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@engravosaurusone thing that did help me was to take HCl Betaine supplements. I started off taking 1 or 2 capsules a day 6 or 7 times a day. This helped to increase my stomach acid. I had read that smoking causes the stomach to produce acid and when you stop smoking the stomach no longer gets that trigger and some folks need to retrain it. It could all be a load to crap but it did seem to help me over time. Good luck

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shot 82 yesterday on the golf course. 3 birdies on the front 9 and 1 birdie on the back 9. swing is starting to come back around and endurance in the heat is getting much better. If gas doesn't get to much higher I'll head down to georgia as there are a couple of courses down there I want to play again. maybe later this summer or sometime this fall. we shall see.

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Hi Loren...those types of things can be really hard to deal with. I had bloating and gut issues for months but maybe I was an extreme case. Anyhow, if the drugstore remedies don't work (they didn't for me) you can try an elimination diet which was eventually what solved most of my issues. Good luck and keep the quit.

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congrats Denali. you are doing great. keep up the great quit.

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nice job @Steven Drojensky Congratulations

made some crab cakes yesterday. over did it on the seasonings. gonna try it again tomorrow and use about a quarter of the amount of seasoning. it will be my last endeavor with it though as the seasoning irritated my guts pretty bad. I should leave it alone now but I know it will be worth the discomfort one last time. Crab is still ok for me to eat as long it is with melted butter only. Cleaning up the diet has really made me aware of all the things that I react to. I'm finding out that there is a lot of stuff that I never should have been ingesting. unfortunately beer is one of those things I hit a milestone on the getting rid of the quit weight this past week. Bottomed out at 176. That's down 23 lbs from where I started and 26 lbs from my peak. I had stalled in the 181 to 185 range for weeks but quitting the coffee I think got me over the hump. 10 lbs of fat left to get off my arse and i'll be back down to my pre quit weight. The lighter I get the better my joints feel. Still have an issue with my hip so i'm off to the chiro tomorrow to see if there is an answer for that little nagging problem.

@DenaliBluessorry to hear about your mom. I hope she will be ok. In times like these I would ask myself what would change if I smoked? would the situation improve? and the one question that always got me...why are you thinking about smoking right now? there are problems the size of mountains that need your attention and you're thinking about smoking? What the F*** is wrong with you? That would usually shame me into putting aside the smoking thoughts and get to the mattes at hand. Hope this is of some help.

awesome quit sunnyside. stay strong.

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that's a good point @jillar I'll let that one sink in for a while.