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Congratulations on 2 months cpk, that's awesome, keep marching towards your freedom

Sorry it's been a bad week :( you rocked it Jackie, great post x

Indeed it's a very bright sunny day :) Can't beat a bit of E & E ;)

Eric and Ernie :)

And to you to Beth x

Feel the fear and do it anyway!

Hi raya Yes all topics are open for discussions depending on their content they could go in the social section or quit smoking section The blog is good for your own thoughts or journey journal but they can be deleted there is a delete button also you can put the blog to private or publish less people read these though than a posted topic

I have to totaly agree, this is your sticky quit - go you :wub:

breezing through :)

its also helpful to keep a record of your journey the blog facility is great for this you could collate all your threads in one place to look back on and see how far you evolved * see at the bottom of where you post (blog this) if you click on that it will add that entry to a blog

very beautiful and powerful thanks for sharing

i dedicate my quit to all those in my heart :wub:

thats a huge thing Karl! way to go and enjoy :)

good morning everyone, enjoy your good friday :) nope

wowza thats gotta hurt :( might have a shiner x

hi tyme insomnia sucks! have you tried listening to sleep music or hypnosis videos on youtube, I found these very affective to quieten the mind and drift off something like these https://youtu.be/3TiHlSpUrlw https://youtu.be/wvez-mtlmD0

Day 18 done

This is for the newbies to help them use the whole of the board and may help them on their journeys..... When I first quit, every second of my awake brain was focusing on the quit, not smoking, trying not to think of it etc etc it was a soup just sloshing around and around and it was hard to concentrate on anything else People around me didn't understand, family and friends were smokers or never smokers That's when I went looking for a support system and found you guys I was 2 weeks into my quit I read a lot of stuff on nicotine addiction which helped me understand the thoughts and changes going on within me but I needed to get this sloshing soup out of my head and get on with life, I couldn't just shut it all out Many members kept saying go into social play the games you need to distract yourself, I had a very stressful job at the time and thought I can't be dealing with all that nonsense at the moment But the truth was I needed that nonsense because the quit was consuming me and making things harder then it needed to be So the reason for my ramble is newbies try a distraction play some games on here, they are not hard and don't need any concentration There is sections here too for interests and hobbies that you can get involved in, reading, cooking, fitness etc etc and if there is nothing there that interests you, then you can always make your own up as there might be others with similar interests It's a great tool on the forum and can bring things back into balance and focus It's only a suggestion and it may just help you Maybe other members can say how they distracted through the soup/fog

Morning EVelyn, nope

You flip flop rebels crack me up :)

Hi raya an welcome :) What an awesome quit you have there, I'm delighted to see you here, a long term quitter gives us all hope and courage Yes we try to have fun here, as quitting is serious but it's easy to let it consume you so easy distractions have helped many here Looking forward to getting to know you

I really will have paranoia now in the summer when it's time for the flip flops, bakon has ruined comfy footwear moments for humankind lol It's not does my bum look big in these... It's does my fairy smell in these OMG :)

Zebras