Kendra

You are stronger thaan you know...maybe stronger than you want to be.... You will feel different one day. Laughter will come, your heart lifitng at the things that bring you comfort and smiles. It will change and you will feel light again. (((Love and light to you Evelyn. )))

been walking a mile with hand weights 5x week with the cats and my man. did yoga 1x this week.

no way is 1 the lie. Evelyn lives in a bilingual country with other native tongues near by....,right? 2 is the lie... and I am ninja-ing the turn.... i am growing loofahs i have satellite television i am making kombucha

...to be really aware of the choices I make.... to celebrate and really get a good visual and tactile sense...I will start a glass jar with the money for the pack I would've bought and add to it until the end of the year. so, today I love that I am using my resources to nourish myself!!!!

Good Morning Warrior~Lila! So glad you are here and posting. 3 days is INCREDIBLE. Yeah, the things you're experiencing can be termed normal for early quitting. when the crave wide ride feels like the big kahuna......breathe,....again, ...deeper....., again,....sip juice or water, breathe again,.....read or watch something on this train...check out the threads pinned in the tops..... fall in heap and wail, if tears won't come...just NOPE - not one puff ever..... BREATHE... you have done this three days....just keep rolling, reading and responding here with us. you got this. Wow!! ~ giving up hacking brown mucus, giving up the potential of setting your own oxygen tank afire, giving up making the tobacco industry more profit at the expense of your body never knowing fresh air... CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR QUIT AND FREEDOM. Rock on...no matter how wobbly. WELCOME.... stick close and keep posting. :bb: IT DOES GET EASIER,....breathe, again.

n o p e, thank you! :beach: :yahoo: :dance:

and get a galaxy. I insert a firefly.

nectarine

Thanks Evelyn! It is often a challenge to remind myself to appreciate and honor the changes I have made. It really is a big thing...from a 30 plus year habit of killing myself one breath at a time to FREEDOM ... no longer a slave to the tobacco industry, nicotine addiction, or my own thoughts/feelings..... as always, evlovong, a work inprogress and (gulp, hard to say) proud of my quit. afraid to say it becasue maybe I will fail ....and right now in this minute... I do not smoke. NOPE. for ecvery minute. breathe, again, breathing with NO FEAR, pain or heaviness....' thank you again, Evelyn.... you rock.

Sounds like a fun time. Do you have all those different contacts lenses? some of those have a "blood runs cold' effect. Hoping Hulk is happy...sure looks it.

congratulations.... free 2 years... rollin on :)

Kendra is a character in a few Christopher Moore books. First learned of her in Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. I like her and her relationships. any other Moore fans out there? I could've gone with Abby Von Normal, "kayso" or Jody instead of Kendra. but really Kendra works bon many levles for me. I have a Theo, too. :wub: None of this will make sense unless you read Christopher Moore books. Splash was a name I used as a Girl Scout Camp Water Front Director ... got to choose our own camp names, so really doesn't count as nickname.

yes, missing you.

nope

Thank you TEW! As I head off to a day with potential choices...I also choose to NOPE. even if it means walking off a job, losing my sense of integrity around work, and falling into a heap and crying. of course things can go the other way too....sailing on noping and all things turning out well with learning, kindness, and easily corrected errors. ~darcy/kendra :rolleyes:

life long learner and sojourner - have been professional middle managment in a few arenas (credit union, short term residential programs designed for people who are struggling), training facilitator, foster youth advocate and adult supporter, and educator... prek-12 (4 year olds and 14 year olds are my favorites to learn, work and play with). Recently relocated to West Virginia from California and am currently,...ummmm,.... curious about what will be next for me. fun - boating, walking in the woods with my three cats (aka box shitters named: Mani - short for Manifestation; Mssr Le Poof - cuz he's a bit sketchy and skittish and POOF he's gone; and Snowball who is all black.... and I just can't stand image related monikers, so Had to be flagrantly idiotic with his name) and marvelous man, reading tons of fiction, exploring the light side after mastering the dark of my soul.....and growing and cooking foods fresh from the Earth with little processing. and of course reading the funny, sarcastic stuff here. ...aand breathe..... a g a i n ....

N O P E please and thanks!

Welcome Cheri. Looking forward to the adventure witcha! I deeply value sincerity, authenticity and genuineness .... allows me to beleive I can trust .... "don't go changing to try and please me" ... some song from my childhood. anyway...glad you took the train to freedom, welcome aboard.

Recently relocated to West Virginian from Northern California near Monterey Bay. I am enjoying every season immensely and cannot wait to watch the beauty of the autumn come on in these mountains! Have lived most of my life in sunny California, not complaining...but hey, even sunny days get old when that's mostly all ya get (at least for this chickadee). so yeah, Collen...I'm with you!! ..and then Winter!!! whooo hooo!! hoping for enough snow to build with this year!

just finished ... ghostbusters

false TPBM knows how to play cribbage, canasta, or euchre.

sky dive!! frosting or no frosting

two years strong and flowing on...way to do it! congratulations

Gemma , congratulations on your various dreams come true! 2 years smoke free... breathin' easy.

that it felt easy all day when the few ....cigarette now, thoughts/feelings/pangs happened....to remember and BE smoke free because I DON"T SMOKE !! :D wow, wow, and super wow. ever sograteful for transformation and change after 30 plus years of slave behavior to the tobacco companies and nicotine. seriously, :P :) :D B) :wub: on myself.