El Bandito

The day has dawned fine and sunny here in Cyprus. Just for today, I pledge to take Not One Puff Ever Who will join me?

The potential for disaster here is mind boggling....

Hey JC Dog walk. I had the same issue. I decided to make it a time where I focused on nature and my senses. Maybe it was only in my head, but quitting enlivened my senses. I could smell more, taste more, my eyes seemed more 'open'. So I would walk the dog and tell myself 'wow, my breathing feels cleaner. What a great benefit!' And "hmmm...I seem a little less breathless than last month" etc.... I used that time in the morning for a little self audit.

Hoping for a new wallet. The moths that live in the old one are eating through it. Sent La Bandita the link to Bellroy. Smellies- La Bandita gives me all sorts of fantastic Italian scents. I catch her watching me put it on, hoping that my belly will shrink, my muscles will grow, my skin will take on an Italiand dusky hue and I will become the model she saw in the ad... Then I belch, scratch my ass and ask if there is beer in the fridge. Christmas is so disappointing for La Bandita.... Although, I did get an email yesterday. Her car is arriving before Christmas. How in God's name do you wrap up a BMW X3? I struggle with wrapping a sweater!

NOPE...I was posting from the Bandit Boudoir

From the crow's point of view - a bad day

Jeepers. Quite a week. Sorry for your troubles. Welcome back to the train.

Five Deck the halls...

My wife's diagnosis of me is a lot less charitable... "Stubborn arsehole" seems to be the theme.... Love to Mrs B, BAKON.

14 bandit out.

Hey Lace, you were only on this shoulders for a tiny minute...and then as light as a feather Cookies!

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Great work Belle. I have to challenge you though. Why is one cigarette a day enjoyable? What is it specifically that you enjoy? For me, I thought it was that feeling of pure relaxation. The day is done, a glass of my favourite wine with a lovely cool smoke. Aaaaah. Thing is that after 7 days, my body has begun its journey back to normality. I light a cigarette and the cancerous choking smoke catches in my throat. The rancid stink flood my nostrils. My eyes involuntarily screw up against the poisonous smoke. S h i t ! Turns out that I only enjoyed the smoke when it was relieving a nicotine crave. The good news is that in a few weeks or maybe even sooner, your nose and tastebuds are going to start lighting up. You are going to taste the wine much more. You will be able to drink the best wine on the list because of the money you have saved, you will be able to sit in the swankiest chair in the hippest bar because you don't need to be outside choking yourself and you won't need to gulp it down because you NEED to get out for a smoke break. You my friend will be the most laid back person in the joint, full of self confidence because you quit, relaxed in the new you, savouring the excellent taste of a great wine unsullied by thousands of toxic chemicals. Welcome to freedom Belle! Great work. If you do get a chance, it can be really helpful to check in and briefly note how things are going. A post like yours above can really encourage someone about to put on their patch. I Look forward to celebrating one week tomorrow!

Hey JC. I don't know all your story, but good work on 5 days. Don't be worried. Be vigilant. Several people here quit, relapsed and the smoked for 10 years before they got around to quitting again. You can do yourself a lot of damage in 10 years

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6... Yeah sexy handsome beast gets all the girls....til they become eggs

Hey Evelyn! Still Rockin' here Look forward to hearing from you when you get back on!

Stays away...they throw silly under the bus

2...had em twice boss

I spy with my little eye... Something beginning with P

Zero

All right then... Camera

Cape

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