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Since you have quit, your poor lungs will be healing quicker. Please take good care of yourself, plenty of rewards. Since I have quit, my colds/flu do not degenerate into bronchitis anymore, I hope the same for you, kenzie. Congratulations on your quit.

Freedom is Delicious !

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

Addiction is forever and re-ignited so freakishly easily. I was almost a year into my quit when that really sunk in Lifetime of Addiction

Congratulations, Catlover on your First Year of Freedom ! Thank you for sharing your quit with us, we are so fortunate to have you here. Please celebrate in the wildest feline manner !

Congratulations, friend, on your SIX months of Freedom ! Your success through your family travails is building a powerhouse of a quit, a powerhouse of a woman. I am so happy for you. Thank you for all your contributions here, you make this world a better place. Love, S

Congratulations on your FOUR months of Freedom ! DragonsFancy, reward yourself, won't you ?

Congratulations on your TWO months of Freedom, MrsFowkes ! How are you feeling ? Are you rewarding yourself ?

I didn't experience No Man's Land. When the initial 'shine' of my quit wore off it was replaced by a bigger and brighter shine of accumulated time. I was SO happy I had quit and still, five years later, have a deep, confident grin about it. I was stopped on the street the other day. 'gotta cigarette ?' 'No', I BEAMED. 'I Quit !' 'Congratulations'. He couldn't help but notice my exuberance, I was a-glow.

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

I've had everything under the sun, ugh. Floozie, possibly A and B strains. Impetigo ! wtf ? Isn't this for children ? Now dosed again fighting strep throat. SO glad I do not smoke, if I still smoked I would have added bronchitis and possibly rockin' pneumonia. Please, y'all, dose up on Vit C and Zinc, your B's too. Wash you hands a lot ! Stay HOME if you are sick. Be careful @jillar, the relapse is worse than you can imagine.

Congratulations, Jack ! How are you feeling ? (other than forgetful lol )

8 Hi, miss D.

about to take a nap under an avalanche of duvet

You are right, @notsmokinjo it is a great post.

Congratulations Roz. Is is cold enough yet to have a bonfire with your work boxes ?

Congratulations on your 10 months of Freedom, Albert !

Thanks for the update, Linda. I am so glad you are delegating responsibility and drinking deep from the cup of NOPE !

Where y'at, kenzie ? How are you feeling ?

Mona ! How was your first 24 hours ? Are you with us ?

What a great charge for you to be able to say, 'NO' and mean it ! Good for YOU !

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For all you geographically challenged nicotine free creatures

It gets easier, Opah. Just know that addiction doesn't go away. It needs to be kept dormant FOREVER. This is just the nature of addiction, it changed our DNA. The initial 'fight' in the first months of quitting is replaced by a calm but sturdy vigilance and the knowledge that 'I don't smoke anymore' becomes like a comfortable old sweater. Of course, the addiction can be ignited into full force again with one puff but, the temptations fade fade fade as the benefits continue to shine shine shine.

I don't have a recipe for this year's Bitter Tears