Nancy

Wow! You are amazing...no fooling around for you...well done! How many steps are you going for a day?

Twenty two days until Christmas, and today I wish for everyone on the board a great big belly laugh! What would you wish for all of us?

So happy for you!! Three months is a wonderful accomplishment!

NOPE!

Bench

skillet?

scarf?

Not happening!

Present!

One month is fantastic! You've got this!

A year and a half is wonderful!!

Thank you! I cannot wait to share....

Oh, and I love that one, too!

I love this one....and please do not let the name of the band throw you off!

I guess I am visualizing something like a Quit Train camp....I do not have medical training with drug addicts...but I still think the idea is valid....and worthy of discussion and not just correction...

I am picturing the type of place that people would go voluntarily...to be with others who really want to quit and to learn about the addiction and coping strategies...not somewhere where people would be locked up and drugged...unrealistic, I guess....

Wonderful idea. Beautiful, thoughtful post, lace.

Welcome to the board, yabmob! As DD says, there is a lot of valuable information here. There are also a lot of people who have been where you are right now who are anxious to cheer you on, and help when you become discouraged. You can do this, and we will be right here whenever you need us!

I have wondered about this for years. It seems for every other addiction, there are places you can go and check in for 2 weeks or even months to get help overcoming addiction. I have heard of Quit Smoking seminars or lectures, but never anywhere smokers could actually go and stay. I would visualize that while you were there, you would learn a lot of the information we find here or at whyquit.com about the addiction and steps for coping with withdrawal and recovery. If cigarettes are as addictive as heroin (although the withdrawal symptoms are light years apart) why isn't there a Betty Ford (just picking one) type clinic for smokers? Any thoughts?

So happy for you, Kristen! One month is a wonderful accomplishment!!

NOPE!

Keep them coming!!! Wonderful!!

So sorry to be late! Lace, you are so special, and nine months is wonderful! Cookies with frost'n all around!

DD, so very happy for you...you are a huge and life-giving part of this board...so very glad you are here!