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Well said Sunnyside. Congratulations on two-years, truly a top-shelf quit.

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Karen, One of the best pieces of advice I picked up when I was still contemplating quitting was something Joel Spitzer said in one of his videos. He said: "don't tell yourself you don't want a cigarette, because you do." As Duck pointed out, you're not confused you are a nicotine addict. Right now addiction is at the helm, but I don't believe for one second that you want to be a smoker again. This is a simple matter of your rational voice needing to reassert its authority over the voices of addiction that are pulling you backwards. For what it's worth...I'm pulling for you Karen. You are so much more than your addiction and I have no doubt you can not only quit, but find peace and contentment within that quit. Recommit to NOPE and given your current circumstance throw in a FIDO(Forget It, Drive On!).

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Good call. I like this one with Grace jamming with Gov't Mule...

Correction: -16 I didn't see you there Nancy.

-15 Dang! You chicks have been relentless here lately.

There it is. When you quit fighting, you won the battle. It's counterintuitive, but surprisingly effective. "Questions are very powerful tools." Yes indeed. You ask the right questions and your perception begins to change. You change your perception and you change your reality. After that, the questions begin to answer themselves and a kind of beautiful simplicity sets in. I like the phrase "eureka moment" that several others here used to describe it. It is a good thing. Congratulations cigarettekills it sounds like you're doing very well with this transition to the smokefree way of life.

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Curiosity killed Schrodinger's cat. Fortunately, the cat survived. Me...I didn't see a thing.

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I'm not telling Tracey and Rez how to do their business, but every wedding needs a drunk uncle. At least invite him to the reception. It'll be funny...maybe?

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This big shindig bakon is putting on, that none of us are invited to...Is it open bar, cash bar, or go $%&* yourself?

For future reference, remember the advice often given to mountain climbers: don't look down.

Wise words indeed Doreen. Another Confucius quote that makes a lot more sense to me now is: "The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."

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Confucius said: "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Ain't that the truth! I read, watched, thought and collected as much information about quitting as I possibly could. It was when I figured out that everything I really need to know could easily fit onto a single index card that the truth revealed itself to me.

-16 NO! We didn't cheat. Sonic put up a miracle shot from behind the 9-point line and hit it. March Madness. One Shining Moment...etc., etc.

Sonic shoots from way outside...and it's good!

Absolutely. I would not tell any quitter that is fighting that they are doing it wrong. We all have to find our own way in our own time. I would only point out to them that once you set out to free yourself from addiction, there are basically two paths: acceptance and resistance. I've done both and the way of acceptance is definitely the path of least resistance. Changing course has lifted a great deal of burden from my shoulders and I hope every new quitter and soon-to-be quitter can find that same relief in time...the sooner the better. Thank you.

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