Reciprocity

Thanks for letting us know what's going on in your life Hellkat. We do worry when we don't hear from people that we feel a connection with. Sorry to hear your work is jerking you around, or at least was. Hopefully that has been resolved to your benefit now. Glad you are still quit as well. You have a lot on your plate so it's amazing that you have been able to do such a great job with your quit at the same time - coming up 2 months now on Monday Now there's something to celebrate!

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We all reach those points when we think we can't (or don't want to) ride it out anymore and it would be easier to cave to the crave but .... that's when we dig deep and find we DO have the inner strength and logical thinking to be able to drag ourselves through those moments. It's incredibly rewarding to realize you can do it after all. Try it; you'll see!

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Lake Disappointment; Western Australia

What?? Where am I? Oh ...... OK. Yes, #2 was the lie. I did play hockey as a young kid but was horrible at it. I weighed in at maybe 50lbs. soaking wet so I kept getting creamed into the boards. I think I scored 2 goals in my entire career - lol. Looks like you're up Jo

The brutality continues .................. OO

Mystery solved .... found where all the sticks have gone!

Congratulations on being 4 months smoke free richard! Every month is a huge step forward. Keep going. Life long freedom is straight ahead Hope you are doing well and that you pause today in recognition of all the hard work you have put in to get here. Be proud of that - very proud!

Welcome to Quit Train Mrsguest! That is a great idea to help distract you from the urge to smoke. Keeping your mind distracted and your hands busy is important! Use every tool in the box when quitting

I spent an hour at the dentist today and I let her put her tool in my mouth

Just finished BBQ Peach halves w/French Vanilla Ice Cream & Whip Cream, topped with sprinkle of cinnamon.

-10 (sorry .... random stick here)!

I have a T-Shirt that says the same thing but it's a picture of a lobster with a pot on it's head - lol! Goes over well when I get stopped by the cops while driving 😱

I'm not as hard line on this as Sazerac, although I understand her stance and respect it. In my mind there's the nicotine addiction issue and to get past that clearly you have to stop putting nicotine into your body but, weening completely off nicotine can wait for those who feel they can not quit cold turkey (I was a cold turkey quitter, by the way). The biggest hurdle to me in quitting is your day to day life habitual smoking routine. Whether you smoke cigs or vape, it's the "garb a smoke" reaction to so many daily life events that is the hardest thing to get past and takes the longest period of time to reconstruct your life. I get the fact that some may want to soften the early quit challenges by continuing to feed nicotine via a properly controlled NRT program. It has clearly worked for some, as has prescription medication such as Zyban and whatever else that's called. I do believe that stopping the flow of nicotine ASAP is also a requirement but just not at the very start of one's quit. What concerns me more than the patch programs are these gums, sprays and lozenges. Those items seems like candy to me. Therefore, more difficult for people to control the dosage plus the temptation to combine any number of NRT's without appropriate medical consultation. Too many want to believe there's a magic bullet out there somewhere that will eliminate the hard work aspect of quitting and that's just not the case. No question, there are potential issues with NRT's but they have done a lot of quitters a service and continue to do so if used appropriately.

Many retailers have taken or are taking steps to protect their customers by halting sales of e-cigarette devices and products. Never thought I would be applauding Wal-Mart but .... well deserved applause 👏 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/vaping/walmart-stop-selling-e-cigarettes-amid-national-outbreak-vaping-illnesses-n1057056#targetText=The memo%2C which Walmart confirmed,continue to sell tobacco cigarettes.

Ahhhh ....... those were the days -2

-2 Chicks! This is like ...........

Welcome Jessi and as others have already said, stay active here as that will help you along through the early days especially. I too went cold turkey. Seems a lot of us here did. In any case, whatever your method it still comes down to commitment and some hard work to get there but it's very doable

Numbers seem unclear on what is being vaped in these cases. There are general comments that seem to indicate the majority of cases involve the vaping of THC or CBD products while others include these plus nicotine products while only some include nicotine products only. When you start looking at vaping of cannabis products, likely bought on the street from a local dealer, who knows for sure what's in it. Certainly not tested and approved by anyone yet all cases involve vaping vs any other delivery system so clearly the vape process plays a role here. It's gonna be very difficult to figure out what the culprit is here with so many potential variables. I agree with @notsmokinjo though. After what the world has gone through with tobacco products over the past 50 years, why not error on the side of caution when something like this comes along. Maybe they fear driving people back to cigarettes if they were to ban vape devices even temporarily?

OO Where did all my stick friends go ...........

Watch out Sugar Britches 😱

R.I.P. Ric Ocasek 😞

Oh Lord! There IS beets and pineapple on those burgers 🧐 Who'd have thunk eh?