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

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There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright... Guilty pleasure or not, when that chorus kicks in I'm belting it out...much to the chagrin of everyone within earshot.

I was having a real down time with bipolar depression and so close to buying cigarettes for comfort, just looking for any comfort. You all helped me through it. I went online and searched for a forum for bipolar. I found a really good one. Such a relief. I have lost all of my friends, and even family has turned against me because of the yo-yo moods--they never know who I will be today. They fault me for "thinking negative," and tell me to "just think positive thoughts." The success I've found with this forum (and Doreen) encouraged me to keep looking for a group of like-minded people with whom to connect. This Quittrain support group has not only helped me quit smoking and stay quit, but think about other areas of my life where an online group might be helpful. Ripples across the water. Thank you all

6 years of NOPE!

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Neither of my parents smoked. But a lot of other relatives and friends did so it was acceptable in most places. I remember Mom bringing out ash trays when smokers came over even though she hated the smell in the house. In her later years I would only smoke in a bedroom when I came to visit her or go outside weather permitting. In her last year in a nursing home I would go outside to smoke. I`ll always remember her asking me if I didn`t want to step outside for a smoke and telling her that I was around 3 months quit. I started because I thought it was cool and most of my friends (musicians) did. Should have listened to Mom.

G’day In Australia they got rid of the sexy packaging. Now they are all the same for any brand. Personally I used to hate the eyeball.....

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Love 'em or hate 'em, I recently rediscovered how badass a guitarist Ace Frehley is.

I just read that here in our province they are thinking of allowing cigar lounges to smoke indoors . Of course with rules like good ventilation .. what a joke ! Wait what ! Is this not going in reverse ? First they ban it now they want to allow it . A big can of worms just opened . Now pot smokers will want lounges, cigarette smokers , hookah users , vape users ? Who else ? A lot of money to be made in addiction . Politics ! Big T is the culprit , I've no doubt . Money talks and people throw out good common sense for votes . Have you researched who Big T donates money to? Hush hush , politics isn't allowed on most sites , maybe that needs to change . Maybe I'll be in trouble for this post .. if I've overstepped please moderators remove it , it is not my intention , only awareness is my intent . We are also building a new hospital here . It was started before covid then it never went through ; they stopped building . Covid taught us some hard lessons .. well ....we will certainly need bigger ones for sure in the future and more and more life saving equipment too to try and save the lives of these folks . I could go on , but I'll stop .... I'm off to the mall for an AC walk lol I won't stand by this decision our government is making without a voice . I don't want to see progress undone because . Our kids lives and our grand children's lives are at stake . Keep quit folks and let your voice be heard and not hushed . Expose the truth , do your research and do more than just quit smoking . I will be. I hope you'll join me . Big T uses people for profit . Give a little by donation ah lol aren't they generous . It's not even a dent in their pocket book... and give it to the right people they make triple likely ten fold the money .. oh aren't they so nice to give the politicians . What's the price . They sure upped it since Drs .and movie stars and people caught on . Aren't they just so caring about our youth giving us healthier and safer options . It is all it takes for them to take millions of dollars and lives . They care ? Really ? Only our voices can make change but we have to do it together . If we don't speak up say good bye world .

Feel your pain both and appreciate your strength in staying with the quit despite everything.

@Kate18I also suffer from bipolar anxiety and depression. I would love to know the name of the online group you found. Please message me when you are able. I also came close to smoking recently but put out an SOS here and made it through. It is tough getting through the day sometimes. Lately, I have not been going out much or hanging out with people. I am guarding my quit this time. If I feel like I am going to be manic, I just stay in until it passes. It is difficult sometimes, but I have very few close family and friends that get it. I am also glad this forum exists because smoking will just make my mental state worse. I am very glad that we have a place like this where we can have support.

The days fly by, then weeks and months and years. One thing has been constant for almost a year and a half: NOPE

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As much as I was into a lot of Rock and Progressive Rock at the time I have to admit that this song (and group) I strangely liked and always reminds me of my entering of my teen years. And to Johnny5 I accidently saw Starland Vocal Band by accident in Washington DC in 1977 -- story is too long and too weird!!!

As a bass player, Dancing Queen is a pop masterpiece of a bass line let alone song. I still enjoy listening to it. Not sure why U-Tube is not letting me paste and copy. I`ve gone back over the years and have listened to live performance`s such as Bee Gee`s "Nights On Broadway" on Midnight Special I think and have been amazed.

