Nancy

So exciting!!

Of course I like everything you do! You keep us all on track, but keep us from taking ourselves too seriously! :wub:

Yes, just like that!

Hi, Wendy! Just a couple of helpful hints...if you will use the "Quote" button when responding directly to someone, they will get a notification of your reply and know to come back to the thread and read. Also if you would like a quit meter like many of us have in our signatures, instructions for several sites are below. Again, so glad you are here! You make your own ticker...If you want one similar my top one click on mine, it will take you to the Ticker Factory website. Click All Tickers on the right, and then Event under Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary, and you can choose your own wording, etc. You enter your information and create your ticker. Then, copy the address they give you. Come back here and click on My Profile (in drop down by your name) and the click Edit Profile. Select signature on the left side, and then paste the address in the signature box. When you click Save Changes the ticker appears! Just a note…The ticker doesn't always show up on the smartphone version of the posts, but you will be able to see it appear on the PC and tablet versions. If you want one similar my bottom one go to Tina's Quit Meter Create your ticker, and instead of copying the address, right click on the ticker and Copy Image, and then come paste in signature box. Lots of us have two tickers because we like the pretty top one, but like that the bottom one keeps track of the cigs we have not smoked and the money. I hope this helps! Another one that is popular comes from TickerClub. Go there and choose the Smoking category. Make your ticker, copy address, come back to Edit signature and paste address...when you click Save Changes your ticker will appear! For one like the one above, just click on it and it will take you to the site. Make your ticker, copy address, come back to Edit signature and paste address...when you click Save Changes your ticker will appear!

Welcome to the board, Ex smoker! How about starting a thread in the Introduction and About Us forum and telling us a little more about yourself and your quit? So glad you found us!

So good to hear you have kept your quit! Well done!

Biggest party ever!!!

That is very exciting, Gemma! So happy for you!!

Sally, eleven months is fabulous!!! So glad you joined us for real!!

Four months is fabulous, Nay!! So happy for you!!

Good for you, Armed! Eleven months is fabulous...and I am so glad you are here!!

NOPE for me, today!

Oh, dear Sue!! So exciting!!

Jules, as you may have noticed, many of us like to keep track of our quits with quit meters in our signatures. If you would like one, too, instructions for several types are below: You make your own ticker...If you want one similar my top one click on mine, it will take you to the Ticker Factory website. Click All Tickers on the right, and then Event under Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary, and you can choose your own wording, etc. You enter your information and create your ticker. Then, copy the address they give you. Come back here and click on My Profile (in drop down by your name) and the click Edit Profile. Select signature on the left side, and then paste the address in the signature box. When you click Save Changes the ticker appears! Just a note…The ticker doesn't always show up on the smartphone version of the posts, but you will be able to see it appear on the PC and tablet versions. If you want one similar my bottom one go to Tina's Quit Meter Create your ticker, and instead of copying the address, right click on the ticker and Copy Image, and then come paste in signature box. Lots of us have two tickers because we like the pretty top one, but like that the bottom one keeps track of the cigs we have not smoked and the money. I hope this helps! Another one that is popular comes from TickerClub. Go there and choose the Smoking category. Make your ticker, copy address, come back to Edit signature and paste address...when you click Save Changes your ticker will appear! For one like the one above, just click on it and it will take you to the site. Make your ticker, copy address, come back to Edit signature and paste address...when you click Save Changes your ticker will appear!

The thread is "Think you need just one", and it is at the top of that forum, now. To answer your question, Yes, it does get easier! Quitting is a roller coaster, good moments, bad moments, good days, bad days, etc. Before you know it the good moments and days start to outnumber the bad ones. But there are still ups and downs.

Bump for Jules...

Welcome to the board, Jules....so glad you found us. Our motto here is Not One Puff Ever. The addiction is trying to suck you back in...be strong and get through it. One puff reactivates the addiction. Another expression is "one puff away from a pack a day", which is so true. If you have one puff, you will not have 28 days and you will have to start over. I am going to comment on a thread in Quit Smoking discussions, that will cause it to come to the top of the forum....please read. You can do this...read the material at the top of the Quit Smoking Discussions Forum, lots of great information. We are cheering for you...and we have all been where you are now!!

So glad to hear it is going well..and congratulations on eight months!!

Laura, sorry you made the decision to smoke. The only thing to do now is learn from your mistakes and start over. You can do this!

So glad you decided to post, Wendy! Welcome! Every quit is different, so we can't predict if there are more difficult days ahead. What I do know is that you said you are worried about screwing this up....there is only ONE way to screw it up, and that is to put something in your mouth and set it on fire. That gives you a whole lot of things you can do which are not screwing it up....eat, laugh, cry, scream, exercise, rant, rave, sleep, long showers...anything that is not immoral or illegal. You can do this!!

Oh, Tracey, I am so very happy for you! You are such a wonderful part of this board...so glad we are sharing this journey. Hope you and Rez have a great celebration planned!

No smoking for me!!

I am signing Doreen and I up for a Skype class...

So lovely!!

You have worked so hard...you are a true inspiration!