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Good morning NOPErs... 28th of June is the last work day of the 2018-9 financial year...all the accounts types are excited for the pending eoy audits, stock takes and ledger Rollings....me despite the chilly air (6°c is cold people) and that wind whipping in from the Arctic this morning had blue skies (not grey) and this strange bright yellow ball...O-M-G...it's the SUN!!!!!....and I will stand by the fishponds and fountains at work and breath in the chilly air with my lovely smoke free lungs! NOPE...gives you more time just to be.

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Good evening fellow NOPErs....so happy Multiculturalism Day Canada...but let's go a bit more obscure, our lovely friends in the yank tank give us today "National Hand Shake Day"....that's right boys and girls a day to celebrate the art and traditions of the humble handshake...so as it is a non verbal for of communication we are reasonable sure it existed before most written history...did you know for instance that the ancient Mesopotamian king's would shake the hand of a gold statue upon taking the thrown and annually there after to bring them prosperity and wisdom? What we do know is that its popularity soared as a greeting in the middle ages as a form of greeting so that you could suss out if the person you were meeting had a concealed weapon...because the chances a chick having a weapon were slim (unless you were talking Viking chicks) it did not become a tradition for women to shake. So did you know different countries have different handshaking edicates?...the Aussies, yanks, kiwis, Canadians and Russians expect a firm handshake with eye contact however most Asian cultures expect a soft or limp handshake and unless your in the Philippines no eye contact. So my challenge for today, should you choose to accept it, is to shake hands with one person you normally would offer a handshake too. So for me it's a nope to floppy fish handshakes...and a NOPE putting anything in my mouth and smoking it.

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No plan whatsoever. Went to bed and committed to quit the next morning. The only weapon in my arsenal was to berate myself for being a weak "kitty" (insert synonym) whenever I felt I might cave in. True story. And it worked.

^^^^^ Boo I like your idea of going with preparation -- it is kind of what I did. Sometimes if you put a Plan into place and one little thing goes wrong can lead to making excuses for not completing the plan -- so I go with preparation!!!!

I had a plan, but it turned out to be pretty much useless. For instance: I spent a lot of time thinking about how I was going to deal with being around other people smoking. Then I quit and found that I was indifferent to other people smoking. The sight of someone smoking and the smell of the cigarette had no affect on me either negative or positive. I don't like nitpicking over semantics, but I would go with preparation over planning when starting the quitting process. Learn about the nicotine trap, the psychology of addiction, and the misguided "beliefs" that lead to us "needing" a cigarette. If you're firmly rooted in the fundamentals you can sort everything else out with ease. I know a guy who has been "planning" on quitting for over two years now. He has all the information he needs. I think at this point he's waiting for a Bigfoot to ride by on a unicorn and deliver the magic code for quitting.

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Lol....only if these guys have washed thier hands first .....otherwise it's a NOPE !!!! From me ..

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Okay, I am pretty proud of my pots this year. I plant them all myself. I'll even give you a full frontal view because I perfectly coiffure the bushes, just finished mulching and straightening my bricks. It is amazing how much more time you have when you don't have to keep stopping for a smoke!

I quit suddenly in the middle of the day without a plan. It's like something just flipped in the right position in my head and I was just done. I was sick of it and increasingly annoyed at myself for previously blowing a nearly year-long quit due to basically getting cocky, i.e. "I've now beaten this addiction, I can smoke socially if I feel like it and leave it at that + all the other BS lies I fed myself so I would be "allowed" to smoke again. Of course that social smoking plan quickly turned into me smoking full time just like I had done before... duh. So this last time I just had enough. I was on the street, took a cigarette out of the pack, realised it was the last one of the pack and I'd have to go get some more, and I thought what and idiot I was for ever blowing my previous quit. And then something just flipped in my head and I was done. I decided there and then that I will never smoke again, this is it, I'm not doing this anymore, ever again. And I didn't buy more, I went home instead and signed up to a forum and posted on there straight away. 7 years later that was without a doubt the best moment of clarity I've ever had.

Some people use a Quit "toolbox"

Yes, Great Delivery there @Boo

That's particularly true for those of us who are a bit, what the mental health professionals call, obsessive-compulsive. If one aspect of the plan goes sideways, there's always a temptation to throw the whole thing out and start over...later. Much later.

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Thank you for all of your responses I have in fact told her about this site . And I agree not one shoe fits all . Still very wet here as far as flooding goes, it has been a dreadfully wet year I really feel bad for the farmers it's not good Sorry for the multiple post but I'm not on here much just wanted you to know I bought an opal and diamond ring with my money saved from not smoking !

I was already fed up of being a smoker but never managed to quit, Joel's videos encouraged me to take the step of going cold turkey and so I made a plan. Big part of my plan was to join a forum for people who wanted to or had quit smoking. The other part of my plan was to keep make myself mentally prepared for the withdrawal of the first 3 days. I had come to know to have a lot of juice and water (during the first 3 days) and to do deep breathing. Once I joined the Train, I just stuck to the NOPE pledge and stayed quit a day at a time (and am still staying quit). The support I received during the initial days of joining the Train was also very helpful. Bottom line - every person will have their own way of quitting smoking.

Great to see you, Parsley, congrats on your 10 months of Freedom ! Hope you have escaped all the flooding in your part of the world. I quit on a whim and as a personal challenge to myself. I was completely ignorant about addiction. I lurked here and there, educating myself and joined the QTrain in the tenth month, or so, of my quit, thankful to everybody that had shared their stories and for the incredible resource of information compiled here.

