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Thank you all for the continued support. I couldn't of done it without you folks. More stressors and a panic attack this last month, but pi king up again would've just made it worse. I like the freedom more than the slavery.

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

I love this statement! Congratulations on your 11 month anniversary Steven! Almost one year quit! I’m so excited for you!

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Thanks for bumping this, @jillar. Now that I'm well beyond the chemical withdrawal phase of my quit, I'm noticing that my actual urges to smoke have not gone away. They are more manageable - and I have a stronger toolkit for coping with them. But The deep desire/urge to smoke persists. This post points to part of why. One factor that contributed to my smoking was trying to numb-out and evade some inner conflicts (and some outer ones, too). Another was unmet needs. Now that I've quit smoking, I'm called into a deeper reckoning with these forces in my life. Ouch. I believe that denial is "nature's shock absorber." It serves a purpose in our psyche, and shouldn't be entirely avoided. I used smoking to serve this purpose, but quitting does not mean I have to be relentlessly hammered with discomfort. Talk about a disincentive to keep the quit! All it means is that I need to come up with some different ways to take a break or shift my energies when needed... ways that don't entail sticking something toxic in my mouth and setting it on fire. As @Boo has said elsewhere on the forum (and I'm paraphrasing), there are 999 things I can do with this moment, and just one thing I can't do - smoke. Here's to focusing on the 999.

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Congratulations on hitting 11 months! That's awesome.

Nice quit Steve. Congrats

11 months... that's awesome! Thanks for the inspiration!

Congratulations Steven, you are doing so freaking good. Keep up the great work and I will see you on the Lido deck soon. Plus, don't forget to reward yourself today.

@Steven Drojensky Almost party time!!

Congratulations @Steven Drojensky, one more month until your on the lido deck! Well done

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Posted 30 March 2015 - 09:14 AM by hermine (qsmb) Quitting smoking leaves us with a terrible emptiness that, for a while, we don't know exactly how to handle. And we may even ask ourselves if we will ever be able to fill these voids with anything. What helped me to get over this was eventually understanding that the source of the problem wasn't the absence of cigarettes, but the mere existence of those terrible feelings I was dealing with. They were there all along, but I was trying to cover them all up with smoke... The moment I stopped smoking, I started to realize and acknowledge all those things that were wrong in my life and I've been trying to get rid of by hiding behind a curtain of cigarette smoke. But they didn't disappear, they have been watching me silently and now, as the smoke cleared, we are starting to make eye contact again. Should I light a cigarette so I become blind again? Or should I finally tackle the beasts? The answer is clear. I will attack. So ask yourself, as you are ripped by this feeling of emptiness: is it ok that a small piece of paper filled with tobacco has become such an important part of my life? Is it ok that I have become emotionally attached to a small piece of paper filled with tobacco?! Don't hide behind the curtain of smoke again. Don't choose to run again. Make the most of the fact that you are finally capable to see your life as it really is and you finally have the chance to fill those voids. Fill your short and precious life with people, places, hobbies and knowledge. Put things that actually matter inside those voids, because blowing smoke inside them will never, ever, make them disappear. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/10482-filling-the-voids-repost-by-hermine/

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Congratulations Steven ....11 months already .....The Lido Deck is in your sights.... I feel a party coming on

Congratulations on 11 months smoke free @Steven Drojensky Great job!

My hard work is paying off & I hit the big time Kwik-E-Mart Gougers offered me a contract I couldn't refuse for Friday night ice hockey beer league. Only cost me $500 for the season and bring beer every 5th game Cool jerseys- remember on The Simpsons?

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Congratulations Steven. Prepare the Lido Deck. We've got one coming in hot.

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To all the Mothers on the train have fun and Happy Mother's day.

Nope.. I promised my Mom never again !!!!

G’day Not getting any younger…. But still her

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Sounds delicious ....Throw a few sausages on ...I'll be over