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

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I went to see Santana last night! The concert was really amazing! Here are a few pics. I took some videos but the file type isn't accepted so I can't upload them.

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Welcome @Vuk and congratulations on 15 hours smoke free. Yes,, it can be difficult at first but does get better with time and is worth whatever early struggles you may have. I hope you stick around this site. There is a lot of valuable information here about nicotine addiction and people here who will help encourage you to stay smoke free. You are doing a great thing in quitting. Welcome to QuitTrain.

NOPE. Had my last (hopefully ever) smoke 1.5 hours ago. This will be hard

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@QuittingGirl, I've seen Santana twice, they are so good, great concerts both of them

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

Watching the day's tick by for the Lido celebration. Hope I will get a little more exited. For now time to go back to bed.

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What a beautiful post. Unfortunately when we were addicted to the nicotene that next fix ruled our lives and we shut out what it was physically doing to our bodies.

Aww Sorry to hear Covid has put a downer on such a happy occasion . Hope you and your family get well soon Stewpot . We need you dancing on that Deck X

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Welcome aboard @Sportsfan66. Nicotine is indeed a very potent addiction. But you CAN overcome it! This forum helps by providing info and creating a supportive community… for positive moral support and also accountability. We’ve all been thru the withdrawal, and it can be hard. But it gets better if you give it long enough. Keep us posted on your journey and join us in the daily NOPE pledge. See you around!

Nancy Quit Date: 07/07/2013 Posted September 17, 2014 I found this online, here. A message from your body. (Repost) By tahoehal on November 03 2007 at 4:39 pm Insert your own name ......... and days of being smoke free x. Dear .......... It has been x days since you have quit smoking. You probably don't recognize me since you have been real busy for about x years. I am your body and I wanted to have a conversation with you. There are some things I need to tell you and share with you. You may need them now that you are recovering and I for the first time can express them. I am your lungs, your heart, your eyes, your liver, your blood, your skin and your mind. For x years, ......., you have been smoking and I have been unable to talk to you. It's not that there were times when I did not try, because I did. I sent you all sorts of signals to let you know I wanted to talk to you and you were not able to hear me. You passed it off as a morning cough or dizziness and whatever you were doing for all those years was too strong for me to fight. I have been waiting for this conversation with you for years. I must first tell you that we don't miss the smoke you filled us with. There were days when you were out, having a good time in the summer sun and I was too. I like the warm air and I even like the sun. But, ........, even on those wonderful days you would take the time to fill my lungs with smoke, my blood with carbon monoxide and my brain with nicotine. Every time I thought things were getting better and I was ready to talk to you there would be a burst of all these chemicals and I had to spend all of my energy, and YOUR energy, ......., on trying to keep you alive. I think you get the point now and I don't want to sound critical although I may have come off that way. What I really need to tell you is that for the past x days I have been working hard with the rest of your body ,to heal from a lot of years of neglect. I guess I want to say THANK YOU. Thank you, ......., for having the courage and the strength to quit smoking. If you have ever done anything right for me, by not smoking you have given me a new life. I need to tell you that it will take time for me to heal. You know how long you smoked, ........ It will take a bit of time to work with the lungs and the brain and the heart but IT WILL HAPPEN. Every cell in your body congratulates you... .... I need to warn you about something. One of the drugs that the brain thought it liked was Nicotine. That's a bad drug. It fooled me into thinking that I needed it. I never picked up a cigarette in my life and you made me addicted to Nicotine. Hey, I know it was not your fault! But there will be some difficulty the next few days and months. I, too, became addicted to that drug and it will take some time before I get rid of that. But I have a promise that I want to give you now that I can talk to you. If you promise to not smoke and to give this your very best shot, and I know how hard it is for you, I will reward you with more than great health, ........... And in time you will not only feel better but I will give you something that you thought you lost a long time ago. Remember your self-esteem and your image? Well I know who you are and I want you to know that I LOVE YOU. In time you will feel better and be so proud of what you accomplished-This I promise you. By the way! In this process of getting better we will be doing a lot of work inside. So please feed me and water me like you would if you were taking care of a beautiful Rose. It's time that you started to look after yourself with love, understanding and compassion as well; we like that too. Everything you give to me during this process I will reward you with tenfold. I believe in you, ....... I AM YOU. I KNOW you can do this. I don't want to have to wait another x years to have this conversation with you. Know that I love you and know that it is unconditional. It seem at times like I am working against you but know that I am working with you, .........., to heal US. Just for Today, ......., please do not smoke. Thank you for listening to me. I love you! Sincerely, Your lungs, heart, liver, blood, mind and skin and every living cell in you. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/2707-a-message-from-your-body/

Hang in there Stew, it will go away. Just get lots of rest and drink lots of fluids. Thankfully my Covid is pretty much gone.

