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Welcome Missy, Please educate yourself about nicotine addiction. You are prolonging the period of withdrawal by vaping... making the decision to quit smoking and dealing with nicotine addiction is your first step to freedom. We can help you. We have a great collection of quitters who have quit in a variety of ways. Know that you can have a successful quit, Missy. Be kind to yourself and have some fun, you are on one of the best adventures of your life.

This is terrible news G, Life is so full of change. Smoking will not help you, it will kill you. Please take care of yourself and be extra kind to yourself, Remember You----Your Quit---Your Life.

Awake so early, could not be more excited. Catching flight at dawn A new day. Wake up ! Expectations very high, do not hold them tight. Be here now now now. Steamy hot thick night, no stars. Time to call taxi.

Hello Tammy, You are in the thick and grimy bit of fighting nicotine addiction and all you can do is live through it. Little comfort, I know. Take walks, scream in the shower, dance around wildly. Power through. Begin to re-train your brain and replace smoky thoughts with anything else. I would chant, 'Free Your Head' repeatedly and in a few languages replete with profanities. This is temporary. You have more power than you may realize. You have the ability to change your thoughts, even if you are just faking it to make it through. Visualize a flower, an ocean, changing clouds and replace smoky thoughts with some beauty. You don't smoke anymore and that is a truly fine thing, Tammy. Glad to see you posting ! Happy to have you as an important member of this community. Hang in there, protect your quit.

Hey Silver, I am coming up on my fifth year free of nicotine and very interested to hear your story about losing your quit of six years.

Welcome Silver, Congratulations on your quit ! post often. have some fun. s

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Trying to stay in the Here/Now.

Great you are reading a lot, Tammy. Education about our nicotine addiction is our most powerful tool in a successful quit. You may find this thread helpful, Riffing on H.A.L.T. It helps to distinguish our smoky thoughts from actual needs our bodies have. Thank you for your posts. They will help other people in fighting this addiction. Your experience is invaluable. Stay strong, Tammy. You have a fine quit started, protect it.

Here is our friend, Joel Spitzers, "Do You Want A Cigarette....H.A.L.T" Bump for Tammy

Sunday morning Flying off to Florida hot hot hot hot hot Woman on adventure. Maybe we fit together like a hand, a glove. Will keep you posted for your vicarious thrills I'm CRAZY fizzy

Hello Tammy from Mumbai ! Welcome ! This thread may be of help to you 10 Ways to Effectively Use This Forum You have made one of the best decisions of your life by quitting smoking and putting your nicotine addiction to sleep. We are here to help you in any way we can so please post a lot and let us get to know you.

This is where it's at, Rose. We are so happy for you.

It's a shame bakon had to manipulate the photos and add 30 years and 30 pounds to me but, it made him feel young and beautiful , why just look at him ! and I'm all for that. Joe, the important thing in the pic with the Missus and friend and me was the Willie's Fried Chicken. Our bakon has a few sobriquets.

Granted, I was a reluctant egg many, many years ago until bakon said that the Eggs were just bad girls. Then, there was no choice but to surrender. I am an Egg. I am an Iconic Egg with appropriate footwear. I had so much fun and more to be had tomorrow.

This thread is incredibly important. Please post your Pre-Response to an SOS. It helps us know how to help you and reminds you how to help yourself.

Dear Joe (The Patriarch of Joe's plus One House of Estrogen), Glad The Quacks didn't keep you for too long. Be careful, baby. We don't want you passing out even during a Sticks/Chicks game.

This begins about 10 feet from my front stoop

Welcome and congratulations on quitting smoking, Zenith ! Take a look at this thread about ways this site can help you putting your addiction to rest. 10 ways to use this forum and don't worry about weight issues right now. Our bodies gain a little just in fighting the addiction, this is normal and can be addressed later. You are fighting a life threatening addiction and this should take precedence over anything else. Remember to be kind to yourself and have some fun, freedom is delicious.

funkin' it up with Walter today. Plays every Wednesday down the street. The best 10 spot I could ever, ever spend. Dig Jack Cruz on bass. Monster, monster.

Please add any more tips about getting around the site you might have for newbies.

Damn y'all. Can't we get some old timer eye candy in here ? We're talented and gorgeous non smokers !

Protect your quit, friends. Protect it with everything you have, everything you are. Freedom from addiction is a generous reward for any toil or trouble you may experience and our bodies are amazing healing machines when we give them the opportunity.

Hey Ren, Your voice sounds really good. Congratulations on your 90 days, bebe. 90 days is an incredible accomplishment, let nothing diminish this. Polish up your badge...you don't smoke. This is awesome. I know it isn't easy to believe us but, everything will get easier. Hold on, keep powering through. You are a hero in my world, Ren.

Addiction is a bitch, G, Although my initial impetus to quit was on a whim, it took more than whimsy to succeed. It took resolve and focus. In hindsight, most of us will realize we could have made it easier on ourselves but, we must remember this is a pervasive Addiction . Once our resolved is established, it is just a matter of focus and time but getting there can be grimy. The voice of the addict is a seductive menace. Congratulations on your quit, G. I look forward to your year celebration in the Fall.