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G’day NOPE to start the day C

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NOPE. It's more fun NOT being a slave to compulsion...freedom is so delightful!!!

6 years ago today me and my wife quit. And i made a lot of new friends. Love you all hang in there . if we could do it you can. Love .jimmy

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G’day NOPE starts my day C

I had three brothers to keep up with. We climbed trees, caught poly wogs in the creek near our home and made forts. All the kids in the neighborhood played together. I never saw that kind of togetherness in any neighborhood after my childhood. I did not start until I was 18. I had a very strict upbringing and would not dare defy my parents. My smoking was me busting into adulthood. I still can feel that moment I coughed through my first cigarette and felt so cool. I am sure I looked very foolish.

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Could you try and re negotiate your terms jo? That commute you do is an absolute killer, i couldny do it. Would you have space at home to dump all the records and set up a wee office? Life is too short to stay in a job you really hate. Are there any changes you can implement to make it better....or I maybe would look for another job. Im sure your boss would be very accommodating if you approached him with a few ideas to make it better for you!

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Hi everyone, I was thinking about what I did before I started smoking cigarettes. I basically know what I did; I was an average kid who climbed trees, went to school, etc... But I was trying to remember what I loved, what made me happy before smoking. I started smoking when I was 11, so I'm having to think pretty far back in the past. Do you have memories of your life prior to smoking?

I grew up in Alabama and on occasion during the summers someone would sneak a smoke from their folks and we'd sit around acting cool. But my real smoking started in high school out here in California. I still remember the day I inhaled for the first time and my sister congratulating me! ? That led to us putting our lunch money together to buy a pack of cigarettes for 52¢ a pack. When I finally quit, 35 years later, cigs were $5.68 a pack IF you bought them by the carton. Which being the dedicated smoker I was, I did

Like many, I started around 17 years old as a result of hanging around a buddy who also started at the same time - it was the cool, grown up thing to do in those days. Before then I was just a regular kid doing regular kid things. The conversion from non smoker to smoker was seamless. The conversion from smoker back to non smoker ........ not so much ?

I started smoking my freshman year in college at age 18. I smoked one memorable (and disgusting) cigarette before then. I ran cross-country in high school and was an avid runner, mediocre but enthusiastic basketball player, and overall fairly physically fit prior to becoming a smoker. As I started to smoke in college , I found it gradually harder to run for endurance, stay physically active, etc. and I became a lot less athletic as staying physically fit slowly became less of a priority. Smoking robs people of their quality of life in so many different ways.

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Yeah, I haven't tried painting without a cigarette, and I'm uptight about that. But at the same time, smoking was a bit of a problem when I painted outside. I use turpentine, and I was always worried about starting a fire. I had a jar of water for putting out smokes so I could extinguish them fast. But I also had a couple open jars of turpentine, and I'm always sitting near dry vegetation, and it did worry me that sooner or later I'd set a national park on fire. So at least I won't have to worry about that anymore. I'll send some pictures sometime today.

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Oh Jo. Sounds very stressful, which I do not think you need in your life. I remember those days of working, taking care of family and cleaning. For Goodness sake the cleaning and wash never went away. I do hope you take an occasional day for yourself.

Yeah, I know exactly how you felt. Art is very hard work, you're thinking about so many different things all at once, and trying to keep them right, and smoking was a way to stay calm. I'm not calm when I paint, I'm straining every brain cell I've got. But I'm hoping that without cigarettes, more of my attention will be freed up to make better observations, and I'm also hoping my eyesight will be better without smoking. I wish I could take Doreen out painting with me...I'd be laughing so hard I'd forget about all my psycho troubles.

King Cakes are the sweet du jour. If you get the baby in your slice, you have the next party/buy the next King Cake.

That says it all about the addiction. We smoke even with the scare of death. I actually smoked through radiation for breast cancer. Now that I have quit, I just shudder to think about how foolish that was. I am so grateful to be a nonsmoker!

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Hi Sazerac! Denver's getting snow, but I'm on the other side of the mountains, so our weather is different. We're slightly warmer than Denver, with more clouds. I saw your paintings and they're outstanding!!! I'm an artist, too, and I admire your ability with acrylics. I'm a plein air painter. I still have dazzling memories of blue-green agave, and the purple shadows cast onto the orange rocks. I live for the patterns created by sunlight and shadows!! Edward Hopper once said that all he wanted to paint was "sunlight on a wall." And that's exactly how I feel. I'm just spellbound by that yellow light, and what it does when it lands on various surfaces. Well, you are highly skilled...I don't know how you do that with acrylics. I used to use acrylics in an airbrush a long time ago, when I painted murals. But I was always freaked out by how fast they dry, lol. I'm an oil painter and I also enjoy pastels. But yeah, I love your paintings. Just gorgeous...great color harmonies and striking compositions!!!!!

I was so ashamed of my smoking. That personal integrity you feel will grow with your quit. You are doing great. You can do this.

Hey there, Linda. I noticed we smoked the same number of years. I do feel a stronger sense of personal integrity now that I've quit. It seems like I couldn't completely respect myself when I was smoking cigarettes, but I wasn't aware of it at the time. And now that I stopped, I feel more self respect, and it's very uplifting!!

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Watching the new season of Naked and Afraid and the gal is eating sticks of butter to fatten up before the challenge! ?

My Smut Sister, @Doreensfree is sleeping (ahem) but, I am wide awake and here is a photo. Pancake Day Pancakes....I would call them 'crepes' Hope you are feeling better @Lilly

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