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Give and get support around quitting

MarilynH
Member

Choose to quit and remain quit, no matter what!

Life is full of ups and downs and believe it or not once you get through the roller coaster ups and downs of withdrawals and mood swings and give yourself the time needed to relearn different ways of dealing with life's issues without the crutch of smoking then you should realize that it's actually much easier handling situations without the cigarettes, that's what I found for me that I'm not stuck in a haze of smoke anymore and it's great because life is always going to throw us a monkey wrench when we're least expecting it! So my friends and fellow Exers I'm going to to push vigilance again because we need to protect the best gift that any of us will ever give ourselves which is the gift of LIFE! Let's enjoy our new found Freedom but let's not become complacent, let's treasure our hard earned quits for our health, family and our lives literally depends on us to remain quit. Remember H. A. L. T. -  Hunger, Anger, Lonely , Tired , we must take EXtra good care of ourselves so we can be around to enjoy ourselves as Ex Smokers. FB_IMG_1485523522287.jpg

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YoungAtHeart
Member

"so we can be around to enjoy ourselves as Ex Smokers"

And how enjoyable it IS!

Thanks for the reminder!

Nancy

Roller831
Member

Thank you!  The closer my vacation is, the more nervous I am getting and the more I need to see stuff like this.  I am nervous because of the unknown, but I have the mantra and the belief of NOPE, SINAO, and I don't do that anymore!!!

elvan
Member

Vigilance really is absolutely necessary no matter where you are in your quit...it would be an easy, reflexive thing to reach for a cigarette if they were sitting there.  I STILL say NOPE after 1,300 days.

Ellen

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MarilynH
Member

Congratulations Ellen on your 1,300 precious DOF, great number and still counting, yay elvan I guess every number we stack up is a great number! 

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JACKIE1-25-15
Member

I love the no matter what.  I would always tell myself that to get me through.  No matter what. No matter what, No matter what.  It got me through  Thank God. 929 DOF  Good blog. 

MarilynH
Member

You go and enjoy your vacation because you are living with N.O.P.E and vigilance plus you don't do that anymore because S.I.N.A.O so deep breath and be on guard for any stressers but have fun and keep stacking up your precious smoke free days, you've got this quit! roller831 ,I definitely understand being nervous about the unknown but I think you are prepared and will have fun and reap the benefits of an Ex Smoker because you are Free! 

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Strudel
Member

No matter what!! 

Happy weekend Marilyn - hope all is well! 

MarilynH
Member

Happy wk end to you too Kathy, everything is going alright and I hope things are going well for you.  Strudel

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Roller831
Member

I need this!  Thank you so much!