El Bandito

My eyes are fine - "just need some help" reading and computers...I need +0.75 in each. given I will undoubtedly lose them within days - might be an idea to buy some that I can afford to lose!

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shhhhhhh... you could bring down the entire Italian economy ;)

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You will be telling me next that no brand handbags are made in the same factory as Gucci! Outrageous. I try not to think about markups any more!!!! I feel a Tesco special coming up!! :D

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I just feel like laughing out loud with you all! Ain't life Grand?

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Great Bump LB

Tracey - Thank you to all teachers. Becca - Thanks Comrade - Thanks I have no doubt good sense will prevail - ill try some cheap and cheerfuls to see how I get on..... Then - gold monocle and huge moustache!!!!

Great post Markus.

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Read the book. Quit smoking. Brainwashing. Well - I suppose so to a certain extent. Or Mind over matter? Or the Truth? Whichever it is - it works. At times - as Jonny said - "acting in a personal play" - it was an act of faith; but ultimately it does become the reality.

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I really enjoy the way that different people's posts resonate with me at different times. I read the Allen Carr book and and therefore probably not far from the 'affirmation' camp of the Sarge, Jonny and MQ. Certainly for me - the key to quitting was the belief (initially FAITH) that smoking does nothing for me. As Comrade puts it "a psyche deal". However - as I have posted elsewhere there are times where I have had to rely on plan B - "Brute Force and Ignorance" or Willpower. Times when a 'hug' from someone here has kept me going. I am also reading a book and sharing thoughts on it here about managing "My Chimp" or emotional responses. There are times that my Chimp wanted to rip the throat out of the Sarge, or Jonny or anyone else telling me that quitting was easy - and that if it wasn't then I was doing it wrong. I think that everyone on this thread has played a part in my quit to date - and I hope that they will continue to do so. Right now - its Easy Peasy for me - and I firmly believe that this is the best way for ME to quit. One of the joys of this community is the chance to get input from people with experience in this addiction, other addictions - hell, other life experience. I would love the chance to sit down with ALL of you and hear about the life experience that you have - serving in the military, coping with addiction, bringing up families - all manner of things.

just from experience here - every quit is individual - just like every person I guess.

Some sobering stuff here - excuse the pun. This place is definitely different things to different people - and I think that is powerful.

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