My parents smoked unfiltered Pall Malls also.....my Mom smoked through her five pregnancies as did her doctor. I don't really remember seeing my parents smoking while growing up but I remember the ashtrays! Out of the five of us kids (3 girls/2 boys) only my youngest bro never smoked!! Even after knowing what I have been through the past 4 years....the other three smokers in the family are still puffing away.....although one sister starting vaping a few years back and considers herself a non-smoker now, my other sister still smokes like a chimney and my brother quits every few months but keeps going back to it....

I don't think I'm alone here...some of us have those songs that we like in spite of not wanting to admit that we like them. For me personally, many of these songs are tunes that were popular in the eighties. They were songs that my sister liked, so me being the pesky little brother that I was spoke often of how terrible those songs were. It was a pointless debate, but I would say things like: "Duran Duran sucks! Van Halen rules!" Heard one of those songs while I was eating lunch this afternoon. Now, I can confess that I looked this song up and listened to it again.

Rooster Quit Date: 1/1/2014 Posted January 9, 2015 · IP Hi everyone, in preparation for a night around some smokers I wanted to write down an accomplishment from yesterday which I will be repeating as many times as necessary this evening. My first no thank you. Since I stopped smoking, I was pretty surprised at how easy it has been relative to my expectations. I had prepared for the worse, but I have realized over the last few weeks that I really hadn't been buying many and as such didn't have very many triggers. I did have one however, the offer. As I had scaled back my personal smoking, only my social smoking remained, and it was something I was happy to have remain. I was quick to jump on any offer for a quick jump outside, either at work or with friends. This I knew would be my big obstacle. Well, last night I went out to dinner with a friend (my new roommate) who smokes occasionally. Dinner was great and we had a few drinks, another common partner of smoking with me. As we left I knew what was to come, I had run through the scenario in my head to prepare and it had always ended in awkwardness. I had shared my quit with him, but out of habit and some twisted sense of generosity he offered me another out of his pocket. There they were, the pangs, the slippery devil saying, well maybe just one... the fear of missing out. But while I did feel that impulse for a second it was followed by a "No thanks, I don't anymore" and everything dissipated. No awkwardness, no real compulsion anymore, just two friends walking home in their new reality. I know this is just one win, and it will need to be repeated maybe hundreds of more time, but I immensely proud to have gotten over what for me is the big obstacle of trigger. As I had out tonight to enjoy myself at a favorite bar, listening to a friends band with a crowd of people, some of whom I've known for 3/4ths of my life and some of whom smoke, I am comforted and invigorated by this victory and the knowledge that I have all of you in my pocket, just a few clicks away, supporting me on this journey. Thank you all so much. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4130-the-first-no-thank-you/

If anyone knows ..... @jillar, hope everything is well with you. Miss you.

How do feel about my other favorite charity, Make A Wish Foundation?

I glad to hear that everything is ok

I'm so glad you guys care about your quits enough to post an SOS so that we could help you through it. There's no shame in that no matter how many years quit you are

Love the red nose

Here I am! Lost my phone and Internet yesterday from a fire in their control room!

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I will behave and wait a bit before starting back to exercising. It frustrating as I really liked it and how much better I felt and to be honest exercising and not smoking were/are 2 things I felt I had control of over still. I know I will get back to it soonish so I just need to hang in. In good news I did find a good indoor place I can walk out of the heat which only a 5 minute drive from my house and I can walk there any time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. so I excited about that

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And since Jo already suggested that liking this song meant I needed to turn in my "man card", might as well post it again.

It's not one puff today that gets me the "ever " quit I want tomorrow . Lets quit .. For Ever !

Doing math work with a grin on my face. Got a call this morning from a man who recently bought a warehouse at auction. There were a bunch of cylinders in there (Oxygen, Acetylene, Argon, Nitrogen). He had no use for them and just wanted them out of the way. Told us if we were willing to pick them up, we could have them free of charge. We picked up over $10,000 dollars worth of cylinders. Even with the retests and new valves, we're still coming out over $8,000 dollars to the good. There is pride in working hard and earning your keep...but that easy money is pretty damn sweet.

Is it ever going away??? Have already lost friends to this damm virus. and another friend has just tested positive. Its been a crappy day and it just of worse. What is wrong with people not taking this serious? Time for me to break out the wine!!!

That old head rush was what pulled me into being a full-fledged smoker. I was doing a bit of underage drinking with my friends. One of my buddies told me: "if you smoke while you drink, it will make you buzz harder." Smoked about ten cigarettes that night. Woke up the next day wanting more nicotine. And an addiction was born. Fortunately, most of the stupid decisions I made as a teenager were easily left in the past. Those cigarettes I smoked that night represented a bad decision that would continue to be repeated for the next twenty-five years.

Just got done watching a movie and it was a tear jerker Was a good movie, but not a good choice for me tonight I was already Sad enough so now I'm sitting here with my box of Kleenex.