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If it makes you uncomfortable, I would stop the coffee until you feel like you can drink it without the danger of relapse. When I first quit, I wanted a cigarette no matter what. But I was headstrong to not smoke.

O man im sick right now and i havent had a smoke in 2 days.and ive quit in the past but im trying again.I WONT DRINK A COFFEE cause everytime i quit i put myself in hard to fight situations (thinking if i can get through the hard anything else will be fine)on purpose and i end up giving in.so im not doing that this time no coffee or bozz and im not hanging out with any smokers for a week

71 days and still sick arette free. Easy NO worth it YES

Good for you Patricia! You've got a winning attitude! It will get easier through time and you're right....it is worth it!

smoking is smoking. Whether it's cigarettes, cocaine, heroin, or pot. Pot doesn't help you quit. It's like changing seats on the Titantic.

Haha lol right

Good for you Jason!

haha! I couldn't chew gum because I would accidently bite my cheek. Keeping your hands busy is a real good idea. It helped me too. I drank lots and lots of ice water.

This one was very interesting. The problem is that psychological or not, the perception is what counts. I notice that when I am feeling sick, have a persistent headache, or otherwise feel "under the weather", my desire to smoke increases. Telling myself "this is psychological" is one thing, but working my way through the urge is another. Beyond that, when I do give in and smoke, most frequently afterwards I feel just as bad, with the additional guilt of giving in to my urge.

Thanks Dr Hurt. My husband has been undergoing pain management treatment for his chronic pain since 1991. And after smoking close to 40 years, he successfully quit in 2005. Perception does mean a lot but reality trumps perception every time. As smokers we need to take the blinders off and choose to see and acknowledge the reality. Because no matter how much we tell ourselves that it's different for us - it's not. Reality is reality for me, and for you, and for you over there too. And when we make that acknowledgement, our perception will then follow suit and falls into line with it.

Donovan, I think the key to remember is that we each have absolute control of what our individual perception is. Perception is what resides in our mind and we have the ability to control our own minds and what thoughts we allow to park there. Do we sometimes choose not to maintain that control? You bet... But we absolutely do have the ability to cortrol it, even if we choose not to utilize that control at times.

It's all about our mindset... or perception, as you so elliquently stated. We can choose to miss our cigarettes... or we can choose to be happy that they are finally gone from our lives. Guess what perseption the long-term quitters choose to go with?... See More

My name is Peggy and I have been quit for 4 Years, 10 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 9 hours, 11 minutes and 19 seconds (1,772 days). I have saved $9,327.08 by not smoking 53,171 cigarettes. I have saved 6 Months, 3 Days, 14 hours and 55 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 2/3/2005 10:00 PM. Not so much as one puff since !!

I just had major surgery and had a hard time breathing the first 4 days of my recovery. I was told it was normal and part of the process. At least it wasn't from smoking and I'm breathing fine now. I took the pain pills my doctor prescribed and it's been enough time now that I don't need them. I think not smoking has helped speed up my recovery.

It takes time, but you learn how to deal with pain in other ways than smoking.

Hi Dana! I smoked for 35 years and didn't think I'd ever quit. I bought some lozenges and decided that once I stopped there was no reason good enough to start up again. If I can do it, you can too. Smoke-free since 07-17-04

I have about 80 days quit. I am chewing NRT gum and regular gum. It's getting easier but sometimes I get strong cravings....this too shall pass

Today is day 63 without a cigarette for me, and Im very proud of myself. I chew 2mg nicotine gum and it has really helped, 3 more weeks until I finish my 12 week gum treatment.

Hi Sandi, You have to go to becomeAnEx.org now it is no longer hosted by ning. Good luck with your quit Also check below Edith has the link for a great site that someone started that had belong to the old ex site she set it up because so many of us were having problems with the new site. It is really nice and the new ex site is getting better too