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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required) Rain rain and more bloody rain

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Congrats. What if you are just done? I think at some point we are given the gift of release. We work so hard at it and then when we least expect it, we find there is grace. Hoping that for you. Hoping that for me. Hoping that for everyone on the QT. Have a great night...

Congrats! Hoping you are feeling so good. You deserve it!

Congratulations on three months smoke-free. Good job.

Yay @intoxicated yoda! Big congratulations to you!! 😊

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Congratulations on 3 months!!! You are doing great

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Congratulations @notsmokinjo on four years quit! I hope you know how awesome we think you are and celebrate this huge accomplishment😊🤗

NOPE. @Cbdave Love the pictures. Thank you for sharing your beautiful country.

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Congratulations on 3 months quit!! You are doing great! 😎

Congratulations Yoda, this is great news. Don't forget to reward yourself for this great accomplishment.

Saturday morning, day 7. I’m a bit uncomfortable about this week being SO easy and smooth. As if it should be a struggle for quitting to be “real”. And will that cause complacency problems later on.. etc. Decided not to spend too much time on these thoughts and just … 👉stick to the basics 👉… and repeat

Enjoying the start of the Christmas season. The house is lit up. The tree is up and decorated. Wreaths, stockings, and various other Christmastime themed items have been strategically placed throughout the house. Santa Claus has been renamed "ho-ho" by my daughter. Watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer earlier; Maddie makes roaring noises when King Moonracer comes on. Christmastime is on here at Boo Acres.

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Is it a "thought" (habit) to smoke or a true desire to smoke? For me, smoking served as a pacifier. I had severe physical trauma when I was little (2-3 years old) and, as a result, I sucked my thumb for years. I believe smoking was an extension of that, i.e. the need for some type of primal comfort. I had to go to speech therapy which was shaming. Braces for years. In unpacking this over the last four years (when I got serious about quitting), I realized that smoking does not do much to pacify the fear. In fact, it heightened it and kept it going. The more I smoked, the longer I smoked, the shittier I felt about myself. It was a spiral. I still have thoughts of smoking regularly-how could I (we) not? But every time I do, I remember just how bad it felt to do it. Somewhere there is the belief that we can go back to a time when smoking felt "good." I don't doubt there were many times I "thought" it was helping. Or was fun. But the truth is it hurt. And it smelled. And it made me feel disgusted with myself. What has begun to shift things for me (although not instantaneously) is to remove the thought/belief/feeling that smoking conferred any benefit whatsoever. I am militant with myself on this. Not sure if any of this resonates. Thanks for sharing and I'm sending prayers for strength your way.

I don't know about other successful quitters, but the passing of time has made it easier and easier to deal with a desire for a cigarette. The feeling of wanting one is less frequent, it's milder and fleeting. It's a reinforcement that I see ticker racking up the days I've not smoked, the thousands of cigarettes not smoked, and money saved. Ah, just remembered, there is also the amount of time I've not wasted smoking. If I count each cigarette as a use of 15 minutes (to get to a smoking place, smoking, and returning to where ever I needed to get back to), I've saved 3,217 hours.

It's that time once again...time for Christmas music. In the past I always started my Christmas song postings with "Blue Christmas" by Elvis. Changing things up this year. My daughter started dancing to this one earlier so it moves to the top of my list.

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Be proud and celebrate the day @notsmokinjo! 😊

Congratulations @notsmokinjo 4 years smoke free is awesome!

Mojito as well

Congrats, @intoxicated yoda! Celebrate your achievement and KTQ! 😷🎉

Yaaaa....A Quarter of the way there ....we are very proud of you ...Reward yourself well... You have so earned it .... That's something to dance about ...

Congrats on passing the 3rd of the big 3!!! You'll be counting in dog years soon.

Congratulations to you. 3 Months is amazing

Congratulations Intoxicated Yoda. You are doing great!

@Kris I’m sorry about your sleeping issues. Lack of sleep makes everything ten times worse, huh? My nights have improved drastically since I eliminated alcohol. I make 5,5 or 6 straight hours, when I’m truly lucky the occasional 7. I believe there will come a time where I hit the jackpot and 8 hours is the new normal again. 😴

Linda an Kris .... Your both still in early quit stage .... You smoked for Decades....of course your bound to have thoughts ... It what you do with those thoughts that matter .... If you didn't t smoke ...your a Winner .... It's ok to have wobbles ....just steady yourself and don't fall over .... The next Thanksgiving will feel so much different....😀

Sweetheart , With all the hype that leads up to Xmas....it easy to sit and reflect when things are not as perfect as we would like .....and wish some area,s in our life were different ...I'm with you on this . I have learnt over the years ,to just except things ...and it's only a short time ... Sometimes thinking about a situation makes our brains go in overload.....just stick to NOPE...you are a stronger person now.....one who will speak her mind and I know you will do just fine .. This is the first Xmas of many smoke free...that something to cheer about ...I'll raise my glass to that....

The holidays will be so much better without missed moments for smoking!!(and all the stress of thinking you could hide it) You might need family around more than you think as you just experienced a close loss. I know your parents make you nuts, so take your breaks still...make an excuse to go out to the garage and scream into a pillow...go out in the yard and see if you can find a good stick? Enjoy EVERY. SINGLE. MOMENT. with those grandkids and don't let anyone stop you from giving them all the love and attention they deserve. I'm a little sad I will miss out on the sticky buns. (your husband enjoys them the most, I bet?) Get sassy if you have to...sometimes people get used to walking all over us and won't stop until we stand up for ourselves. My mother in law is like that with her daughters and expected she could give me the same treatment when I married her son, but I set boundries real quick. Now, she doesn't "tell me" to do anything; she asks politely when she talks to me The holidays are just another part of the quit...the things we have to learn to do as a non-smoker and we will do it together!