El Bandito

I am a face booker and certainly a twit :D

As ever...right on time! Not. Great work DD!

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Yes - it does calm down a bit - I think we just get used to it. Going back to the other conversation - my best friend sells wine for a living. One of his party tricks is that a gang of 7 or 8 of us sit around drinking wine, we send him out of the room, and swap glasses...he then comes back and smells each glass and gives it back to its owner. He can smell the person on the wine. He says that girls are easiest - you can smell the makeup. - So not odd at all! Get yourself down to Debenhams and have a good sniff! (My glass by the way? Always the emptiest ;) )

Im an Oenophile... (Sounds like a confession :D ) Means I am fond of a glass of wine. I have always been able to get myself around a wine list - but my palette is now a 100% better - and the single biggest aspect of palette is SMELL...

Very true Sue. I think deep down - we all know that the crave is a positive thing - each one defeated is a sign that we are winning! Nice post.

For me - The rituals. First smoke in the morning, after eating..those were the toughest craves initially. I changed routines up and focused on understanding the nature of triggers - understanding that all habits can be changed - and that the only thing causing a desire for the next cigarette was the previous cigarette. Then - I found myself hankering for a cigarette when the Spring came..again, analysing where the trigger came from, why, helped me overcome them. Even now - 9 months quit - I get the odd trigger. Sometimes a strong one. But I'm experienced now - I ignore it - and surprise surprise, it goes away.

Friends Eh?

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NOPE

-16 Erudite.

-16 Quite so. No more drinking while sleeping.

Late as ever! Happy Birthday!

Best we stay quit then.

-16 my liver and La Bandita were having morning coffee together shaking their heads a lot....

Not much good about smoking is there?

Great work!

-16 Impressive volumes of alcohol

-16 Buenos Tardes

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Rosie! WELL DONE! What a fantastic achievement! Your little girl is so proud of you. hell I'm proud of you. Great advice above. Read around the board...there is some great stuff there. Yes it will get better. The secret is that it has already got better. You have freed yourself of a nasty, fatal grabby addiction. Well done you! You are missing nothing, you are giving up nothing...you have taken control of your own destiny. Make sure you take a little moment to celebrate your success. Welcome Aboard!

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NOPE

Nope...treat.

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