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It's you and only you that can make the commitment to quit and follow through on that commitment. You know you CAN do it because you've done it before. As BKP said, set a small target to begin with then revaluate once you reach that target. That may help with the anxiety I'm sensing you have about quitting again.

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Yeah! Someone up there has it in for us here. Total lockdown then, let's throw some snow at them🥶 Let them shovel snow while in lockdown 😷

WTF!!! 10-15 cm (4-6 inches) snowstorm coming tonight 🥶 I've already mowed the lawn twice! Where's my fruking snow shovel

Watching the news and seeing the the Feds are raising taxes on a carton of smokes by $4.00 as part of their new budget👍 First decent things these clowns have done since taking office. I don't know how much a pack of smokes costs here now as I quit over 4 years ago. When I quit, the cheapest I could get them (legally) was $12.50/pack, They gotta be around $16.00 or maybe $18.00 a pack by now I would guess. Still not as expensive as in Australia but we're getting there

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Nice one Steven! Stay the course 👍

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Ate!

Hi Dianne! Hope you decide to hang in here cuz there's tons of great info. here on quitting and nicotine addiction itself. Having a group of other quitters to relate to is a great support as well. Have a look around the site and make use of the helpful information to improve your future!

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I was just posting about this in the Curse thread @Abby. It's bad lately in the southern Ont area and many other areas across Canada. You're right. More vaccines in arms asap is what's needed. We all thought we'd be in a lot better position now even new years day 2021. Been a disappointing start but hopefully a happier ending to 2021?

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It's not the healthcare system but the fact that there is NO vaccine being manufactured here in Canada so we have had to write contracts with producers like Pfizer, Moderna Astra Zeneca etc and it gets shipped in from other places. There have been start up issues with some of the manufacturers which has delayed the volumes we were supposed to get early on. We had to vaccinate front line worker, old folks homes etc. 1st. That' s done now so they are starting by age group to vaccinate the general population but it's going slowly due to available vaccine. The other factor that has jumped the case numbers are the variants of Covid that are now running rampant. The UK, Brazil & South African variants are more easily transmissible and more deadly. They are filling the hospitals and ICU's with not only old folk but now the younger folk too. Last year it was mainly us old people who had to worry. Now it's everyone who's getting really, really sick. The government also decided now to jump the interval of 1st & 2nd shots from roughly a month to 4 months😮 This based on NO scientific data but rather it takes the heat off them somewhat if more people have at least 1 shot I guess. The east coast is doing a lot better. Few cases because they shut their borders early last year. No one in and if you go out, you quarantine 14 days upon return. It largely worked for them. Their lock down is even stricter now than last year. I got in last fall to deal with my mothers house clearing and sale. Today, I would not be allowed in for that reason. They get almost no international flights direct to their airports either which makes a huge difference. Toronto gets hundreds of thousands of international travelers a week so guess what comes in with them? You have to supply a negative Covid test result on arrival. Lots of fake ones being caught by border officials. You must be tested again on arrival and quarantine at a government approved hotel for 3 days at your expense while waiting for test results. People are just saying F-You and walking out the doors. Cops can't stop them - charter of rights and freedoms etc. Ha! If I was running things it would be shoot to kill on those cheaters (that's why I'm not in charge by the way 😂). Anyway, it's a mess for now. It'll improve slowly I suppose as more get vaccinated. I really do wonder though about international travel. I'm starting to think years before that really gets going again. It will be a long, slow process I think and the experience will not be quite like we remember things being.

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YES!!!!! Congrats Barb 63!

We WIN X 4 🤣😂 9

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Nope!

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Nice one Gus! Keep the faith! Things will only improve from here on in.