Thanks for the positive words. I feel like I’ve conquered drugs and alcohol and now it’s time to tackle nicotine. But I can take the same approach that I do with drugs and alcohol. With nicotine I will just take it one day at a time. I will reach out to the community and people in my net work. I will remind myself daily why I’m quitting. And I will celebrate milestones even if they are small
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This is where hanging onto the fact that starting over will never be easier to quit next time. and that you can and will be ok getting through any other gnarly withdrawels symptoms. These early days are by far the hardest. Then it becomes developing and keeping new habits.
Quitting warped me for a minute. I didnt know what to do or how to act without my last vice. Its that reward that smoking gives you that leaves a lot of strange time to fill. For me the physical habit was/is the hardest part about quitting.
Nicotine withdrawal? Sure. that part sucks, but in my opinion its easy compared to filling the missing reward that smoking was. Everything was a trigger to light up.
Keep going Trevor! 
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I 100% know that if I go back to vaping and I try to quit again in the future it’s not going to be nowhere as easy that’s for sure.. My first couple days I didn’t even notice I didn’t have nicotine. I wasn’t even planning on quitting ..I just knew that when I had my respiratory infection and I was pretty sick I Noticed that I kept smoking my vape even though it literally made me feel so much worse( addiction) like every time I spent five minutes hitting my vape it made me go backwards like 12 hours in my flu recovery so that’s why I decided to stop and next thing I knew I had two or three days so I decided to quit. Because I was distracted I probably made it through the hardest part but if I was feeling 100% healthy that would’ve been a different story. But I do know what you mean about feeling kind of warped mentally. I had a brief thought today that maybe I haven’t been doing as good as I thought because I was just really in a good mood because of nicotine all the time. I don’t think I went longer than one hour without hitting my vape So currently I feel like my mood is different and I started thinking maybe I’m not doing as good with my recovery as I thought. But I think that’s my mind playing games on me. Maybe my brain chemistry is rewiring without nicotine and I just have to get back to feeling normal without nicotine
Either way I made it through another day without nicotine of any sort. I have some brief periods where I feel kind of annoyed but besides that I’m just pretty hungry and feel kind of blah
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You named it. Just ride the ruff waves for a bit. Its ok to not be happy all the time especially when youre kicking nicotines butt
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Nicotine is both a stimulant and a depressant, depending on the person. Nevertheless, it gives us an immediate dopamine boost.
As your body heals, you’re going to feel a lot of strange things. It’s completely normal to have waves of anxiety, depression, and ennui; it’s also normal to feel manic and jubilant.
Feelings can’t be challenged, per se; but thoughts can.
You’re doing the best that you can with the resources that you have available to you. Ride out these waves with the hope that they don’t last forever.
“True self” is breaking free from “Addict self”.
Of course it’s going to be uncomfortable at times, but you’re worth the effort!
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very pleasing indeed! Nicely done with your smoke free time
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I absolutely hate the smell but have been wanting to smoke lately…not as a craving but…hard to explain. Gotta stay vigilant and keep remembering how hard it was to get started… Keep soldering on my friends. We can’t go backwards 
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Fight the good fight. Its easier to stay stopped my friend
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You got that right – I will fight to stay quit rather than have to mess with day 1 again :
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Congratulations to all of you for each day you have not smoked. Hopefully and I expect you will never regret your decision to not smoke.
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Checking in on our new quiters. Hows it going?
Im currently 1mo away from 2 years. Nicotine is insidious
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Staying strong. I don’t know my exact number of days but I think it’s about three weeks. Honestly the first week was no problem but the second week was pretty difficult but the cravings were brief. I would say Work is the hardest but not all the time. The only noticeable side effect is being really hungry but for myself that’s not really a problem because I don’t think I was eating enough food anyway. Also brief periods of frustration and anxiety but it passes. I’m actually surprised how easy it was but I think that was the nicotine addiction trying to trap me and tell me that I cannot quit vaping for whatever reasons!! Now I have nothing holding me back addiction wise.. I just have to continue to be reminded why I quit nicotine in the first place. The easy part is always in the beginning because you have all of these reasons and memories that are fresh. But after some time these reasons vanish if you do not stay on top of the reality.. So I won’t forget
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You were sick when you started so it makes sense the cravings were offset. Weird how the mind works. Your addiction was fully prepared to come back swinging when you recovered 
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Glad you are pushing forward and sticking to it. It does get easier…honest.
What a glorious feeling when you are free of the addictions and have nothing holding you back. ODAAT 
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And I currently can’t smoke or vape because of the tooth that got pulled.. So there is more motivation to continue. So week one distracted because of being sick.. Week two I was like damn kinda need my vape!! And that’s when I first noticed that I actually wasn’t vaping but pushed through .. Now week three and four I am also distracted again because of this tooth and not wanting to get dry socket. So basically this has been a good month to quit vaping and is setting me up to quit for good and stay on the nicotine free path. I guess the only substance that I still have in my life is caffeine but I don’t think I abuse it. There was a time in my life where I drank energy drinks every day sometimes multiple times a day but somehow overcame that. now I can have a Red Bull or monster but won’t have one again for a few weeks and not even realize it. I do have a few ice coffees every day but The main thing is trying to not drink them past 3 PM so I don’t disrupt sleep. The reality is that caffeine is not something that will hold me back or Interfere with life In a negative way. I will say though If starburst sold packs of just yellow then I would be in trouble and need a whole entire program just for Starburst!! But they don’t do that so I’m good.
Anyway thanks for the support Jasmine. I’ll definitely reach out if I feel Squirrley
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Congratulations 
That’s so awesome!!!
700 days no tobacco
Smoking bad
Fresh air good
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Happy 1 year! 
Yeah cigarettes stink and they a very expensive these days.
Way to go friend. That’s an awesome milestone. Congratulations on your 700 days!! 
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Hahaha! I love the little pet rock! Thanks Jasmine 
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