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^^^ great to see you @GraceLove and yep sad but true, qsmb is no longer with us but good news is most of our luvly peeps made it onto the train ? NOPE oh my goodness one more sleep til Friday hugs..?

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NOPE Happy Friday, everybody!

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NOPE........not smoking today.

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It has been a while since I came last but still, nope everyday, even on thursdays!

G'day NOPE for today C

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Congratuations @Jenny for being smoke free for SIX YEARS.... Lido Deck6 ... Every year is a huge achievement. Thank your for all your wonderful work around the boards too. The support, advice and insight you give to us all following in your wake is truly valued by those of us following in your footsteps. Please make sure you do something to treat yourself today to celebrate the best decision you ever made.

Morning on this wonder POETS day to all my fellow NOPErs. Today, the American's give us Geek Pride Day, Wine Day and Tap Dancing Day... hmmm I wonder which one I will be celebrating??? Oh if you happen to notice that there are randoms getting about town carrying a towel its because it is also Towel Day... now unless your a geek you may not get this but it is a nod to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, the most important thing that you need to remember in order to celebrate is DON’T PANIC; no matter what the day throws at you, draw comfort from the knowledge that you’re armed with your trusty towel. So in the towel like spirit of not panicking... lets all make that safest of daily pledges and: NOPE ... cos if that nicodemon comes near me today I'll just flick her wif me towel. Got my towel ready: Topic of the Day: The Naughties (2000s)

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Welcome aboard !!! It's a NOPE from me ...

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Morning fellow NOPErs... today we celebrate Brothers Day .... OH woops, not those brothers, sorry peeps... its the day to celebrate our Brothers.... they may be stinky and smelly but take time today to give ya Bro a shout out and let him know he is loved (unless he is a complete oxygen theif and then you can claim one of the Hemsworths)... Now by some bizarre coincidence it is also Tiara Day.. so not sure if your brother is expected to wear one or you are but rock that bling. To my Bro:... thanks for all the teasing over the years, you were a snot nosed brat who drove me insane and got me into way too many fights with your big smart mouth... but the crays and tuna and abalone and fish you keep me in supply of more than pays up for the annoyance your were as a kid. Luv ya little Bro. So as we celebrate our brothers AND don our tiaras lets us all unite and yell... NOPE ... cos nothing controls my life but me!!! Topic of the Day: The 90's (this ones for our lovely @WeegieWoman)

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Gday NOPE for me C

Well done for reaching out...that why we have a SOS...to help you through a tough patch... Deep down you don't want to smoke ..you would have hated yourself..and wondered why you wanted it in the first place... You would have coughed your head off...felt dizzy...fingers would have stank..hair clothes..oh the list is endless.. Just so you know....I have a heavy cast iron frying pan....just ready to come bash you with....lol... It does get easier I promise....you have to keep winning the battles...

Thanks Shane. And your telling me that I've got this, makes me really, really believe that I do; deep in my heart, mind and "spirit/being" (whatever that other part of me is...lol). Forums and support groups/people are amazing to me. Look where I am because of this place and you people. AWESOME!!!

Staying close to the forum for a few minutes while this urge to smoke passes. Not panicky SOS-ish, but close. I need to focus on my commitment and think about how I want to be here tomorrow morning, pledging another day of quit. I don't want to be done in by a tv show. I expected on-awakening triggers, after-meal and before-I-drive (I never smoked in my car) triggers. I finished dinner and am watching an old episode of Medium (TV show about a psychic woman who aids the Phoenix district attorney and police to catch and convict killers) on Amazon Prime. I think it's the last episode of season 3. Our heroine is divulging what should be confidential information in response to questions asked by a woman our heroine doesn't actually know. I had to turn the show off because I was so tense, so I'm not to the part where we find out who the woman is, but I think the woman must be a tabloid reporter or something like that. Our heroine is no doubt going to be exposed, humiliated, and in big trouble. I couldn't stand the suspense. What I wanted to do (the dark part of me) was to go out and relieve the tension and stress with a cigarette. Now I remember doing this many times before I could come back in the house and resume watching whatever show it was. Smoking to release the tension used to work like a charm, according to the addicted mind I was filtering my experience through. Earlier today I had to rush to finish up a project at work. . . and my body expected a reward of smoke/hit of nicotine when it was done because that's what I'd always done since I started my present position. Until this afternoon, I hadn't noticed the habit loop of work tension, then finished but still some stress, and release the last bit of it with a cigarette. Now remembering the Allen Carr video where the moderator talked about stress level and how it is higher in smokers because there is the stress of nicotine withdrawal PLUS the stress of whatever the event is. I prepared ahead of time for the triggers I expected. Wasn't specifically prepared for some of these events that I didn't think of as smoking-related. Whew. Craving passed. I'll save thinking of other unexpected triggers for when I'm craving and looking for constructive distraction.

