MarylandQuitter

I've not romanced smoking for a long time now. Sure, I think about smoking because it was a part of my life for so long and engrained in every waking moment of my life. Just like you never completely forget your first love, you'll never forget that you were once a smoker. Now when I think about smoking it's in the sense that it was something that I used to do but have no desire to do so now. No more romancing, just remembering how much better life is not smoking. :)

Happy birthday!!

...in it's own words. Click on the link for .PDF file. A very good read. Tobacco Explained

Congrats, Holski! You've made all the right moves this time. I personally don't think you'll ever smoke again. You're done with it. :)

Is that a nervous laugh, Ava? Yeah, your favorite author :pleasantry: posted :pleasantry: about it. That makes sense now. Just looking for the truth, man. :search:

I think that may be built into the new release when it comes out. I'll check more into it. :)

If I ever stayed at Ava's house, the best part of waking up would be sleeping in. I wouldn't want to wake up to Folger's. I think Folger's has caused more issues with employees oversleeping and coming in late because they dread the thought of waking up to Folger's in their cups. Folger's and Maxwell house is a nasty, nasty addiction. Some go there whole lives thinking that swill is where it's at. Ava should know better. Babs does know better but for some reason has relapsed and is in denial. Now how in the hell does Ava know how many calories are in a cadaver? Nevermind, I don't want to know because I don't want to be interviewed when they find her chomping on some order by phone science project.

Evelyn, please update us. If you smoked you smoked. If you didn't you didn't. Either way, we want to hear from you.

Welcome to Quit Train, Jen! I've had relapses as well but once you quit for good, none of that matters. When you fully believe that smoking is of no benefit to you, you basically kill all the desire to smoke. You won't want to smell it much less romance it. Thanks for being a part of us and please post often. If you ever need to post an SOS, myself, the moderators and many members get alerts via email or sent to their phones so somebody will be right there with you. You're never alone in this and will never, ever be judged. You're gonna like this train ride. :)

I quit smoking therefore I will not be smoking today. NOPE!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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Never heard of it but I'll check it out. I'm kind of in limbo until the dead and House of Cards comes back on.

JWG's daughter was kind enough to give us permission to post her message here, so here it is. :) Some of you, probably most, knew my father as jwg and knew him very well. I came on the site tonight because the memorial was held today in remembrance of his life. I wish i could personally thank every person who sent emails, cards, and letters for the service, it means more then you'll ever know. I also want to thank everyone that was here for him at the beginning of his quit and supporting him along the way, we were so proud of him to overcome his addiction to better his life, and that he did. There is no way for me to ever be able to express my most deepest and extensive gratitude for qsmb for all of the support and love you shared with my father in his final days. Or for the friendships and support you provided with him even before the devastating diagnosis. I also wanna take time in this post to send my sympathy to all of you who loved him, i know just how difficult life without his guidance and kind, smart, and some times non sense words is, some days i feel as if its impossible, others i know it is, i seen my dad loose his father to the same battle and i also seen my father morn over the loss for many years, but i seen him grow stronger and maybe he never really found peace after his dads passing but he did find life, he found so much to this world then just continuing a never ending battle with himself and cigarettes, he never let them win. Its been exactly 6 months to the day since i lost my father to never see again, to never share another conversation with, or to ever simply receive a "have a good day" text. Many days i still wait for them to come, hoping maybe its all just been an awful nightmare. And I'm a big girl i know its not, but sometimes reality is hard to face, and in the same moment i find myself trying to cover up a feeling instead of facing it i think more about my father and how much like him i am, and for that i am forever blessed. So many times during the memorial today, people would say, "your definitely your fathers daughter" " your just like your father" "thats in your genes" and even though ive heard this my whole life, theres no compliment greater in the whole wide world then to hear me compared to the greatest man to ever live. To you guys he was a writer and a story teller, to me he was my daddy, and my best friend, i hope to be half the parent he is to me for my children, and to always make him proud. Maybe one day ill be a writer too. But for now i just need some time. I hope you guys continue with your quit.

We have no such rules here, Macro. Thank you for the update from JWG's daughter and I hope that somebody can pass along the post from her for all of those who knew him. :)

I heard this was really good.

Me too.

On the 3rd one, I do a variation of that. I stand on a flat bench when I do the bent over rows so the bar can go lower. Got the exercise from something Arnold wrote a long time ago. I love it and it works better than any other exercise I've done for my back.

I have a Weber 330 Genesis and use it roughly 5 times per week. It's built like a tank. I put it together (don't trust the hardware stores to do it right) and while doing so, I was amazed at the quality of the parts. I think it has like a 25 year warranty and the burners and lines are all stainless steel. I think people are getting 6-10 years out of the burners before they need replaced vs 2 years on most other heavily used grills. I have been thinking about getting The Big Green Egg. My local hardware store sells them and they're pretty darn cool.

Are you using this same form doing the uprights? If so, your wrists will not move or bend. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/upright-cable-row I do these and love them. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/seated-cable-rows I also do these and using your shoulders, your wrists shouldn't move. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/bent-over-barbell-row

Gabby this will be your sticky quit because you said you want it to be instead of you hope it will be. You're amongst friends here who will do whatever we can to help.

Some people are just mean and uncaring. TAC might be rolling through your town in his RV and I'm sure he'd take it!

Words of wisdom from a very wise woman. We tell people all the time that it really does get better because it REALLY DOES!! Not only in the beginning when it can be hard while your body adjust to not receiving it's daily dosages of toxins, but also down the road when you literally get a new life. So many things get better that it truly is a new life. Who the hell would want to go back to smoking after all we now know not to mention the freedom to do what we want when we want. As a smoker, I never had that option as everything I did revolved around sucking toxic smoke into my lungs and bloodstream.

Did you go your exercises that your doctor prescribed yet today? Put in your favorite movie and channel your thoughts to something else.

Welcome, Pusscat! Please feel free to introduce yourself and let us know how we can help. :)

Love it! Happy to see you enjoying your new life. It really is a new life isn't it? :hi: