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2yr 275 days Per one ticker pretty damn awesome

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I don’t think it hurts to share different experiences and methods on how people have quit. Doesn’t harm anyone and might even give someone who’s struggling to hold their quit a new idea

Thank you Jo for all this fabulous information I read every day .....that alone is worth coming here for a NOPE !!!!

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I'm with the others ...if it helps ....as long as you stick to the programme..... While your waiting for the 4 th July ...spend that time reading all you can here ....watch all Joel,s video,s... Learn all about this horrible addiction ...learn shy you find it hard to quit ...once you understand it ....all comes clear ,and will give the the weapon to fight with ... My advice is stick to this place like glue ,post,post....there will always be someone here to help you through , your battles..... You can do it !!!!!

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You're asking for vacation pictures of Bakon in Florida? Careful what you wish for.

^^Exactly this. ^^ I think you captured right about everything that comes with quitting. It isn't 'just doing it', but and at the same time... it is. There's a million wise things to say about quitting that can be helpfull and at the same time... it's all about one thing: NOT lighting up. This duality freaked me out in the beginning an it still can, honestly. But... well whatever

I second reading about addictions, the psychology behind it. This helped me immensely when I quit. And regarding NRT, if it helps then absolutely go for it! Whatever it takes for you not to smoke anymore. Look forward to your posts

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28,968 hours since I lit one up. Good riddance.

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If NRT helps get you over the hurdle use it, I did. Just remember it's not a miracle cure, you still have to do the work and fight the good fight...but it's like swimming a race with flippers, it just gives ya that extra boost to help you over the line....you still have to kick, and float and move your arms to get there... I do not regret NRT because "for me" it was what I needed, even if it was a little bit psycosematic, I needed that crutch. Do I think in some ways it prolonged the craving/anxty stage, yeah it did, but it got me through the psychological stage before I had to deal completely with the physical. I honestly think for me the emotional and mental part of my addiction was greater than the physical part. I believe it's all a case of horses for courses....we don't all look the same, we don't all think the same, we don't all quit the same.

G’day NOPE.... Not One Puff Ever

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1,006 days

I agree, whichever way you do it is a good way, as long as it leads to a quit. People are so different in this.

It doesn't, whatever road you take... As long as it leads you to

I am in! So humid, man I was not ready for this with my pasty Viking hues of pearly white skin. Imma burn today anyway, I am available for consultation Monday/Tuesday, day or evening so shout with best timings for you guys.

Mashes potatoes, honey carrots, braised cabbage, onion and bacon ...and peas n beans

Good morning fellow NOPErs on this World Scleroderma Day... World wot day?, Now she's just making shit up....but today is World Scleroderma Day...it is an auto immune disease which is characterised by a hardening of skin and tissue...the lungs are particularly susceptible with fibrosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension....so it's auto immune, the body attacks itself, kinda like skin (and soft tissue) arthritis to be real basic...and it runs in families, well it runs in mine....now here's the thing, the 'science' is all over the shop, smoking can trigger it, make it progress quicker, decrease remission episodes, it has no impact (hmm a disease that affects your lungs not impacted by smoking, who funds this research??)....so hear is wot I can tell ya (from my aunties, cousins, sisters)....it hurts, ya cold all the time, and you know what, it's just anecdotal but in my family everyone who has it, bar my sister, is or was a smoker and all bar 2 were smokers when they first had an episode...so just saying boys but speshly girls who are lurking you have a relo with Scleroderma...might be time to kick the habit. NOPE.... Time to put me first

1,685 days. I can't believe I used to smoke. I was around some smokers today and the smell was horrible. Stick with it if you are early on in your quit. Things get so much better with time and the freedom is definitely worth any early struggles.

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Approx. 870 days...but who's counting...

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331 days seems so much more impressive than 10 mos. and 26 days!

Whatever my ticker in my signature says, it's too early for math lol

Sheesh you want me to do math --- 539 days give or take a couple!!!!

Still keeping the quit going

No plan...it went like this; open the purse, fruck not enough money, buy a box of NRT gum to get me through to pay day, in the chemist on payday on the way to the bank, 6 months of NRT gum was the same price as a pack of smokes...said to meself "go orn, let's see how long this can last".... 19 months today since that last smoke, 16 months-ish since the last NRT gum. Edit: well that ^ was the kind of blade post that really pissed me off in my early quit....I didn't just decide that was it and that was it....it was hard work, but I dug in and gave it a red hot go and chose each day not to smoke and then protected that commitment. Oh and I did have a plan, but it came about after the fact and it was an exit plan for getting off the NRT.... That NRT exit plan was much needed for me or I would still be chewing.