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Congrats on 9 months smoke free Roopy! Let us know how you're doing sometime. Be sure to reward all your hard work today as well. Maybe a wee sip of wine?

Congrats on putting that most difficult 1st month behind you Nik! Come by and let us know how you're doing. It's great to have a community of supporters who truly understand what you are experiencing as you move further along in your quit journey

Congratulations on reaching the 10 month mark of your quit Rory! Only 2 more months to the Lido Deck. Great work Rory. I think you've earned a score of 10!

Fantastic M5! I've watched your quit grow more and more steady every day since you first came aboard the train back in January. You've put in the work and paid your dues and now you're 10 Months smoke free How great is that? Now, don't get too excited about the double digit thing though. You know at our age, double isn't always a good thing. Like trying double-dutch skip rope for instance. I wouldn't decide to try that if I were you

Fantastic accomplishment brand.new.ela!! Your 1st full year smoke free is fabulous and a testament to all the hard work you had to do throughout that first year healing your body and retraining your mind. You've been through most if not all your triggers by now so by just maintaining what you've built, you will be smoke free for life. Hope you have a huge celebration planned today. It only comes around once Welcome to the Lido Deck Ela

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You'd better get a good sleep tonight. Lots of celebrating tomorrow (Mr. 10 months!)

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Hi & welcome AngFitz! You are correct! Don't look too far ahead. Just focus on today. Tomorrow will come soon enough and we'll deal with it then. I hope you do take advantage of the wealth of information available on this site to educate yourself about this addiction. That will be the key to your success. There's lots of great reading pinned to the top of pages here that will help you get started. Take a look around and let us know if you need any help. Lots of people here who will come running. Try the Quit Smoking Discussions Page to start with. All those threads pinned (green pin to the left of the title) are a great place to start. Reading and even playing some games here on the games page is a great way to distract yourself in the early days. Stay true to your commitment AF and keep the quit day 1 is done and you're well into day 2. Keep up the great work!

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^^^ Cheers then I hear ya ..... love my beer!

Just a cautionary note on the alcohol Rhino. It's been the ruin of many a quit. It never bothered me and it doesn't bother some but I have read too many stories of others who lost their quit after having one too many. Go easy until you know which camp you fall into is all

Not to overdo the responses to you Rhino but I just had to chip in with my 2 cents worth ...... I agree 100% with others that have said do everything possible to keep nicotine out of your system. It's gone now so don't introduce it back in. The mental adjustment part of the quit is tough in the early days and weeks but IT IS doable. You're no different. When I quit, I was on patches frist 2 days then just said F-it! I'm gonna face the demon head on and just battle through. It was not easy and I had to use every tool I could think of to get past the early days of constant urges to smoke but guess what? I did it! So can you or anybody else. Carry on sir. You're doing fabulous

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Great job CAquitter! 8 months smoke free is fabulous. You're well on your way to a lifelong quit Go celebrate!

Great Job Gabes! Double digits is a great place to be. Hope you're gonna treat yourself to something nice today

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The half eaten one still counts

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