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

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Sorry about that, don't smoke but still enjoy a margarita. Guess I enjoyed one to many LOL

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How you doing @11better11. Those who stay close to the board are more likely to succeed

Wow @Cbdave, those are beautiful!

G’day Thats so sweet of you to say. Thank you! I’ve had my sweetheart look after me. It’s hard for us both. She is clear and I have to quarantine away from her. She’s been my rock. Cant buy her flowers cause I’m yet to get out of quarantine so this is the best of them from my mid winter garden. They are not “store bought” but we’ve brought up two boys without “store bought” so I’m shore she’ll like them…. regards Chris

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Please don’t give up, @11better11. We are not failures, we just got caught in the trap of a very powerful addiction. One that flourishes in the dark, and makes us feel lousy. But you can break free. Let some light in. Shake off your slip like a polar bear shakes off water. Post here on the Train about what you are going through. (We’ve been there, too.) Read the resources, let them sink in. Take it one day - or one hour or one minute - at a time. You can do this.

Hi @11better11 We've all been there at one time or another. A few things to keep in mind as you go through this. 1. Quitting smoking is a process, not an event and sometimes a relapse is just part of the process. I quit more times than I can remember before it stuck. 2. It is an addiction and cigarettes were designed to get you addicted and keep you addicted. It's an uphill battle but moving uphill makes you stronger. Our grandparents and great grand parents didn't build the greatest society in history by walking downhill to school every morning...both ways. 3. Feeling lost and a little depressed is pretty normal. You are giving up your friend, your companion, except this friend is stabbing you in the back and ruining your life. 4. Only you can motivate you to quit. Having a tribe to help influence you to stick with it is what this forum is all about, but it all comes down to you keeping yourself motivated. the resources are here with plenty of ex-addicts to encourage you along the way but none of us can quit for your. and 5. which is the most pertinent is that it is going to suck balls for quite a while, but once you get past that it's not so bad and you adapt and find things that you'd rather do than smoke. We've all faced that monster and it is big and scary at first, but then you find out it the only teeth it has are the ones you give it and you can take them back whenever you choose. Anyhow, hope this helps and hope you stick around on the train. We all love seeing a fresh quitter succeed.

Jillar is right Kris ....you have had your big Woohoo.....Lido Deck ... We can have another party if you want ....we love a parteeeeee

Wow, what a day you had overcome! You should be soooo proud of yourself for getting past a MAJOR craving, well done!

Aww O..... You are being tested ....sorry your having to deal with this just now ... But Hey ...Look at the positive side ... You haven't smoked ..you come here instead and got it off your chest ... I'm proud of you my friend ...you fought the little Nico monster and told it to do one ...

Welcome 11better11. You can find support and knowledge here from folks that been through the quitting smoking from all different angles and methods. Stay close to the site and read the wealth of information here. We all share at least the desire to rid ourselves of the addiction. If you have reached that point, you have landed in a good spot. Stay close and keep your focus on what is important. You can do this just like so many others here have. Just want it and set your sights on a smoke free future. Best wishes and hope to see you kicking this habit.

6 years!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just wanted to say thank you for quitting and lighting my way and dragging my rather large ar53 to the lido deck. You have been and very much still are the guiding light and supporting hand to many newbies on their journey to freedom. You were the first person to reach out to a me when I quit with not only support but friendship and you are someone I consider my true friend. I don't think you realise how important and significant you and your quot are. I mean you gifted the world the Jillar air cigarette... I tool I still use from time to time. You give so much of yourself to all your fellow quitters, you have our backs, you prop us up, you guide, you hold the mirror, and you do it all while bringing a smile to our faces. So sure, well done, congrats, wot a bloody ripper of a quit...but above all that, thank you, thank you, thank you for never giving up on your quit or any of ours.

I’m a newcomer pinging in to say hello. I’ve been lurking on the site for a while, but I set up a profile today so that I could participate. Thanks for the experiences and the compassionate, nonjudgmental encouragement shared here. Reading the info and comments has helped me through some white-knuckle moments. My last smoke was 17 days ago. It was not a planned quit. I was having oral surgery, and at midnight the night before I learned that smoking through the post-op was a really bad idea. (As if all the other harms of smoking for the last 40 years were somehow a really good idea?! Yeah, go figure.) Anyway, I slammed into this quit bass ackwards… unprepared mentally, emotionally or physically. I didn’t have any tools to hand, and hadn’t thought through how to be intentional to set myself up to succeed. Just boom. But I’m trying hard to make it work. There’s more than just a dental emergency at play. I want this quit and the suffering it entails to count for something. I’ve been ambivalent about smoking for some time, have been living in denial about the consequences, and have let smoking control my life for too long. Cold turkey was not an option for me, personally. (Did that before, didn’t stick.) So I’m using the patch on a step-down system. I’m constantly fiddling with silly putty. Trying to stay busy. Doing a lot of wall pushups. Attempting to stay positive. Getting a grip on my triggers. Making lists of alternative things to do in those moments. Re-reading the science. Doing more wall push-ups. I’m struggling with feelings of despair and intense physical discomfort as my body adjusts to a lot less nicotine. But this week, on average, was a bit easier than the last. So maybe that’s progress? I think addiction likes to hide in the dark. It feeds on shame and distortions, and whispers false justifications to us. So I guess part of why I am joining this QT community is to fend off those shadows by reaching out for reinforcement, to try to fill my brain with something different. I need to banish that voice from the dark that says nicotine is my best friend (it’s not) and says that I can’t exist without my smokes (I can, and I have 17 days of evidence to prove it). Today I am grateful for having your voices in my head, instead. You are helping me to rewire. Thanks for listening and bearing witness in return. DenaliBlues