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Welcome to the community!   Regardless of the zapping, you are still very early in your quit and the thinking about and wanting to smoke is perfectly normal.  The first week is the most difficult, then the second, and really the first month.  I will give you some reading to do to understand why, and some tips on getting past those thoughts.  FourPreviewHide preview

Welcome to the community!    Good that you understand the relationship you have with smoking   I also recommend you educate yourself on what nicotine does to your body and mind. To that end, I highly recommend Allen Carr's “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.” This easy, fast and entertaining read provided a world of good information about nicotinePreviewHide preview

Welcome to the community!   Sticking to your decision to quit and getting through that first day is HUGE!  See?  You CAN do it!  NOW - just keep doing it, one day at a time.  Figure out what you can do when stress does hit (because you know it will).  Get some ideas from the link I give you further on.   The important thing you can do right now isPreviewHide preview

Welcome to the community! You can READ, read and READ some more.  The better you understand this addiction, the more successful you will be at beating it. The important thing you can do right now is to educate yourself on what nicotine does to your body and mind. To that end, I highly recommend Allen Carr's “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.” ThisPreviewHide preview

Welcome to the community!   Happy Birthday!  Going forward, you will have double the reason to celebrate June 24th!   You will find lots of good information here:  EX to EX INSTRUCTIONS Scroll down until you see the heading, "Pictures" to find out how to include one on a blog or response.   The important thing you can do right now is to educatePreviewHide preview

Welcome to the community!   The important thing you can do right now is to educate yourself on what nicotine does to your body and mind. To that end, I highly recommend Allen Carr's “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.” This easy and entertaining read provided a world of good information about nicotine addiction, most of which I was not aware.  I creditPreviewHide preview

Welcome to the community!   As addicts, there will NEVER be such a thing as just one.  It will ALWAYS,maybe not right away but always, lead to another, then another until you are a full-time smoker again.  Learn more about it to understand why it is so!   Sounds like this isn't your first rodeo.  What will you do differently to up your chances ofPreviewHide preview

If you click on anyone's avatar or name (including your own) you will be taken to their/your home page.  From there you can click on Activity or Content and see their/your blogs/discussions, etc.         Some of the "great literature" on here can be found in Best of EX which you can get to from the main HOME page of the community.  See the bigPreviewHide preview

You are in luck! I keep a copy of my welcome handy!  I hope you will avail yourself of some (or all) of the information and tips I offer.   The important thing you can do right now is to educate yourself on what nicotine does to your body and mind. To that end, I highly recommend Allen Carr's “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.” This easy andPreviewHide preview

Welcome to the community!   WE can be your virtual support system and it is our main reason for staying around the place.  Look around, do some reading, "meet" our members, and do a blog to introduce yourself when you are ready.  You might include your smoking history, why you want to quit, your quit date if you have set one, what quit aid (if youPreviewHide preview