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Protect your quit, Opah. These are early days and you are just starting to heal. Everyday, you switch up more of your brain receptors so that soon, your brain will be re-booted. Please do not listen to the junkie voice because the junkie is all lies. and DO reward yourself, especially during tough times. You have a life to life and you don't smoke anymore.

Good for you for posting Opah ! Congratulations for not smoking. You are winning. Every day with every crave you beat.

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Congratulations, Jayhawk, on your EIGHT MONTHS of Freedom. Please reward yourself every single day.

Add to this hundreds of more compounds created by lighting the cigarette. We were freebasing an astronomical amount of poison.

I first kept seven to ten bucks a day between the pages of a book which quickly became unweidly so, I switched to a big mason jar and watched my wealth like Midas. Money or, the accumulation thereof, was a huge motivation for me.

Hang in there Opah. Things have a way of working out regardless of how much we worry or fret. Protect your quit and be kind to yourself. Reward yourself, you still need to be diligent in re-wiring your brain receptors. So, take a nice walk. Do something that you really, really will enjoy.

Happy Birthday @Icanhike and congratulations on your 23 days of freedom ! We are so happy to have you here.

Congratulations Lin on your TWO YEARS of Freedom ! Celebrate wildly and thank you for blazing a trail.

Champion Jack and from Lucinda Williams I can't find any bus songs that are cheery ! So, I hope you are back to the trains @notsmokinjo

Thank you Abby for your post. I am so sorry for your friend. Smoking did nothing for us. NOTHING. Dealing with stress in a clear and clean way is the way forward and much easier without the stress of addiction.

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This is another good idea for a successful quit. It reminds you of why you quit and helps all of us responding to an SOS.

Fess and the good doctor

These babes will help @Linda Thomas

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Luckily, I don't own a telly. I am just now relaxing with some Cognac. I cooked all day. An incredible chicken/veg stock. It is really good. A red sauce with peppers, garlic, onions, celery, carrots, eggplant, all roasted and will cook down and get whizzed. Meatballs (excellent with Asiago, parsley, dried tomatoes soaked in balsamic, shallots etc) and a Chicken Liver Pate with Cognac. The pate is what I am bringing to a Mardi Gras party tomorrow. The Stock gets frozen for my Jazz Festival Legendary Gumbo Red sauce and meatballs for the week's sustenance.

I was in deep denial over health issues attributed to smoking and if I ever thought about them, I didn't care. Health was not a factor in my quitting. My freedom was the main impetus. I don't really have a fear of dying. I still think I am going to live forever, lol.

dear Opah, you are having a horrible time lately, I am so sorry. Don't make it all worse by smoking. Remember Cristóbal's Wisdom Your Quit & Your Life There are a lot of 'grief' sites out there maybe one can help you Top 50 Web Sites and Forums For Grief Counseling

Oh sugar ! Now is the time for sweaty delights ! It's Carnival time !

I had a great childhood. Tadpoles, trees, horses for a spell. We moved around every year or two and I LOVED that. I remember at twelve or so, flying by myself somewhere. (we didn't have to be chaperoned back then) The ticket agent asked me, 'smoking or non-smoking' I said, 'smoking' because that's where all the hip people were. I am thinking somewhere from 14-16, I was smoking. Started hanging out with dealers, poets, musicians and pimps, I was in such a hurry to be an adult.

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