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

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Sorry your not feeling well . But having a smoke will make u feel worse when you finished it . Its ten drags of a cigarette you can do this take some breathing exercises and be kind to yourself . You will feel so much better for not smoking .

So sorry you are ill and feeling skunky, @Linda. I’ve felt the same way. This wily addiction sure likes to try and strike when we are feeling low or unawares. Stay strong! Bear with me as I try to express something for you, for me, for all of us who suffer… there is something important about “comfort” that quitting requires us to reclaim. I think smoking hijacked our ability to feel comfort. Instead of receiving tender care, we received ugly toxins and the manipulative mind games that come with addiction. Smoking was much less gratifying than it was cracked up to be. But Addict Mind wants to smoke anyway. So it’s telling me (falsely) that I am bereft of all comfort. The thing is, we are not bereft. We just need to reprogram how we’re habituated, to give ourselves ACTUAL kindness and care, not crappy chemical substitutes. There are days when it feels impossible to experience being soothed without smoking. But I try. It’s a great creative challenge to find other ways. And when I simply can’t comfort myself, I benefit from attempting to give kindness or comfort to others. I have VERY happy cats since I quit… lol. Take care, dear.

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So sorry to hear it's been difficult recently, Linda--we know exactly how you're feeling, and it's great that you posted. I really like your formulation that smoking "is what I THINK will bring me comfort"--for me, the phrasing itself shows you analyzing the experience instead of just being subject to the crappy--even cravey--experience. Doesn't make it any less uncomfortable, to be sure, but it's telling that you see the cigarette/comfort connection as the fiction that it is; and as Denali notes above, it takes time to establish more authentic forms of peace and pleasure. Keep up the fabulous work, friend! Christian99 21+ Years Quit

N.O,P.E……. Not one puff ever

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Get well soon @catlover!

Gosh, the crud is really making the rounds! Sending you get well wishes, @catlover.

@catlover Hope you feel better soon!!!

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G’day some folk think it’s good to forget that junky thoughts. No. Not this little black duck. No complacency here. No romantic shit. I’m Not ever forgetting that I’m that addict.

NOPE…l am so thankful to be saying that, as I have a viral infection that is going around, been really poorly this last week, never known coughing like it.

Oh !!!!....The junkie mind .... Winning the battles ....you won your,s by coming here .... As time passes the thoughts get weaker ... Stay strong Linda

Way to go, @Kerry!

Another fantastic win for Chicks ... Sticks get a good slapping

Have been sick the last few days, and what do I want??? The worse thing I know, but I want to smoke. It is what I think will bring me comfort. How crazy is that?