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Breathe girl, breathe. I lost my husband in ‘08. A two year battle against an initial diagnosis of Stage 4 cancer. His death wasn’t unexpected, but that diagnosis?! You bet! Listen to me. Do not do this alone. You get up and go into that other room with that wonderful man and just crawl onto his lap, wrap your arms around him, let it all out, and never let go(to borrow a phrase from Jack and Rose.) I promise it will only help and this time next year? It will be easier. It will.

I feel that it is so very important that anyone contemplating a quit or recently quit knows that it isn’t easy. That it is hard. Extremely hard. It is ugly. So very ugly. Seeing yourself as someone you never thought you’d become. An addict. But the addiction can be overcome. So many have done just that. It takes work and every quit is different. Every path to success is different.

Thanks everyone! Not just for the congrats but just for being here! You have all helped me in some way. I never thought when I joined the QuitTrain that it would actually be helpful. I never thought that I might actually look forward to checking in everyday! I never thought that my issues would relate so closely with some others that had gone through it. I never thought that I could be of help to someone else. But all of this is true. So very true. And other than crediting myself with the determination and the desire to quit, I owe my quit to y’all! Two months! I can’t even hardly believe it. Why that only leaves 10 months before I can say it’s been a year!!! I don’t know what the future holds for me, but I can truly say with confidence that it will not involve me smoking a cigarette. I do want to hang around and help others the same way that I have been helped. Participating in this forum has been the greatest ‘oh, why not?’ decision I have ever made!!! So everyone that reads this—TAKE A BOW!!!

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Hello @Reynjoe! I’m 55 and smoked 35 years and later today it will be my 2 month quitaversary! It’s rough in the beginning. No need to try to make it pretty. But it does get better. Read the material offered. Watch the videos. Read as many of the personal stories as you can manage. Become informed. Ask questions. And then do all of that again. It’s the only thing that saw me through to today. This forum has to be the best that is out there and I’m so thankful that I found it. Looking forward to following your successful quit. You can do it!

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Happy camping @Mee!!!

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Welcome @Katgirl! We are so glad that you found us and have decided to join us! There really is so much support that can be found here! From the videos and articles to the personal stories of a bunch of quitters,(now this includes you!) so much help can be found here! Stay close and I am so glad that you decided to come aboard!

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Welcome @Katgirl! We are so glad that you found us and have decided to join us! There really is so much support that can be found here! From the videos and articles to the personal stories of a bunch of quitters,(now this includes you!) so much help can be found here! Stay close and I am so glad that you decided to come aboard!

Thanks for posting! This is so helpful. I have these episodes periodically. Two months in, fewer and farther between, but they are still there.

Enjoy the family vacation @Boo! 🏖

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Sounds like my dog. @reciprocity

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