Very good point Reciprocity! It helped me to keep a diary and read it every so often to see the improvements. Some are small and only noticed looking backwards.

I was so happy with my warm feet and that helped with my commitment as I did not want to suffer from that ever again now winter was coming. I quit 2 november. 

Edited May 17May 17 by GonSo

Great Job Pilgrim 

Great news 

Dont forget to watch the 3 Documentary’s 

OMG did I get mad when I watch these 

It was the kick up the Arse I needed

Its another tool for your box 

Here is a Pat on the back 🐸

Hello friends,

I'm sorry to say I relapsed a few days ago. Lust... self destruction... I can't justify such a stupid choice.

The important thing is I'm climbing back on the train right now.

Gday

I’ll put this bluntly.

I quit this final time due to pneumonia.

What keeps me quit is COPD.

Just don’t want that for you…..

Ya ... none of us could justify our smoking either.

You just celebrated your 3 month smoke free anniversary. What is the longest you've ever not smoked? You left smoking as an option open instead of taking the "Commitment Oath" to smobriety no matter how you feel, no matter what you think or tell yourself, and no matter what happens to you. Take smoking off the table.

I hope you get back on the train and ride it to the end. It IS doable for you.

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by Minnie Mouse

Aww ok , you threw away your great Quit

Glad you have decided to keep your seat , that’s very important.

If you have read all the info here and you smoked , then something hadn’t gelled

Not sunk in

You still believed the cigarette could offer you something ..

You smoked because you are a addict

Re read everything .. watch the videos

Have you read the Allen Carr the easy way

Buckle up and let’s get this done 🐸

Sorry to hear that you relapsed @Pilgrim Hop back on and hopefully this time you will stay in your seat!! As Doreen said, re-read everything and watch the videos. Do the daily NOPE every single day!! In the beginning you have to, IMO. You must be getting annoyed at constantly getting the withdrawal symptoms? How can you stand it? Stop buying cigarettes or getting them from someone, get back on the train and be done with it!!! I know it's not easy, but everytime you go back, you will be back at square one which is the most difficult part of the ride. This can be done @Pilgrim You MUST set your mind to it, for it to work!! Make this the last time you go back to smoking!!🤞

Well; not to be mean but I hope it really sucked when you realized what you'd done and all those promises you had made to yourself were broken.

The only positive thing is that you are still here and willing to quit again. If you don't learn a lesson from what happened then you're bound to repeat it at some point down the road. It's very important to learn a lesson from any failed attempt. That's the only way you can correct/avoid it in future!

Where did you get the smoking material? I thought did you said you'd got rid of it all back in early May? Did you not do that and actually take the time to go buy more? If that's the case then it wasn't just a temporary, fleeting impulse thing; it was something deeper that needs to be corrected before you'll ever be able to quit permanently. You KNOW you can do it @Pilgrim ! You did it for three months then threw all that hard work and emotional turmoil out the window and now that was all just a wasted effort - what a shame😖

Anyone & everyone CAN quit but only those that are truly comitted to having a smoke free future and permanent freedom from an addiction running their lives actually achieve that transition. You simply have to want to be free of your addiction more than you want to continue to smoke! It really does boil down to that. I hope that YOU are now ready to make that life changing commitment!

Hey @Pilgrim. Good on you for being accountable for the relapse and coming back here to resume your quit. We've all been there. Glad you're back!

I agree with those who have observed that the reason for your relapse is not especially mysterious. We smoke - and we relapse - because we are ADDICTS. Once we truly reckon with that fact we realize that there is no alternative but to take smoking/vaping 100% off the table. It is not easy, especially for those of us who were heavy users. But, at the same time, it can become deceptively "simple." In the words of some wise quitters here on the Train:

When cravings strike, there are 1,000,000 things you can do in that moment. There is only one thing you cannot do - stick something in your face and light it on fire.

Once your latest nicotine binge clears your system and you come into acceptance of these facts, the struggle does not magically disappear. But it does fade into a kind of background noise. No more dreadful withdrawal symptoms. No more shame from failed quits. No more roulette with your health. No more killing yourself so that others might profit. Won't that be nice?

You can do this. Time to grab that freedom with both hands!