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Congrats, TAC!

The cheesiest thing I ever read was to say "YIPPIE! I'm not a smoker!" in the book Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr. To be honest, I hated that. But it's true that we need to celebrate the fact that we're not smoking. Try letting a celebration be your reward. Smile, even if you have to force it, and think, "I used to smoke here, but now I don't. That feels good." For some reason, while smiling is an indicator that you're happy, the act of smiling can help you become happier as well.

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NOPE!

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NOPE!

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NOPE!

Makes sense. I would get up, make coffee, check facebook and email, and make my nope pledge. I never thought I'd be able to give up that first smoke of the morning, but the first day I quit I got up and came on here and typed NOPE, and didn't smoke all day. So I guess that 22 min thing has some credence to it. Which reminds me, I should start doing my nope pledges again. I stopped for some reason and just didn't pick it back up again.

Don't forget mental institutes!

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I had a smoking dream last night. And usually it's just me smoking. This time it was actually going over to mom's smoking area, and my brother was there, and I held a finger to my lips like "shh." Then getting a cig and lighting up. It was just weird. My brother was even young in my dream. Like, not old enough to shave young, and he's 27 now. There was a bench there too. Like one of those wooden park benches. I remember I was happy and smiling like a kid. And I woke up and it was so satisfying. I really believed I'd smoked yesterday. Of course, my mind sorted that out as I made and had my coffee and woke up a little more.