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Wow GITW! 8 whole months is evidence of all the hard work you've put into this quit and now you are two thirds of the way to that Lido Deck! Be sure to celebrate your anniversary by pampering yourself then keep pushing forward

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Me either. This is powerful sh*t ! How would any of you like to live your life with these God Awful afflictions? Come on lurkers ............ Jump on the Train RIGHT NOW! Not a moment to lose.

Sorry about your recent "incident" GITW ? I hope you are well on the mend at this point I'm also happy you posted the thoughts and feelings you experienced in the aftermath! This helps others understand just how this addiction works. Even with a long quit under our belt, this bloody addiction lies in wait for us! Dormant for a while it takes the first unusual, and usually stressful, event to bring back all the false thinking about how our lovely smokes solved all our stress in life, Ha, ha ....... what a lie! Smoking solves only addiction stress NOT life stress See MQ's post about this on the Quit Smoking Discussions page - Is Smoking Stopping you from ............................ If you were a never smoker you would still have been very stressed about your injuries of course. Anyone would be. BUT, if you were a smoker still you would have had 2 kinds of stress after your accident. Normal life stress due to the accident and the uncertainty of your injuries then on top of that you would have been going crazy not being able to go outside and have a smoke while they were accessing you. We all fooled ourselves early on in our addiction into thinking that our smoking had a calming effect on us when we were stressed but we now know as quitters that it really just adds a whole other level of stress to our daily lives. You are in a better position NOT being a smoker after this mishap Givi! It's a little disturbing though how even after a fairly long time of abstinence our subconscious mind still goes straight to, light up a smoke as the solution to every stressful situation! I'm just happy we have been members of these boards which are rich with educational information about this addiction. It has helped me understand just what this addiction is and how it tries to control us when ever we are vulnerable. I say NOPE to that. F-U smoking

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