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Wow !!! 6 years already...huge inspiration... It's been a pleasure to journey on the train along side you.. Hugs xx

Jenny, huge congratulations and massive thanks for all that you do here. You're a huge help to everyone following in your footsteps.

Been thinking about this... and here is a tip that I didn't realise the significance of early on.... Don't stress if your quit is different to someone else ... everyone's quit is different. Early on I wasted energy stressing over the fact that my quit was different to other peoples quits.... worrying that what I was feeling and experiencing wasn't the same as someone else. Or that what others were saying would help didn't help me. Its simple, we are all different. We are all individuals. Some of my experiences with quitting may have mirrored tom's and some may have mirrored harry's but none of it was like dick's... so what. No one ever, is going to have exactly the same experience as you. Just because their experience is completely different to yours doesn't mean they will succeed and you wont or vice versa. We are all on the same journey, just some of us are wearing runners and some are wearing heels... so what... the thing is it doesn't matter how we get there, on the nice smooth flat path or the pot hole riddled barely visible track or completely cross country... it doesn't matter, just as long as we all get there. The shear beauty of the The QT (especially with all the wonderful Old Phartes who are still hear to help the newbies) if someone here hasn't been through what you are currently experiencing, they know the story of someone else who has... you are not alone, you may be having different journeys but you are not doing it alone. So some lucky buggers have it nice and easy, some of us get periods of both and some of us have to claw our way to freedom inch by inch... what we all are is QUIT.... what we all share is that we are former smokers. So don't worry if Sally posts about how easy peasy quitting is... because that lucky b1tch is having an easy time, but you know what, she might have the worst foot odour on earth or might not be able to cook a meal that even a half starved dog would eat... basically be happy for Sally cos she is free of nicotine but don't compare your quit to her or to tom or dick or harry because their quit is not yours... your quit is what it is and its a thing of beauty and something to be proud of weather it is easy, hard or somewhere in between... own it just how it is and rejoice in its very existence, warts and all.

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WTF!!! I DONT WANT ONE, I QUIT, BUT SOMETHING IS TELLING ME TO GO SMOKE ONE. Just writing this here has brought me down a bit. Grrrrrrrrr. This will pass. I am stronger than this crave. Already passing... N.O.P.E. Taking deep breaths and meditating. Remembered i didnt eat breakfast this morning. I am hungry. Going to get something to eat.

Congratulations @putnaminn your Lido Deck chair has been prepared and best wishes go out to you from everyone here. Well done on reaching that 12 month mark.

You’re a champ, lml! Every crave you beat down brings you closer to freedom. You really do have the right stuff

And I give you full permission to bash me if I take a puff, doreen. Just keep making those promises. For some reason, I need to hear it multiple times. I like that reci...I am the new boss, not the slave. Thanks jillar. This was my worst crave yet. It had been given too much space in my head to grow before I realized it was there and then I gave it a chance to morph into something monstrous. It is so important for me to stay close to the forum for a while. Because if for some reason, I need help, you "guys" are there. Yes. But sometimes, what keeps me going, is that I "sense" how vested you all are, I benefit from reading what you provide and the encouragement you give, and I "feel" your energy/help. I am not alone in this.

You did all the right things lml. You can trust your instincts and follow them when confronted like this again. The addiction is learning who the new boss is

^^ Look where you are because of you!... You're doin the hard work sweetie not us....

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Lml proud of you posting and glad that the act of writing it out helped. You've got this.

I think the nicob1tch started leaving so quickly because it knew i put in an sos and it would gabe to deal with you 2...lol. scared of u it is.

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Early on in my quit i would go for a long walk or workout when i got cravings, it really helped me. Glad this one passed for you