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Sorry for your loss @KEL It would be a great honor in memory of her to dedicate your 100 day quit to her tomorrow. I know that every time I hear of someone I know or knew passing away from a smoking related illness it strengthens my resolve to never light up again.

This is amazing @Steven Drojensky! Congratulations!

I guess keep it since it doesn’t offend Linda. lol

@Linda that yes bitch meme was a total error! I had selected the other one first and it wasn’t going through, so I got aggravated and my finger hit the bitch one! It looked like that wasn’t going through either. Whew! I was happy about that! So, I selected my original choice again and thought all was well. But noooo! Of course not! LOL Anyway, I don’t know how to fix it. Maybe @Doreensfree or @jillar can fix it?

YESSSS!! This is so amazing, Linda! I’m so happy for you and you should be SO proud! You did it! How many times did you think that you wouldn’t?! Thank you for all your quotes! So many of them helped me and your brutal honesty about your quit journey has helped me and so many others! Seriously, I hope that you reward yourself well! So, how IS the Lido Deck?

@TONY! Congratulations!

Congratulations @AceWhite! One month shy of the Lido deck!

@notsmokinjo I hope that your daughter’s injury is not too serious!

I hope that you are having a better day @Kris! There are just some issues that come with becoming a non smoker that only time will erase. So, head up! You’ve had a beautiful quit and I’ve watched you become such a caring and helpful member on here! You have A LOT to be proud of! I’m thankful that you hopped onboard and I know there are others respond to you. I will keep you in my thoughts today!

Congratulations on your 4 year quit @Octain!

You too, @TONY! Faith and Hope!

That’s awesome @Kris! So much of my life has been centered around camping and fishing also! 🏕 Save up the money from not smoking and plan that trip!!

@TONY Well, I was fortunate enough to have my own pond for years, after my husband passed I eventually had to let it go because of the cost of upkeep and due to quite a few years of drought in my area. But I will fish here, there, and anywhere!!! LOL Ponds, rivers, lakes, streams, off the pier, and in the surf! It’s all good! I am not a deep sea fisher lady though. And the one type of fishing that I have never tried, but want to is fly fishing. I’ve sorted through many an issue and planned some life altering moves while fishing! It’s good for my soul! I hope that you can get back to fishing soon!

I love to fish! I smoked less when I was fishing. I could go hours without smoking. I am always so at peace when fishing. I can totally lose myself. I have not been in forever and I aim to fix that real soon. Congratulations on your month quit!

Congratulations on 4 YEARS @Martian5!

It’s awesome that your wife has decided to go through this with you @Sal! I wish the best for you both!

Awww man! Well, as it is said, ‘better hunt next time!’ I thought about you on New Years Day as I was enjoying my pork ribs. But hey, at least you are a bit more familiar with the new rifle. You really need to name her! HaHa Oh and WELCOME BACK!

Congratulations on your 9 year quit AND on your nursing graduation and new career position! You ARE amazing! Best wishes to you!

Excellent thread @bakon! Really brought those first couple of months of my own quit to mind. You have a solid quit. This thread has probably helped and will help so many newbies! I sure hope they find it and read it. Thank you for your diligence in logging your journey.

Great going @Cweb123! Three days! After three days nicotine is out of your system! So be extra vigilant in avoiding those triggers and do whatever you have to do to keep from lighting up again! Because now the mind games start. Time to do the work to rewire your brain in how to respond to all of the brains requests for nicotine. Please stay close to this site. We will go through this with you. You will have our support. I didn’t tell anyone that I was quitting. No one even realized that I had quit until I told them. I found this extremely sad. I smoked so much for so long, people assumed I still had a cigarette in hand when I didn’t. I have a 21 and 19 year old still living at home and they never even noticed. So, either way I guess it’s just depressing that the support isn’t there. But that is what this train is for, so welcome aboard!!! I’m 9 and a half months quit after smoking 35 plus years at 2 packs a day. Stay strong and see you around!

Congratulations on 3 months!! You deserve a grand treat today. I hope that enjoy it!

Ouch! I had to cut way back on the caffeine when I first quit. This sounds insane but, I would literally sit there and cry for hours and then periodically off and on again throughout the day for no reason or so I thought when I quit smoking. Over time I realized it was my coffee triggering horrendous anxiety attacks. I finally was able to manage having my coffee when I cut the coffee grounds down to 1 teaspoon(yes, 1 teaspoon!) per 5 cups of coffee. It was basically discolored water! LOL Disgusting, but I have to have my coffee. Sadly, 9 months in and I can only manage 1 tablespoon of coffee grinds per 5 cups. We will not even discuss what happens when I drink a bottled or canned Coca Cola. HaHa Weirdest thing though is that I can drink a fountain Coke no problem. Huh. So, even though I can’t enjoy my coffee or a Coke anymore() the payoff for quitting smoking is still so great that it is worth it! Hoping you don’t have the same issue as me.

Welcome aboard @Davevat1! Learning a bit of a new language could be fun! lol And using this as a blog is an excellent idea. So many of us do this and it is very therapeutic and helpful to others also! We are all here to help you if needed. We have an SOS forum that you can use to reach out on if you are on the verge of lighting up and want help in just saying, ‘NOPE!’ I’m looking forward to following your quit. I’m 9 months into my quit and although it was a nasty bit of a mess initially, I can honestly say that it is so worth it. The smartest thing I’ve ever done! See you around!

2022 is your year to quit! All of us on board this train has and you can too! The newest newbie to the most seasoned refrainer of setting something on fire and sticking it in your mouth will have some nugget of truth that will resonate with you and help you along with your journey! I hope that you will join us!

Happy New Year Everyone!!