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There will likely be some challenging times during the early days Layla so be prepared to grit your teeth and just power through those times knowing there's a glorious, bright light shining for YOU at the other end of the tunnel! You can be assured, there's a bunch of peeps here ready and willing to help support you. Have a look around the site as well and read, read read, anything you can find. It will help educate you on nicotine addiction and it will pass time for you. There's a bunch of fun games to help take your mind off quitting on the Games page and there's also a very important page at the top of the main board page. It's called SOS. That's where you go and post if you're having a really tough moment and need somehelp getting through it smoke free. People will come running when you post there. Excited to watch you build your quit, one brick, one day at a time!

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The wife & I thought we spotted him in the park this evening when we were walking the cat

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Welcome Layla. Glad you decided to jump on the Quit Train. Take a seat and buckle up - next stop ............ Freedom!

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Fabulous job Steven! 3 weeks quit puts a lot of the really tough trials behind you. I like the way your rationalizing smoking as it relates to difficult personal times too. That's a very good sign that you will continue to be successful long term! After all, that's really part of what quitting is. Learning to rebuild our lives without hiding behind a smoke for every joyful and tearful moment we experience. Well done sir

You gotta dig deeper

I have the ocean covered!

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You're still in the early days of your quit Linda! I know it seems like it's been forever since you had your last smoke but it's hasn't been that long actually. Part of the early process is time distortion that makes each day drag on endlessly. Seemed to me those days were filled with misery but you can control that somewhat by focusing on the positive things you are starting to see. Sure, there will be some days when you feel you have taken a step backward. That's how the process works .... very slowly. Give your quit 6 weeks then tell us if we were all wrong about things getting easier or not. We were all like you. I was still pulling my hair out at times during my first month but those days just kept getting fewer and fewer throughout the first month or so. There's no specific time frame or switch, like a light switch, when suddenly we feel OK with our quit. It's such a gradual process you will not even realize it's happening. It just does, on it's own as long as you don't give in to your junkie thinking and light up a smoke (NOPE) You can also help that process along by focusing your mind on the positives you notice rather than the roadblocks your junkie brain, or what's left of it, tries to have you focus on. Positive attitude makes a huge difference. The other thing you can start doing is take another look at what smoking really does to people. We tend to ignore all that stuff when we smoke because we just don't wanna know! Look up articles on diseases such as Lung Cancer, Buerger's Disease, COPD, Emphysema, Heart Disease. You will have a new perspective on things now and be much more willing to accept the truth about what smoking really does to us - it's NOT our friend! Kick your nicotine addiction in the A*s and out of your life forever!!!

Congrats on double Lido! Be sure to celebrate

Great job Kate! I know you've been through a lot of sh*t before this quit but I believe you have found your life long quit now. Celebrate this 1/2 year marvel and look forward to the next 6 months because they will fly by a lot faster than the first 6 did!

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