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Congrats on reaching the 9 month milestone .... 3/4 of the way to the Lido Deck! Not long now. Keep building that fabulous quit @Kate18!
Will this last you a couple days?
This addiction is powerful and uses your own mind to lure you back to feeding it. The thing is, you can control your own thoughts if you try. You really need to focus though. Your memories of smoking will only be the good memories , not the memories of all those mindless smokes you had day in and day out. Focus your mind on the good things quitting is bringing you and remember the reasons you quit in the first place. Those never change so don't let those reasons fade - write them down and look at them daily! Now that you have awakened your addiction once again by smoking those two cigs, you will have to really double down on your quit efforts in order to be successful! Understand that and be prepared for some challenges again in the coming days. If you really want to quit, it's still there for you but you will have to work hard for it.^^^ Those look like hot dogs!Great job Mona! So happy you found your forever quit and are working brick by brick to build it 7 months is amazing so be sure to treat yourself well today!
Great changes you have made to your life over the past 5 years BKP! From smoking to hiking the hills 👍
Welcome back Kdad! Stick around for the support you'll need in the early days. Read all you can and use any appropriate videos as motivation. You can do this and let that relapse act as a reminder of just how precious yet vulnerable our quits are. Make this one the forever quit you deserve!You've done it before successfully so you KNOW you can do it again. Work on getting your mindset straight and aimed at another run for the quit. Don't dwell in the past or feel sorry for yourself because of what happened and don't let that affect your energy for this next quit but never forget what it was that pushed you to start again. I suspect complacency or romancing the cigarette and figuring you could have just one for old time sake? Whatever it was it's done now. Time to move forward. You know there's only ever one rule ..... NOPE!^^ It's pretty simple really: 1. Avoid contact with people outside your own household. That means 6 ft or 2 meters distance minimum, from ALL people outside your household ALL the time! Even, and particularly, gatherings with relatives and close friends is dangerous and is now one of the primary spreader events. 2. Wear a mask properly when you are out in public, particularly when indoors. The mask protects others from your exhaled droplets and protects you from a greater degree of virus droplets you may come in contact with (you'll get less sick with a lower dose of droplets ingested). 3. Step up your personal hygiene practices! Wash your hands properly and for the appropriate length of time and do it often. Use hand sanitizer often as it is now supplied in most settings these days. Don't touch your face if you can possibly avoid it (that takes awareness and practice). If people did these three simple things (I mean everyone; not just some), there would be no need for shutdowns and other personal restrictions because people would themselves not attend potentially dangerous events no matter what they might be.Knock yourselves out! Here in Canada, we already have our three main food groups figured out and we don't deviate from them for nobody😆
Very sorry for the losses your have had to endure this year Mac 😢 Hard enough to deal with one let alone multiple losses. Let's hope 20121 will be a better year for all of us as well as our friends & family 🤞Nicely done Joe! Hope you do something a little special today in recognition of this milestone!
Keep up the good (quit) work!
