Sometimes when things are slow we fail to see the progress we have made. I have gone 218 days without a cigarette, without even one Puff. Not that I didn't want one. I did. I made a conscious decision that I would be a better person without them. The logic and reasoning behind that decision has not changed. The only thing that changes and wavers from day-to-day is our feelings. So what do I conclude from this? That feelings are bad? Well, in most situations, yes. Feelings should be private and I think that we've gone too far sharing feelings on social media. This site however is a forum for exactly that, feelings. So let it out people! That's what we're here for. And thank you so much for listening to me. I posted a more hopeful picture of myself below. Thanks for getting me through a very hard time. Bernie.
Congrats-I hung onto the "I'm better off without them thought" too and still do 51/2 years since my last cigarette. I still have smoking thoughts brought on by feelings (generally negative) but they pass. Old habits die hard. My freedom is too precious to fool around and act on a smoking thought. The "I'm so pleased and proud that I quit thought" is too important and verifies progress to me. 
