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Congratulations on your Two Months of Freedom, Kdad ! I love seeing your NOPE's everyday. Not only is it inspiring to see your commitment but, your choices of op art are amazing. Thanks for taking the time to post them and thank you for being here showing us your quit. s

Congratulations on your Seven years of freedom, Sarge. Thank you for your 'embrace the suck' philosophy. This idea was an integral part of my quit. Here is a thread where Sarge answers many questions I Am The Sarge Hope you and your wife celebrate wildly. Any new rocks to climb ? New races to enter ? New varieties to graft ?

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Free, just over Five years. I had a great celebration here, thank y'all. I love our batch of quitters, watching them regain their confidence and their lives from the shroud of Nicotine is mighty inspirational. My quit is feeling rock steady and there is no room, ever, for complacency. Nice to see you popping in, mister b. Love to your beautiful (and saintly) wife. S

Exciting news, Lilly. Day Six. ! Please reward yourself, you are doing awesome work that will pay off big time in a short while. Already you are wrenching your brain back from the slavery of nicotine and teaching yourself what true rewards are all about. Thank for keeping current with us, we are cheering you on every step of the way. S

Michelle, How was your day ?

Congratulations, Johnny5 on your FOUR years of Freedom and thank you so much for all you do. Your wisdom and words make this board a great place to be.

Happy Day Five for Lilly.

Ahhhh.....the horror daze/holidays Expectations are on overload. When you want to escape, escape and breathe clean cool air. Slow down your breathing. Remember HALT. Feed yourself. Rest well. Let your feelings be feelings, give them attention. Enjoy your grandkids. Tell people you love that you love them. Eat too many sticky buns. Warm up your husband's bum. Play with your canines. Remove yourself from uncomfortable situations, the door is always open. Stand up straight, tits first, chin up. Un-clench your fists, lol. Use your power. Communicate your perimeters. Have FUN. You don't smoke anymore.

Hello again Michelle, Congratulations on quitting smoking. How are you going to build your quit ? What is going to make it successful this time ? Please educate yourself again and again and commit to yourself, commit to NOPE. You will not fail.

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Congratulations, Kelly, on your First Year of FREEDOM. Celebrate wildly ! This next year will find you reaping even more benefits.

Hello Freedom and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on quitting smoking ! All of us here are proof that quitting is possible. THE best tool to quit smoking is education so, use the resources here and read read read. Watch the scary movies. You may find this post helpful, 10 Ways To Effectively Use This Forum... Let us know how you are doing.

Oh dear, Lilly, Smoking leaves a sad and tragic legacy to any survivors of a smoke related illness. I am so sorry you lost your Mother. Grieving takes a long time and comes up unexpectedly years and years after you thought your grief was complete. Give yourself time and space whenever grief comes up for you. It is all part of the healing journey. Smoking hid so many of our deep feelings. I used to think I was in touch with my feelings but, after I quit and so many feelings came tumbling down, I realized the veil of smoke hid so much. So much. Be kind to yourself and give yourself a reward for this day. Tomorrow, will dawn a new day.

Should you come across moments when quitting seems too arduous, when you feel like you just can't take it anymore you must forge ahead, faking it if needed, to get through another day. You must shake yourself and understand again that this is just an addiction and you are the conqueror. Smoking will not make your frustration or your withdrawal go away. Smoking is all about the management of withdrawal. These moments of despair or frustration that your mind is not yet free are not long lived and not commands for you to smoke. They are opportunities for you to introduce new ideas, new rewards to your brain. Change your thoughts, use a physical or a visual prompt. Be your own dominant/dominatrix. Insist your body obey you and release it from the captivity of nicotine addiction. The rewards will be awesome. No kidding.

Congratulations on your TWO years of Freedom !

You are never too busy to hold fast to your commitment to NOPE. Remember Cristobal's formula, You--->Your Quit--->Your Life. Let us know how your are doing.

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Congratulations, Lilly on your first few days of Freedom. NOPE your way through the coming days. I am glad you find Joel helpful, I (and many others) did as well. It was through him that I finally understood my addiction and this knowledge became the premier tool in building my quit.

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I think we can all agree that anybody can quit smoking because we are proof ! Quitting smoking is ultimately DO-ABLE no matter who you are. All it takes is a commitment to never taking another puff again...ever. I hope we all agree that honesty, truth and integrity concerning our quits is essential. We no longer believe the addict's lies and must be rigorous in revealing them to protect our quits. We likely agree that the sticks Cheat. Always have.

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Never quit quitting. Nobody is a lost cause or a special snowflake. No one is more addicted than anyone else. We are all nicotine addicts and can choose to put our addiction to sleep. Commit to NOPE. Not One Puff Ever. Commit to NOPE as if your life depends on it for it very well might !