Reciprocity

If I know you and horses, it'll likely end up something like this?

Your foster cat looks vicious :P

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Keep reading & watching Feely. The more you read, the more you'll understand and the easier it will be to rationalize this quitting thing. We are always here routing for you too :)

Yes - Jules ! That's the way to do it. Proud of you :) You did exactly the right thing by posting up an SOS. As others have said, each time you successfully fight through one of these urges to smoke, you become stronger and the addiction becomes weaker. It really does work that way. You just have to stay with the Not One Puff thing long enough and it will become much more easy to manage. May I also suggest to you that you post up your very own post in the "Pre-Respond to your own SOS" board at the top of the SOS page. This is something you can go to anytime night or day as well as posting an SOS to the rest of us. This will allow you to read your own words as to why you should not smoke a cigarette. It has helped to save a few quits along the way.

Come back on here and let me know you are still with us. Let's talk about a quit plan, if you don't already have one. There's some things we can work on that may help you to get past these early days.

Are you quitting cold turkey or with a patch or chantix? Is this your first day quitting after your recent relapse? I know how strong those cravins are but, they also only last so long as really intense urges so just keep yourself busy for 10 minutes or so. It will easy up and you'll be able to think more clearly about your quit then.

No don't smoke Jules. Whatever you do don't smoke!! Go take a walk or a bath or a shower or, just stay on here and read or watch videos about how bad smoking is for you. Do anything but smoke!!

So; do we have a "man overboard"? Is that the purpose of this survey?

Oink, oink.

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Geez ..... Sonic???

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NOPE!

A big congrats GITW for finishing that 1st month of your quit :) We all know how difficult that 1st month can be and now you're done with it. There's no looking back now. You're in this for the long haul. You're doing great Hi-5!

Congratulations mei for reaching 3/4 of a year smoke free. That's a very substantial quit! You're on the home stretch now for the Lido Deck :D

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I didn't realize that today was a double-header for you Treetop. It's your Birthday too :) So cool, you quit smoking on your birthday, Great present to give yourself!

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So much pent up anger :lol: -3

Hey J5; how you doing?

What the hell? Isn't there some kind of limitation on wins per day or something? Is there no longer any empathy - no humanity? Sticks are people too!! 1

Yeah - you're so right about this. It's all about just doing it (quitting that is). It's not complicated. You just stop smoking - da!! The problem I think is like your friend, we tend to over think the whole process and that's when the horrible doubts start entering into the equation, especially if we are planning it like we would plan a vacation or some other special event in our lives. I had thought of quitting for probably 20 years. "I know I really should but ........ Well Christmas is coming and I don't want to be grumpy at Christmas ........ Summer is here and quitting now would ruin my summer fun. I mean, the list of excuses goes on and on. I'm sure you've all spoken most of them to yourselves at some point or other. For me, I don't know what it was exactly but when I decided to quit, it just seemed to happen naturally for me. I mean, it started as a realization one particular day that what I was doing was crazy and would most likely lead to my early demise. I quit the next day without any real planning and I felt even then that I just had to do this no matter what I would be confronted with. It almost immediately became a self challenge. Myself against the addiction (which I didn't even realize smoking was at the time - it was just a "habit"). I didn't really know if I would make it but I felt that I could. I was determined to do it. Every time I was close to giving up in the early part of my quit I reflected on where I was Jan. 28th (day before I quit) and where I had come to at that point and how hard it had been to get there. I just couldn't throw that all away. If I did, I somehow I knew I would never quit. I had to do this 1st time out of the gate or I would be lost to a shorter life filled with smoking. Then I found this support site and that, unknown to me at the time, was the last piece to my puzzle. The perfect ingredient found at the perfect time for me. So far, I'm good. I still have work to do but as I have noticed since the back half of the first month of my quit, things really do get better and easier with time. It's so very slow that you can't perceive that it's actually happening but it is. Slowly, very slowly, it all becomes easier and the challenges become less frequent and easier to deal with. That's the simple key to it all. Just commit to your quit completely from the start; keep that commitment as you struggle through the tough times early on and rely on others for your support.

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You chicks are giving me anxiety. I get a terrible sinking feeling every time I log into this game the past few days. Why do I keep logging in? -15