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

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NOPE and happy hump day!!! Love a Wednesday!

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Still here fighting the good fight with the help of my baby dogs. They smell like dogs not cigarettes. They keep me in line, if something happens to me who would spoil them rotten. It is the one skill I have, spoiling dogs.

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

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Still smoke free but still have occasional urges.

It’s good to hear from you @Kdad! This is awesome news! 😎

Yaaa Darcey ... I too do Chi Gong every morning ...I found it at the beginning of my quit ...It's a great way to start you day ... Sounds like your hubby is a good support ... Swimming is also a great ....your body is going to be very grateful....🐸

Great update @darcy, I'm really glad to hear that you're using your tools and taking your husband along with you to keep you honest 😊 You are succeeding!! 😊

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Great to hear from you, @Kdad! So glad to hear that you are still smoke free!!

Is it cold there in WI .... haha Congrats @Kdad

Hey @Kdad, its good to hear from you 😊 Congratulations on over eight months quit, you're doing great! Urges are still to be expected unfortunately but should be getting much easier to get past at this point 😊

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Thank you for all the kind words and prayers. In a time like this they truly mean a lot. I wish I had better news to report. She crashed this morning at around 4:00 a.m.. Her heart stopped beating completely for approximately four minutes. They were able to revive her. We had a family meeting with a cardiologist and pulmonologist. They were compassionate but painfully truthful. They have reached the end of the line for what they can do to heal her. Her body simply can't handle any more major procedures. We had another doctor come into the room and explain our options. She could stay in the hospital or have hospice care set up at the house. Mom can barely speak right now but she looked at dad and said "take me home." She then verified a couple of more times that she wanted to go home. The kind of grace and dignity my mom has shown through the worst days of her life is a true testament to how she lived. The folks from hospice are delivering everything to the house today. My sister and both nieces are preparing the house for mom's homecoming. My nephew is coming in tonight. April and I are going to make sure Maddie and Jackson are there when she comes home tomorrow. Mom will have all of her grandchildren under one roof. That means a lot because in the history of grandmothers, no grandmother enjoyed doting over her grandbabies more than mom.

^^ Oh yes, this happened to me, too! Total tapioca brain for a while. It passed. It’s great that you are approaching your 24-hr mark, @darcy. One hour at a time… those are hard won hours to be proud of, and they really can add up surprisingly fast. I got through many anxious and ambivalent early hours by reading a lot of the posts here (like you are), staying busy with small uncomplicated tasks, sipping ice cold diet root beer, and doing countertop pushups. Lots and lots of pushups. Each person’s strategy is different. Let us know what’s working for you? It will surely help someone else! (Plus posting often helps to strengthen your quit.)

That should be 20 HOURS FREE!!!! YAY!!! 🥳🙌🥳🙌🥳🙌 It’s these early hours that deserve the greatest rewards. You are doing great, @darcy!

Loving to read, read, read. Can't string a thought together....20 hours free. Yay .

Finally, History and Legal Studies... another inside joke...during a class trip to Canberra the was a giant moth killed, the girls held a court trial believing the teacher killed it... the first thing they all yelled at their parents when the plan landed was Mr killed Boonda (the moth)....to which he yelled...Allegedly Let them dry today... bake em inches oven tomorrow and bad Bing bad boom...dishwasher safe perminancy. 90c tile... bit of paint...Bob's ya uncle.

Mom passed away peacefully at home on Sunday afternoon. I will always be grateful for how peaceful her passing was. Mom had been sleeping most of the day, but opened her eyes for a brief period. This gave us all a chance to speak to her. She took one deep breath of air and crossed over to the other side. We finalized funeral plans this morning. We didn't go overboard as mom always said: "If y'all are gonna make a big fuss about me, do it while I'm still alive." Over the last couple of days at mom and dad's house, we were able to take some time and look at a lot of old photographs. Some brought back memories that were fresh in my mind. Others brought back old memories that would have been lost if not for that particular photo. Looking thru those old photos with my sister was a good reminder to both of us that we were blessed with a beautiful and caring mother. I am grieving and heart-broken. I am also thankful and blessed. The years I had with mom were a blessing. She will live on through us until our dying days.