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  1. I have wanted to quit for the last ten years because as I'm getting older I can feel the damage I've done to myself. God gave me a perfectly healthy body and I have trashed it by smoking all my life. It's my fault, I knew better! I was warned many times!

    I have other reasons, but that is the main one.

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  2. @jillar Thanks for the encouragement!  I noticed something changing over the last couple of days.  I have lost so many quits that I'm suspicious of any change in mindset. I'm gonna think about what changed, because I don't really know.

    On the positive side, I won't smoke today!  

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  3. @Linda I too am sorry to hear about your friend.

    My mother died of the same type of cancer. That was about 12 yrs. ago. My sister and I stayed with her for the last few days and nights of her life. Our father ask us to stay with her. He was in so much mental pain that he didn't want to be with her by himself.  It was awful. There's no better way to say it. She was also a lifetime smoker.

     

    This addiction is so strong, that we are able to live through times like this and keep right on puffing.  This is what non- smokers don't understand about nicotine addiction.

    I pray that your friend passes as easy as possible!

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  4. Steven, I don't know if it is the best plan, but is part of my quit plan. There are others here who will also come to your aid and will most likely have other ideas for you to consider.

    We all want to see you succeed at this.

    It's important that you shake this off right away. It will be easier for you if you go right back to not smoking at all! Don't get down on yourself. Let this set back make you more determined and committed to quitting. You had to have a reason, or reasons for quitting in the first place. Go back and revisit those reasons. Make sure you have written them down and keep them close.

    Jeff

     

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  5.  I am also very sorry to hear that you lost your quit. I understand, as it has happened to me many times.

    Get yourself past it right away! Think about what happened and put up some roadblocks that will help prevent this from happening again. Promise yourself something like this.

     

     If I decide to give up my quit, I must wait 24 hrs. after I've made that decision before I actually pick-up. If posting an SOS is a problem then promise yourself that you will private message someone here that you have become friends with and wait on a reply before you pick-up. Giving yourself time to think is the key! I don't think you gave yourself anyway out. We are all here to help!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  6. I'm doing fair.  I have good and bad days.  I have not smoked or used any other kind of tobacco product for over six weeks now. 

    I still don't know if I've quit smoking, or if I have only stopped smoking again.  I'm trying to be as positive as I can.  

     

    @Mac#23 You were here when I first joined this forum last year. We were both early in our quits. I could tell, back then that you had this whole quit process under control mentally. I Congratulate you on the great job you've done!

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  7. Congratulations on being one week quit!

    I know you feel bad about having to start over, but you did help yourself (health wise) by staying quit for over nine years.

    Your story sure opened my eyes to what this addiction is really about! NOPE is so true! We can't cheat on it or we will be back where we started.

    Welcome, and thanks for sharing.

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  8. @Linda I have read this thread. I am sorry that you have decided to pull back and not post your feelings here.  But I understand and respect your decision. Some time back I realized that I could not make negative posts here without getting some replies back that I didn't like.  I can come off very negative when I'm having a bad day. I think the members here know from their success at quitting, that remaining as positive as possible is the best way to go.  Most of the replies that I didn't like hit a nerve. They had a truthfulness in them that my negative mind didn't want to hear. When I'm negative, I'm negative all the way! Then after some thought I would realize why I didn't like the reply I got.

       I quit posting negative thoughts as much as possible, and I am willing to let most replies I don't like slide off.

       All the people here had quits that were different. But everyone here has a common goal, helping others to quit smoking.  If I didn't believe that, I would not log on here at all!

      We are both very early in our quits. 

    I hope that you can get past this and we can continue on our journey together!  If not, I wish you All the Luck in quitting this nasty habit anyway you can!

     Take Care!

        Jeff

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  9. @Judi I know where your coming from when you say your depressed. I am 64 and have smoked for 50 years. I have had problems with depression throughout my adult life. My doctor tells me that quitting smoking will help my depression and help with some other medical problems I'm having.  I agree with him on the other medical problems, but the depression I don't know about. I have never been more depressed than I am at times when I've stopped smoking. There are days when I feel like I fell in a dark hole somewhere. I picked up the term Brain Fog somewhere along the way and that describes it. It's like I'm walking around in a fog. Nothing can get in or out of my head.

     

    The good news for me is that I'm not like that everyday. I have good days also, about half and half.

    More good news for both of us is that this is supposed to let up at some point. From things I've read and videos I've watched this depression is normal early in most people's quits. We just lost our best friend! This best friend wants to come back and finish us off!

     Hang in there with me and lets see what happens! I can tell you are a strong person and you can do this!

     Jeff

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  10. 8 hours ago, Linda said:

    Has to much damage been done with the smoking.? 

     

    I have often asked myself the same thing. Why fight so hard to quit?  I've already done my body irreversible damage.

    To me that's junkie thinking and we can't afford to think that way. It's just making an excuse to keep smoking and giving our bodies that nicotine it craves.  It's a trick.

    I will admit that I get short of breath when I push myself physically. I am always cold. My toes are always sore from lack of circulation, even thou I don't have sugar. My mouth is sore and irritated a lot of the time. 

    The good news is that every health issue I mentioned above has gotten better every time I have stopped smoking for any length of time.

    I don't have lung cancer or mouth cancer that I know about. I've never been told that I have COPD, but I might have it to some degree.

    I'm continuing to work on this quitting process because I know that my health will only get worse if I keep smoking. I have a sign on a cabinet in the kitchen, just above where I always kept my cigs and lighter. It says "Do You Want to Smoke or Breath". That's what it comes down to for me.

    Lets not let that junkie thinking trick us into giving up our quit!

       Jeff

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