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Not anymore, girl. Not. Anymore. 🤗

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Kate18. Thank you. I really want to quit. I have quit. I’m going to stay quit. I suffer from depressive anxiety and the slow draw from nicotine has to better for me than cold turkey because what I’ve experienced so far would have been so much worse without the patches and I KNOW that I would not have made it through. I am going to only do 3 to 4 weeks of the 7mg patch though. I don’t feel the need to do the 6-8 week routine. Bunch of money grubbing corporations wrote the directions for patch use. HaHa I actually skipped the 21mg patches altogether and I am so proud of myself for that. Thank you for the encouragement. Everyone on here has been so supportive. 🤗

I’ve had a real downer of a day. Really teary eyed. Not as bad as when I first quit, but still thankful that I didn’t have to be out in public. I don’t know if it’s the reduction of nicotine because I started the 7mg patch yesterday or because of everything else going on in my life. I’m sure it’s both. But I’m hoping for a brighter day tomorrow even though it’s supposed to be quite stormy. The weather affects my state of mind too. A lot going on, but smoking ain’t one of them! 🙌

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Lie: I am a homebody. I hate leaving the house. I would be perfectly fine never having to leave my house. Truth: I didn’t want to be the only one smoking. I didn’t want to have to sneak off and try to grab a few puffs off a cigarette. I didn’t want to have to fight and suppress the withdrawal symptoms of not being able to have a cigarette if I had to be somewhere that smoking was not allowed. Everyone probably knew the real reason why I would never go anywhere and I would lie to myself about that too. Of course they knew. 😞

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Amazing!! Here in this fabulous forum for life? You betcha!!! A definite Godsend!

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Excellent! This gives much hope for better and brighter tomorrows.

And -20!!! 🙌

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I love Rowan Atkinson. Oh and Bon Jovi! LOL

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Protecting my quit like I did my newborn babes!!! 🙌

-11 I have plenty to do. This is just one of them! HaHa

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More than I do! LOL I need to change that. I have always been athletic. Up until menopause started kicking in a couple of years ago. 😞

🙌 YESSS!!! I love your post! It is not easy is it? But those victories are so worth it! It does feel sooo good to be the non smoker! I’m happy for you! 🤗

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