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G’day Not One Puff Ever.... replaace Ever with minute, hour, day as required.... C

NOPE - smoking sucks!

NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope

Nope.

Not today

NOPE!

YES! ^^This!^^ I was watching tv the other night, and I swear I saw at least 5 Juul commercials in the space of 2 hours. Why is it ok to advertise these but not cigarettes? Seems hypocritical to me. NOT that I want to see cigarettes advertised. I just don't see one as better than the other. Merely my opinion, of course.

NOPE - I don't smoke anymore.

NOPE

Not today

I know what you mean, Lilly. My husband used to ask why I didn't try vaping instead of smoking cigarettes. (He can't stand the smell of cigarettes.) I told him that no other form of nicotine had the same effect. I tried vaping. I didn't see the appeal. Cigarette smoking is a complex addiction. Of course there is the addictive substance, nicotine, to deal with. But then there is the act of smoking--by that I mean the physical act--that is appealing to smokers. There is the habit of smoking--all of the places, events, etc. that trigger the desire for a smoke. And there are the cigarettes themselves--the taste, the brand, the buzz. It's all evil, I tell you!

G'day NOPE starts my day C

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NOPE!

NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Congratulations @Icanhike is 2 months smoke free! Well done Icanhike for being 2 months smoke free. You are doing so well, two months is fantastic. So make sure you do something special to celebrate your 2 months of freedom. You deserve the reward.

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I'm sorry for the loss of your friend @Doreensfree, xoxo

Peanut head. I'm totally going to use that!

I now know that nicotine and tobacco produce something of a "high". Maybe like a watered-down "stoned" effect one gets from smoking weed. For me, I was on that tobacco "high" for 15 years. I never really noticed just how bad many drivers were. Anyways, since quitting 1.5 years ago, I notice a lot of drivers suuuuuck. Everything from aggression, not paying attention, tailgating on the highway, not using headlights when it is dark out, whatever. Today though, there was a wreck on the highway. This was hours ago yet I am still annoyed. Because of ONE careless needle-prick driver, 100's of peoples' day was thrown off. I was late for work. You know, I ain't gonna lie. If I were a "Stress smoker", today would have done me in. I feel like jack slapping someone but not too much like smoking. I even told my room mate that if stress were trigger then I would have picked it back up this day. But no, my trigger to want to light up is excitement. Like if Micheal Bolton released a new album. OK kidding, don't no one listen to that. So anyways, however long you have been quit for, did you notice drivers started to suck worse at that point?

Joe7, shouldn't it be "2935" as next number?

I read it recently as someone gave me a copy as a gift. Just like the forum take what you need and leave the rest.

@jillar it means that once they are paired you can take calls without using your phone. So when you next get in car get hubby to call you and there will be an answer button on or near your radio. Sometimes it's a red/green button and sometimes a phone handset on or off. Only downside it's loud speaker so everyone in the car hears the call. You can also play music from your phone through the speakers. There's a few other things you can do too

I read it years ago and quit but failed quickly in that quit. But still to this day retain some of the logic from the book. It is invaluable. I say read the book for sure. It will only help you. It wasn't a magic book for me but it did teach me a hell of a lot which is what quitting for good is all about.

You have a great attitude A...keep yourself grounded and youv,e got this ...I just had a punching pillow ..worked for me .!!!

Sorry for the delay, but the wishes are just as sincere. Congrats now on 2 weeks DD, great stuff.

Not sure what thundersnow is Jo, but by the looks of London it may well be life threatening...hahaha.. I know Lilly.. couldn't believe it.. I was out I the garden in a t shirt catching some vit D over the weekend..

Having a Coors light and admiring that pretty new logo @MarylandQuitter made. Looks like a bunch of happy quitters riding the train

Careful making a habit out of sitting in the bat cave @BAT.......

Jo thank you for such a helpful post. I always remember Jillar saying don't smoke in places you usually smoke before you quit. I stopped smoking in the car, at my smoking spot in the garden and my work grounds. I didn't find new regular spots, I smoked in completely different spots each time so none became habitual. This really helped break associations before I'd even quit.

No doubt that Vaping is bad and the science is there to prove that fact. What is also disturbing is the marketing behind it. Cigarettes long ago were no longer allowed to be advertised, however that is not true for vaping since there are televised commercials. This also should be addressed because it only reinforces the idea that vaping is a safe alternative (which is not true). I am afraid so many others will be lost to nicotine at this point!!!

Excellent post Jo as usual. I always, always ask my trigger ( I actually have a mental conversation with it :p) what does it need? My attention on a memory? My celebration for something good? My anger on something wrong? Anxiety at work? Post the answer my trigger gives, I'm like, hmm and where would that be after the 7 minutes of puffing like a defunct coal engine? Nowhere so how about instead I give you a nice walk, or a cool drink (It's hotter than a pig's backside here right now) and by that time, my trigger has left the building.

I also tried changing my routine but the biggest thing I always did when a trigger hit was to identify all the circumstances around the trigger to identify and to learn so that I could handle them. Also I had to learn the the farther into the quit the more "out of left field" that the triggers came from and that triggers come from anywhere. Learn to live with them and to conquer them -- it gets easier!!!!

This catchy video was banned from MTV. Not certain why as the lyrics are hardly explicit.