Well shoot Stew, I hope you guys feel better soon! Glad you have each other to keep company AND your sis will be here for your big one year anniversary maybe

Oh, so sorry to hear that you were exposed! Just got over my own bout of COVID… cough and congestion weren’t bad at all with this variant, but the fatigue doth linger. Hope you do OK Stew - take good care!

Well that sucks!! I tested positive for Covid 2 weeks ago, thinking I had a sinus infection. Thankfully last week the test was negative. Covid today is not like it was 4 years ago! It certainly is a pain but lets hope it's not bad for your and your family Stewie!! Please let us know how you are doing!! Hopefully it's just like a cold!!

Oh no Stew, that sucks!

Hello, today is my first whole clean day ahead. I am now 13 hours clean and finished my morning running with cold shower, getting into work and got my sugarfree gums ready to get through this day. Even getting through 1 day for me is something almost unachievable before, I almost never did the whole 24 hours. So if you see me here after that, I guess we are on a good way and I already gave my promise today...so I think I will make it. Anyway, will keep it active and share my thoughts later. Stay strong

Alright, I finished 1 day, now 25 hours clean. After gym and sauna it was quite difficult to not go to buy a vape but Im home, getting ready for sleep. So tomorrow again.

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I am on my 15 hours clan ride now. Well I am just finishing first pack of sugarfree orbit gums, I am struggling to focus on my work, TGIF so I dont need to do much and will have a walk for some good lunch, enjoy the series and then take a nap, play some chess online..this is my plan to get through day. Evening I want to go gym and sauna, to finish my 24 hours clean without nicotine with a good gym session would be amazing and I am ready to go! Just to really say how significant is for me to get 24 hours clean without addiction ym addiction is extremely strong, I almost never done 1 day, failes hundreths of times..so do 24 hours will be a reason to selebrate and then, another day! but today, I focus on now and today

Alright, I have failed maybe thousand times with nicotine, it is torturing me for already 12 years, since I started in my 18. It is now time to use the forum and power of network to quit once for all. So today 8pm I put nicotine away and going to post my thoughts, struggles and progress on the way. Welcome I hope this might one day help to someone, but first I need to help myself. Nicotine cost me not only health, tons of money and relationships, but also caused very bad situations along the way. So the ony way is to go clean, day by day.

Go for a walk, chew gum, drink a big glass of water but do anything but smoke! Ohh I know it's not easy believe me I do, we all do, because every one of us have been in your position. Please don't give in to the cigarettes, don't let them win. Every day that you go without, it will get easier. After about 3 days the nicotine will be out of your system. If you can get some cinnamon sticks, use those. I used them as a make believe cigarette for the first month or so and they really helped me, plus they taste good. If you don't like cinnamon, cut up plastic straws and try those. Do anything except smoke!! Come on here and vent to us, we are here to help you. Please don't smoke!! I hope you have a great day!!

Get rid of those smokes right away!! Drown them in water and do it as an act of victory because those damn smokes will no longer run your life! You have chosen freedom!!

Tracey does most of the work from on top unless he has the tramp stamp. Can't see faces with the candle light

LOL, this reminds me of a joke my mother played on me once. We both used to go tanning at this place and the owner always seemed a little "sketchy" to me. I used to mention this to my mother and say that he prob has camera's set up recording us etc.....half kidding but not completely... Then one day when I was leaving after tanning he stopped me on the way out and said...."nice tattoo". I FREAKED! I could not even breathe for a few minutes. He broke out in hysterics and told me how my mother had set it all up and gave him info on a tattoo I had recently got to make me think there were cameras! So Bakon, did you use to own a tanning salon?

The furniture is not real, it's a figment of your imagination :wacko22:

Smarti tattoo is funny in bath tub. Looks like it's drowning

DD dyes all her hair including the carpet- from what I can see out here

Yep positive and totally lethargic. No energy and muscle aches from head to toe!! My sister and brother in law from New Orleans are with us until Tuesday morning, but may have to stay here through it. I told my sister if I had to go through Covid with anyone it would be her... The bright side is we will get a few days off from work.

Well, yea beautiful wedding but the relative's staying at my house this week are positive for Covid. I will test tomorrow. My sister from Alaska and her husband tested positive yesterday. Hope it didn't circulate on the plane? Tonight I am extremely wiped out? We will see tomorrow. Don't get too close to your laptop LOL...