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Happy Day of Freedom for @MichelleDoesntSmoke ! You don't have to feed your addiction anymore and can start nourishing your body and spirit with freedom !

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all that matters is NOPE

I'm not big on nationalism, I am a worldly woman but, this mother ****** nailed this song for ever more.

Our friend, Joel Spitzer, has a great vid

on your side, bebe, S

Is this an SOS about smoking ? If not, please go here to introduce yourself or start your own blog here. Some of us are alerted immediately when someone posts an SOS because of the immediacy about smoking or not smoking. We are a stop smoking site and can help you about quitting smoking. You are dealing with large issues that may have nothing to do with smoking. I am on your side but, please, respect our support.

Take a hot bath, don't turn on any lights, get off the screen !, heating pad or hot water bottle ? I take all the numbers like that or in sequence to be a good omen. Sweet dreams, bebe.

Your quitting skills will strengthen in time. Look at how far you have come ! Remember you are young in your quit so protect it with your life and do remember to breathe consciously, it helps with everything.

Ankush, your post inspired me to write Transferable Quit Skills this morning. Of course, I didn't quote your post. I wanted to express that skills learned in the process of quitting can be transferred to other issues we may have, it grew into an essay and I thought, it will be useful to hear from others how 'quit smoking skills' have helped them with other issues. You can change most anything, you have proven that to yourself by quitting smoking !

I think that as you gain confidence in your successful quit you will find that the skills used in quitting can be applied to other aspects in your life. For example, the notion of H.A.L.T. are you Hungry, Angry (which can be switched to emotional), Lonesome, Tired. To this day, I turn to this technique for a variety of reasons and situations. While it may not solve the underlying issue, it certainly alleviates compounding any distress by addressing these issues and I am better able to solve the problem if I am, at least, fed and well rested. Another example of using a quitting skill is deep breathing ! an excellent technique to calm myself and think more clearly. A conscious flow of Oxygen is a panacea, the handiest of magic elixirs ! Just knowing that we have the ability to change, and acknowledging the proof that we Have Changed, (we quit smoking!) gives us encouragement to change other things in our life. I know many of us have changed other aspects in our lives with 'quit smoking' skills. The self-confidence acquired in quitting, especially, encouraged me in any endeavor. What skills have you learned in quitting smoking and how have you applied them to your fabulous nicotine free life ?

Drinking deep from the bottomless cup of NOPE

Congratulations, Wantsit, on your Eight Months of Freedom !

Consistently is with an 'E', I looked it up. LOL.

When I can stand the stench, I still go outside to talk to people, to look at the stars, to gather my thoughts. Smoking is not a part of it anymore, that is all.

You cannot go back, we can only go FORWARD. Embrace this journey. Educate yourself. This thread can help you negotiate your way around here. 10 Ways To Effectively Use This Forum. Pay attention to all the advise we are sharing with you. You can have a successful quit as soon as you commit to yourself to Not One Puff Ever.

Oh, @Sirius ! Congratulations on your Five Years of Freedom ! My favorite words from your well of wisdom are; 'Next time a craving plunks down on your face ask yourself, "What price you are willing to pay to own yourself?" ' Thank you for sharing your quit. S

@Whispers lol. nobody would ever hire me as a moderator. funny. I am a proponent of cold turkey only because cold turkey is my experience and I know that you don't need a plan to quit because I quit, almost six years ago on a whim. Over these years I have supported ALL kinds of quits, I believe the community will back me up on this. How one quits, matters not. ALL quits are good quits. Please, there is no reason for your vitriol towards me or, Joel or, anybody here. This is a kind and supportive place where we may have different views or techniques in conquering our addiction, but, at the end of the day, we are on the same side. Here is MQ's post on the subject of Joel Spitzer MarylandQuitter By endurance we conquer Administrators Posted January 27, 2018 Joel ASKED me if he could join up and cautioned me that his presence could cause some discord. He then asked me how much I wanted him to post to which I told him he could post as often as he would like to. After all, when you Google how to quit smoking (or related searches) Joel's materials are always at the top of search results so why not allow (not that he ever needed my permission) him to post here? It would be insane not to, as his materials have helped masses of people from all over the world quit smoking. The notion that his materials are insignificant or somehow illegitimate because he never smoked is preposterous. The psychiatrist who successfully treats patients doesn't have the prerequisite to have had the same disorder in which he/she is treating in order to see results. He or she only has to have empathy, experience, knowledge and most importantly, the data which shows efficacy of treatments. Through the many clinics that Joel ran through the American Cancer Society and on his own, he gained a vast and invaluable collection of data which came directly from smokers over the course of decades. He, like the Dr. helping a person cope with the devastation caused by a divorce, losing a job, a spouse or a child does not have to have experienced the same to help the patient. You know who spoke truth to me about my drug addiction to nicotine? My Dr. He never smoked a day in his life yet he knew about this addiction and what it would take for me to quit. He steered me to a place to get help which led me to Joel's materials. Lastly, those who mentioned that his posts were spam ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Spam is profit driven or driven for some other nefarious purpose. Joel has never made a dime from any of his materials. His time spent here behind the scenes before he ever joined was free. He has a desire to help people quit smoking and stay quit. He's never asked for anything and to assume that he posts to drive people to YouTube or elsewhere is bananas. Do you not realize that ALL of Joel's videos were posted on this site long before he ever joined?? If click bait were the case, he would have never allowed me to do this. He encourages anybody to use his materials with the goal of helping people save their lives. Talking about inflicting bodily harm to Joel because of efforts is very telling of where some people are at. Should it get asked, QT is funded solely by me; always has and always will be. Nothing on this site came to me as free as I have to retain programmers, designers, pay for licensing of the software etc. Moreoever, QuitTrain is a Registered Trademark which was also not free, but imperative to the longevity of something that myself and few others created (the Moderators) and what was created is protected. I allow no advertisements and don't take donations etc., even though I've been asked to. Hell, I don't even allow Facebook logins because in case you didn't know, when sites allow this, they gain access to your friend list and can send adverts etc. to which I want NO PART OF. I share the same desire as Joel and my moderators to freely give time and money to help ANYBODY quit smoking and stay quit. To this, you do not have the right to make false accusations regarding the motives of those who take their time and money to help complete strangers save their lives by quitting this deadly addiction. Joel will not be posting here and that is his choice. However, he will still be in daily or weekly contact with me as he has for several years now. He has lots to offer and ways to help and I am always grateful for this.

@Ankush, you are SO right. Thank you for the reminder. I appreciate it.

Congratulations on your Three Months of Freedom, @Ankush ! Please remember to continue to reward yourself The Significance of Rewards and believe all of us when we say, things get better and better and better. So glad you are here with us, your support of others and your story is invaluable. S