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Well done @Brioskigetting through that first month is so important. You will start getting your life back soon enough. For now, staying quit is the priority and you are doing a stellar job. Sending you some good vibes.

@Angeleeki believe that anything that alters the brain chemistry and thus alters ones perception of reality will ultimately cause either depression or anxiety. Whether it be from smoking tobacco, weed, eating sugar or even mushrooms, the result of the brain trying to regain its normal chemical balance as those stimulants wear off can cause long term changes in the neurological pathways. To see a report from someone such as yourself of long term depression being fully gone gives me hope of recovering back to a mental state of never having smoked. Were you ever clinically diagnosed with depression? Sorry if I'm being to nosy but this is a topic I find fascinating.

congrats on the 2nd anniversary of your quit @Gus so happy to see you reach those milestones. I hope you had a wonderful day and may I always be 5 months behind you.

happy quitaversary @Boo. blessings to you and your family.

congrat @overcome it's always a pleasure to see a fellow quitter succeed. hope you had a wonderful day.

@Brioski i got along pretty well until I was about 6 weeks in and then everything went to hell and stayed that way for months. couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't stop eating, couldn't poo, drank enough water to float a battleship and got cramps in the damnedest places you could imagine and I put on 40 lbs in 4 months. Long story short, my experience is that no matter how bad it gets it will get worse and then it gets better and then your addiction is cured...kind of. ok, maybe not cured but the memory of the blistering hell I went through will be stuck in my mind for a long long time. anyway, good luck and stay the course. it is so worth it.

@darcy congrats on your first month quit. that is a huge accomplishment. sorry to be so late so I'll congratulate you on 1 month and 9 days. you are doing fantastic

congrats Jordan7. that's how you quit and stay quit.

Congrats @DenaliBlues not sure how I missed your big day though. Anyhoo...it's always nice to see a quitter win!! these might not be the right monkees for this occasion.

yep, quitting isn't glamourous fer sure. you don't quit because it's easy though. you quit because it's necessary.

congrats ace. fantastic quit.

fantastic quit @overcome way to go!!

you are doing just fine @Kerry it's so good to see you succeeding in your quit.

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Congrats on 5 years @catlover that's a quit to be proud of.

congrats reciprocity. awesome quit

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If your mind is imprisoned does it really matter what happens to your ass? You are only ever one decision away from being a non smoker or a smoker, the key is understanding that you have to make that decision over and over again, sometimes multiple times a minute until your ass gets it. You can get there and when it seems like all hope is lost just view the GIF below and keep watching until you realize that you CAN be happy without cigarettes. Then they will lose there grip on you.

@darcydon't condemn yourself just yet. this is a big change and there will be some failures along the way. I can't even count how many times I failed until I didn't. I'm sure most here had their failures as well. It's not how many times you get knocked down that matters, it's how many times you get back up.

Great job @Kerry 2 weeks is YUGE!! You can't get to the first year without getting through those first weeks and months. Keep it going

congrats @DenaliBluesjust 1 small step left til the Lido Deck. Spoil urself for a bit tonite.

Hello @Kerry you'll have good days and bad days, just focus on the goal which is to breathe without vaping. My first 6 weeks were manageable and then shit got real. Just keep managing your quit one day at the time until it becomes natural and realize you are doing great even when it feels like you aren't.

@overcome here's a little taste of what's waiting for you...

congrats @overcome half way to the lido deck. stay with it. your doing great.