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

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How you doing Pedro...???

4. 8 legged freaks covered in hair with gazillion eyes and fangs that live in webs or even ground tunnel systems. Freaking spiders.

A big bowl of scouse .. With some nice crusty bread to dunk

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Grits from the south western US......I'll mail you some, send me your address and you can tell them it as from me ........Must admit though, I would like the sausage rolls or........ Shepherds pie, meat and potatoes are my favorite. Look forward to the pictures and what was your favorite dish.

Stay strong Pedro and visit the sites. My best wishes and stay close to the board.

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@Boo ah crap, if you want to go down the conspiracy theory hole i would suggest sticking with flat earth. you are way to close to Arkansas for most of these other topics.

So this Friday we are having an International Community lunch at work. Basically bring a plate from your cultural background.... I just can't decide...wot do I bring. So my names on the savoury list or I would have just done pavs.... I was going to make sausage rolls but one of the other Aussies has said they are doing that. Now the brief is bring something from you cultural background... for me that's Aussie... but if you go back far enough it's mainly Irish, then chuck in some Scott, German, Norwegian, and French... I'm a full bitsa (bits of this, bits of that). Options rattling around my brain are... pumpkin soup with some home made soda bread, kangaroo and beetroot capaccio (probably too fancy for thus mob), apricot chicken (for that nod to my bogan ancestry), curried egg and lettuce sandwiches, shepherds pie, rissoles in gravy with mash or lamb stew. I'll get pics cos we are expecting food from China, Poland, Vietnam, Philippines, Serbia, Malaysia, Croatia, Cambodia, Turkey, India, Burma, Pakistan, Malta, Spain, Greece, Italy, England, Scotland and of course Aussie. One of the warehouse kids is bringing Vegemite sandwiches and for a fancy option Vegemite and cheese sandwiches too. WOT would you bring??

7. Sleeping with my legs tucked in too tight! For reals. I guess somewhere in between thee and me, @jillar, is a “normal” person!

6. A few years ago ..... afraid of hearing the bell at 2am .... meant I had to get up, go down stairs to let our German Shepherd out to do his business. When he swatted the bell across the family room floor meant I had to hurry. Jillar - I don't believe I met anyone afraid to sleep with their legs uncovered, that's another new one, still have to try the pretzels and cheese too.

T20 World Cup... the gift that keeps on giving...who'd a thought....England beaten by Ireland.... thank you Duckworth-Lewis for letting the underdog slay the lion. Now I'm imagining all our yankeedoodles trying to work out wot the farkledarkle I'm on about.... let's just say you think calculus, trig and baseball stat's are hard you ain't ever known the complete chaos of working put the Duckworth-Lewis system.... see its convoluted mathematic 'formula' the Brits invented to get a result in limited overs cricket when there are rain delays.

2. somebody finding out ..........

1. One of the kids calling just to talk.....usually ends with money being the topic.

Welcome @Pedro Lots of good advice already given. I just wanted to say that you are making a great decision in quitting smoking. Are you doing it right? Well, as long as you don't puff on a cigarette, you are. I know that sounds very scary in the beginning but it is that simple. NOPE - Not One Puff Ever or NTAP - Never Take Another Puff. Don't think of it as ever, early on, just fight through the early tough times and promise yourself that you will not smoke and focus on getting through the early struggles smoke free. Each time you overcome tough craves or struggles, your quit goes stronger. Why are you doing this? With time, you will be a much healthier and stronger person leaving the smokes behind. There are tons of great reasons to quit smoking (they are posted all over this site) but no good reason to keep smoking....all you do by continuing to smoke is to continue to feed an addiction that will only kill you. You did a great thing in posting an SOS. Hopefully the responses you got will help you stay smoke free. Always feel free to reach out if you are struggling. With time, things do get better and you are doing a great thing in quitting smoking. Welcome to the site. It is good to have you here.

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You are doing this to better your life, it takes time to get there. This is a nasty addiction. The timing doesn't feel right? It may never feel right....we are addicts and that junkie has a loud voice in our brain. Educating yourself by reading here will help you to rewire your brain. So much great info here! Commit to your quit...take smoking off the table. Post often. We understand. You can do it.

Pedro, you are doing this because you want to conquer something in your life: your dignity. Your health. Your mental abilities. You want to be a functionable and contributive member of society, you want a magic life, you want money (you do!), you want to believe. Create your own faith, if faith lacks! It's an act of courage to recover from this addiction. You will feel very much better mentally. You will not be bothered with trivial nuisances. Your mind will benefit - keen mind. Remember that breathing fosters remembering and that is something magic you want in your life. You want to do many things. And see the world for what it is. Smoking prevents that. I know you are sensible. Many people are. You want to develop warriors hope and warriorship. Please consider not smoking and taking life in. The way it, be it hell, continue. I know you try to focus on the positive side of not smoking. I know you try to convince yourself that you want this, which is hard because you don't believe in yourself. Be it so. Become a recovering person. Always recovering! Conquer your fears! This mind of yours fears not being fed, that is what it is, all there is to it is this! It is the monkey mind. It will be hard times, good times, recovering times. It's normal your quitting is a mess. But it is the way. Now go about your day, feeling. The coming and going of relaxation and anxiety. Come back here if you need. You will, because you like writing. Now to go to the job interview!

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I think I know that guy. Doesn't he work the night desk at the Sleep Inn?

Nobody ever has a clear answer for why we shouldn't swim in Reelfoot Lake. What are they hiding down there?

Resting up from a big day down on the farm. Loaded up the Boo Crew and went to a Fall Festival / Halloween Spookfest. The kids made their public debut in their Halloween costumes. Maddie was a penguin. Jackson was a monkey. The monkey costume has a tail on it that is just long enough for Jackson to gnaw on it...and that's just what he did. Hayrides. Corn mazes. Trick or treating...Good times! Also learned something new about Sugar Britches today: she loves caramel apples. So if I talk my way into trouble in the future, I might be able to bribe my way back into her good graces with a simple caramel apple. These are the things a man needs to know.

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G’day I got a blank look from the neighbours kid with this one

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That's why I wanted to make sure to say the anxiety after 6 weeks...because I knew it wasn't from triggers or withdrawal. It was something in place that smoking masked. I also want to add, because I don't think I really made it very clear, that smoking was so physically stressful that was its own anxiety. As each physical symptom is relieved there is tremendous relief. My quit is new so I have time to keep exploring this. Who knows how this picture will look six months from now? Or a year? That's kind of the exciting part. So far, the promise that "It gets better," has held true. No more chest tightness, headaches, fatigue, sore throat, cough, blurry vision, aching joints, problems breathing, allergies, bronchial pain, and I could go on. An impressive list. Let the healing continue. :)

5. Leaving my leg(s) uncovered while I'm asleep