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What! Vile and toxic you say?

Thanks for the responses on this. I find it interesting the different methods people use to be successful in their quits. There's those who swear by cold turkey and there's the NRT peeps (gum, patches and spray), the there's the Chantix/Champix crowd as well! As Jo pointed out there's the physical addiction then there's the mental part or the habit part as she called it I think. They say the flushing of the nicotine from your body takes about 3 days, which isn't a lot of time in the grand scheme of things but that mental reconditioning part is the real issue that we all struggle with and this is also the issue that takes so long for us to become comfortable with. I can well see wanting to tackle only one issue at a time in the beginning because things can be pretty intense for most people early on. Wrestling with the most intense symptoms of the mental quit while still supplying the body with nicotine makes sense. Get rid of the nicotine later, once you are more mentally prepared to deal with an additional struggle from weening off the nicotine. The Chantix thing is a whole other issue I suppose. I know a lot have used this method successfully. Again, I don't know much about it but I guess it works on the brain to eliminate the urge to smoke somehow while you work on reconditioning your smoker's brain part. The nicotine is out of your system pretty quick like cold turkey unless you combine the Chantix with another NRT product. Myself; I sort of fell into cold turkey. I started out the first couple of days using the 21 mg NRT patch then forgot to put one on day 3. Mid-day I decided; let's just see how bad this gets. I really couldn't tell if things were worse than when I had the patch on or not so I just stuck with no more NRT. It wasn't pretty those first days and weeks but it obviously worked for me. The thing that we all seem to have in common here is that we all at some point made an unbreakable personal commitment to ourselves to kick this crazy addition in the ass! That and the educational material available at places like this plus the association with others who truly know your struggles is what in the end really makes the difference. No matter what method or combination of methods you think will work for you, it really doesn't matter as long as you have that unbreakable personal commitment and a group like this to help keep you on the straight & narrow!

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When you get up in the morning and realize it;s gonna take a while to brush off your car before going to work! When you get home at night and realize, there's no place you'd rather be

In the spirit of the world cup thing that seems to be still lingering, we will be playing a Game of "Bull Footy" this weekend! That's where we dress up in our protective gear and play footy in a bull ring with a real live Bull ? Just as with regular footy, there's rarely any scoring but holy crap! Those injuries are for REAL in our game. Hey! This is the internet. I can say pretty much anything I want to

WOW! 9 Months Smoke Free KT1973! Look how far you've progressed in that period of time You're doing great. Check in with us and let us know how you're doing because we haven't seen you in the past month. Lido Deck is almost on the horizon KT

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And another thing you can do if you find yourself with a craving and nothing to take you mind off it is to go play some of the games on the games page. Many have spent endless hours occupying themselves and beating back their addiction in the process on that page. I would just stay away from the "Chicks or Sticks Game" if I were you. It's more of a "guys" game

So I am just curious here and want to ask if all of you had used just NRT Gum when you first quit or was there any other quitting aid involved? Clearly I am not very educated on the NRT gum thing.

This is a fabulous encapsulation of the long, slow process of beating this addiction back into the recesses of your mind! It is a very slow process but you will read all over this forum about how every battle you do with the nicodemon, the stronger you get and the weaker it gets. That lessening in intensity you mentioned becomes quicker and quicker the further you get into your quit. At some point, you realize that you have the upper hand on this deadly addiction and that's when True Freedom is realized

Yes it is and welcome about the Quit Train. I don't know what site you were with before but as far as I'm concerned, this one is pretty decent with lots of collective quit knowledge and, lots of wacky people too. Regular participation seems to be the key for most. Embrace the discomfort of your early quit because that all turns into a new found freedom, as I'm sure you know.

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I see the Canadian Team were no-shows yet again ?

Sorry I'm late to welcome you aboard the Quit Train Tammy Others have given good advice so I will try not to repeat. Think about your previous attempts and why you relapsed those times so you can identify the same situation should it arise again this time. You will be better able to fight something if you have already thought about it in advance. As others indicated, read everything you can here. Education about this addiction is what will help you the most. Understand why you smoke and how it really doesn't benefit you in the way you may think. In fact, quit the opposite. NOPE is where it's at for sure! Not One Puff Ever ............. as simple as that (not easy but, simple)!

Congratulations Grund on reaching double digits in your smoke free life! You've done well in this contest of mind over addiction and the judges have rendered their decision

I think Portugal beat someone today. Canada maybe? I really don't think we're there this year though ? Anyway; someone named Roberto scored the only goal. They were making a big deal about it. That's what really gets me going because 90 minutes or so and only 1 goal? Watching paint dry is more entertaining ...... I'm sorry but , it's true!

Nope! I hate this addiction. So many good people somehow getting lost on their journey to freedom ?

Ha, ha OO

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Used to play Hopscotch until one day ...................