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  4. Hello Mokajava, Welcome to the Quit Train. Freedom is wonderful. Glad you're here. Withdrawal is withdrawal is withdrawal.... it ends when the nicotine leaves your body. Then it's head and habit reteaching. Laugh at yourself as the junkie thinking tries to take you back AND do not smoke. You can do this. I believe in you. Read and reread the things on this site. Make sure you read some of the funny things too. Learn about addiction and recovery. Stay close and USE this board. I'm in my second week of freedom from nicotine. I smoked for over 35 years.
    6 points
  5. No you didn't. If you had "quit successfully", we wouldn't be here having this conversation - right? You'd already/still be quit. You started smoking again because you are an Addict. Just like the rest of us. Ummm ... so don't? You don't need 'em. No you don't. We can't do it for you. Pick a day and go. Today, right now, always being the best choice. No "plan" is necessary. Planning is procrastinating. There is one - and ONLY one- plan: Put the smokes down and never pick them up again. It's the only thing that works. It's the only thing that CAN work. Bad plan. Plan on not smoking. So ... uhh ... do it? Only you can do it. We can't really help. You already know what you need to do. You just need to do it. EZPZ
    6 points
  6. Why pump more poision into your body ..??? The day to Quit is today .... There is so much info here ....educate yourself ...learn all about this horrible addiction.... You can do it ...we all have ....you just have to want it bad enough .... Learn by the past ... Boredom ...is not a excuse to kill yourself or give yourself a smoke related illness.....
    6 points
  7. Hi mokajava and welcome...I'm just over 2 weeks into my quit, and feeling very positive about this one...this forum has so much helpful material, which I read over and over. It helps more than you can imagine. It does get better
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  8. Welcome mokajava! I also feel you should just quit today. It only takes a couple of days to get the nicotine out of your system , so you might just think about going cold turkey. For someone who is stuck at home, this forum is a great place for socializing. Not only do we support you, but we also have fun in the process. There is plenty of information on quitting and lots of games. If you have done this before, you can do it again. Stay close to the forum and shout out as you need us. We are here for you!
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  9. G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min Hour Day as required!)
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  11. Welcome @mokajava and it IS exciting to quit for good. Here is a thread to help you amble about the site and build yourself a strong quit. 10 Ways To Effectively Use This Forum To Stop Using Nicotine You don't need nicotine. You don't need gum. All you need is a commitment to NOPE (Not One Puff Ever) and you need to stand by that commitment. You don't need a special 'date' to quit. Quit NOW and start your new adventure ! Here is some Cold Turkey Information to start your education about nicotine addiction. Your body will heal, markedly once your quit nicotine. Please, quit now, we'll cheer you on and answer lots of your questions.
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  12. Welcome mokajava, congratulations on deciding to take back your life. You will heal so much quicker by quitting. And you've come to the right place for support in your journey. I found my first support forum when I was already a few weeks quit and they were instrumental in my success. We have tons of threads and videos to help educate you and if we don't have what you're looking for post about it and we'll do our best to answer from our experiences. I like that you are only planning on using the gum as an emergency standby but I caution that because pretty much all the nicotine will be out of your system in about three days. Reintroducing even nicotine gum will restart that whole process. Why go through it again?! My trick for emergencies was using my JAC (jillars air cigarette). I just pretended I was holding an actual cigarette in my fingers and then went through the motions of 'smoking' it. I couldn't believe how well it worked on tricking my brain into thinking it was getting the real thing! Lastly, as far as a quit date....You're here now So why wait?.....
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  14. You have done good. Be proud of yourself. the next time you crave you will only be stronger to fight it off again. Soon it will seem like a bad dream. If you smoke, you will only have another big problem to face. One that has terrible effects on your health. Stay strong and pat yourself on the back. better days are ahead. best wishes.
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  15. Congratulations @forestgreen on your first year quit! What a huge accomplishment! Thank you for all the support you give and be sure to celebrate today, you've earned it!!!
    2 points
  16. I remember when I was a kid, my grandfather was pushing an old wheelbarrow. When he tried to push it up on a concrete platform, the wheel broke off and rolled away. Instead of getting mad, he sang "you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel." Sad news about Kenny Rogers...He had a good run though.
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  17. Great job Forestgreen. Congratulations on your first year of freedom.
