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Everytime I get an urge, I....

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Scream.

It's been a rough couple months but I've not even slipped up once. And Let Me Tell You, I'm proud of myself. I've been working a lot and we're not allowed to smoke anywhere near where I work so that's helped. But boy oh boy there's those times that are just too much for little old me to handle. But each time when it just seems I can't not stop myself I go back to this video http://www.totallyquit.com/examples.html that someone else posted (thanks) and the urge disappears.

2 months down, the rest of my life to go!
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Congrats and you should be sooooo proud of yourself! I've screamed a time or two myself, felt darn good too. I too have gone to that video Tadpo shared, quite a heavy inspiration but an inspiration just the same! Two months, reward yourself and continue with your healthy quit and best wishes to you!!!
Shell7 smoke-free for 104 days, breathing deep & clean, quitters are winners, Yay us!!!!
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Two months down is excellent, congratulations. Spinning off of some other recent comments on this board, I hope you keep your focus on your benefits and gains, and not on the hard parts, and I hope that you mark your two months by rewarding yourself with something that is meaningful for you. Cheers to you, elisabeth!! Good going!!
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Yeah!!!!!!! You are an inspiration to the ones of us who are still struggling!
grannie
grannie
Congrats on those 2 months, that is exactly how it is done, one day at a time. Keep it up.

Grannie
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great job !! and thank you for posting.....i hit 2 weeks today, and seeing your post for 2 months gives me hope, and it really keeps me going....thanks again, and keep going
LizBeth2778
LizBeth2778
Awesome! Congrats. I know how you feel, even at four months I still have to scream off a craving every once in awhile. Luckily they are fewer and less intense.
Keep up the great work, you have every reason to be proud!
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Thank you so much all, I can't wait for the day I don't think about smoking again!
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Stay strong! You should be proud! That video was soooo incredibly powerful! I am bawling right now because that is so similar to what we went throught with my Mom. Thank you for sharing it with us!

I have been quit for 1 Month, 1 Day, 15 hours, 24 minutes and 50 seconds (31 days).
I have saved $129.09
by not smoking 632 cigarettes.
I have saved 2 Days, 4 hours and 40 minutes of my life.

My Quit Date: 11/10/2007 12:00 AM
LankyYankee
LankyYankee
Scream away!! LOL seriously we've been there and it really does feel good. Two months is a very big deal...congrats to you! There will come a time in the not too distant future when you really won't think about smoking but meanwhile here's a little tip. When the slightest inkling to smoke comes into your head tell yourself NOPE! NOPE is an acronym for Not One Puff Ever. Scream NOPE if you have to and soon you will think NOPE rather than smoke. Keep up the great quit because you are worth it!
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Good stuff here! Screaming is a good thing and I do it. This is the first I've heard about "nope". Thanks for sharing. Hang in everyone....115 days here and some are a bitch.
grannie
grannie
Those hard times will stop when you quit thinking about it. Mind over matter.

Grannie
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