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We all had a list of excuses a mile long why we shouldn't quit. "The damage is done." "I'll gain weight." "Quitting will ruin my social life." By allowing ourselves to accept these excuses as dogma, we often delayed quitting smoking for years or decades. Choose an excuse that you once held and then expose the reality that shatters that excuse. Mine: Excuse: I'll get too stressed if I quit. Truth: The most stressful thing in my life as a smoker was making sure I got my "fix" every 20-30 minutes. I would rearrange my life to make sure I could feed my addiction according to this timetable. It stressed me out if I had to participate in an event where I couldn't smoke for an hour or two. So, it turned out that not smoking was actually less stressful than smoking. What's your Excuse and Truth?

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

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Great post BKP, as for me I had a few but one I used over and over again was............ Excuse: It's my legacy Truth: I'm an addict who was looking for any reason I possibly could to get my fix of nicotine.

Excuse: But, but...I really enjoy smoking. Truth: I was just another garden-variety addict getting my fix.

I'm too old to Quit...the damage is done !!!! Rubbish !!!!! Your never too old to Quit and benieft..... Your body starts to heal the minute you put that last cigerette out !!!!

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My only excuse was that I thought I loved smoking. It just blows my mind that I thought that.

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This looks Fab !!!!.....very peaceful .... Boo.....maybe you will let me steer.....in the right direction next time ....!!!!

Helping the kids haul the boat out of the water for the season. it was so nice out, we couldn't resist going for one last rip on Lake Ontario, just off of Niagara On The Lake! Can't believe my daughter was doing the driving! @Boo take heed; I can remember changing her diapers and reading her bedtime stories and even playing doll-house with her. It happens fast so, relish the moments! Glad I still have a few more to come!

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Not one puff for Thursday...

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All of the above posts except jillar`s. My parents did not smoke but I was around plenty of people that did as i grew older and no one really seemed to mind it much. I can recall Mom telling people to go to the living room to smoke. Living room? What a name to call a place to smoke. Some things have changed for the better.

I hear ya man. I was talking to a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago. He told me his daughter is starting her senior year at UTK. That blew my mind. I still remember very clearly stopping by the hospital for a visit the day after she was born. The time really does fly by. Speaking of daughters...It's official: Maddie is spoiled rotten. She likes to have her hair brushed. If I stop brushing her hair before she falls asleep, she lets out a little whimper and stares at me. As soon as I start brushing again, she calms right down. I also have a new title, one of Sugar Britches' friends calls me: Maddie's Daddy. It is becoming clear who's in charge now.

My dad's either "goin to shake hands with the unmployed" (wiz) or "drop some pollies off at the pool". Pollies are politicians.

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@reciprocity It looks beautiful. I can't believe it is still warm up there. I bet she is a real beauty (your daughter - not the boat)!

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We just got lucky for 1 day and yes, they both are real beauties

94 Days guys!

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Probably because youtube and google are grumpy with the Aussie government because they want to make a law which means they have to pay for certain content... a few things have vanished lately.

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

Oh... Confession: I resorted to using a bulldog clip to control my shaggy dog hair today.

Omg Steve ...love that a Yank posted one of my fave Aussie bands ever.

Great Trousers !!!!

Excuses: Too busy at work now to quit! Going on vacation so why ruin that? Christmas is almost here. I can't quit now and ruin the holidays for everyone in the family! Summer's here and I just want to enjoy it, not suffer through quitting. Winter is coming soon and that'll make me miserable enough, why make it worse by quitting? Truth: There's NEVER a good time to quit so just make an unbreakable commitment to yourself and do it! It will set you free and you'll never have to fret over it again

@WeegieWoman ...that bloody traffic cone on the kings head cracks me up, especially as i know whenever the authorities remove it it's straight back up there....gotta love a river people with that sense of humour.

Congrats, @Cristóbal! Eight years quit!!! Hope you are celebrating this extraordinary achievement! KTQ!!

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I don't know about your personal issues but I'm sure your son is just being protective in his advice to you. OK, so you're feeling lost and alone right now - you KNOW smoking won't help!! It never does. Only makes things worst so screw you rational brain back into your head and stop allowing smokie dreams seduce you. There's NO future in smoking and deep down, you really know that! If it makes you feel any better, my life is in the toilet right now. I just happened to have a moment tonight so thought I'd check in here. I actually had some thoughts about smoking today but they were just old ghost memories - not real. I don't want to kill myself by smoking. What good would that do

Just pull my finger.......

Your life must be full of sin if you keep forgetting what you need to confess to