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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

Day 19, and I'm happy to report that the weekend was the easiest I've had yet. Almost no thoughts of smoking at all. I went through the days feeling like a nonsmoker (as in, someone who never thinks about cigarettes) instead of like a smoker-trying-to-quit. It was great. I noticed one or two reflexive cues to smoke (one was with a certain person, the other was with a certain situation), but was able to just observe it, laugh, and let it go. I have a high-trigger work situation this afternoon (meeting with a draining client, to do a task I don't want to do, tripled with a long drive back afterward.... this is a perfect storm for me, and a time when I really want the relief and "reward" of a smoke afterward). I'm grateful to know I do not HAVE to smoke over this, but I am on guard against the reflexive desire to smoke returning. It'll be fleeting though, and nothing a little solo belting out tunes on the way home can't cure.

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 808

Feels good doesn't it?

Made it through hell week and heck week, keep it going. Onto blah week.

Stay strong.

Not One Puff Ever

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Tim

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

Day 15. I feel like I haven't smoked in forever. ha.

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

I use Chrome as well. If I am in a thread, I can click on the back pages of it no problem, but if I am in the title pages I can't see get past the first page. I got a few extras by changing my settings to "view 50 posts at a time," so that'll keep me busy for now :)

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 808

It's working for me. If I click on the number 8 page in this forum it brings up some messages from 2014. Maybe you need to refresh your browser? I'm using Chrome, what do you use?

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$25,785.10

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93,764

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Tim

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

Can someone let me know how I can access the archives of this board? I can only see the first page of each sub-forum. When I click on the numbered pages, it just reloads the front page.

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

2 weeks :) I feel like I spend most of my time not thinking about smoking, which is nice. I look forward to the day when I no longer identify with smoking. Or when my sense of self and identity is no longer tied to being a smoker. Someone approached me last night and said, "I heard you quit smoking again." That actually felt good, as well as being a jolt of accountability out of the blue. One more person supporting the effort. Or one more person I don't want to admit failure to.

And I noticed I typed "pubic" instead of "public" in my last post. The universe conspires to keep me humble one day at a time :)

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 808

Hi StellaBlue,

Almost through heck week, keep it going! You can enable your smoking meter by going into the "my program" and click on the settings. Then use the drop down box to enable the meter after you fill out the fields.

Never "bum" one. There's no such thing as "just one". That's the easiest trap to fall into and blow your quit journey. Soon the "I think I can" is going to turn into "I KNOW I can", and the urges will become distant memories. Just keep taking it one day at a time, and those days will add up quickly on your meter.

Stay strong.

Not One Puff Ever

Quit Meter

$25,785.10

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 858 Hours: 17

Minutes: 37 Seconds: 48

Life Gained
Quit Meter

4262

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

93,764

Cigarettes Not Smoked

Stay safe & Strong.

Not One Puff Ever (NOPE)

Tim

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 180

Made it through the long weekend, I think today is Day 13. Almost two weeks without a cigarette, I haven't accomplished that since last year... I still feel like a smoker-trying-not-to-smoke rather than a nonsmoker. At this point my quit is quite pubic within my social sphere, which is helping. I don't want to hurt my pride by bumming a smoke from someone. I think my cravings are both physical and mental - I experience strong cravings right about now in the morning (which remind me to take my little half pill of Champix), and then any cravings are more emotional in nature after that.

7 years ago 0 +0 / -0 808

Hi StellaBlue,

Keep fighting those urges, you are stronger than they are. Like you said, take it one day at a time. Each day that passes you gain more control of your life instead of those darn cigarettes controlling it. Pretty soon those urges will start to fade away, and then they will become few and far between. That's way down the road though. Don't think about the long term right now, concentrate on today.

Nine days is a great start on your quit journey. Are you rewarding yourself yet?

That urge to smoke you're talking about, is that a physical urge or a mental urge? Keep changing your routine and don't give in, you can do this.

Stay strong and hang in there.

Not One Puff Ever

Quit Meter

$25,785.10

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 858 Hours: 17

Minutes: 37 Seconds: 48

Life Gained
Quit Meter

4262

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

93,764

Cigarettes Not Smoked

Stay safe & Strong.

Not One Puff Ever (NOPE)

Tim

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