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-17 Hi Joe ! nice to have you back. :)

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rat a tat boom boom boom dancing down the street

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-12 evening y'all

THE Spnic ! -7

-7 Spnic is fun to say ! :P Spnic the Sptick

Myth ~ I Don't Want To Quit, It Is Part of Who I Am Truth ~ I Am A Nicotine Addict

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Beautiful...Joe's Traveling House of Estrogen. :D

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yay yay yay great to see you back, Cakes. BIG O for me. Excellent :D

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N O P E

Zingiber : aromatic rhizome also known as Ginger

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well, I am not the hardest ass here in this fabulous supportive community but, I am happy to stand my ground because it comes down to life/death. Cigarettes Kill. Addiction sucks, Nicotine addiction sucks. If you have decided to quit, feeding nicotine to yourself, in any form, only prolongs discomfort. Sorry to piss you off but, this is how I support your quit. Take what you need and leave the rest. edited to add "Cigarettes Kill" and cleaned up the writing a bit for clarity.

-13 good to see ya Skillfulabbot

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Here is Bab's thread on HALT

Someone mentioned HALT and I dragged this up from my blog. Babs had a great thread about HALT for which I am still looking. Ahhh ! HERE is Babs thread on HALT and I will bump it, too. I have read about the acronym, H A L T, in recovery paraphernalia and have used it to a great degree of success in changing my patterns from a nicotine addict to a Free person. Having a Crave ? H. A. L. T. Are you Hungry - Thirsty - need a deep breath of Oxygen ? Angry - Happy - Emotional ? Lonesome - Bored ? Tired ? In many, many instances, when I would reach for a smoke, my poor body was actually trying to alert me that it needed attention in some way. My addiction silenced these natural signals. I still catch myself these days...no, it is no longer a crave, it is my body hollering for water or food or something it really needs ! Now, groovin' in my new freedom, when these signals come up, my first thought may still be, 'Oh cigarette, dammit' However, it is followed immediately by, 'No, not smokes...you're Hungry, baby !' or, you're thirsty or, you need to go sit outside and take a big gulp of oxygen and figure out what your body or spirit requires. The piracy that nicotine practiced is still mind-boggling to me. Allowing nicotine to take over my basic human needs of sustenance and comfort was a grave error on my part. I am grateful my body is so forgiving . I am grateful to be free. Free and learning how to read my body's signals and remembering how to take good care of it. So, next time you have what you assume to be a Nic fit, have a think...what is your body really telling you ? It won't be hard to figure out. For me it has been obvious and I have to wonder, how could I have neglected my body for so long ? It is a miracle it survived. Here is our friend, Joel Spitzers, "Do You Want A Cigarette....H.A.L.T"

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-10 meow meow Beacon :) and hey Childe :)