Boy oh boy but me and my mates sure have woken this thread up! It makes my soul smile to see more and more people join. I’m smiling big time over @Hayleylujah and @TwoWolves967 joining in. All of you posting here help me feel not alone on this journey and that has helped more than anything! 
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Glad to be here to share In supporting you and others in kicking this nasty addiction for good!
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Due to a rail strike in another part of the country it just took me three hours to get home instead of one. I felt sorry for the smokers I saw at the various stations I saw on my travels. Risking hefty fines -since smoking is not allowed anywhere in the railway system- just to get their fix. Smoking because they think it helps with the stress. Just another lie addiction tells. Smoking is Stupid. NOPE (Not One Puff Ever) forever! Glad to be here with you all. 2530 days of freedom. Never again.
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Started my counter last night, it’s my first smoke-free day. I don’t feel prepared, but I had enough of procrastinating the start. So here I am.
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Everyones got to start stopping sometime. You’ve made the decision to stop it’s all up to you now. Your in the right place to stop right here @SassyBoomer will be overjoyed of another addition to the family. Wishing you all the best. 
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Day 4 over here. I have not noticed any withdrawal symptoms which I am surprised about. The Tough times so far have been driving, and right after my AA meetings when I would normally hang outside with some good folks and vape. Other than that I have been keeping extremely busy with work, sidework, AA meetings, I have not yet had the time to sit on the couch and think about picking it up.
So far so good 
How is everyone else doing!?
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Day 16.5. Thoughts hit me, some minor some major. No real physical withdrawal. Mainly, like you, it is more a habit withdrawal. Funny thing though. I’ve really cut down on my coffee consumption. I didn’t realize how tightly it was tied to my smoking.
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@Nates26 welcome to the quitters always win (my personal nickname for it) thread! We have a wee family going through this together which is amazing. Congrats on your two days!
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Hey all. Today is day one. Quit for 4 years and started again in 2020. Got my doc to readjust my anxiety meds and that’s what helped last. Here we go again. 
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Welcome! Strength in numbers! We can do this
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Still trying! I don’t smoke much - just what I find on the sidewalk. I know what’ll happen if I buy a whole pack. Been using chew to help out. I should’ve started with the 21mg patches. I have around 5 days, but I’m not starting my official counter until I’m totally smoke free.
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Yes! I love it how this thread has sprung to life recently. Keep going all!
Here’s a little bit of my own wisdom (ahum) I wrote some 5 years ago:
I smoked sickarettes and joints daily for 35 years, 30 to 50 times a day. Early in my quit an Elder told me it would take me 1 year for every 10 years I smoked to be really comfortable with not smoking. That estimation seemed and still seems reasonable to me. I trained my brain to accommodate a large amount of nicotine all the time.
It takes a lot of time to retrain our brains, to have ourselves produce a natural amount of dopamine and serotonin and feel ‘normal’ after quitting.
Please have some patience after quitting to feel ‘normal’ again. Us addicts are not exactly known for our patience. That’s why we are addicts, we are looking for that instant fix, that instant gratification. Learning how to do without that is not easy. It takes some serious work.
We are doing it here though. I am. One day at a time. Good times and bad ones. Rain or shine. Autumn or spring. I got this because you got me. It is not always easy but it is always simple. NOPE it is. NOPE it stays. Love from Amsterdam in autumn.
PS on the 1st of September 2022: Indeed it did take me a good 3 years to really feel like I was never going to smoke again. To be really disgusted by the idea of having to smoke again. It got easy not to smoke much much earlier though.
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Of course not Col! It’s for general use 
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To be honest Menno for the last 3 weeks I’ve been thinking wtf is with all this NOPE! I’ve seen all the memes but it was only today that it clicked! 
I was the same with the 2012 Olympic logo. It took me 4 yrs to see that it actually said 2012. The F1 was another one that baffled me for years mate.
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Good morning fellow quitters. Wow look at that money I’ve saved! Or not saved. Let’s say £300/month. If I had to buy my cigarettes in bulk I dont think I’d be comfortable handing £300 over.
Thankfully all of that is history for me and now I’m feeling the benefits of being a non smoker.
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Sad to say, folks, I cracked and bought a 10 pjs today. Will quit again tomorrow. I tried without patches because I’m a stubborn ass but will use my patches from tomorrow. Give me strength aaaarghh 
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I tried with patches but could never get them to light . 
sorry that was terrible.
Just keep reading through @Hayleylujah and you will find a way. I promise.
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So I started walking to the bus stop just to get out of the house for a while. Began thinking I should start my counter as it’s been over 24 hours since I had even half a cigarette.
But then I found a whole, undamaged cigarette right there on the sidewalk. I began thinking, “Just smash it so there won’t be any temptation”. And that is exactly what I did. So did I pat myself on the back? No. I thought, “Well, that was dumb”.
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Today is a grandson’s 18th birthday so I took him, oldest granddaughter and granddaughter in law out for Chinese for lunch. Had a great time and am soooo full. After we were done granddaughter in law looked at me and asked to borrow a cigarette. I paused and could feel my granddaughter laughing. I looked straight at her and said I’m sorry, I don’t smoke. She looked at me stunned and said are you blowing smoke up my arse? Lol granddaughter said nope all of you are just oblivious. So I pulled out the app and showed my 18 days smoke free. I wasn’t going to break the news yet but couldn’t ignore a direct question and frankly, it was priceless seeing her face lolololol
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