My favorite by my favorite band.

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I noticed that the recently active members list at the bottom of the site no longer appears. Is that coming back? It was nice to see who was online and had recently visited.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/smoking-in-restaurants-airport-may-soon-be-banned-in-atlanta/961799213 Wow, its been over 25 years that you cant smoke in restaurants and bars out here. About time they did this

Hopefully someone can learn from this, sure didnt mean to stir a turd

That could be, but if someone is out there reading this and is an addict having a difficult time quitting and making that choice they have options for support. If they want tough love, there's a few they can goto here for that support.

Addiction is the inability to stop. If i didn't watch what my mother and grandfather went through it would've been a lot tougher for me to quit. It may have been that easy for others but i was addicted and it wasn't for me. Seeing the ending motivated my quit.

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I planned many times to quit. I planned and made an appointment with a hypnotist and that plan failed. I planned and made an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic for their smoking cessation and went to one appointment - that plan failed. I planned to quit this day and planned to quit that day. I would buy the patches and would use half before returning to smoking. I even tried the gum. When I found the forum, I started reading and decided that I wanted to be a part of this group. I just stopped. My only plan now is to continue smoke free. I do not know what the magic formula of this forum is. I did start to have a high regard for the people fighting to save lives. I wanted to give them success. I could not let them down.

The only place I have been in Atlanta that may still have a smoking section is a billiards club that has a walk-in humidor and sells cigars. Even that joint had clearly defined smoking and non-smoking areas. Even most of the strip clubs in Atlanta went smoke-free several years ago. And no...it's not important how I know that.

Yea smoking in any establishment here, except the Indian casinos, has been banned for years. I thought I would hate not being able to smoke in bars when it first took effect but I was surprisingly glad they did. I never was one to smoke in restaurants so I was really happy to see that banned

I just re-read my first post here: 'Hi there, this is me introducing myself. First time here, but not new to this whole quitting thing. Have been smoking on and off since I was 15 (in my mid-thirties right now). My most serious quit lasted for three whole years. I am sweating carrots (yes, in Holland we do that when we are afraid) by the thought alone, to start this journey all over again. I am not so sure how to handle it this time. I feel like I know everything there is to know and still don't feel confident enough. In the past I used to read a lot about addiction, fear, etc. I bought different kinds of cleansing tea, drank water until I became a water balloon, tried to meditate and then always ended up failing miserably. I have a history of depression and anxiety. I also have the experience of becoming calmer and much more relaxed at non-smoking life, but only gradually after the first year. I know it will take time. I know I want to take that time. And still I am terrified. My quit date is next friday, 24-08-2018. I shall look around a bit, hopefully it will motivate me. I do not need willpower or pride, but faith. That much I know..' So, not really a plan, 'just' a strong desire. I think thats mainly what got me through so far. For me, every phase is so different and I have no golden rule exept not lighting the damn thing.

Absolutely! And wholeheartedly! This site made my quit happen for me , I fell off the wagon once and came back and you've helped me through and I am here smoke-free as is my husband ! Alan Carr's book was also huge to me

I understand what you're saying about a plan and I was successful with the plan , because I finally put down my foot and did it but it sounds like some people have a plan that drags on forever . So there again I guess there are many ways to do things whatever works I guess is the only thing that matters

"A goal without a plan is just a dream" Someone said that once.. You have to have a plan. You wouldn't just hop in a boat and attempt to sail to Thailand would you? No, you would plan the trip. Map it out and pack supplies, etc. Quitting smoking is the same. Benjamin Franklin supposedly once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail."

One more thing that I remember from when I was getting ready to quit it is true that it is a lot of procrastination I couldn't be this day and it couldn't be that day and it couldn't be this day and it couldn't be that day, so I could have avoided that if I had just done it spontaneously.

"Plans" for quitting are generally code for "procrastination." "I can't quit until I've got my Magic Plan in place ... " Just quit now. EZPZ

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Plain and simple I had no plan. I was fortunate enough to find the forum and do it with support. I think the biggest part of quitting is realizing that it is possible and everyone has the power within to do it. I would advise your friend to do the homework and read all the information available here. Hopefully it will help ease her into the process needed to quit.

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And now we have the day a big NOPE for today!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of chicken ....... the wife took off today to go see he sister and told me to order pizza or whatever. Didn't feel like take-out so decided to cook me some chicken thighs on the BBQ. First of all was the brine to soak the raw chicken thighs in for a few hours before cooking. 1 quart water; 1/4 cup Kosher Salt plus a bunch of spices. May have added a couple shots whiskey too. After brining the chickens in the fridge for about 4 hours it's time to put some dry rub on them, front & back then into a cooking pan with a stick of melted butter. Turn the BBQ on and get the temp to 300F Close the lid and go have a beer while that chicken simmers in the meted butter and dry rub spices: Check the internal meat temp after about 3/4 hour. It's gotta be 165 degrees at least. 119.6 degrees; not ready yet: When they're up to temp. it's time to sauce 'em and caramelize that sweet glaze by cooking direct on the grill for another 5-10 mins. Last step is to plate it with some mashed spuds and a little cauliflower with cheese sauce and dig in! Brining the chicken pieces before cooking makes that meat melt in your mouth tender and simmering in a butter bath with dry rub adds a subtle flavor to the meat that you just can't get with standard BBQ chicken. It's more time consuming than ordering a Pizza for sure but in the end, it was pretty yummy