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Thank you all!! It has been a journey. I would not have made it without the good people here. I will be honest I have struggled the last couple weeks, did not think I would but I did and I was a pretty bitchy,whiny, train passenger So if I can do this anyone here can with all the support of the great people here!!!

Woohoo @Linda, you did it!!! Congratulations on one year quit you old pharte You had quite the journey to get here and it wasn't always pretty but you persevered and stuck it out all the while supporting others even when you yourself needed support. It has been a pleasure watching your journey and I hope you are as proud of yourself as we are of you

@Gus Lol I did not take that personal, I thought it was funny and actually kinda fitting!! Don't worry about it

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And the fun continues ...Boo and I take to the dancefloor

Congratulations @Linda You are one of the ones I've been following very closely here on the train cuz your journey seems to be very similar to mine. I'm so happy and proud of you for making it the first year. I pray so hard that your journey gets easier from here on out. Now get on the Lido Deck and party!!

YESSSS!! This is so amazing, Linda! I’m so happy for you and you should be SO proud! You did it! How many times did you think that you wouldn’t?! Thank you for all your quotes! So many of them helped me and your brutal honesty about your quit journey has helped me and so many others! Seriously, I hope that you reward yourself well! So, how IS the Lido Deck?

Booking the Act ...for the party ...The Chippendale's were booked up....

Yaaaa I'm so happy and proud for you Linda ....your journey has had some curves in the track . But you stayed blued to your Seat .... Massive Congratulations....you did it ....Reward yourself well....you have so earned it ...

Congrats Linda! Awesome accomplishment and an inspiration to me! Thank you.

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G’day I'm an addict, always ……one puff away from 20 a day. So for me…… its Not One Puff Ever

@JH63 Thank you!! You can do this too!! Don't quit trying.

@Linda I want to Congratulate you on this Great accomplishment! I know that you had some hard times over the last year, but you worked through all of them. Now here you are, a winner! Thanks for all the support you have given me over the past year. Enjoy!

Congratulations on 1 year smoke free, @Linda Thanks for all the support that you provide here. Celebrate big today.

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Congratulations @Steven Drojensky on seven months quit! Well done!!

@KEL Well to be honest it feels like its not real yet!! I will have to admit is was not easy for me!! But I don't think it was for anyone!! I know a year seems like along time so I still keep my guard up because I know that addict in me is still there. The craves still come for me but not as often and I get through them much faster It does get easier so keep up the great job you are doing. Before long you will be celebrating your year of being free of the nicotine monster and it does feel great!! You can do it!!

I guess keep it since it doesn’t offend Linda. lol

Congratulations Steven!! Well done!!

Keep the party going

@jillar its fine with me and you have to admit you've seen my bitchy side on my journey You have helped me tremendously with it with the patience of a saint!!!Thank you so much!! You help so many here!!

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required)

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hi everybody im 4 weeks 4 days smoke free feels great im on top off it now .bank account getting good thats another reason to quit .going shoping tomorrow going to get my new fishing rod and hope to do some winter fishing .hope your all good .as i say KEEP THE FAITH

@LindaNot to put you on the spot but do you feel like sharing the difference a year makes? I know it hasn't been easy but its such an amazing thing you did and inspiring to us all....

That is so great @Steven Drojensky! Congratulations.

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Congratulations on 11 MONTHS!! That's fantastic!!

Growing up in So Cal ive always been athletic and enjoyed outdoor sports. All of them. Smoking interfered with my performance so it had to go. Successfully quit once for almost 10 years, then took a puff and was hooked again for 7 years before my final quit in Feb 2021. I own a contracting company that deals with fire protection and im sure I looked stoopid puffing on a grit I now own the fact im an addict, and I can never ever take even one puff and im good with that. Now that im smoke free im back to playing ice hockey and running triathlons at 55+ years old and in great shape & kicking butt This site is key to my quit-

Ok..for those who don't know me .... Im Doreen from Liverpool ...71 years young ....started to smoke age 11...hanging out with ,the clever big kids. Scared into my final quit by my doctor telling me ..my feet were at risk of me and them parting .... Hubby passed .2 years ago...after suffering for over 15 with Copd / Emphysema....,just short of our 50 wedding Anniversary... Joined the other group before sitting on the Train ... Nancy my fairy godmother...took me under her wing and led me along ... Made some wonderful Friends ...that I will love forever ...and a toyboy....Boo.Lol... Met Jo ,when I visited Oz....spent some magical time ...before COVID.... Feeling more healthy now than 20 years ago.... Keep the Quit ...and the magic will happen ...

Happy New Year and welcome to the new quitters. It also seems there is an uptick in returning quitters which is damn encouraging for me! Thank you so much. Thought we could start a thread and introduce ourselves in one place. I am Karen and have a little over three months (this time). I did Allan Carr's book, seminar (twice) this time. No NRT. Feeling really rather great (surprisingly so). I believe this group has helped tremendously. I post daily and pledge "NOPE." Its a commitment to myself and to the other friends on this site who are trying (and succeeding) in releasing the demon. Looking forward to getting to know everyone (better). K

Congratulations on 4 YEARS!

That is wonderful and congratulations! Thank you for sharing your success with us.

That is awesome @TONY Keep up the great work!

@TONY! Congratulations!

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I am Greg. I had some very strange health problems a year ago that lead me to finally quit 9 months later after many unsuccessful half assed attempts. The doctors never could definitely diagnose me with anything so their answer was to put me on cholesterol medication. I didn't see the point in taking medication for a condition they couldn't diagnose so they fired me as a patient and I fired them as my doctors. At that point I decided that I'm here for a good time, not a long time...but it's hard to have a good time when you're coughing, wheezing and seeing 4 or 5 of everything. (Random bouts of double or multiple vision was one of the issues I had.) So took my health in my own hands and cleaned up my diet, eventually quit smoking after 27 years and now I'm cleaning up my diet again. So far I can't complain about the progress I have had and the support from all you folks here on the train has been awesome.

My name's Christian, and I've been quit for 20 years now (smoked from age 18 to age 33). Being a nonsmoker is a fundamental part of my identity, and I continue to benefit from the lessons that I learned from my quitting process. While I haven't had a craving or thought of smoking in about 18 years or so, I remain vigilant because I fear the addiction: the depth and power of my addiction (and the difficulty of those initial stages) were really unsettling and frightening to me. In addition, like many people, I have experienced the health effects of smoking: my brother died at 42 from lung cancer; my mother died at 70 from throat cancer; and I suffered a major heart attack and cardiac arrest at age 40 (my prior smoking obviously a major cause). I've devoted much of my adult life to education, and I'm an English professor at a community college. It's work that I love and that I'm privileged to do. Christian99

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Hello to everyone on the train. My name is Tim and I had been smoking for roughly 40 years before I finally decided to quit. I quit at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. I had a roommate who was struggling with a bad case of COVID-19 which was a disease the affected your lungs. It took the fear of dying from this disease to push me over the top. So I decided on April 4th 2019 to quit smoking. I did it cold turkey and faced my biggest test 3 days later when my roommate died of COVID-19 in the hospital alone. So, it was a rough beginning to my quit but I vowed to never smoke again as a tribute to him. I am presently at 1 year and 9 months quit. So, believe in yourself and have faith. Everyone can do it.