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  18. I almost forgot to wish you a happy belated birthday too
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  19. Attempting something new...starting a journal type blog...or something ...lol Hello Everyone, Made it through yesterday with my seat on the train intact. Wasn't sure that was going to be the case for awhile. Was in an emotional upheaval and down on myself for not showing up for people how I would hope to if being a kind thoughtful person. I have a tendency toward self recrimination that is probably diagnosable somehow. I lean toward hurting myself harder, if I perceive (or know) I have hurt others. Awareness of the pattern is only helpful sometimes. Yesterday it was not. Solution - intentional, aware acts of love and kindness Still have the lingering 'I have already relapsed" in my head. I have not put anything in my mouth and lit it on fire.....and..... Klaxon bells sounding....faintly Oddly, I have something tangible to be grateful for around this covid-19 situation. Should I choose to buy cigarettes, I will be putting vulnerable people in my home in harms way. See above cycle of guilt and remorse and solution. This drama played out just before and during lunch. I reluctantly (junkie brain screaming and wheedling....still jumping up and down waving hands or giving my the sly sideways look of ' you already did it in your head - just run to the gas station before day break....very few people out right now......etc. me: typing and la la laing in my head) chose to go to work with my guy and read to him while he worked for the remainder of the day. When it started it wasn't even a craving. Just the guilt for how I had treated someone I love in this time of bizarre horror and fear. It morphed into a HUGE craving [as stressful situations were PREVIOUSLY (take that junkie) always navigated with killing myself one breath at time] and verbal emotional turmoil way beyond the reasonable response to the situation at hand. it was still hanging with me by the end of the day and I was wiped out. Still feeling wiped out. I am certain some of this has to do with circumstances of the world and am grateful I made it through (am I? - shut the f up junkie) with my seat. I did not post here because I am not savvy enough to utilize my phone to do it and chose to go with my guy. Yesterday Doreeen and Sazerac were encouraging me to protect my quit. Not sure how to do that when I choose to lose it like that. Any excuse will do... Wobbly, drained and smoke free...... Appreciation and relief for all those who posted a response to my original post of this in a thread....
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  20. mokajava, I hope you take advantage of the links provided. Education is so important to a quit. Hope to see you soon as you start your journey to a nicotine free life.
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  22. G’day yes... I love this place. Ive traveled the world and Australia.! Me and my sweetheart love this place. Some summers are stinking hot. I except that, but the other part of the year the 9 months outa the 12 is bloody beaut! Who grows the two herb and veg partners in the middle of winter, cherry tomato and basil. You’ve got to be happy with that.!
    2 points
  23. Not a bad voice to listen to for a 7 hour car trip, even if it was just this one song. RIP Kenny.
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  24. Have just come back from a few days away to celebrate my Birthday. Due to the CV19 I had to cancel flights to Queensland for a large gathering with my family and friends. Had a great time away with some family members. My other Celebration is that I am now 12 months free as a Non Smoker.
    2 points
  25. Here are marvelous resources and plans for the first week of quitting smoking. They helped me understand my addiction. Joel's Daily Quitting Lesson Guide Joel Spitzer has helped many, many nicotine addicts quit and build lasting quits.
    2 points
  26. Thanks to all for the reality doses. hope your day has brought many belly laughs and unexpected opportunities to shine.
    2 points
  27. G’day Best time of the year in the sub tropics. Autumn winter spring. Cool and dry. Might get as low as 10C ( 50f) at night. Days stay at above 20C ( 68f) Live in a “Queenslander” a bungalow on stilts so it’s above the colder ground. Never usually shut the back door proper just lock the screen door. But come late August we can get some pretty cold westerly winds and I’ll have to close it for a week ...maybe.
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  28. G’day I still have 1/2 jar of tiger balm from up top in the eighties. Give a drug dog a hard on And works real well. ..... just got to remember to wash your hands before you pee.....
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  29. I am a two-pack-a-day smoker and I am ready to leave this horrible habit behind. I am spending so much money and I am destroying my body by smoking so much. I am disabled and effectively stay home all the time, which led to my habit. I am tired of spending all my life moments revolving around a cigarette. As you can imagine, smoking two packs a day literally everything is punctuated with a cigarette. I yearn for the days when I smoked one an hour, but I cant seem to cut down, so I am here to quit for good~! As a 50-year-old woman, I have tried to quit before. My mother and I share a home and she is currently going through chemo for lung cancer from smoking. My grandmother also died from emphysema and lung cancer, so my chances of dying the same way are high, even if I do quit. I broke my humerus in December and the doctor told me I was at risk for surgery -- that I wouldn't be able to heal naturally -- because nicotine is a vasodilator and interferes with bone growth. Well, 14 weeks in and I am still not healed and now surgery anytime soon is out of the question. My doctor cancelled my appointment this Monday and set it out a month, which is fine really, since I am healing slowly anyway and the orthopedic cant do much now but let it try to heal. I would like to avoid surgery! I've quit successfully before using the gum. I started smoking again after a month off because I was "bored". I don't want to try meds or anything else. I need some help setting a quit day and coming up with a plan for the first couple of days. I plan to use the gum as an emergency standby, not as a substitute since the nicotine in the gum is also a vasodilator. I just need to quit and be done with this bad habit for good. Please help me set myself up for success.
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  30. Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town....!!!!! One of those times you carnt help singing along too.... He,will be sadly missed ...x
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  31. Took a coconut kayaking yesterday sails
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  33. I hope we can go farther away soon
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