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Posted 30 March 2015 - 09:14 AM by hermine (qsmb) Quitting smoking leaves us with a terrible emptiness that, for a while, we don't know exactly how to handle. And we may even ask ourselves if we will ever be able to fill these voids with anything. What helped me to get over this was eventually understanding that the source of the problem wasn't the absence of cigarettes, but the mere existence of those terrible feelings I was dealing with. They were there all along, but I was trying to cover them all up with smoke... The moment I stopped smoking, I started to realize and acknowledge all those things that were wrong in my life and I've been trying to get rid of by hiding behind a curtain of cigarette smoke. But they didn't disappear, they have been watching me silently and now, as the smoke cleared, we are starting to make eye contact again. Should I light a cigarette so I become blind again? Or should I finally tackle the beasts? The answer is clear. I will attack. So ask yourself, as you are ripped by this feeling of emptiness: is it ok that a small piece of paper filled with tobacco has become such an important part of my life? Is it ok that I have become emotionally attached to a small piece of paper filled with tobacco?! Don't hide behind the curtain of smoke again. Don't choose to run again. Make the most of the fact that you are finally capable to see your life as it really is and you finally have the chance to fill those voids. Fill your short and precious life with people, places, hobbies and knowledge. Put things that actually matter inside those voids, because blowing smoke inside them will never, ever, make them disappear.

Posted 12 April 2014 - 09:56 PM It's no big deal to be an Old Pharte. Sure, it's nice to achieve that milestone and receive all the accolades, but it's not hard anymore to not smoke. By one year, you are far into your new life as a nonsmoker and you don't have to struggle to stay that way. By one year, the benefits of your quit have improved your life and your lifestyle. You are reminded every single day how great it is to be a nonsmoker. Your bank account is bigger and your health is better. And for many of us, there is a whole new way of life outside of just getting rid of the cigarettes. We have discovered new activities we love, we eat better, we have a new found confidence, we're proud of ourselves. What's so hard about all this? You know who are MY heroes? That person who has been lurking here and has finally made the choice to quit. And those who just got past that magic 72 hour mark, or hit their one month milestone. My heroes are the people who have blind faith and believe us when we tell them it will get better. It's those who get up every morning and log onto the QSMB to make the daily pledge because they know that's the only thing that will keep them from smoking that day. It's the person who is out the door to buy cigarettes but instead turns around and posts that SOS. Newbies, you are why this board is here. You are the ones that are the big deal here! So, cheers to all those brave souls who one day will join us on the lido deck. You're in the trenches now, but keep on climbing and if you need help reach out and we'll grab your hand. Because you are why we do what we do.

Wow, four years quit! Congratulations Sirius

Congratulations farmgirl, you're doing great!

Ugh, so glad I didn't smoke in my house or new car. When I bought my car in 2007 no one believed that I wouldn't smoke in it. My neighbor even brought me a car ashtray which was kinda insulting but more fuel for my fire that I wouldn't! Now I'm so glad I never did!

Is that candy @notsmokinjo? Fun fact: I used to get all my vintage candy for my ice cream truck from candy warehouse

Are you saying that I'm really smart and you're mental?

My cookie is really smart instead of mental. Does your cookie hack your phone often?

If your cat types isn't she a smart cookie like my dog Cookie is? Do cats eat each other hence the pvssy pizza?

Congratulations miss Vee, you're doing great!

Congratulations on being past the hardest month of them all

You've been given great advice already lml, just remember it's not that you can't smoke it's that you choose not to smoke. Also it might help if you don't go outside with your bro when he goes to smoke. Kinda the out of sight out of mind thing. And lastly if worse came to worse and I really felt a bad crave I would pretend I was holding an invisible cigarette and then go through the motions of "smoking" it. Some people use straws, pens, etc. Doing that really tricked my brain into thinking it was getting what it wanted. And the deep breathing I was doing by doing that helped calm my crave. Oh and of course we'll be here if you need us

Did your phone get hacked last night weegie?

So she should be quite entertaining to all the other sisters in the cave wouldn't you think?

Hmmm, maybe it is! Is it any wonder she should go in the cave with that dirty mouth?

Do you think her hubby would talk like that just to trip us out?

Have you ever heard weegie talk like that?

Did weegie get hacked?