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

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Nope....this is the new norm

Hey @Linda, @JH63, @Steven Drojensky want to get a jump on tomorrow with me?

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I truly believe in the power of positive thinking and here's why...The last several years have been terrible for me. Absolutely terrible... I was mad at my Drs, mad at family members, sad over other things going on and just didn't care about anything. But then I almost died in January of 2020 and between that and the thought I may not survive this pandemic just decided that I didn't want to be mad anymore on what could possibly be my last year alive. So in April I think it was I just decided I was done being mad everyday and what a difference its made! You can hear it in the change of my voice, I'm sleeping better and even started to reconnect with people I had left behind for one reason or another. Years ago in my early twenties when I was starting my first business I used to write positive sayings on sticky notes and put them on my bathroom mirror so I saw them as I was getting ready for work but somehow had forgot how well they worked. Just as they apply to everyday life they apply to quitting our addiction so anytime you find yourself struggling, try thinking about one positive thing quitting has done for you then write it down on a sticky note and stick it somewhere that you'll see it several times a day

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So glad to see you're still smoke free Judi I'm no social media buff, don't even have Facebook but much to my surprise, when I started coming here, which was mostly just to keep myself occupied and my hands and mind busy, I soon found that talking to others and reading about others going through the same thing as me somehow helped to at least keep me focused. It wasn't a magic bullet or anything just one more tool I could use to help drag myself forward. I remember from my own early quit journey the most frustrating thing for me was the pace of seeing positive changes was just so slow that I didn't even realize they were happening until I looked back on things after the fact. I wish I had have had more faith and patience in the quit process during the early days. That alone almost wrecked my quit early on. I needed to believe in the process and my own ability to endure the process. I does work Judi! Keep fighting!

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

I agree.... Joining in ,helping others with their quit ... Playing games ...posting a NOPE....it all helps to make your quit more solid ... I know going it alone always led to failure for me ....

I think that maybe in your situation, talking about it is what is keeping you from smoking.

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Post a warning sign?

Trying to figure out what to do. I've heard about these all my life but never have come across one until now

Waiting for the Sheriff's to come arrest me after i got a call from them informing me that my name and ssi number have been used in illegal activity and I hung up instead of pressing 1. See you guys after I get out!

A great idea Jill....❤

Glad to see you're still smoke free @Judi, you do what you feel is best for you. We're here if you need us

I find the more I talk about it, the more I want to smoke. Thought I would take a break to see if that would help. This is soooo hard!

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Doreen, my Amazon Prime gets automatically renewed every year so yours probably does too.

Why, is it possible it's going to be ugly?

Geez! There's just no getting along with some folk!

Dark chocolate digestive,s......just sayin !!!!!

@Boo, I LOVE girl scout cookies and usually buy two of the Thin Mints, peanut butter sandwich, shortbread, Carmel delites, lemon and this year the Smores (first to be eaten this year lol). I went easy this year though and only bought one of each

A guy at work has a daughter in the Scouts. We've done more than our fair share to help the troops. I enjoy a Tagalong from time-to-time and we can just include the money spent on cookies in the discretionary budget.

Why? A horrible Doc visit (after 10+ years of avoiding same). Stage II Hypertension (ridiculously high blood pressure (regularly clocked at 170/110 (YIKES!!!)) Pre-Diabetes (ridiculously high blood glucose levels) Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Syndrome Hypercholesterolemia (ridiculously high cholesterol levels (triglycerides off the motherfucking charts). Quitting smoking was just one of a multi-pronged, life-changing series of events (weight loss (60+ lbs), physical training (became a marathon runner), changed diet (mostly plant-based, healthy diet (used to live on Taco Bell, Doritos, Pepsi, and Pop-Tarts), quit a high-stress job/career, started sleeping (CPAP) ... Quittin smoking (along with the rest) erased all that. It's a decade later and they're still gone. Almost all disappeared within the first year. The blood pressure took almost 6 years, but it's quite normal now. Sarge will enter his 60s with zero meds (other than a Vitamin D defiency (easily correctable with a simple supplement)) and healthier than he was in his 20s and 30s ... and with a bit of luck, no complications from almost 3 decades of suckin' the Death Sticks. EZPZ.

Deniece dated Frank the wimp. Green

@Judi just keep concentrating on the positive. Your picture shows a beautiful confident woman. No matter how long you smoked, you have the power within you to quit. Look forward to enjoying the rest of your life free of the addiction.

@Judi, it was hard for me to believe that too when I first quit but I hung on because everyone said it would and they were right! Everyone's quit is different but I think it was around the six week mark that things started getting better for me. It wasn't that I didn't still think about smoking that whole first year but the cravings got weaker and weaker with each one conquered. I still remember how great it felt the first day I woke up and didn't think about smoking first thing. I was in such a great mood that I even sang in the shower lol. Hadn't done that in a while.. For years and years cigarettes were such a huge part of our everyday life that there is going to be a lot of triggers to get past. But once you do, the next time gets easier. This is a process that takes time but you will get there