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Hi Carojo - welcome and congrats on a great decision to quit

Welcome e Shaddycat - please don't be shy - we would love to hear from you

Holski - huge congratulations - doing great - celebrations needed- maybe gummy bears all round ?

Congratulations - awesome work - onwards and upwards from here

Hey Juan - so happy you are at day 4 - it is Friday morning here in oz - so just checking how your day went ???

(((Evelyn))) So sorry you are struggling but so glad you posted - distraction was the key for me in the early days - so keep drinking tea, posting here - whatever you need to do .

Hi Paula - nice to see you

I'm here mis Nancy - waving frantically from oz Gemzee - we had a bit of rain yesterday which reminded me that winter is coming - and all I could think of was not being huddled outside smoking in the cold ! This will be our first real winter not smoking ! I mean - I know I did a lot of last winter - but I was so early in my quit I couldn't treasure not having to go outside !!

Trish - you have already been given great advice- but I will just add that I know you can do this - so don't worry - enjoy being with your family. I am sure they will be proud of you - so just explain upfront that you are cherishing your quit - and maybe set rules up front like - if you ask for a cigarette they hit you over the head instead - or at the very least they send you here first so we can do it virtually for them

What you talk'n about Wye ? Come over here and say that !

Did a small group fitness class - yep cardio and yay more push-ups !!

Wow - Petra are you saying there is something wrong with your approach ?? If so I am obviously gonna have to change how I deal with hubby when he gets man flu !

Amey - do as you are told and join immediately - and all of the rest of you follow stat Seriously this forum can provide great support to you and we would love to have you join us !

Awesome - doing great and love the attitude :-) You and Amy are going to make one hell of a pair of quit buddies

Welcome Rain - so good to see you here

Awesome work - congratulations

Action - I'm hurt ! I am sure I have posted at least one message that you haven't liked - and based on your record it must be the only one you haven't liked ! Nancy - looks like the quit train detective is going to have to frisk you at the end of each thread - excuse me ma'am - would you mind walking this way .........

Amy - doing great - thanks for posting and I know you can keep on doing this

Juan- I think most of us here thought we were that special case that couldn't quit - but you know what we did it! For me - it was definitely changing my mind set - but in the beginning it really was one day at a time. I remember seeing peoples tickers on here and reading 1 month or 3 months and thinking if only! But it does happen- and the support from these boards was a major factor in that. Remember - we all believe in you so you need to as well- but for now just promise not to smoke today - tomorrow you can make that same promise!

((Hm)))) - 10.20 pm - Wednesday here - off to bed - have a great day all

One week - have you thought about what presents you are bringing me back ??

Sometimes I see people - particularly younger ones - smoking and think why - that was something I never would have said 8 months go ! Gem- when do you go ??

Way to go Juan - keep strong and let us know how you are going