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pushing the river, Chris ? is it still Thursday morning CST ? or Friday the 31st for YOU ?

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@Cbdave- are we going back to the future again? NOPE for Thursday, 7/30/20

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The thread title threw me off too. "Friday"? July 30th Anyway, I'm assuming Dave made a mistake, NOPE! for Thursday July 30th

Good ....you watch your movies ...and stay away from the counting game ....!!!!...just sayin .....

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Doing better today. Staying cool and dog sitting for my sister. It is getting a little easier each day but still coughing up junk.

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Way -to-go ...Steven ..... Keep yourself busy ....a great plan ......youv,e got this !!!!

This is great to hear Steven. You're 1 day away from getting through hell week. You can do this.

Tell us one thing you couldn't do as a smoker that you're now able to do. Me: Hiking/Backpacking. Will be heading off on a 9 day backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in a few weeks. Here's a pic along the trail. Humphrey's Basin

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Well I have made it 12 days, still have some rough times but with this group of great people has made it better. Thank you for all the support. I just have to keep going one day at a time

Woohoo Steven, congratulations on your first of many weeks smoke free. Hell week done and dusted!

Congrats on day 7 Steven. One whole week! Your struggles aren't over yet but the worst of it is in that you will get more and more "comfortable" days going forward and the benefits of quitting will start becoming more and more evident! It's all good from here on providing you stay committed to nope!

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min Hour Day as required!)

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just about on your LUCKY 13 days of Freedom, Linda. Every moment counts. Every crave diverted, every trigger faced will lead you to a new era of self confidence and profound trust in yourself. Please reward yourself and assist your brain to deliver endorphins, that delivery system was gangstered by nicotine. S

Understanding the addiction is an important component to building a successful quit, Steven. It explains much of what we experience. Here are some resources The Power Of Nicotine Addiction from Joel Spitzer Nicotine and The Brain a lecture found by MLMR

Way to go Linda. You are doing great. I'm proud of the positive strides you have made so far.

You're doing great Steven! Tomorrow will be a week and if you can do a week, you can do 2 weeks!!

Yes! This is absolutely true Stephen but now you can also see many people just like you have broken free from their addiction and this is also possible for you and anyone else who believes in themselves and wants to be a nonsmoker! Soon you will start focusing on the positives you are already seeing (have you checked your wallet lately?)

Great job Steven keep on going one day at a time!!!

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Hello friends I'm not in danger of smoking but having some strong cravings today which is weird cuz the last few days have been a breeze. I'm firmly dedicated to NOPE but I guess I thought if I "said" (typed) this out loud it would take the power out of it. How are all of you? Anyone have anything exciting going on today? Big bunch o nothing here so let me live vicariously through you!

Watering my lawn at the moment cuz it's hot and dry here so I hope that gives you as much excitement as it did for me You're still pretty early in your quit so it's to be expected that you will still have some very difficult days. It's your junkie brain trying a different way to overpower your logical brain. In the very early days (first couple of weeks or so) your junkie brain tries to get you to smoke again by keeping constant pressure of withdralaw on us, hoping we'll just say screw it, I'm gonna smoke again. Later on (about where you would be now) the tactic changes to, we'll I'm gonna back off for a bit then hit that junkie with a gig shot of crazy withdrawal because they figure they have me beat by now. Both tactics are tough to deal with but at least now you have honed some pretty significant quit tools and know how and when to use them so take these tough cravings in stride and just keep noping! Those challenges will eventually wither and die.

Hey Jack ! Congratulations on your THREE YEARS of Freedom ! I remember feeling so great at three years, all my patterns and associations with smoking were seriously in the past and I had a solid understanding that my future would never ever never include nicotine again. Have some fun, some celebration and of course, rewards. The crowd cheers for you, I can hear them from here.

I'm actually watching one of my all time favorite movies. It's the remake and not a bad one at that. The original version of "Midway" is the better of the two though.

Yay Linda! A big congratulations to you!!

Congrats, Linda....just keep on doing it... ONE DAY AT A TIME! Watch that ticker keep going up...

Way to go, Linda!

Thank you, Jillar. I will.

Congrats Linda! Almost 2 full weeks now! It's a real slog for the first while but you're knocking off those days one at a time which is what we all did! Things will start to turn around soon. It does gradually get better and better all the time so hang in there and keep putting one foot in front of the other. You'll make it by doing that (and noping) every day!

Well, if you don't know how you're going to get through it, chanced are, you won't. You wouldn't go on a road trip to a far away destination without a map would you? If you did, you'de never get there. Same rule applies with quitting smoking. You need a plan. You can't just wing it or you'll be setting yourself up for failure. Live and breathe on this board. Read, read and then read some more. Post a LOT. Post every day. Post 20 times a day. Whatever you have to do to learn how to quit successfully. You can do this. Believe me, if I can quit, you can too!