Tyme2B

Oh no! I’m so glad you are doing well now! You need to take care of YOU!! I hope your daughter was there to help ?

NOPE!

I’m good Doreen....working in the right direction. How did your operation go? ?

I totally agree that this at least makes people THINK about continuing to smoke. In the part of Canada where I live cigarettes are $15 for a pack of 20.This is good! People are not as free as they used to be about not minding others others bumming a smoke. The price is a high one for kids to pay. It’s a ridiculous price for anyone to pay! . And if kids don’t start they don’t have to Quit....so easy to say “I can stop any time.” I’m so grateful my kids don’t smoke....sure they tried it but fortunately never liked it. My parents never smoked but all of my siblings did. One paid for it with his life in his early 50’s. I can honestly say I didn’t start smoking because it was “cool”. I started because I liked it & found it relaxing and my friends in the early days all smoked. Now none of them smoke and I am the last to Quit.... It was easy to get hooked. Now wish I had never started. Health problems due to smoking are a late & unfortunate wake up call. If you’re lucky, stopping smoking will suffice. If you’re Not lucky you are a burden to an already strained Healthcare System and your quality of life goes downhill. It’s not easy to Quit but until something happens to a person they really don't Worry about it.....very few people smoke for a lifetime without paying with their health. Best to Quit while you are young and have a full lifetime ahead of you to enjoy!

Yup the early days suck! However better days ahead!!!

NOPE ? Smoking sucks!

NOPE!!!

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NOPE! Never again!

Congratulations Suz!

Congratulations!

WOW! Good for you! Sincere Congrats!

Good job! Congratulations!

Wow! Congrats!!!!

Congratulations to you! What a great accomplishment! On your way to the Lido Deck!

Congratulations Peace Train! You have climbed a mountain & flagged the top! Enjoy the Lido Deck! So proud of you!

This is SO true Reci! And welcome back!

Good advice Lin! Those first days really ARE fragile.

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Do what you have to do to QUIT Jo. No one here is going to judge you. Personally I credit the nicotine gum for my last 6 month Quit & I did not relapse because I quit using the gum....I had stopped using it long before my relapse. I’m using it again this time. I wish so much I had the strength to Quit without using it but in my own personal case I need the help. It may be a psychological crutch but whatever it is, for me it works. I am already using the same flavour of regular gum as well...I do not want a nicotine addiction to be ongoing of course due to the gum. And I did not ever use the package directions....I only chew it if my Quit is in jeopardy. I only chew 2 pieces of nicotine gum per day now (but I use regular gum more often) & it will soon go down to zero. I will do what I have to...it sure beats smoking. The more Quit Days I get under my belt, the easier it is not to use the nicotine gum. Everyone is different. You know yourself & your body better than anyone else. Just do what you have to do to QUIT. What works for me may not work for you. Just sharing.

Don’t choke!!! I sometimes wonder if I will get TMJ from chewing gum so hard lol! But it works...so I’ll take the chance! Just keep posting...no one here minds in the least ?

The craves can be brutal Sunny but they usually don’t last more than 20 Minutes....usually way less. It’s not easy! I have to distract myself or chew gum like mad. BUT they go away thankfully. Just keep on resisting. Every morning I wake up & say “I don’t smoke anymore” so when the craves come at me I find a different reason for them (whatever it takes) & a different way to cope with them. They pass. Hang on!

How’s the Atarax working Boater? I had insomnia on a 6 month Quit & it totally sucked. But this time I have used Melatonin Drops 1 mg only & I’m okay. Every Quit is different for sure. This time I have “gas” issues....I better not light up!!!

My hubby was a bit concerned about my cough too...only morning & night but it IS going away now. Not hacking up stuff from my lungs anymore. It seems to go away after a month or so.

I can’t put anything that you light up near my mouth...nothing! If I wreck this Quit I’ll be wishing I had lit a stick of dynamite...I am just resigned to NO lighting up ever again now. I just wake up every morning & say “I don’t smoke” then get on with my day. It’s a bit depressing, like losing an old friend, but I am relieved to be free of this toxic friendship. Nope, I can’t light up anything that might reinforce the old habit JB. Maybe some can but I’m not one of them.