Elvis and lets face it, I was still throwing rocks at girls.... My vote goes to Dylan
    3 points
  12. Not sure if it's the angle, but it looks perfectly fine now.
    3 points
  13. Good for you Christine, and you're almost done with hell week! A question: can you change your quit date to your new one and maybe put your old date in your signature or vise versus? I go by the quit date to give you the replies for where you are in your quit. I would hate to tell you, well at 7 months quit yadda yadda yadda......
    3 points
  14. Love this post C... You sound so positive !!!.....high five !!!
    3 points
  15. Nope going on 7 years - celebrate every single nope - they add up quickly!!
    3 points
  16. Heading out for a row at 10am. Dreary in Glasgow today...
    3 points
  17. It's not unusual. I still remember cravings hitting me periodically, but in waves, after a year. At airports of all places. The big picture is that the cravings will continue to grow weaker and less frequent. However this might be a good time to review the reasons you quit to begin with. Write the reasons down on a piece of paper and keep the list with you at all times. Revisit the Newbie Package and Joel's pages, and read and remember. Revisit any practices that helped you early on. Your resolve will become even stronger and the cravings will continue to weaken and become less frequent. Hang in there!! You've beat this thing and all you need to do is remain vigilant!
    3 points
  18. Have been feeling the same. We have worked so hard to get to this point and once we hit the milestone our old addiction tells us how we rewarded ourselves in the past. Proves that we need to still guard ourselves from relap at all times. As you know it will pass - set your next milestone - 2 years. Ps. I was talking to a fella just recently who relapsed after 24 years - can you believe that - 9 years later he is still smoking and is fighting the battle to try and quit again.
    3 points
  19. Hi Wantsit.... glad you got through this without giving up your quit. Its a big shock when your stability wobbles. I was 4-5 months in when I found out my employer was closing. I had been there over 16 years... it was hard and for a while I had no job because I didn't look while they closed down so I could help them with the wind up.... but then I found a new job, I don't love it like my old job, yet, but they pay may a lot more than my old employer and I am finding my feet... I don't think it will ever feel like the old job did but it might ... what I learnt though was that I was worth way more than I thought .. lets just say I got over a 50% pay increase.... So financially I am much better off and yes it was scary and stressful and daunting but that old saying when one door closes another opens is true ... and while I still have my training wheels on ... going through that during my first year quit made my quit strong because it helped me to realise I was in control and I could do it despite hurdles. I am so proud of you for not lighting up during this shock... hope all works out well on the job front.
    2 points
  20. I knew you would keep that great quit you have Positive thoughts that everything at work ends up well
    2 points
  21. I just want to begin this by saying thank you to all of that are out there supporting us that are liable to stumble. I had the perfect chance and excuse to fail but didn't , and who knows what will happen in the weeks to come but I haven't yet. I feel most of my strength has come from my support and knowledge that I have gotten from a few very good people here. THANK YOU! I have the utmost respect for all of you.
    2 points
  22. She into the wacky backy
    2 points
  23. Yes, I remember when I was a newbie it felt so special for a long time quitter to take the time to reply and offer their advice
    2 points
  24. OH !!!! Come- on ...I'm a Scouser...!!!!! I've got to vote for my brothers ....they put Liverpool on the map !!!.....although .... Who doesn't love a bit of Elvis ....sexy beast !!!
    2 points
  25. Hi The best time to quit was 20 years ago the second best time to quit is now. Do it now if only for your children.
    2 points
  26. Did someone say Sausages ???? Best thread ever ...
    2 points
  27. I feel for you, Wantsit. I hope things work out for the best but, having been in that situation myself, I know it is stressful. Please read the link that Sazerac posted by Cristobal (Your Quit and Your Life). I often went to that thread when things were really stressing me and it helped keep my quit in the right perspective. I hope all works out for the best but a cigarette will not make any situation better...only worse.
    2 points
  28. I had/have those too farmgirl, I think that just because we have a year, or almost three in my case, quit it still is nothing to the amount of years we smoked. So for a lot of us it's totally normal. The beauty is that these craves are nothing like the bad craves we had in the beginning of our quits right? On New Year's eve I told my husband that I kinda felt like having a cigarette. Of course I didn't but it was a thought that popped in my head. I figure that I smoked for 35 years so it may take years to get over all the craves
    2 points
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