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Oh man you poor thing, I'll think positive thoughts for you that you'll feel better and not gave to evacuate. Good job staying smoke free ☺

Yay @Sandi149, that's awesome! Hell week over and done and now on to heck week as we call week 2 ☺

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@overcome, after looking on the support forum for invision it appears that giphy got sold and they banned the old keys that worked the gifs so that's why it's no longer working. Glad to know it's not just our forum I never even noticed it was on the text toolbar until a few months ago lol. I have just always used the Other Media option.

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Hmmm, you're right. It could be their site. I usually just Google the image I'm looking for and then use the insert image from URL option in other media at the bottom right 😊

Congratulations @Wayne045 on 7 years quit, isn't it awesome?! 😊 I hope you have a great day and celebrate!

Ladybug Posted April 9, 2014 I have no idea where I got this from, but it's in my quit diary and I thought I share it with you guys! As to silencing the inner voice: The secret is a repeated conscious choice. If you draw a saw across a log one time, you may make a scratch in the bar. If you draw it across the log a few more times you may scratch the surface of the wood. If you keep drawing the saw across the same place on the log, the scratch will get deeper, until it becomes a cut, then a groove.... If you keep on drawing the saw across the log, beyond counting the number of times, eventually you'll draw it clear through to the other side. Every morning you get up and consciously choose not to smoke today, you're drawing the saw across the log....keep doing that...and you'll reach the other side. Keep sawing!!! Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/429-how-to-silence-the-inner-voice/

Time does sandy, just time. The air cigarette worked great for me though. Also eating something or sucking on a piece of candy to keep your mouth busy. Can't eat and smoke at the same time. I also found that if I went somewhere where I never smoked the craving would go away. For instance, I didn't smoke in my car so if I jumped in the car for a drive around the block the thoughts of smoking went away. You can find lots of sugar free candies to suck on. The lemon drops are pretty good

@Sandi149 the One Year Pledge is pinned to the top of the main forum page, here's the link: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/318-the-one-year-commitment/ I used Chantix before too and you're right. Unfortunately, my insurance didn't cover it so I didn't take it for the recommended amount of time and relapsed as soon as I stopped, about three weeks quit at that time. This time I quit cold turkey again because of insurance and if anything my whole first year sucked enough for me to never want to do it over again!

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That's totally normal and happened to all of us when we first quit. It's one of the most frustrating of withdrawal symptoms and could last a while but I can still remember the day I woke up and went through the morning without thinking about smoking. I woke up in a great mood and even sung in the shower lol. You'll get there too, I promise. Now, don't be so focused on whether you should be over it or not. You have to realize that you have a lot of triggers to get through from all those years of smoking. That's also why we recommend taking the One Year pledge to stick around your support so we can help you through the bad ones. They get easier the longer you are quit but you may have a crave with each one like yesterday with your friends. The good news is you did it smoke free so now the cravings will get weaker for that trigger 😊 Good job yesterday😊

Having less people out front doing yard work. When I'm done streaking i

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Congratulations @Sirius on your 9th year quit, that's awesome! ☺

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8. I used a lot of soldering wore when I had to repair our pinball machines

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Here's an article I found for you on this: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/best-snacks-for-diabetes#TOC_TITLE_HDR_2