El Bandito

Hey Juan...Welcome Back!

Many Happy Returns!

Well done Trish. Brilliantly fought off. Exactly what this site is about. Sorry it was a crappy day.

1.The sheer empowerment of being in charge. I used to do exactly what my addiction told me, when it told me. Now when it gives an order, I laugh at it and tell it where to go. 2. Time. I was spending three hours plus smoking. In the modern age, this smoking was done in specified smoking areas. Give or take, smoking was filling 20%+ of my waking hours. Just smoking. 3. You bunch of lunatics. :D

Great work Evelyn. Keep on going!

Would be great to see Jeni and any other lurkers log in. Welcome!

Damn it. Got me again.

Hey Marti Lovely post. As the others say..be vigilant, but embrace it. You ARE a non smoker, and as you note, whatever pops up, won't be hell week! How's Mum?

Hi Sarah. Great decision to quit. You are in the right place for support.

Hey there...no reading today, too busy. But thinking on it....

Fantastic work! And your posts are a real help to me. Well done Craig!

Hey, Welcome. Good to see you here!

Great work WYE!

That's brilliant! Congratulations!

Welcome back buddy. Nice practice quit. Back on it. You can do this.

Fantastic Jackie! Well done you.

Non. Dans l'UK, on parle francais. Merci.

NOPE from me...

Ok - so read Chapter 4. Dealing with the Computer. Gremlins and Goblins....not sure that I can remember any Goblins - but I guess they must be there. Gremlins...lots of those. I can see that in order to adopt the recommended approach - then there is a fair amount of work that needs to be done - both as a one off but also as an ongoing process. hmmmmmm....

Calling you out? Certainly not. Joining you. Oh yes. Chin chin my dear. Here is to a fantastic spring as non-smokers - and new beginnings!

Don't think caffeine is the issue! ;) A beautiful sunny Spring day here - we are all high on sunlight...and maybe a glass of vino collapso B) or two

Interesting though to understand that you need to understand: 1. Your chimp is who you need when the chips are down... 2. He/She is 5 times stronger than your Human It has just occurred to me that anyone logging in and reading this thinks that we are completely bonkers! I suspect that anyone reading the book will instantly identify with the internal dialogue. I am also fascinated with expanding the metaphor. La Bandita has always been "an expressive"; (we both come from a training background and use this type of category a lot) - at times I get incredibly frustrated because she poses questions, but ignores solutions that I suggest. I now think she is taking her chimp for a walk.....

Go Bakons.

Tracey - in advance I refer to your own hangover thread that you started for me ;) You will of course ignore me - but please ensure you have a glass of water in-between wines! Yours hangoverexpertelbandito

Look out! Bananas!