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You already identify the lies, Mlmr ! The lies will not serve you anymore. Now it is time to power through temporary anxieties and nurture yourself. Quitting smoking is a big friggin' deal but, ultimately do-able. Celebrate each and every crave you wrench from the addict. Your thoughts will soon be COMPLETELY your own and have NOTHING to do with nicotine addiction. You are winning. Chocolate is delicious. :-)

Congratulations GITW !

Hello dear one, Congratulations on your quit ! Like Doreen, you were a huge influence on my quit also. Thank you for all your posts and encouragement. Love, S

You know, all these chemicals are BURNING. Smoking is freebasing all these chemicals into our lungs which changes them into even more chemicals. We don't even really know the whole gruesome truth about this.

Of course you must put in effort to debunk the addict ! This is part of the journey of self discovery that quitting smoking enables ! Once you acknowledge the big lie that addiction encompasses, it is nearly impossible to lie to yourself about anything. Quitting smoking reveals many inner truths. One lie your addict is using is, you will become more depressed if you quit smoking. This is bullshit. Smoking only feeds on our depression it doesn't cause depression. Quitting smoking is life affirming and leads to many powerful inner changes, all good ! Lies lies lies. Lies that you are boring. Lies that smoking is cool. Our addict has a million of them. Have a look at this, Romancing The Cigarette and Red Flags Congratulations on your Third Day ! PLEASE reward yourself ! A whole lot of nicotine has left your body. YOU don't smoke anymore !

You write wherever and as often as possible, ML ! Blogs are great, threads are great ....your story is valuable not only to you but, to all the people reading. Your lessons are our lessons as our's are yours. Facing we are addicts and quelling any romance for our smoky past is important work. Reward yourself.

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Billy Preston !!!

You are more powerful than the nicotine addiction. Hold fast to your resolve and as our friend, Sarge, says, Embrace The Suck.

Breathing is better and the anxiety associated with nicotine addiction is evaporating. Yay you. Protect this beautiful quit of yours.

Congratulations, Raj ! Really great to hear from you. I am so happy you are having a beautiful free life. Please keep in touch, we love you. S

Congratulations ! You might find this thread useful....it is about all our tricks surviving the first few days nicotine free Your first days nicotine free

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Distract yourself anyway you can and as soon as you can. Breathe really deep and find some beauty to view or imagine. Replace any smoky thought with something marvelous. Soon, this will be automatic. We can train our brain to return to working for us and not nicotine. You won't be having smoky thoughts forever, Believe us ! It is just the early days ... it drove me crazy. I would holler, FREE YOUR HEAD !!! You know smoking was always in our thoughts. Every 10-20 minutes or so we were crashing from the high and needed more Nicotine. We never really comprehended this because we always fed the addiction. Now, we need to replace that junkie signal with something nice, something sweet, something beautiful. Hang in there....you have a great quit going. Nurture yourself. Reward yourself. S

Congratulations ! You quit smoking ! Start tomorrow off with a pledge of NOPE and drink your cafe in a different place just to switch things up. I think you have avoided a lot of anxiety by quitting early and can use the momentum to carry you through the coming days. You don't smoke anymore !

Wee fluffy me Location: Bonnie Scotland Posted 45 minutes ago Oh it worked @jillar and caught 2 at same time but dogs decided a tug of war with the trap was a good idea .. next minute rats are jumpin free..??? yesterday I went into my gr Oh boy, Fluff...RATS !!! I know about rats. Snap traps are great. They love a bit of coconut oil and a few nuts sprinkled on top. Pour boiling water and soap on trap if you re-use them, Rats are hip to smelling the demise of one of their loved ones. Wear Gloves ! Rats carry many bad pathogens. Use POISON too. You don't want rats around. They breed like well...rodents. You might find this essay that I wrote amusing when I had a Rat Explosion Rat Raga

Welcome My life...., If you want to have a successful quit your must do one thing. Commit to never taking another puff EVER. Not One Puff Ever. It is that simple. No need to harbor fear....you are seeking Freedom. Even if you think you know all there is to know about addiction and quitting smoking....you must educate yourself MORE. Read until your eyes bleed. Watch the scary movies. All will serve to empower you. Have a look at 10 ways to effectively use this forum help you stop smoking Why are you waiting to quit ? If the decision is made...why not jump in ? Thinking too much isn't helpful and taking positive action is empowering.

Hey blur, Thanks for keeping in touch. I really appreciate your honesty. Quitting an addictive substance can be seriously challenging, we all know that. The reason we are successful quitters is because we educated ourselves about addiction and kept a commitment to ourselves to never have another puff ever. You can quit, blur, this isn't rocket science. There is no reason to beat yourself up about relapsing or having trouble quitting. It is time to pick yourself up and start respecting your decisions, start being kind and generous to yourself. Start using your power. You will make yourself really happy, baby. No kidding. I would suggest reading or listening to Alan Carr on youtube here and watching a TON of Joel's videos here. These men help a lot of people have successful quits by teaching them about addiction and leading them to a clearer mind space. Try this one, especially if you are thinking of torturing yourself by cutting back to three smokes a day Quitting by Gradual Withdrawal I have every confidence in you, blur, to quit smoking. You will quit when you want to quit more than you want to smoke and I hope you come to that decision as soon as you can. Freedom is delicious. S p.s. Cold turkey DOES WORK. NRT's work also. There is no wrong way to quit. Cold Turkey was the simplest, quickest and the best FOR ME but, if I didn't WANT to quit , nothing would have worked.

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Congratulations Linda ! You quit smoking ! The next 20 will get easier, I promise. Stay close to the board and let us know how you are doing ! Please reward yourself ! This is an important part of re-training your brain.

Congratulations Grund on your Year of FREEDOM ! Celebrate wildly ! The following years will be a sweet breeze !

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