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I have enjoyed our mornings together. After our fist daily interaction you provide little to no enjoyment and our "friendship" is one sided and expensive. You do not need me and I do not need you. Thank you for those times when I was in need of a break
... moreI don’t know if I truly anticipated just how intensely I would react to quitting. I tapered until I was at 3 cigs/day and then started my quit plan. Boy did I underestimate the emotional intensity that would hit almost immediately; despite using gum to st
... moreGoodbye forever you bitch! I knew better than to be friends with you! It started as a fad, getting zero nicotine vapes to look cool on high school spring break. With the drinks in college came the nicotine. With the ADHD diagnosis came the dependence on n
... moreFinally Quit for 11 days it been a struggle vaping for about 10 years and 20 years before that smoking cigarettes. This is a life changing experience diet, fitness, and mental health. I feel this time it will be for good staying positive and enjoying the
... moreI quit smoking for the first time in 2010. I stayed quit for three years. It was the worst three years of my life, and when I started smoking again I promised myself I would never put myself through that again.
BUT.
Of all things, I came across a post in a
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I’m looking for advice on how two people that live under the same roof can quit together. My husband and I both quit recently, I’m at 21 days and he’s day 1. I vaped and he used tobacco-free pouches. We’re at different points in our quits and we handle q
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It’s been almost 12+ years I’ve been having nicotine either as a cigarette or vape. There was a point where I was feeling extremely uncomfortable by coughing and phlegm since I was overdoing the vape. I felt tired very early and have sleep issues a
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Today is my first day trying to fully quit vaping. After a classically long on/off relationship with vaping I’ve had to admit to myself how toxic it has become for me.
Weirdly though, now that I think of how toxic it “became” I realized it was alway
... moreHi Everyone! Happy Saturday!
I haven't posted a blog in a while. The highs and lows of quitting eventually even out and then what's there to talk about? You just keep going. Well, yes but I want to tell you the good gets even better!
To recap: The first few
... moreI spent the last week listening to Alan Carr The Easy Way to Quit.
I spent time and gave much attention to understanding his method. Replayed chapters until my brain was rewired. His method works! I am a happy non smoker after 40 years of heavy smoking! F
14 days done, I went back and read what I wrote a week 1/2 ago, brought back the panic I was feeling then. This is not a bad thing for me it's important to remember the pain as a motivator. I just read a Mayo blog self-efficacy vs self-confidence and real
... moreI didn't check in yesterday for my first double-digit day but wait I don't celebrate until I'm finished with that day....so I'm right on time Day 10 is done 12 days no alcohol, 3 days without the nic patch, coffee consumption is 1/2, walking every day.
... moreI am grateful for 100 days of freedom.
Updated stats................3,090 cigarettes not smoked at a savings of $1,313.50.
Thanks to everyone for your support. Shut out to my quit twin @qsiesue . Congrats on your 100 days.
morewell I'm a couple hours into my 7th day, it feels good to just say that.
It doesn't mean: I'm out of the woods, that the last 6 days haven't felt like an eternity, that the symptoms of depression aren't there, my breathing is miraculously not labored with
... moreChecking in because it helps me to type on this website, just maybe someone else? This is going to be a stream of consciousness writing because I need it.....read at your peril
5 days done, prior 2 days really rough, 2 hour walk/hike with my dog yesterda
... moreI made it a whole week without nicotine! My first whole week without since I started 10 years ago.
I am so grateful for Allen Carr's writings. After a week in, my biggest takeaway is that I haven't lost anything at all and gained so much. Every single bene
... moreHi...I'm 8 days nicotine free and my last smoke was 11:45 on NYE.
And, actually I know why I waited...I figured there's no point of introducing myself only to disappear a few days later, waste your time and embarrass myself. I've tried before, but each t
... moreI have not smoked at all today I actually started using patches and gum on Wednesday but was smoking without patch on as of yesterday I threw everything I could smoke in the garbage .Cravings seem a little less intense today so still continuing to use pat
... moreSo today I quit vaping for good. I was supposed to quit January first. I was going to cut down on my vaping and then officially quit. Today I realized that I am not capable of having vapes in my possession without using alot. I decided today that I was ju
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Hello, EX Community! We’re back for one more helping in our six-week series. After last week’s smorgasbord of mouth-occupying distractions, we bet you thought we were out of ideas. But oh, how wrong you’d be. We’ve got a bonus round of tantalizing option
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Tomorrow we have plans to go to my fiancés parents house for Christmas. For personal reasons, this event is going to be really stressful for me. It’s unfortunately one of the biggest events of the year for the family and I’ve gone for the
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Welcome back to the EX Community's Quit Kit series. This week, we’re biting into the subject of oral distractions. The habit of hand-to-mouth action is ingrained in the smoking/vaping experience for lots of people, and some of us are used to using heavil
... moreI don’t even know how you got here! But you came, and you were funny and sweet. Just a laughter treat? Deceit!!!!
Before I knew it; we met every day, anywhere. When did you become my bestie!? When did your family become mine!! Was it when you caused ruct
... moreYou've been inescapable for so long, but I have finally turned my back on you. You will no longer have control of my health and happiness. I've found so many reasons and replacements that your gone for good.
moreWelcome back to part four of our EX Community series! This week, we turn our attention to the home front. While your house is your castle, it can also be a fortress against cravings. Our Week 4 graphic, In-Home Distractions, is loaded with practical idea
... moreI am very proud of myself, 41 days without nicotine! I havent been stopping in here as often mainly because I forget too. I rarely think about smoking and when I do the thought makes me wrinkle my nose. I have to say that I have tried everything to quit a
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Welcome back to our EX Community Quit Kit series, where we celebrate the ingenuity and camaraderie of our community members. We're diving into week two of our six-week journey through graphics designed to fortify and sustain you as you quit and stay quit
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