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Nicotine Cessation
Topic Index
Only one rule - no nicotine today - Never Take Another Puff !
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M to Z
"A fate worse than death" - quitting?
A message to our silent members - what we mean by lurker
A message to prospective members applying for posting privileges
A new excuse to relapse
"A safer way to smoke?"
Acknowledge the negative but dwell on the positive
Actions speak louder than words - or thought
ADDICTION
ADVICE FOR NEWBIES
Alcohol and quitting
Alcohol - can people quit smoking and still drink alcohol?
Alpha 1 - an email from a caring smoker
An excerpt from joel's live clinic welcome letter
Anger - new reactions as an ex-smoker
Anger - the emotional loss
Another slant on how to watch people smoke
Attitude - using it to reduce anxiety
Are "aaahh" memories calling your name?
Are crave episodes "really" only 3 minutes?
Are there "social smokers?"
Are you a nicotine junkie?
Are you an intelligent smoker?
Are you ready to take back your life?
Are you smoking more and enjoying it less?
Ashtray butt digging
Attention lurkers (also known as visitors)
Baby steps
Bad days
Bargaining - the emotional loss
Be prepared - a long drive with a smoker
Be prepared - alcohol and your quit
Be prepared - anger and rage are coming!
Be prepared for holiday triggers
Be prepared - planning for that first outing with smokers
Be prepared - those we love are destined to die
Be prepared to hear some confusing info during G.A.S.O. and W.N.T.D.
Be prepared - your weekend strategy
Because now it really hurts!
Being honest about our addiction
Being locked-up to quit smoking
Being tempted watching others smoke
Best thing about my new life
Blame or credit, whether defeat or victory it's yours!
Blame for early symptoms - a rule of thumb
Blood flow - how each new puff further impairs the delivery of oxygen
Blood sugar symptoms
"Boy, do I miss smoking!"
Breaking links to our crave generator
Breastfeeding and pregnancy - the impact of nicotine and smoking
Breathing - smoking's impact on the lungs
Breathing again
Bringing negative posts to the top after the crisis has passed
Buddy systems
Bupropion - zyban and wellbutrin
Caffeine and quitting
Caffeine tolerance changes after cessation
Call me a quitter!
Can people quit smoking and still drink alcohol?
Can we help a person quit if they're pretty sure they don't want to quit?
Can withdrawal be hampered by passive smoking?
Caring for your quit
Carrying cigarettes
Cholesterol and smoking
Cigarette butts
Cigarette lighters
Cilia
Circulation / blood flow - how each new puff impairs oxygen delivery
Closet smokers - a hidden or secret addiction
Coffee and cola anxiety
Cold turkey - is it the only way to quit?
Colds or flu while quitting
“Come share your strength, come recognize your vulnerabilities?”
Concentration difficulties
Conventional quitting wisdom
Coughing
Crave coping tips from members
Crave episodes - making a tool box
Craves episodes - what are they?
Craves episodes - your executive assistant at work
CRAVINGS AND THOUGHTS
Crisis of the month, the "big picture" - anthrax, west nile, terrorism, sars
Crutches
Cutting down before quitting: more smoke and mirrors?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Days 2 and 3, will this get better?
Days I just wanted to die
Dealing with a personal crisis in a quitting forum
Decisions - are you making them?
DEPENDENCY PREVENTION
DEPRESSION
Depression - acute - the emotional loss
Depression - normal or real organic?
Desperate addicts parade: have you ever...
Devine revelations
Diversions in support groups
Dreams of smoking
Drinking
Easy way to quit smoking - joel humor
Eat, drink and be merry
Eating healthy - blood sugar
EDUCATION
Embracing craves
Emotional loss experienced when quitting
Emphysema - feel how smoking effects your lungs
Emphysema - what is it?
Enhancing a smoker's motivation to quit
Every quit is different
"Everyone is different???"
Exercise programs - can even healthy activities become crutches?
Expectations, start with baby steps
Family victimization
Family - what price will our loved ones pay?
Feeling a bit blue at one month
Finding a pack
Fires caused by smoking
Fixating on a cigarette
For all of our one year quitters - adjusted but never cured
Forget quitting forever - a big bite - and instead ...
