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Haven't heard that in donkey's years. You are an old soul, Boo.

No LInda, we haven't won, lol we need to get to negative - 20 now. We just stopped the sticks on that one. -2 I need to hit the hay. Worked so hard in the garden today, I'm whopped. Don't worry, SPRING is coming. It is here, pretty much. Lovely.

are you joking ? or has it been that long since the chicks won ? after 1 there is the Big O then we start -1 to -20 and Big 0 again THE BIG O is my fav, lol

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10 Linda, did y'all get another crazy storm ?

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Welcome desperate1. You needn't despair anymore, tomorrow You Quit Smoking ! Get some supplies in your house to help with withdrawals. Fruit juices, candies or gum or cinnamon sticks, Oranges. Cold water. I am a cold turkey success story. It ain't impossible, I did it and I was a nicotine addict for forty something years, just like you. Don't give any energy to naysayers. Just quit. Quitting Smoking Cold Turkey and this might help you First Week, Nicotine Free Remember you are more powerful than the addiction.

14 I haven't really been down here in years but, damn the poor chickies !

16 hi Linda

I stayed mum about my quit, I don't converse about personal stuff with many anyway. Don't much care to hear what the great haute monde or the hoi polloi has to say about my trip. lol. Just focus on YOU never putting a cigarette in your mouth again. You will deal with your nicotine addiction. At the end of the day, it IS all about putting the nicotine addiction to sleep.

Whats going on down here with the numerals ? Are the chicks in a constant state of + ? Maybe I'd best check in more often. humph. 14

The Twitter feed looks good (I'm not a member just a lurker)

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

Hey, Remember to reward yourself for every crave you beat ! It can be something free, just so it is something you like. A walk, a ride, an embryonic bath, a perfect pot of tea.... time to read a favorite book....

MQutter is a true hero and by creating this site has saved countless lives (mine, too). Many thanks to him and to Rixcz for his updates and maintenance. The structure of the site is really attractive and accessible, v. cool. More love and appreciation to Jenny, Babs, Nicole Diver, and our Doreen for all their work keeping this place so clean and clear. I have every confidence the QTrain will not disappear but, I also have email contact with some people (which I should update) just in case of a disaster.

Wrenching my brain back from addiction was my biggest challenge. I know I am not alone in this. When I started to purposefully replace smokey thoughts with thoughts of beauty, my healing accelerated. I would physically look, listen, touch or taste something of beauty to give my brain an alternative that also provided endorphins and triggered my reward response. I still use this technique if troubled in any way and it helps me stop the tape loop in my head.

I taught my daughter the proper names for everything too, Jo. Perhaps, I started too young. For some reason she thought penis and vagina were two people that lived in your nose. (she admitted this to me quite a few years ago as an adult), my, how we laughed.

Give it up, Reci ! How come you like to say 'weenie' out LOUD ? For the record, I said, "in-beTWEENs", the word 'weenie' wasn't involved until you said, bet-WEENIE out loud.

You know it's funny, even pictures of smoke are repugnant to me and they are still so charged. It signals a warning to my brain...be careful, look about, don't smoke.

Congratulations, IGT(T) on your FIVE months of Freedom.

YES, @notsmokinjo Yes, Jo, there is a new giant puff (not unlike a vape puff or a steam engine)

After 40 something years, I quit cold turkey Five Years ago, On A Whim I lurked here and there for 10 months after quitting, educating myself on my Nicotine Addiction. I watched Joel's videos and all the Smoking/Tobacco Documentaries I committed to NOPE, NOPE~ Never/Ever/Forever Dig these, First Week, Nicotine Free Sometimes a crave is just your body signalling another message Riffing On H.A.L.T. When are you going to quit ?