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I think I got to 16 weeks at the weekend. I'm now going by calendar months so not really 4 months until next week (15th) but still, 16 weeks - go me!

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awesome who's to say smoking a couple of cigs will lead you right back to full blown addiction.

Not that far behind you myself, feels great doesn't it.

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brilliant

That's brilliant. You should be really, really proud of yourself. :)

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Congratulations.Thats fantastic!

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Why thank you all :D

Over the last few weeks I was feeling a bit down about it all and had started to convince myself that I was missing out by not smoking. That's why I came back on here for a bit and it's really done the trick in reminding me that I never want to go back to smoking again, and that I'm certainly not missing out on anything.

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Yay hbav, congrats you're doing a superamazing job! xxxxxx

You know, I kind of cherish my personal fear of the nic monster because I know it keeps me safe, but yeah even tho the monster likes to tease us with ridiculous thoughts about missing out on things every now and then they are fewer and shorter and less intense and SO very forgettable ;) We're healing! :D:)

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Victims

hBav:

We are like kidnapping victims who have been held for so long we begin to view our captors as friends. And what a friend she was. She made us (at least in our own mind's eye) look attractive, sexy, debonair. She broke the ice for us in awkward moments. She was there for us when no one else was. She calmed our nerves, repressed our appetites so we wouldn't eat so much, gave us permission to rest and take a break from our daily toil.

What a wonderful and seductive friend and captor. But she had no heart. She only did it for the money. She didn't care about our health or well being. In my family she took the lives of my brother, my grandfather, and my grandmother, and she might very well yet take mine. She demanded that I stand outside in the cold with her when my other friends were warm, toasty and convivial inside. She turned my teeth yellow and coated my tongue with slime. She made me plan my days and weeks around her, always making sure she was taken care of first.

The litany of mistreatment is long, far longer than anything nice she did for me. She was a user, and I a fool.

Sure I miss her, as do you for your own set of reasons. But, with friends like that, who needs enemies? Good riddance.

Rob W

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Absolutely awesome!

This board has a strange set up as far as months go! I have been going by days & full calendar months. I reached 3 full months on the 1st of January. I can't wait till I reach 6 months because in my mind that is 1/2 way to the 1 year mark. I feel that will be a huge accomplishment 4 me! Anyway I hope you continue doing as well as you are! 16 weeks is a long time!!!! Way to go!:D

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