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Originally Posted by Candle in the wind
1 month for me  I think to myself "how did i smoke for so many years"?, the smell on clothes, hair and my car...ugh...
not to mention smokes in B.C are $ 12 to 14 bucks a pack here!
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Congratulations Candle in the wind on your superb quit. I know what you mean by the cost of cigarettes as I also live in Canada and have saved about 10 grand since I quit in the summer of 2015.
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Originally Posted by scatterbrained04
Thank you guys for your encouragement.
I think the the big struggle for me is going to be not picking it up again many months or years from now. (This ain't my first go round).
How do you guys combat the urges and triggers that pop up later??
I can already think of some situations that I know will trigger urges.
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You are absolutely right to prepare for sudden urges even late in the quit.
I also lost a couple of previous long term quits. The key is to be prepared for some out of the blue trigger... not to be blindsided by it so when it happens just sit back, breath deeply and remember this too shall pass. Another is to distract, distract, distract and then recommit to not taking a single puff that day no matter what. I just go back to the strategies I used early in my quit.
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Originally Posted by scatterbrained04
Well it's been a month, and I'm still not smoking. Not really thinking about it too much at this point but have run into some triggers. Barely touching the nicotine gum.
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Congratulations to you scatterbrained! You're beautiful quit is amazing and inspiring. Keep us posted!