JohnQ

23 minutes ago, reciprocity said:

Look at YOU JohnQ! A week in already. That's huge!! Hell week Done!

Thanks, it was great feeling to wake up this morning and realized that I've been smoke free for a week!

2 minutes ago, Sazerac said:

Congratulations, @JohnQ on your First Week of Freedom !

 

Please reward yourself, you are doing brilliantly.

 

and let us know if you have any concerns.

Your experience will be a guiding light for other quitters.

Thanks Sazerac, the support I've received from yourself and other members here have been awesome.

Yesterday was a major break-through for me, I played my first round of smoke free round of golf.  I thought it was going to be difficult because I always smoke cigars while playing on the course, but I was fine.  Occasionally I felt something was missing, but I think it was more of missing the habit rather than having a craving.  

On the way driving to the course, I almost made a stop into a gas station for some cigars but I remembered Quittrain and my pledge so I started saying to myself "Not One Puff Ever" repeatedly and sped passed the gas station without stopping.

It felt wonderful after the golf round that I didn't fall into the Nicotine trap again, I'm determine to keep this quit.  

9 hours ago, JH63 said:

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Well it's on to week four!

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Congrats on your 3 weeks of freedom Jeff,  you got this!

Congrats on your Quit Nana.  How are you doing?

NOPE

NOPE!

9 years quit is awesome Abby, you're an inspiration for us newbies. Well done!

Hello everybody,

Just want to drop a quick note to let you know I'm still doing well, 5 days of freedom so far and loving it. 

Thank you all for your wonderful support and encouragement. 

NOPE!

I made a post here about a week ago after quitting (again) for a few days, but then there was an incident that got me really upset and depressed, I relapsed and I was too embarrassed to return to this forum.

But then I realized how stupid that was, so on June 1st, I decided that I will not smoke ever again, I'm done with those pathetic excuses and I'm determined not going to get tricked by the Nicotine devil one more time.  I know for sure that I will run into major events and incidents that would have great impact to my life and there will be days when I get mixed emotions higher than Mount Everest but I will not use that as an excuse to become an addict ever again.  I'm so done this time.  NOPE. 

June 1st 2020 will forever be the day I got my freedom from Nicotine.

3 hours ago, Mac#23 said:

Welcome John,

It's so good that you have finally decided it's time to quit for good. This is going to be hard work and will take your full commitment to achieve. There is no such thing as I'll just have one and then I'll quit again. This is just you falling prey to the junkie inside you. I've attempted to quit many times as well and smoked for over 37 years. I have fallen for that whole thing of just one or two smokes or drags and then I'll quit again. This doesn't work Ever. I'm in the midst of what I believe is going to be my forever quit.  I coming up on almost 2 months nicotine and cigarette free. I decided to fully committ to this and have decided that nothing was going to interrupt that. Then I decided to find a support system and ended up here. It is one of the best decisions I ever made. So, welcome to the quit train. Strap in and enjoy the ride. We will help you along this hard but truly rewarding journey. 

Thanks Mac, I'm glad I found this site as well

3 hours ago, Rozuki said:

Welcome aboard, @JohnQ! Read all you can here and watch the Joel Spitzer videos...and participate in the forums....I have found online support to be key to my own quit...and keeping it!

Thanks Rozuki

4 hours ago, jillar said:

 

You have those urges because you are addicted to nicotine. Having the urges IS a nicotine withdrawal symptom and the most dangerous one of them all because that's the one that will try to convince you to have "just one". 

Welcome John, I'm convinced that being surrounded by people who knew just what I was going through helped me get my forever quit and I hope we can do the same for you  

Thank you Jillar

3 hours ago, Doreensfree said:

Welcome John....

We have tons of great information to help you along your journey ....There is no such thing as just one ....

We are addicts ....one is all it takes to wake the monster up,and the whole cycle starts again ...

Learn all you can here ...it will give you the tools to fight with ...

Thanks Doreen

3 hours ago, Boo said:

 

Do you act on every urge you have?  I bet you don't.

 

Why should the urge to smoke or vape be treated any differently than every other urge?  The urges will be there, addiction is like that.

 

When the urge to smoke or vape hits, you have a decision to make...just like you do to act or not act on any other urge.  Choose wisely.  Choose freedom.

 

Welcome aboard the Quit Train John.

Thanks Boo

On 5/17/2020 at 7:58 AM, Sazerac said:

... so, protect your quit.  Protect it with your life.

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Interesting, I've never looked at it that way.  I've always looked at my quits as an action to get rid of an addiction, but never from a point of view of treating a Quit as an entity.

But it make sense, I should treat my Quit as a new found treasure, or maybe a delicate priceless gem that I need to protect it with my life.  This thought reminds me of when I held my daughter in my arm for the first time when she was born, also was the first day of my first Quit.

Something new for me to use to help my quit.  Thanks.

38 minutes ago, Paul723 said:

The Law of Addiction

"Administration of a drug to an addict will cause reestablishment
of chemical dependence upon the addictive substance."

 

Welcome to the best decision you'll ever make.

Thanks Paul, I will need to keep reminding myself that it was the best decision and I will stick with it.

57 minutes ago, Sazerac said:

...A commitment to NOPE is essential...

Thanks and I really need to commit to NOPE, I think joining this forum will help my quit.

I need this pledge, even just for today.

One day at a time for me at this point.  NOPE today.

Hello everyone,

As the title indicated, I want to make this time the last time I quit.

I was a smoker for many years, started way back in my late teen years, so almost 40 years now, it horrified me just now when I figured out the # of years I got hooked.

I tried to quit hundreds of times as well, the last time I quit was about 4-5 years ago, it was the longest quit for about 2 years. 

But then after 2 years, I was naive and thought that because I could do it that time, if I had the occasional smoke I could do it again, and I got pulled back in.

When I realized I got hooked again, I started reading up about quitting again, but this time I switched over to vaping, with the hope to phase it out slowly and because I was reading that it has much less poisons and chemicals than burning leaves.

Make a long story short, I decide to quit for good a week ago.  On May 19 I had my last drag from the vape.  

The quit this time was very different from previous quits, it was much less difficult.  Surprisingly I didn't have any withdrawal issue, no anxiety, no cravings, no depression, not any kind of physical sign from nicotine withdrawal like previous quits.  

But now that a week has gone by, even though I haven't felt any nicotine craving, occasionally I suddenly wanted to pick up a vape again and I've been struggling between 2 thoughts, 1 thought is "just a few drags, then quit again", the other thought is "don't be stupid, there's never just a few drags, drop it!"   

So far, my level-headed side had won the argument, I just don't understand why I have these urges when I can't feel any nicotine withdrawal symptom, but I'm very worry that if these urges keep coming back I may fail again like all previous quit.  I REALLY want to kick this addiction for good so help me God.

Thanks for reading