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Congratulations, bakon, on your Six Years of Freedom ! Thank you so much for sharing your quit, your humor and your support over these years. Here are bakon's Topics and the story of bakon's successful quit, Starting Now These are quite a testimony to a valued and never boring member of QTrain. You may discover ~Just how devoted to felines he is ~What appropriate footwear makes him really happy ~How all the bad girls here are his Devoted Eggs He is also a fierce ally to anyone quitting smoking. It was a pleasure to meet you and your Lovely and Saintly wife. I hope we will meet again, I really do. Have a great anniversary and take time to reward yourself, baby. Thank you for blazing a clear trail.

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Happy 6 years free bakon! Thanks for all the great posts you share

With the lovely Saz hosting your 6 year woohoo @reciprocity thought it was best to keep me out of harms way by having me organise the entertainment, I am pretty sure after extensive research I have nailed it: Congratulations on 6 fantastic years of freedom and for sharing the journey and your humour with us all, even if you do like to insult my national footwear . Seriously though your posts have been inspirational to many of those travelling the road behind you and you did invent the most addictive crave beater on the quit train, for the CoS alone you need a gold star.

Nope because I am beginning to love myself and realize my worth!

Hi Peeps.. I am going to London ...will be away early Tuesday till late Friday... See you when I get back ... The Toad !!!!

Wow !! 6 years..... Thanks for all the laughs ....you made my own quit...one hell of a fun time...and being crowned the Horney Toad.. Congrats you big Ape..make sure you celebrate in style..

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Isn't it funny how the nicotine fogs your self image and makes you feel not worthwhile... it was a great surprise blessing of saying NOPE each day to realise I had worth.

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Good morning fellow NOPErs. Today is one of my favourite days of the whole, entire year and starts my absolute favourite week of the year.. the last Monday is September is Brownlow Medal Count Day.... its the second biggest day in the footy (Aussie Rules) calendar where we get to watch 22 rounds of 3-2-1 votes be counted for a total of 198 games to find out which player was competitions Best & Fairest.... who doesn't like a prize that goes out to the fairest player not just the most talented. They also award best goal, mark. rookie, and there is an award for the player who gives the most back to the community. I fricking love Brownlow night... the kid likes the pre-brownlow red carpet for all the wags in their fancy dresses but pfft, give me the count..... Well lets be honest its the only chance my club has of winning anything worthwhile because even if we make the grandfinal and haven't dropped a game all year we will still loose it (yep another long season as cellar dwellers).. so the hot money is on one of the boys from Hawthorn (yes Doreen I'll post a pic) and the likely outside is one of the Blues but I don't think so, I think the surprise upset might be one of the Melbourne boys.. and we are in with a chance for the winner on numbers being inellegible cos he was naughty and broke someones jaw with his fist..... There were some official days, Cherries Jubilee (blurgh), Punctuation day (like I could ever give that a shout out) ... but this is a purely selfish shout out, which will mean nothing to anyone not in Victoria, oh OK in an AFL state... but bestest day of the whole year, even better than Christmas Day and Granny Day. So.... will I ever win a Charlie, NOPE, did I have a son who could win won... NOPE... do I live with the hope that I will have a Grandson who could win won... hell to the yeah! .. and me little nephew is looking promising, he already plays competition 2 age groups up in U14s (he's 9) .... But he will have to N.O.P.E. to get there, need a lot of lung capacity to run a footy oval for 2 hours.... NOPE ... cos lung capacity needs to be cherished.

G'day NOPE for today C

Nope One word Follow the instructions Can't fail or slip a windowlicker made 6 years

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OMG !!! Again already! .... Congrats dummy ? ?

J& other J thAnk you. Funny stuff. Be better with real selfies.

Well said, well said. If the windowlicker can do it then so can I!!! Again well done on those six years!

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G'day It's NOPE for me C

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Thanks all so much for putting thought and time in your answers. Read everything several times. I am coming along.. and trying to accept what it is right now. Not easy, but I dont have another option. Breath in, breath out. At least I'm proud for being in some strange Spanish village where literally EVERY person smokes, including the people I am with. But not me. It's absurd, being there and missing something to cope with, well... what, life? Holiday, sunny life? No.. I smoked because I had to cope with daily withdrawl symptoms. I have to keep reminding myself and power through. I have to believe you guys when you tell me it will get better. I believe you and I go on. Pfieww. Thanks again.

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hey Bakon, Congratulations on 6 super awesome years of staying committed to your quit, that's one hell of a commitment level. Oh and a heartfelt thank you for Chicks and Sticks

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Good job Fart-Knocker.

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NOPE - I don't smoke anymore.

I said it a hundred times a day first week.

Once you get the concept of NOPE, the whole process is a lot easier! You just have to understand that there is no circumstance in which one puff is okay.

Six years.... Nope still working. Amazing only need one word to quit. No big deal. If I can quit...Anyone can.

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I salute you!! Congratulations bakon! Thank you for the humor and support.

I brought bacon for bakon's six year party. Where's the tomato, lettuce and bread?

Wow, six years is really impressive. Congratulations. Thanks for hanging in and leading us in our battle.

NOPE, never again.

"Ma'am, did you pack your own suit case?" Dorreensfree: "Ummmm....." "No?"?

Congrats on 6 years, smell the flowers... Literally

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I'm glad you've decided to hang in there, My Life. Nothing is worth lighting up another cigarette over. Remember, smoking will not solve anything, it just makes things a lot worse. Thanks for posting an SOS. These first few weeks can be rough but it is worth fighting through. Things do get a lot better with time.

For me, I have grieved the "loss" of smoking. It was my habit for 40 years, and retraining the mind to see the reality rather than the lies has taken some time. After about 9 months, I realized that it had been a few days rather than minutes since I had had obsessive thoughts about smoking. That's the question we all ask, right? How long? How long before I can think about something other than smoking and killing myself. That last bit is the thing I need to focus completely when the thoughts come. Aside from the quite real physical withdrawal you are going through, the thought patterns need to be synced again to reality. Lies I told myself: Smoking calms me. Truth: Uh, no. Nicotine actually is a stimulant. The "calming" comes from the fix that happens as soon as I give my body the hit. The adrenal glands go, "Thanks, big hug!" Problem there is that my heart is constantly being exercised while completely stationary, which I guess isn't so healthy. Lie: I'm one of those people who just can't quit. Truth: No. I'm one of those people who will tell myself that in order to keep doing whatever I'm doing that will kill me. I said it about dope, booze, and then the nicotine. And I have quit all of those and stayed quit, just for today. If I stay focused on the real cause and effect, I don't feel quite so bad. And it gets better, trust us. Your day is coming.

My Life, I am a little bit ahead of you on the quit train and I had a bad day yesterday too. I chewed the head off of anything in my path. That darn smoking thought kept popping into my head. Then, I thought I was looking for excuses to run out that door and down to the corner store. I do have this thought that I have now planted into my head and it brings me back to reality. The thought - "I choose life" . I have so much to live for. I have never come this far before. Why would I want to go back. Keep reaching out - we are here.