Reciprocity

So, all kidding aside, 8 months ago you'd be talking yourself into settling for less when getting new summer clothes because having enough $$ to feed your addiction would have automatically been your first priority. It's amazing the changes quitting brings to us. We no longer structure our whole lives around smoking. It's great to be finally free of all that!

NOPE!

You and hubby can always get yourselves wingsuits and base jump into town from on top of one of the mountain peaks? Avoids driving through the mountains on those dangerous roads with no guardrails .

Wow! Try and take it easy on the rewards there Kdad. Next thing you know you'll be picking up a new lawn rake or something

Bowl

Are we having left overs again?

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Etiquette

Sponge Bob and Gary live in a pineapple under the sea Squid

Plwmp; United Kingdom (Whales)

Key concept

I left a huge mess for you to clean up

NOPE!

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Yup ....still no guardrails

Have fun! Just curious tho .... why do you need a permit to go hiking there? Isn't it public land if it's a National Park?

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Funny you should mention that, about the movie stars. Just yesterday I was reading a list of famous people (a lot of them movie/TV stars) who died of smoking related diseases; mostly lung cancer. The list went on and on and on. I couldn't even get to the end of it. It's amazing. When you watch those old TV shows and they are all happily smoking away ...... little did they know then that they were facilitating their own early demise. I remember a lot of them were between 60-70 when they died but some even a lot younger. It's shocking to look at those statistics. I too am angry with tobacco companies but most;y at myself for ignoring the facts once they were made available to us. Regret does nothing positive though so all we can do is protect our own quits and do what we can to encourage others to take the step to freedom.

Remember too that smoking triggers will come out of nowhere as seasons change. You mentioned it is really hot there now with monsoon season coming. Perhaps this is the first time you have faced this seasonal change since quitting and so memories of what you used to do at this time of year are creeping into your head. You have already built a tool chest of ways to ignore these sudden cravings so put those to work. Once you get by these seasonal change cravings, you will never have to worry about them in the future. because you will have already dealt with them. Keep going forward. You are getting to where you want to be. Permanently smoke free!

They are fighting for their corporate survival in any and all ways they can, no matter who they hurt or kill along their way .... like they always have. The Who did a song called; Won't Get Fooled Again! There was a lyric near the end of that song "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" - applies very much to big tobacco unfortunately

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