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While you're eliminating one addiction you might want to think about some of the others. Watch this and you'll find out that big tobacco is actually the baby brother of big sugar. Might be why caving to the sugar crave makes the nicotine crave worse...just a thought...

@jillarthat's great. B1 deficiency can be a dangerous thing. I'm currently experimenting with 750mg of benfotiamine and 100mg of TTFD to see if anything resolves.

whew...good news this week. I found out most of the reactions I thought I was having to pork was actually being a little deficient in electrolytes. Started taking some potassium and magnesium supplements and all the heart flutters have stopped. Still get some eye twitching but not nearly as bad. I'm trying some mega dosing of B1 for some of the weird symptoms I get like the eye twitching, vision and gut issues and the raging tinnitus I have going on now. I have managed to stay away from the coffee for the last 2 weeks. It really hasn't been that bad. The only time I even think about it is around 9 pm when all my other cravings start working me over at the same time. Sleep has been getting quite a bit better. I still struggle to get to sleep but once I do go to sleep I have been sleeping at least 6 hours and most of the time it's 7 to 8 hours uninterrupted. Still staying pretty strict on the zero carb diet. I used a little bit of bbq sauce on some beef ribs but I bet I actually ingested less than a half a teaspoon over the 2 days those lasted. Weight bottomed out at 184 and right now sits at 187 which is a bit disheartening but I don't trust my scale so I've decided to not use it and use a tape measure instead. Joints are steadily improving which means my workouts have been getting more and more consistent. I feel like I've made some good progress over the last 2 weeks in areas of sleep and pain management. If anyone is interested in the info on B1 and what lead me to it let me know and I'll post some links and more on the reasons I decided to take it.

Happy Valentines Day everyone. If you have a someone special enjoy being with them. If you don't, take care and show yourself a little love. You deserve it fighting this addiction.

@Gusthis last one really wasn't that bad. It wasn't like I woke up panicked that I might have smoked. It was more like I was at a crossroad, I took a peek down the old road of smoking but my life (the other person in the dream) didn't want to go that way so I keep throwing them away.

Nicely done Rozuki.

awesome quit @Katgirl

Hi @Oslo Welcome aboard the train. If you continue to smoke sooner or later the worst will happen. Quitting smoking is simple but it's not easy. There is a ton of material on this board to get you informed and a bunch of good people here who will help you as much as they can. No one can quit for you but if you use the resources here it can make the process much more bearable

I had a smoking dream last night. I dreamt I took a puff. Then I offered it to the person next to me who refused. Then I threw the package away and somehow had 2 cigarettes. 1 was whole and one had been lit which was odd since the dream started with only one left in the pack. Then I proceeded to tear little bits of them off and drop them on the ground as we were walking like in Hansel and Grettel. Not sure what my subconscious is trying to tell me there, maybe it's to spend less time dwelling on not smoking and more time living

@Kdadyou can do this. just take it one step at a time. each step maybe a day or and hour or a minute, just take that next step and don't light up. as cliche as it sounds, you really find out how strong you are when you feel you are at your weakest.

@Boothat first one just never gets old

Congratulations Steve. Nice quit.

@Boo...and occasionally chimps!! , , , , please post the monkey gif....PALEEEEEEZZZZE!!!

@Kris the meme was born to circumvent censorship. when free speech is attacked the only weapon you have left is cat pictures.

Congratulations @AceWhitelooks like there's gonna be one helluva party on the Lido Deck

@nicotine_freesorry to hear about the relapse. Get back on the train and buckle up a little tighter this time. This is a bumpy ride in the beginning

@JudiMDSorry to hear of your diagnosis. Wishing you a successful treatment and a speedy recovery. Believe in yourself and you can successfully quit smoking. There are good people here who will freely give you the benefit of all their experiences to help you. God bless.

@Sunnyside I know this won't make sense, but...when I give in to the coffee/caffeine cravings it makes the cigarette cravings much much worse than having both cravings at the same time. Keep in mind i'm not suggesting anything other than for me it seems giving into one addiction opens the flood gates and all the other addictions start demanding their fix as well like spoiled brats throwing a tantrum in the grocery store.

It's been quite a week. Been staying pretty strict on the no carbohydrate policy. The only "cheat" I've had was about a half tablespoon of ketchup on my burger patty last night which didn't seem to cause any problems but I just didn't feel good about having it. The bigger story is that I've stayed away from coffee/caffeine 100% since either Saturday or Sunday. Surprisingly it hasn't been that bad yet as far as withdrawal. I'll count Sunday night as 1 week off coffee. The headaches seem to be fading and I've been able to go to bed at a reasonable time and stay there. I might not be asleep but at least I can force myself to not get up so when sleep does come I'm not on the couch with a some type of screen shining in my eyes. Sugar cravings seem to be getting quite a bit less. I'm finding out that I may have an issue with pork. I ate some country ham that I had made on Monday and a couple hours later I had some heart palpitations, then I had some bacon today and had the same reaction. I'll wait a couple of weeks and try some again since I haven't been that long off of the coffee but it's looking like I may have a problem with the histamines in pork. This is a turning out to be a bittersweet journey. I ditch one bad habit and 2 more things pop up that I didn't even think could be a problem. I may find out I'm just too f^^%ed up to fix in one lifetime.

1. walk it...arrrrgh ye mateys!!!

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welcome back to the train @Sunnyside. no shame in falling down. only shame is if you don't get back up. you'll be much wiser this time around.

@KELI think part of quitting is letting go of the past which can be quite traumatic. I still have moments where I wish I could go back in time which I think is pretty normal, but cigarettes are not time machines so I am learning to bear the full weight of that depressive moment without the crutch I believed was in the cigarette. You are doing fantastic. The rainy days help us to appreciate the sunshine that much more. Have a blessed day, Karen.

In the long run you will be much better off. Take a seat and enjoy the ride