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You shouldn't be embarrassed to ask that at all MLMR. A lot of us have or had quit buddies our first year quit. I had several and since I don't have a smartphone I was at least able to text my quit buddy if I was away from home and internet. Quit buddies work and I highly recommend them

Congratulations Rose, you're doing great!

Congratulations Shane and thank you for the support you give. It really is appreciated by so many I'm looking forward to hearing what amazing adventure you have planned for your one year anniversary!

Bumping this for our dear Diane who is today officially 2 years smoke free! Congratulations Diane and I hope you drop in for a mummy hug and update on the fabulous things you're doing xoxo

Yay dragon, I knew you'd get through it with your awesome quit intact

I did too! Isn't it great

Give it a try, a lot of us have used pens, straws etc. I liked my invisible one because I like looking stupid lol ?

I used my air cigarette during my first months quit. Just pretended I was holding an actual cigarette in my hand and then went through the motions of "smoking" it. It really helped trick my mind into thinking it was getting the real thing when in fact your just taking nice clean deep breaths

You're NOT going to smoke Dragon, trust yourself! You posted because you want this quit and you're doing great! I'm in California too so I know how stressful it is here with our fires but smoking is only going to put MORE smoke in the air! And we have enough of that already right?

This is your motivation! You got this Christa and if you start to falter come on here and we'll help talk you through it

That's how I saw it too. ?

Wow, I'm really disappointed in seeing this. This is a bad addiction for a lot of us. And although you want to quit, some take longer to be ready to quit. We had a member on the other site who relapsed time and time again with no SOS and although he never found his way here he was almost a year quit when we lost contact. I never gave up on him. I gave him tough love yes, but I never gave up on him. I truly believe that Lilly WANTS to be ready, she's just not quite there. But I do have to say that it makes me really sad to see a personal message being put on the forum ?

I LOVE Queen, looking forward to your review

OMG @Doreensfree, I'm laughing so hard I farted!

Welcome Mr Hamilton Congrats on the new job and deciding to quit. You are very smart to quit at your age instead of when your health starts to suffer. So, first thing to help prepare for your quit is to NOT VAPE! You'll end up getting way more nicotine than by smoking and no one knows the long term effects of doing it. Next, stop smoking where you normally do like your car if you smoke in it. I always smoked in my garage so I quit smoking there about a month before I actually quit and helped me disassociate that area with smoking so that every time I walked in there I didn't instantly crave Dont use both patches and gum. Use one or the other and remember that you will at some point have to withdraw from that. You can do it and at your age im guessing you'll have a much easier time of quitting than someone who's smoked for decades.

Welcome SecondChanceSailor and congratulations on almost 18 days quit. The first month is by far the hardest so just hang in there and keep saying NOPE. You're so smart to quit this young. I wish I had of. You'll find a lot of support here as well as tons of things to read to both educate yourself on this addiction and keep your mind off the misery. I'm glad you had a good day yesterday, it gives you a glimpse of the good days ahead. Congratulations on your baby girl and I thank you for your service

Keep your mind busy on other things MLMR that way your brain doesn't have time to think about smoking. But boy I sure don't miss that part of quitting. I woke up thinking about it and continued until I fell asleep at night. I stayed glued to the board and found just reading and being involved REALLY helped keep my mind off the constant thoughts. I promise you that it won't last forever. One day soon you will wake up and go through your day and at some point realize you weren't constantly thinking about cigarettes.

I'm pretty sure we all agree it was the right one

Dang it I miss all the excitement again?! lol

Wine goes great with pasta so here's my gift to the happy couple...

Love the nails, they're so you!

Are you allowed to ask three questions?