"Fortuniate to be alive to tell about it!" - Kim's journey
Free relapse insurance? - recorded reasons, motivations and dreams
Free quit meters for counting your milestones
Freedom - commercial advertising by MSN
Freedom - how to join Freedom from Tobacco
Freedom - our early history
Freedom - posting guilt and response expectations
Freedom - what can it do for you?
Freedom - your membership application
Freedom - your journey to comfort - a highly focused forum
Freedom's best crave coping tips
Freedom's color clubs
Freedom's courtesies and rules
Freedom's memorial to family and friends
Freedom's mission statement
Freedom's relapse policy
freedom's managers - email addresses
Food as a crutch
Giving and getting medical advice online
Getting vigilant and staying vigilant with the concept of addiction
Gold member tips to new members
Good news, our members don't relapse anymore
Habit? I wish it was "just" a nasty little habit
Have you ever gone through an ashtray in search of the longest butt?
Have you noticed some of these "lost" long-term quits?
HEALTH ISSUES
Health recovery and risk reduction time table
Heart disease
"Hell week" - an unacceptable term
Help me!
HELP REQUESTS
Helping others quit - what if they're pretty sure they don't want to quit?
Helping others quit - key questions?
Helping others quit - how can I get my family and friends to quit?
Herbal tobacco
Holidays
How did we survive back then?
How did you locate whyquit.com or freedom?
How do you handle being with smokers?
How do you say "never take another puff" in your language?
How in the world did I actually succeed at quitting?
How is your blood flow?
How long does it take to become addicted to nicotine?
How long will it take to stop constantly wanting to smoke nicotine?
How much are cigarettes where you live?
How to add gifs (pictures and animated images) to message posts
How to compose your post in "word"
How to help spread the word about Freedom, Joel's Library and Whyquit
How to join Freedom from Tobacco
How to quickly link and share message threads
How to start our daily parade at freedom
How would you deal with the following situations?
I am an addict! hooray!
I am different, I'll never be comfortable
I am dying!
I am having craves and need words of wisdom!
I am just too week too weak to quit smoking!
"I'm mad that I can't smoke anymore!"
"I am not going to smoke today!"
"I am safe from smoking related problems by my genetic makeup."
"I can't quit" ... or ... "I won't quit"?
"I don't know if I have another quit in me"
"I don't want to die!" - the bottom line?
I feel 100% better since I quit!
I got through that without smoking! boy, I deserve a cigarette for that!
"I guess I am doing ok, I just smoked one yesterday"
I had quit thousands of times, then ...
“I have smoked for so long and so much, what is the use in quitting now?”
"I have smoked more than 40 years, quitting now is impossible!"
I have to smoke because of all my stress
I have tried everything to quit and nothing works!
I know I will quit again
I liked my other support group more
"I made a conscious decision to smoke"
I smoke because I'm self-destructive
"I smoke because I like smoking!"
"I smoke because I like the flavor"
"I think I have decided to go back to smoking"
I tried quitting freedom's way once - cold turkey - why bother again?
I used to be like that
I want one ...
I want something
I went back to smoking when I was in the hospital with pneumonia”
I will quit when ...
I wish it was just a nasty little habit
"If cigarettes were as deadly as you claim, the government wouldn't sell them!"
"If they ever cure lung cancer, I would go back to smoking"
If this is your first time quitting ...
If you fall down just pick yourself up and dust yourself off
Is chemical addiction ever a solution?
Is cold turkey the only way to quit?
Is it true that everything smells and tastes better after quitting?
Is on-line support addictive?
Is relapse a natural part of the addiction process?
Isolation of a widowed smoker
"It's only cigarette smoking, not some crime punishable by death!"
Joel's Library
Journey of re-adjustment to "you"
Journey beyond comfort, a
Journey home, the
Joy of smoking, the
Junkie thinking
Junkie's junk or Nicodemon's lies?
Just one little puff?
Just one or two
Just think about something else?
Keeping cigarettes
Kids just don't get it
Last line of defense - not today!
Law of addiction
Life goes on without smoking
Life insurance - the real statistics on disease by smoking
Lungs - their destruction or healing
Lung cancer - what is small cell lung cancer?
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Created May 11, 2003, Updated June 03, 2006
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