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Congratulations, Ican ! I hope you are rewarding yourself. Rewards are so important in the early days and they help you feel pampered through the slog. The Significance of Rewards P.S. Hey, adjust your ticker ! Your have 25 days and your ticker only has 19.

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Self- confidence and confidence in your quit grows exponentially with every trigger and crave you beat. I was left with a profound trust in myself after years of carelessness and bravado. Still, I know I am an addict and one puff away from relapse. Therefore, I do not nudge the addict awake or give the addict any opportunity but, after five years of freedom, the voice of the addict is notably mute. It is a peaceful freedom. So, if you are young in your quit and feel weary of the struggle, hold on. You won't be thinking about smoking or not smoking forever. I promise.

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HERE is a new study from the British Medical Journal. It is a scientific paper. Scientists and health professionals from both sides of the pond are researching the dangers of vaping. None, to my knowledge, have determined that vaping is safe.

thanks Joe you were always good for the multiples, lol. BIG O

@Lilly, you are welcome to submit the evidence and the studies you have been researching that claim vaping is safe. This is why MQ opened the discussions here so we could add research we find and have a civil discourse. We may be getting former vapers down the road who want to address their nicotine addiction and understand the health issues attributed to vaping. But, I can't help but wonder if you have a personal agenda about defending vaping. Are you trying to find a way to not quit smoking or, to find an alternative to smoking and just not deal with your Nicotine Addiction ?

Education is essential. When you scour the research to make sure it isn't funded by Big Tobacco you will learn of the toxicity of ecigs for the user and for the second hand poison. Saying that vaping is 'safer' than cigarettes is not saying much. Not much at all. Is death by knife better than death by scissors ? They may not be equally as damaging or damaging by the same poisons to the same organs but, this doesn't preclude serious damage. @Whispers has been providing us with stellar information here and we have a read only forum that @MarylandQuitter set up, Vaping & Juling: Unquestionalble Addiction, Reckless Aftermath.

ok sticks, does this mean I get the BIG O now ? you betcha. 0

well, as a matter of fact, Wayne, Association between smoking and hair loss the gifts keep on giving....

There is overwhelming evidence now about the danger and the chemicals involved in vaping and the discrepancies over nicotine levels. The fact is, inhaling anything into our lungs except clean air is dangerous. The major companies are hiding behind new shills to keep their captive audience, addicts.

bump and check out ^^^^^^ Nicodemon's Lies ?

Bump for @Lilly and all of us, really. We were all such obedient slaves.

Maybe you haven't approached quitting with enough information or taken the information to heart. Maybe you have only given lip service to understanding addiction. Maybe you are still into the addict's romance with their drug. These things need your focus and attention in order for you to have a successful quit. This is worthwhile work. Immerse yourself in the process, for it is a journey and one of self discovery. It isn't all unicorns farting rainbows but, the inner strength and self respect you gain from quitting smoking gives you resilience and impetus to tackle any other problems and issues you might have or that come along in life. Maybe you have other issues smoking has concealed that are thwarting your happiness, your contentedness. You must commit to your quit if you want to quit and you must commit to yourself and your well-being to find your Joy.

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I know you have a lot going on, Opah, none of which will change for the better if you smoke. Smoking will only bring you down. At two months, your quit is young and tender. Please, protect it and be extra kind to yourself. These are crucial months of your successful quit. Be aware of triggers and stay vigilant. You are winning. You Don't Smoke.

Congratulations, Dors67 on your FIVE years of Freedom ! Hope you are rockin' your nicotine FREE life.

Protect your quit, Opah. These are early days and you are just starting to heal. Everyday, you switch up more of your brain receptors so that soon, your brain will be re-booted. Please do not listen to the junkie voice because the junkie is all lies. and DO reward yourself, especially during tough times. You have a life to life and you don't smoke anymore.

Good for you for posting Opah ! Congratulations for not smoking. You are winning. Every day with every crave you beat.

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Congratulations, Jayhawk, on your EIGHT MONTHS of Freedom. Please reward yourself every single day.

Add to this hundreds of more compounds created by lighting the cigarette. We were freebasing an astronomical amount of poison.

I first kept seven to ten bucks a day between the pages of a book which quickly became unweidly so, I switched to a big mason jar and watched my wealth like Midas. Money or, the accumulation thereof, was a huge motivation for me.