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Hello Lovelies... today is International Fairy Day... there will be fairy bread for all!!! And wings and tiaras are compulsory attire. So make sure to sprinkle that fairy dust today when you NOPE. Bibbity, Bobbity, NOPE!!! Topic of the Day: we will wait for the UK am....

Welcome to the weekend NOPErs. Today is Let It Go day.... which was a great life model until Disney came along and kinda destroyed it for everyone over he age of 8...So Let It Go day is about letting the negative stuff go... and focusing on the positives and moving forward. Living in the past isn't going to change it or make the now any better only putting one foot in front of the other and continuing your journey will do that... here's an apt quote: ”I don’t really have any regrets because if I choose not to do something there is usually a very good reason. Once I’ve made the decision I don’t view it as a missed opportunity, just a different path. ~ Andrew Lincoln So those nagging regrets and grudges that tug at your soul weeks, months or even years after the people, jobs or situations which once made them important ceased to be part of your life? That is exactly what Let It Go Day is all about; a day to take the brave step to cast away all those hang-ups from a previous chapter in your life. ... well maybe not all of them... but pick one, just one and let it go.. That's a big fat NOPE for me... cos I'm letting the nicodemon's hold on me go! . Topic of the Day: Silly Place Names.

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G'day NOPE from me C

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That's right... Aussies, leading the way ... 3:15am in the land down under.

Damn you aussies are ahead of the game. Its 6pm here but you aussies already noping. Good job buttocks.

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Brain to me :" listen, I am bored, and it's raining... What say we have just one smoke?" Me to brain :"You may be bored, anxious, frustrated or hanging by your last neuron, we are not smoking. Open the damn window and breathe some oxygen in for a change will ya,." Brain to me :" it's just one 1⃣" Me to brain :"it'll be none you are grounded...."

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In the spirit of the world cup thing that seems to be still lingering, we will be playing a Game of "Bull Footy" this weekend! That's where we dress up in our protective gear and play footy in a bull ring with a real live Bull ? Just as with regular footy, there's rarely any scoring but holy crap! Those injuries are for REAL in our game. Hey! This is the internet. I can say pretty much anything I want to

Congratulations @Opah for being smoke free for 3 months. Well done on being 1/4 of the way to the Lido Deck. Despite prolonged hospital visits and your health you have managed to stay smoke free.

Sorry about your car accident but glad they found your neck problem before something even worse could happen. I think your feelings are totally normal, at least for me they would be. I remember posting a topic along the lines of what would you do if you found out you had a terminal illness. Would you start smoking again? I said I would since I was dying anyway..... Hope you feel better soon!

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great job all of you congrats keep going

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Oh Yes !!!.... This is much more exciting...I got my paddle...open your legs I will be in the front...I will put my make up in the pointy bit of the boat... Here we go Boo..yaahoo.....hold tight !!!!

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The obsessive thoughts are damn near impossible to avoid during the early stages of a quit. However, you are in total control of how you respond to those thoughts. The turning point of my quit was when I quit fighting the thoughts. They're just thoughts. They come and go. Let the thoughts happen, observe them for what they are and move on. Every thought has as much or as little power as you give it. As for calming the mind at night...deep breathing exercises are great. Just focus on your breathing and nothing else. I also found calming music and those relaxing sound videos on YouTube helpful at times. I was particularly fond of the ones featuring the sounds of rain. You're doing great Tammy. Proceed.

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Hi everyone, and thanks to all of you. Things have gotten so much easier than they were when I started this journey. Thank you all for being such a wonderful support!

I agree with jillar, normal thoughts and this is how close it comes. Im glad to hear your neck wasnt fractured, feel better

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Tammy, It is tough in the early days, especially late in the evening. It is little comfort, but many have struggled with insomnia in the early stages of their quits. First thing, do remember this is temporary. Exercise is always a good start though it may be a little late in the day for that. Do you use meditation techniques at all, those can be very helpful? Other things that have tended to help me is either milky drinks or playing a lot of the games on here. Just focusing on something else which tires me mentally has been useful. Hope you find some respite.

Never saw this, thanks for the BUMP Doreen. As bad as the pictures look the next time anyone gets a crave or an urge just look at the pictures.... NOPE!

Well you're the most humane AI I have ever met... I always wonder if insomniacs can ever say "I have a dream..."

