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Happy NOPE day to me Happy NOPE day to meeeee Happy NOPE day dear everyoneeeeeee .........

You all know it. That horrible feeling. That moment you extinguish your cigarette, knowing you're entering a 'no-smoking' zone. How long will it take? When can I smoke? Are they strict or can I sneak off for one? As you will know I went to a gig at the O2 in London a few days ago. The support band were due on stage at 7.30pm. At around 6pm, we crossed through the public area into the 'ticket only' zone. It was only five minutes after we were through that I picked up on the automated voice blaring through the tannoys....."...PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A NO SMOKING AREA. SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE O2 ARENA. ONCE YOU LEAVE THE ARENA, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED RE-ENTRY...." Now, I've been quit six months but I swear, for about 3 seconds, until I remembered, I literally panicked. I calculated in those 3 seconds that it would potentially be 5 hours until I smoked another cigarette. I knew I would have considered leaving the gig early or not even staying, just to get a nicotine fix. And I would have told myself it was 'too loud' or that I felt unwell or I was too tired or dreamt up some other ridiculous excuse, just to smoke. Just to smoke. And this was my favourite band of all time. I was so excited to see them. But in that second before I remembered, I would have given it all away for a smoke. And I'm clear of nicotine and its daily pull on me. I find it fascinating to think that the stress of quitting is in fact so much easier than the stress, every single day, of not quitting.

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Bakon isn't going to get his victory in Chicks and Sticks! I always find the best...........

Lol Bakon. Looks like the girls have taken back the game. Girls have been winning for the last week!

Wow Boo. As always your posts are spot on and so elegantly written compared to my feeble attempts which normally end in a waffle as opposed to a well thought out rant. I have definitely had my eyes opened over the last 6 months around the true horrors of nicotine and the tobacco industry. I can't believe I ignored it before? I am so surprised there aren't more people raging about the subject? Until I came here, even the ex smokers I knew still had no animosity towards the industry or the product. It's just shocking really.

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Thanks Sunnyside. I got there in the end. Just took the scenic route. The fact that it wound the Sgt up en route made it funnier.

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It really wasn't. Welcome back

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Glad you're still here Carlos. Are you still smoke free? How are you finding it?

Wow. It never goes away does it? I look forward to a world where cigarettes no longer exist. I can't get excited about nicotine not existing because I don't believe that. I think the tobacco companies will keep finding alternative ways to sell their drug. But I can hope they at least get rid of cigarettes. As for me, I've passed 6 months. My stats are looking better!!

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