9/15/19 Celebrations

[CommunityAdmin]

We challenge you to respond! Reply by Email or login and comment with your Days of Freedom. Let's show the world that we've overcome or will overcome and not let nicotine win. 

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butch-4star‌ 4100 days!
Dex3‌ 3800 days!

nico‌ 10 years!
mmellor‌ 3600 days!
mamadukes‌ 3500 days!
mlpepsi517 7 years!
Danno_11-10-12 2500 days!
Dave142‌ 6.5 years!
bj_15‌ and fred927‌ 5.5 years!
clareau 2000 days!
hortgal58‌ and jsfedele‌ 1900 days!
John-C. 5 years!

gail59 1700 days!
toddsmith23 1500 days!
robertclark302 1200 days!
Julie-F. 1100 day!
joanofarc 3 years!

vernonpather 2.5 years!
kiersten713‌ 800 days!
Tricia1969 2 years!

ButterflyMF mimiparker quittin4me 600 days!

Lil_t mweber RHRS 1.5 years!
karijeen‌ 500 days!
free-from-smoke and lschiavo 400 days!

Lasttimeagain and sachooo 1 year!

Debsims41 Lila0222 and Quit_Man 300 days!

CarynS chasitypfaff DIRTBAG Lanesgamma myridian tclark87 200 days!

angibutcher awesome1 bfrenchvt krissykriss2019 Lc64922 patriciaporem patriciaporem2 purplefire Rzrbakfan success123 tiffanym1229 tlarue1964 6 months.

a_mathesius‌ bomartin1973‌ GPJ‌ Mavebee‌ megster5‌ Melissa38945‌ mlcrown‌ Mommie1966‌ rpainter‌ taylormadein81‌ and valhalla59‌ 150 days
adrianivery desstinaking geoffworddy houser2009 Mainesha39 maxs melody77 Quitting-again Rae1980 100 days! Welcome to the Triple Digit Quitters Club!

akurathidinesh chouser7 jeffkarlin MDR_BDel mrsgooden2012 noppadet Raaachel Tony1967 VapednowDone 50 days! This is the first of many celebrations for you. Please come back every time we celebrate you and confirm your quit date.

ambivalent amy01353 amying4health Anthonygratta ‌Justanotherone blahdrey boy-mom ceecee41 csee destiny2900 Dhewey Dviv emilyf161 Emilyvalen123 footballstar1043 Grangrin gt350 hardtoquit henrychar Jewbrew666 jimpop123 koconnor59 LandB64 luluwig24 mitchws1725 penndago89 and Stephu08 today is your quit day! Congrats, if anyone has quit today and for starting your journey with us as well. Be sure to journal your experiences today with a personal blog(← Click to get started) so you can look back on it and reflect where you started. Tag the post "TheDayIQuit". This way others can see what they can possibly expect as they start their quit journey. Before you know it, you'll be celebrating with people like those mentioned above. To see more Quit Journeys for days 1 thru 100 click the link.

Mark

EX Community Manager

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[mlpepsi517]

Welcome to the EX Thovis!  Keep up the good work.  In the past I tried several times to quit also and what worked best for me is just to do it.  Along with the help of everyone here.  Stay positive, its not always going to be easy but remember everyone is here for you to help you through them trying times.  

[mlpepsi517]

Congrats on 17 days of freedom Mireya!  And welcome to the EX.  Keep up the good work.  

[LandB64]

I failed ta make my Quit date . I'm so upset with my self . Things are goin so well with my health right now and I'm so afraid of gettin sick.  So that should make me want ta quit even more right. I have no answers for what I'm afraid of with quittin smokin , do ya know the answer sir please help me I'm desperate?

[henrychar]

I need advice on how to quit smoking.

[Thovis]

LandB.  That’s a hard one but based on my own experience, maybe you’re afraid of failing.  We’ve all been there.  We quit and go crazy for a few days until we give in.  Then we feel horrible about ourselves.  I’ve been there.  It’s just easier to avoid the whole mess.  

It’s funny how our brains work.  We can convince ourselves of pretty much anything.  I’ll bet you can convince yourself that you don’t want to smoke anymore.  Think about all of the reasons you hate smoking and recognize it when you’re doing them.  For example, I hated smoking in public.  I felt like a lesser person when others walk by.  I hated leaving friends at a table while I stood outside.  

And remember a slip up is just that.  It’s not a failure just a stumble. 

[henrychar]

Mines stress smoking

[Thovis]

It’s a mental game so you have to dictate your thoughts.  It all starts and ends there.  One thing I did differently from other quits...   I am not avoiding those things that made me want to smoke.  In the past I would avoid coffee and alcohol.  I figured out that this was making me quit doing things I liked because I was afraid.  I’m just learning to enjoy things without the smoke.  

[JACKIE1-25-15]

Smoking adds to stress.  We have be lead to believe that it takes the stress away but it is only temporary because you have to get another fix.  We smoke when we are happy-sad, lonely etc.  How can one thing fill so many voids?  Education is the key to a successful quit. Read study research.  Hang out here set a date.  Have no fear.  Fear is false expectations appearing real. https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/best-of-ex/blog/2013/08/11/foundation-for-a-successful-qui...‌

[JACKIE1-25-15]

You can still do this. My EX Plan | BecomeAnEX  review the videos work on your triggers, track your cigarettes. /blogs/Chuck_Quit_2-20-2011-blog/2015/08/27/it-has-to-start-somewhere?sr=search&searchId=715bdeaf-86...