Great stuff...remember ..there is NO such thing as one !!! We are addicts...think of of all the packs that will follow.... And you will be back to where you wish you were now.....enjoy your walk...I have some gates to pain ..yuk !!!

Hi Tammy...you OK .!!!!! Your brain is trying to trick you...have none of it.... Keep busy ...don't be bored...do anything.....deep breaths.... Check out Qi Gong..on you tube..I tell you..this is the most relaxing thing ever..it calm you right down...I love it... Keep going..it will pass ...

welcome Silver. I gave up a 6+ year quit over a decade ago. Took me a long time to seriously quit again. I can honestly say this quit is a completely different kettle of fish than the previous successful one. I am finding this quit easier at 6 months than the other one was at 6 years. So... from my early days of being quit and on a forum, I would often feel weird sharing things because of the previous lost quit. Don't feel that way. Noone here judges, noone is going to sit behind their keyboard and think oh what would Silver know blah blah blah.... because its not true and I regret not commenting on things in the early days that could have helped others when I had the chance. Its a unique feeling, being early in a quit but having knowledge of being further down the track. Everything you have to add is valid. So lots of great advice already, read up on all the facts, knowledge is power. Keep hydrated and also keep your blood sugar up. Love yourself, before you give yourself a hard time about something think about how you would respond to someone else in that position and treat yourself that way. Daily NOPE is a well worth it. Jo PS @Sazerac I'll post my giving up a long quit story, I think its time.

When you get up in the morning and realize it;s gonna take a while to brush off your car before going to work! When you get home at night and realize, there's no place you'd rather be

Hi tammy and join the club! It has taken quite a few of us multiple attempts to quit this addiction. Good luck and i hope 3x is the charm for you

NHL Draft tonight... Lets Go Islanders

Hi Tammy, unfortunately what you are going through is normal for where you are at in your quit. Just power through it, use an air cigarette if worse comes to worse. That's just getting a cut straw, pen or even just pretending you're holding a cigarette, then go through the motions of "smoking" it. It worked REALLY good for me and others at tricking our minds into thinking it was getting the real thing. Unfortunately for the insomnia, you'll either need to go through it as it's only temporary or use a mild over the counter sleep aid temporarily to help you fall to sleep. I found using one nighttime Bayer a couple times a week was enough to allow me some sleep

Keep up the great work, @Tammy Things do get much easier with time and a smoke-free life is worth the early struggles.

Thanks for the responses on this. I find it interesting the different methods people use to be successful in their quits. There's those who swear by cold turkey and there's the NRT peeps (gum, patches and spray), the there's the Chantix/Champix crowd as well! As Jo pointed out there's the physical addiction then there's the mental part or the habit part as she called it I think. They say the flushing of the nicotine from your body takes about 3 days, which isn't a lot of time in the grand scheme of things but that mental reconditioning part is the real issue that we all struggle with and this is also the issue that takes so long for us to become comfortable with. I can well see wanting to tackle only one issue at a time in the beginning because things can be pretty intense for most people early on. Wrestling with the most intense symptoms of the mental quit while still supplying the body with nicotine makes sense. Get rid of the nicotine later, once you are more mentally prepared to deal with an additional struggle from weening off the nicotine. The Chantix thing is a whole other issue I suppose. I know a lot have used this method successfully. Again, I don't know much about it but I guess it works on the brain to eliminate the urge to smoke somehow while you work on reconditioning your smoker's brain part. The nicotine is out of your system pretty quick like cold turkey unless you combine the Chantix with another NRT product. Myself; I sort of fell into cold turkey. I started out the first couple of days using the 21 mg NRT patch then forgot to put one on day 3. Mid-day I decided; let's just see how bad this gets. I really couldn't tell if things were worse than when I had the patch on or not so I just stuck with no more NRT. It wasn't pretty those first days and weeks but it obviously worked for me. The thing that we all seem to have in common here is that we all at some point made an unbreakable personal commitment to ourselves to kick this crazy addition in the ass! That and the educational material available at places like this plus the association with others who truly know your struggles is what in the end really makes the difference. No matter what method or combination of methods you think will work for you, it really doesn't matter as long as you have that unbreakable personal commitment and a group like this to help keep you on the straight & narrow!

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