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You know what? Ever since I quit I have only looked at people smoking with pity. Knowing they probably would like to quit, or at least have at some point, but there they stand - slaves to their addiction; still! I often wonder how many people looked at me in that light when I was a smoker? You're right though. Smoking is looked at through a different lens. That IS changing now though. You are looked upon as undesirable now if you're a smoker, at least in most circles.

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We got distracted and let our guard down. We had to polish our trophy collection you know and ..... there's a lot of them

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Wow! Congrats @beacon! Another 6 year smoke free veteran joins the 6 year club I hope you celebrate today's milestone in recognition of what an amazing accomplishment it really is!

-6 (What happened to Richard and his wife is real and emotionally devastating yet as smokers, these possibilities don't seem to register as possibly happening to us or our loved ones. It was brave of him to share that in the hopes it might help someone starting out or even just contemplating quitting).

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Thanks for sharing mighty. We are indeed addicts for life. It just becomes very easy to maintain abstinence once our quits are strongly established. the only fly in the ointment is that it is super easy to toss that all away if we ever allow junkie thinking to once again take hold in our brain. Your story illustrates this very clearly Mightyboosh! This can happen to any one of us if we get careless at some future point. Much easier to maintain than to rebuild - much easier!

It was a couple or 3 posts up from mine near the bottom of page 3511; right after Nancy's post. LT -6 Saz -5 Me -6 Me - 6 again?

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Congrats @NoNicChick on getting through that important 1st month where we gather all the tools we'll need to build our lifelong quits. Celebrate wildly to reward yourself for all your hard work then dive head first into month 2

Sorry to hear life is throwing your some curve-balls at the moment @abbynormal but super happy to hear your quit is secure. That is something to be very happy about Life never remains the same that's for sure. It will turn around again for you so hand in there and be proud of that quit!

Ummmm ...... Yeah! Cuz we're not doin' this while we're in there

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Ummm ..... OK; how'd you get your ticker working? I'm gonna make a new one too. We'll see if it works or not.

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The NM has NO power mighty - YOU do. That's why he needs you to act on his behalf. You are right though, he's a sneaky little bastard and will absolutely know when you are at your weakest point before he pounces. Give him the finger What's really going on is your own brain (which is used to junkie thinking) battling against you because you have stopped supplying what is craves - nicotine. Don't worry though because the more distance you put between you and smoking, the NM will slowly die. It just takes time. It WILL happen though