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20! Beers all round Boys!

That's great that your Mum is still quit. I sure hope you can join her as a non-smoker again too Latoya, even though you'll be celebrating just with us

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You're always nothing but a Star in our eyes @Mee

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Sorry to hear about your relapse but glad you're back on the train and wanting to rid yourself of this evil addiction. You clearly know the drill and have succeeded before so let's get you back on track (How's your Mom?)

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You're right! Once we quit there's a lot of idle time we have to fill now with something more constructive. It happens but it does take time. Soon enough you'll be looking back wondering how you ever had enough time to smoke! Here's a link to a post someone named Eric made years ago. It's an interesting read and explains exactly what you're experiencing now. https://www.quittrain.com/topic/10920-filling-the-pagesrepost-from-eric/?tab=comments#comment-310321

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Wow! Great pic BKP

Only know actual photo of me (taken after a stag night)

This is the other thing I never paid much attention to as a smoker that there would be two fronts on which I would have to fight when I quit. The physical addiction plus the psychological aspects too. Turns out the physical part is relatively short whereas the habitual, psychological aspect takes pretty much a full year as there are seasonal triggers that can come out of nowhere as a new season starts. I remember wanting to run for a smoke after I thought I was done craving. The first time I smelled fresh cut grass in the spring because I had always associated cutting the lawn with having a smoke after I was finished. I did find that once I had experienced one of those seasonal triggers one time, I was good to go from then on. Trigger gone! There were just so many different ones lol.

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If you ever feel overwhelmed by a craving or situation you're in, be sure to post up an SOS post on the page dedicated to just that. There'll be people come running to help you through. We'll go to any lengths to help you stay quit

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Here you go then Jillar - stunning