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

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@Reciprocity thanks! I will try and try again. If I fail 100x times, I will try 101 times!

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NOPE sooooooo funny. I was looking for a NOPE image on a free picture site (Pixaby) For "Not One Puff Ever," here is a selection of "puffs" (probably a puff adder--also a lethal 'puff")

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In honor of "the ides of March" I say ... Nope!

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Many, many people aren't successful on their first try or even more tries. There's no shame in trying and falling back unless you just stay there and you don't make a new commitment to quit once you've gathered yourself together again. The key is NOT to give up trying and you must learn from your mistakes and think about how you will make better decisions next time you find yourself in a simlar situation. When you're a smoker you're addicted to nicotine so yes ... throw away all smoking material so they're not within easy reach. Understand that what quitting smoking actually involves is breaking that link in your mind between smoking & all you're daily situations. That takes quite awhile and a lot of repetition before you are mentally over relying on smokes time and time again each & every day. Firstly you need to make that unbreakable commitment to yourself to quit. Then take things just one day at a time as you fight those cravings to smoke. Trust me, that intense craving for a smoke lessens over time. Staying smoke free each & every day MUST be absolute top of mind in order not to cave in to the cravings. Quitting is a marathon, not a sprint. Treat it that way and be patient, one day at a time!

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Good for you for attacking the problem again. If patches work, then they work. If they don't, then you'll know it and think of something else. If you're in the medical field, you're smart enough to figure this out. I was a serial quitter with gum, patches, tapering, and whatever else there is that is kind of quitting but not quitting. The imminent arrival of Covid to our shores is what got me to quit. It was having a reason strong enough. I believed that if I got Covid, after all the negative news I'd heard about fulminant lung infections, then I'd die. So I quit cold turkey, and a week later the first case of Covid was discovered in the USA, north of me about 20 miles. I took it as a sign to stay quit. When a person finds their "WHY?" then they quit. I'm struggling for quitting something else, and hearing myself as I write to you. I have some "WHY?" searching of my own to do. Good luck to you. What you did once, you can do again, I'm sure of it. Keep us posted!

This is tonight's dinner. Classic Roast Chicken, Greek salad, sautéed yellow squash and red peppers with onions and garlic

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

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Doreen, the seas were very calm for most of our recent trip. You would have been fine I think. No motion at all could be felt. But yes, I can understand your concern. Nothing worse than bein sea sick! maybe one day I might give it another try …Your trip sounded brilliant x

I don't know what a pack of smokes goes for around here now but it was $12.50 when I quit 7 years ago so I imagine the cost is a lot higher now for sure! Yet one of many benefits to quitting Doreen, the seas were very calm for most of our recent trip. You would have been fine I think. No motion at all could be felt. But yes, I can understand your concern. Nothing worse than bein sea sick!

I was told by a smoker yesterday , a packet of her Cigarettes cost her £ 13 70 pence . This is crazy money .. So I agree that amount of money each day would pay for a great holiday But Being on a ship for 37 days .. Thirty of those days I would have my head down the Loo ..lol..

I think the cartons that I saw were $10.00, I can't remember, or that might have been for a bottle of Absolut vodka. I'm just glad I don't smoke anymore because the prices of cigarettes in NYC are about $150.00 a carton!! 😲 Insane!!

Cheapest smokes I ever saw while on vacation was in St. Martin. $19.00/carton for U.S. cigs. I remember thinking; Wow! If I was still smoking, I'd be all over that! Absolutely true!

What we used to spend on cigarettes now pays for vacations! Lots of rewards for quitting. Great vacation photos.

Wow. The addicts mindset is just the worst. Recognizing and utilizing discount opportunities to feed our habit and feeling like we’ve accomplished something amazing is just so sad. We have come so far on our quit journeys and I’m glad to be doing it here on this forum with all my fellow quitters.

Wow that sounds great! You sure have been on some amazing cruises!! Yeah I could imagine how rowdy and loud the cruises during Christmas and Spring break are!! 37 days, wow!! I don't know if I could be on a ship for that long, although maybe I could...LOL!! My dream is to go to Scotland and it almost happened as we were booked for a 10 day trip in June of 2020, but that was scrapped because of Covid. So my husband and I are hoping maybe next year. We were in St. Thomas several years ago and I loved it there not only because it's beautiful, but Americans can buy $1600 worth of duty free goods. Since I smoked at that time, we were able to take back 5 cartons of cigs per person and the prices were really cheap. Don't have to worry about that anymore! 😁 We were also allowed to bring back 5 bottles of liquor a person as well and those prices were cheap too. Since the cruise left from NYC, we were able to take all of the bottles because we just took a taxi home from the pier.

Your body is going through some massive changes . its used to having poison being put in 20 even more times a day for decades. No wonder it goes haywire for a short time whatever us happening Newbies , remember it’s all Temporary ,and will pass x

Yes. 9 days then 12 days for a total of 21 days plus we spent a couple of days in Lauderdale before the cruise as the flights were cheaper that way. We can't do 7 day cruises any more. Too much hassle getting there and back for such a short time plus, longer duration cruises tends to attrcat a more "mature" crowd so fewer booze-cruisers and screaming kids We also avoid Christmas & March Break cruises like the plague (OMG!!!) Longest we've done was 37 days. Buenois Aries to Fort Lauderdale. East coast of Brazil, including Rio when Carnival was on. Then up the Amazon 900 miles to Manaus Brazil. Amazing cruise!! Best ever was a 10 day French Polyneia cruise on a small ship (Paul Gauguin) South Pacific is incredible 😍

The cruise sounds wonderful!! Was it a 3 week cruise? Yeah I don't like those mega ships either...way too crowded. Some of them are like small cities!!😲

This cruise was actually two back-to-back cruises on the same ship; Holland America Rotterdam. It's a newish ship, about 4 years old. Very nice ship. Not one of those 6-8,000 people monsters so not overly crowded. We had a lot of sea days on this one which was fine with us. Relaxing by the pool while shaking off the winter cold We stopped in The Bahamas, Curacao, Aruba, Caragena Columbia then did a partial transit of the Panama Canal. Also stopped in Colon Panama then over to a stop in Costa Rica where we went for a tour to a beach community up the coast called Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, a heaven for back-packers and other "naturalists". Last stop was Grand Caymen before heading back to Fort Lauderdale. There was an interesting fruit/veggie market in Curacao. Venezulan men bring all sorts of fruit & veggies 37 miles across ocean waters in small boats to the Island of Curacao and set up a market to sell them. Bananas still on the banana plant tree limb.

Welcome back @Reciprocity What ship did you go on? Very nice pictures. Old Town Cartagena reminds me of Old San Juan when I was there. Cruises are great, so nice and relaxing. What other ports did you go to?

Nice to be back but being away was pretty good too! Hald Moon Cay; Bahamas: Los Colorados Wildlife Sanctuary - in Cartagena Columbia; S.A. Old Town Cartagena; walled city; South America.

Congratulations!! That is a wonderful accomplishment, all the Best!!

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Congratulations, @Boo! Hope you and the family are doing well.

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Good to see you Dianne.. Congratulations keeping your precious quit ,through tough times ..hope your Mum is doing well x