Congratulations 

This a huge Achievement …

Make sure you award yourself today  🐸

Edited April 28, 20251 yr by Doreensfree

Congratulations on 1 month smoke free @Pilgrim  Great job!

Wow, fireworks! That's awesome, Doreensfree, thank you. 💙

- and thanks to you as well, Johnny5!

This gesture has made me feel welcome here on a new level. I appreciate the encouragement from you all. We understand what we're going through in this community.

Edited April 28, 20251 yr by Pilgrim

Congratulations on 1 month Pilgrim!  That is so great!  You are doing really well, just keep doing what you are doing. Onward to month 2.

 

Thank you QuittingGirl! I've relapsed a few times around the 2 month mark... but I'm feeling resolved this time. 💪

Congrats!  One month is AWESOME!  Keep it up!  

Congrats, on 1 month quit. You're doing great and don't forget to remind yourself daily that you deserve this. You deserve to be smoke free and happy. You are stronger than the addiction.

Congrats @Pilgrim! 1 month is awesome.

Let's get month 2 done and remember what happened around that point on previous quits to thwart your efforts & what you plan to do differently this time around to succeed. We're all pulling for you 👍

 

Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

Congrats Pilgrim, one month is amazing.

keep taking it one day at a time, soon to be 2 months.

stay determined 😊

@Pilgrim.... your on track to make this your forever quit. Well done!!

 

A belated WOO HOO… Well done on your first month! The hardest withdrawal days are behind you and you’ve built your foundation. Onward and upward!

 

@Pilgrim I know it's not easy and this is my 2nd and last time quitting because who wants to go through withdrawal again!!  Certainly not me!! Ack!! No way!!😬 Twice was enough!! Just take it one day at a time because that is really all you can do at this point.  What methods are you using to help you stay focused and with withdrawal symptoms?

One month is fantastic! Congratulations!!🙂

Thanks again for all your support and encouragement, gang. It's been a rough few days and today in particular I found myself craving a smoke more than once. I had to remind myself that it won't help my situation... especially after I've come so far. However you, me, we are suffering, putting nicotine into our bodies ultimately packs more suffering on top of what's already there... all we have to do is remember what it was like. Not that first exciting cigarette, but all the ones that follow... being completely addicted and dependent on getting that regular dose of nicotine. Being a slave to it. Remembering that state of existence keeps me resolute in maintaining my quit.

22 hours ago, Pilgrim said:

Thanks again for all your support and encouragement, gang. It's been a rough few days and today in particular I found myself craving a smoke more than once. I had to remind myself that it won't help my situation... especially after I've come so far. However you, me, we are suffering, putting nicotine into our bodies ultimately packs more suffering on top of what's already there... all we have to do is remember what it was like. Not that first exciting cigarette, but all the ones that follow... being completely addicted and dependent on getting that regular dose of nicotine. Being a slave to it. Remembering that state of existence keeps me resolute in maintaining my quit.

You are absolutely right @Pilgrim... but please examine your thoughts about the that first "exciting" cigarette you had. Was it really that exciting? Did you love the taste of the hot air burning your lungs? Did you really love the feel as you probably wanted to gag a bit after that first puff? Did it really feel like a lot of fun? Probably not. The nature of the addiction is that our brains trick us into believing that a cigarette was responsble for creating this imaginary exciting pleasure. That' really the brain distorting the truth. It is false evidince that appears real. You are doing amazging in our quit but I offer abit of advice. Please re-examine that belief you have about the excitement of smoking a ciggie. Its a form of romancing the smoke which can be the cause of a future relapse my friend.....  the next frontier for you to overcome in your quit process is to overcome this false thinking. This is what is needed now for you to maintain a long term quit.

 

Keep up the good work.... you are doing aweseome. 

 

@Pilgrim ... give this a read. From an old mentor of mine in Quitnet.... he responded to me when I was in the midst of glamorizing and romancing  a cigarette..... 

 

 

RE: Dangerous Thinking----Help

From danl1 on 9/21/2004 8:56:09 AM
No buttkicking for you today, because weakness is not the problem.

Never was, really.

The only problem you have - or ever did - is that you believe that smoking has a way to improve your life. It does not, and the last 107 days have proven that to you if you'll only pay attention to the lessons. 

Chances are you are "romancing the smoke" - remembering it to be an enjoyable thing to smoke. IT'S NOT. The things you were doing while smoking - say, relaxing or socializing - were good things, but the cigarette did not enhance that experience at all.

Take a moment to remember the first cigarette you ever smoked, carefully, fully, and honestly. Nasty, Gross, Dizzying, and Nauseating. I've never met anyone who honestly said differently. 

Cigarettes never changed. They always were and still are perfectly horrible things. It's only a mistaken perception - one that nicotine helped form - that has you believing that they are any good. It was the things surrounding smoking that were 'good', and cigarettes only stole credit in your mind. It is an error.

Stop believing and you will end the desires/urges/cravings. That's the only way they can form. 
 

Edited May 7, 20251 yr by Genecanuck

There is no such thing as .. Just One

Think of all the thousands that follow .,,

We are Nicotine Addicts 🐸

@Pilgrim; you're gonna absolutely LOVE your life of true freedom once your quit is better secured and those nagging thoughts of having a smoke are completely non-existant. It happens slowly but it DOES happen so yeah, stick with it and keep that thought of Freedom in your head particularly when you get those cravings to light up. It just ain't worth it! And I can tell you that the junkie part of your brain may be fading now but it will still jump up and bite you in the ass every once in a while over the first several months so always be on guard - ALWAYS! 

Stay strong. You can do this. Addiction lurks in the tall grass waiting to pounce when we’re down, hungry, angry, lonely or tired. Lotsa ways to care for yourself without those nasty smokes! 

Congratulations! Keep the good work.

Six weeks tonight, friends. 💪

 

Thanks Doreen, Reci, DB, garry, and all before, I appreciate your words of wisdom and empathy.

I'm going through some serious f-ing Trials right now, and despite it I am keeping that demon-bitch Nicotine at arm's length. Believe it.

I've been 10 years quit, boys. 

I know how it feels to be free. I've said to myself, "you've made it, dude. You've been a non-smoker for so long you could never dream of going back." Yet I willingly jumped back into that pit.

Thank God I've lived six weeks free from nicotine. One less burden to bear.

 

Stay strong, my friends. 💙

Edited May 12, 20251 yr by Pilgrim
Corrected idiom.

I remember your name. Long ago quit. Glad you found your way back. Time to quit licking windows and finish it. We aren’t meant to come back to it after learning and earning our way out. Keep it up and don’t be a dumbass again. 

52 minutes ago, bakon said:

I remember your name. Long ago quit. Glad you found your way back. Time to quit licking windows and finish it. We aren’t meant to come back to it after learning and earning our way out. Keep it up and don’t be a dumbass again. 

Bakon ... such a way with words but; you do get your point across, that's for sure👍 You're missed around here; that's for sure!