Colleen

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Congratulations Sharon! The doctor and a couple of, uh friends came by to help you celebrate :)

Congratulations my friend! 10 months is quite the accomplishment!

Congrats Tommy!!

Congrats Marti! You are doing a fabulous job as a non-smoker!

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Oh, I so wanted to say something to the woman with the cough, you know the kind of cough I mean. If she only knew, she could lose that cough in a few days. Is it just me or do noises bother everyone after quitting? Maybe if it were just one noisy person, but there were several. Somebody next to me kept cracking their knuckles, then somebody was chomping on ice behind me/shaking the cup full of ice, somebody else kept trying to make music with pen clicking. lol Did smoking affect my hearing too? OMG, I thought I would go off the deep end..good thing I didn't. Composure kept intact somehow :wacko22: I was a little stressed to begin with, got news that the location was changed to the client's site at the last minute. More traffic than I anticipated, got lost etc. I was almost late, which never ever happens. Add that to first day jitters! I knew I would have thoughts of smoking, which I do here and there...But this? No, unexpected. Especially during lunch and what not. A good example to keep your guard up. I am sure once I can keep busy, it will improve. It probably would help if a company wanted to train somebody on their software systems, they would use actual computers to do so, but maybe that's just me too?? Do I complain a lot or what?! Anyway, thanks for the support, you all are awesome :)

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So..started a new job today...first traditional one since quitting-long story. Anyway it's the first time in a long time that I've felt my non-smoking resolve start to crack. No worries I WILL NOT SMOKE. That said I would like to scream or get angry but I can't. I will vent here because it really works. I have never posted an SOS and hope I never have to...but if I need to I will. Today I will vent though. There are quite a few smokers...I can smell them. i keep hearing the person behind making the most annoying noises over and over and i think its disrespectful not to mention its driving me up the wall. I am at the clients site learning their software things are not going so smoothly. It took them 90 min to figure out how to set up the projector so there is a lot of sitting around. I left my lunch in my car b/c they couldn't decide which building we would be in so my salad is wilted and inedible. It has to be at least 80 out for me here. Really there is no danger in me smoking...just a really sucky feeling that I will overcome and venting makes it so much easier to deal with it.

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Congrats Action! 7 months is fantastic!

Fay, You did it! Congratulations!!

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11 TY Paul

Is your name really Wylie?

Spin class today...Tomorrow my schedule changes, so my gym routine changes too. Good thing my gym is open 24 hours a day :)

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9 Hi Betsy! Hi Paul!

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Good to hear Laura. Keep us updated and if there is any doubt at all, post an S.O.S.

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