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Keep it up. eat some chocolate instead. It gives the brain calming sensations.
It really does.

Chocolate got me through!

I read it takes 7 months for your lungs to clean themselves up.

Atta boy Steve, congrats. Coming up on my 1 year smoke free myself. Gets easier as time passes.

That’s awesome. Congrats!

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Those are my favorite kind of visual indicators of a leak!!!
You either get a balloon-like explosion when you stick your finger in *snicker* or it’s just a wall bubble that dries out and crumbles when you touch it.

Most times, I play the gamble.
Most times, my finger gets wet. *snicker*

^^^^ Good 'ol LATEX paint. I have a painter friend in his mid-eighties, we'd drive by an old neighborhood with beautiful 1920-1930's built homes, he'd say see that garage door; I painted that in 1960's something with lead oil paint. It still looks great, no fading no peeling. Amazing.

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steveinaz wrote: »

Week 6 of being a non-smoker. I got this.

I need help. I smoke way too much and it makes me feel like a POS. I have quit things that made me feel extreme depression and physically ill during withdrawal and I still followed through but I can't do this even though I know I need to. I wonder about Chantix even though I know the easier answer is to man up on the willpower.

You're not alone brother, me too...

This is a nice timeline.

That's the way my dad quit smoking too. He shortly belonged to the zipper club and years later, my Father in Law joined the zipper club too. They both lived many years afterward.

I had one of those during my childhood.

When I was in the hospital, they wanted to put me on one of those nicotine patches. Mainly because your body starts throwing a fit for that nicotine fix and was throwing off my numbers so they couldn't get a clear picture of how I was actually doing.

I told them no way. Knowing that my smoking days were over due to my condition, I didn't want to leave the hospital still craving a smoke. I wanted the rough patch to be over when I left the hospital.

Does it still smell good ? yep
Do I still want one after I eat ? Yep
Do I still want one when having some adult beverages ? Yep

But.....you learn to train your brain into focusing elsewhere and that's more than half the battle. Smokers have routines, have that hand to mouth thing too. One of the hardest things you'll ever do is breaking addictive habits. Train your brain, re focus, tell yourself you were never a smoker to begin with and don't dwell on it or give it a second thought. Obviously different methods work for different people, trial and error.

In my case, I was forced, tied to a hospital bed until those initial urges passed. Nothing stopped me from lighting up the day I left though. You have to look at it in a different light because by quitting, your giving yourself a second chance at life. Don't squander it. Rock on Steve and anyone else trying to quit. Yeah, none of us are getting out of this thing alive, but it would sure be nice to soak it up as long as possible.

Same with me Tony. I didn't want any kind of nicotine replacement, because I wanted to be done with it. Glad I went that route. We won't fail this time---we're done and feeling really good. We're walking, I am starting to work out again (been about 23 yrs since I left the Army). I'm retiring 30 July 2021 and I intend on fully enjoying our travel.

Agree, first 48hrs ROUGH, first 2 weeks not fun, after that I was good to go.

Have have to retrain your brain to deal with the "boredom cigarette" time. For me, this was the hardest. I didn't realize how much I smoked out of boredom. Be patient, you will develop new ways of coping; going for a short walk helped me.

We're traveling to Colorado to kill our children and grand children over Thanksgiving. Should be fun.