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Congratulations @despair not on 9 years smoke free! That is an amazing accomplishment! Treat yourself today and celebrate!!

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Hi Nellie, Welcome! You came to the right place as you will get excellent support from our members. I truly believe that the success to quitting is having a good support group. This is the 2nd time that I quit and my last time. Who wants to go through those withdrawal symptoms again, certainly not me. The first time I quit for 6 years and unfortunately I went back, but this time I have such wonderful support from everyone so it's much easier. You have gotten excellent advice today so I'm only gonna add one more thing. In the beginning of my quit I would take cinnamon sticks and pretend that I was sucking the air in and blowing it out. They really did help me a lot, but if you don't like cinnamon, you can use cut up straws. Good luck to you and we hope to see you again!

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In those beginning months I had all sorts of weird feelings. Besides being nasty, impatient (more than I would normally be...LOL), anger, etc, you name it, I had it. In the beginning I think I had envy and glad that I quit, mixed together. I was glad I quit, but envious that I had to quit. It was a very emotional time for me as it is for many of us ex smokers, so any sort of emotion is normal as everyone is different. I still get a small urge every so often when I have a glass of wine or a drink, but I can quickly disregard it, because I know it will go away, and I'm not gonna smoke, because I will regret it and be back right in the beginning in the spot you are at today. I definitely don't want to go back to those early months, because it would be a thousand times worse than the couple urges I get very infrequently. You are doing great @SD2026 Keep it up!! You can do this!!

Congratulations @Lars on 2 months smoke free! You are doing very well getting through the toughest months of your quit. Keep up the good work!! Onward to month 3.

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Congratulations Gus on 5 years smoke free! That is an amazing accomplishment! We hope you come back on to celebrate! All the Best!

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