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Thanks for your support. I really feel that this is my forever quit!

Still smoke free! I haven’t been having cravings right now. Watching all the documentaries again and the Joel videos. I am trying to deprogram. I feel that I am finally seeing that cigarettes do nothing for me.

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Yep, I thought the reason to quit was obvious. They really are more about encouragement than learning facts. Lot of people quitting with NRTs and vaping.

No ground rules that I saw. My comment did resonate with some but I guess it upset others. I took it down.

I have been posting on Smoke Free lately and it seems pretty good. I got into an argument on the forum today. I posted that 1 out of 2 long term smokers will die from smoking. It is on ALA website and Joel also says it. I was met with anger that I would post something so negative. Was I out of line?

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Doing good. 20 days smoke free. I stopped using the nicotine free gum. My plan is to have it on hand and if I have a bad crave I will reach for the gum first. We will see. Not one puff ever!

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Thanks for the comments! It’s a little rocky right now but I feel positive that this is my forever quilt. I’m definitely more informed than in the past. Watched almost all of the Joel videos. Not one puff. Easy Peasy.

I did read the Easy Way a few years ago. Helped me quit for a while.

Made it through. One day at a time.

Was chewing plain gum but decided to stop. Now I’m definitely having thoughts of smoking. It’s weird because I have been watching all Joel’s videos to get my mind right. Do you guys know he has never smoked. Anyway I think his videos are good and positive. Just having a hard time after 2 weeks not one puff.

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Made it through the intense crave!

Help!! I want to go buy a pack but I’m posting here first. I had a real panic when a text message came on my phone. It said that MAGA wants to defund SS. I assume that means disability which I am on. Can they really do that? Boy it makes me want to smoke.

Has anyone heard of the Smoke Free app?

Committing to one year sounds good to me!!!

I want to describe what I experience in my quit journey. I’m not sure what to call this but it’s not a physical craving. In fact the first few days of my quit had no physical symptoms. I sure missed smoking, but it wasn’t a drug withdrawal. I am chewing plain gum and that works for me in this regard. It replaces smokes in the cycle of desire and satisfaction. This cycle is a main part of what I miss. I want a cigarette, I have a cigarette. That in itself, the wanting and the having, is the addiction. Just wondering if anyone one can relate to this.

Make and stick to a personal commitment you made the day you quit to never take another puff.

Still smoke free! I am chewing non-nicotine sugar free gum.

Hanging in there. I went to the gas station for a soda and didn’t even think about buying a pack