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Congratulations on seven years!!! @Jenny

Hello Chris and welcome! I’m a newbie here. Almost 10 weeks quit! My first first and only quit. There is no way I could go through the withdrawal again. Even with the aid of nicotine patches, of which I will use up my last stage 3, 7mg patch Friday! Kind of anxious about it. But I will prevail. I have to. I’m looking forward to following your quit and I hope that you join in on the socializing side of our forum, as well as taking advantage of all of the information provided in the pinned articles and videos! Again, WELCOME!

You are not wasting my time. I am thankful that I am here for you. I am here for you because you were there for me. Did you not mean it when you told me to hang in there it gets easier? Stay on this site and read all the information and stories that are told because they will help you get you through the rough patches? How many times have you made the NOPE pledge? We’re you only commenting to me because it’s what we do on here and you really would have rather been doing something else? Why are you willing to throw your testimony that has helped others out the door and jump out behind it. You say you are disappointed...well, I am disappointed too. Why won’t you allow those that you have helped return the favor. Why can’t you throw those cigarettes away and keep fighting? To show me that it can be done. To show me that cigarettes don’t have our minds in chains forever. I sincerely hope that you beat this dark time in your life. I sincerely hope that you remain a beacon of hope for me.

Just breathe Linda! I am sorry that you are having such a bad time. And it’s those horrible cigarettes that have you being unable to cope right now anyway. Don’t give in to their call. You are strong! You will get through everything that is going on.

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I’m pretty sure it is over here too. At least in my state of Georgia.

Same. Hard headed as they come. Thanks for the comment on writing. It’s just the way I saw it. I spend more time ‘seeing’ now that I don’t smoke.

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Oh Opah. You have such a beautiful soul. Even when you are down you take the time to say and do something for others. I will say a prayer for you and yours today!

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Thank you @Christian99 No need to apologize for truth. It’s what we need to hear. Truth saves! My husband died from cancer(not smoking related). He was a smoker though. Up until the very day of his death, when he could no longer speak he would hold his hand out rubbing his thumb against those first two fingers. It was his way of asking for a cigarette. He no longer had the ability to even smoke it. But the anguish and anxiety of not getting the cigarettes was evident and extremely distressing. For him and others. If ever an image was needed to never smoke again it would be the one you have or the one I have or the one @Doreensfree has. Thank you for prompting this memory for me. I will use it. I will use it to stay free and healthy and whole.

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Sensational Cessationists!

...sigh. I miss my endorphin rushes. What a high!