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7 Months is a great quit Octain! Keep up the good work. Before you know it, you'll be on that Lido Deck sipping the fancy cocktails

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Great stuff JM! Yes, be proud as hell and do that dance cuz we all know how hard that first week is and now you will never have to go through that again. Onward and upward

Great Job T2B! !st month is the hardest so now it's done. Don't forget to reward yourself before you work on month 2!

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Yet another way the addiction seduces you into thinking it's OK to smoke. You can't see the damage to your internal organs as it accumulates over the years ?

I bet she's proud as Fukc that her Mommy has quit those cancer sticks, although, she'll never openly admit it because that's how teenagers roll Yet another reason to stay quit Jo!

I hope you are on the mend soon T2B! And yes, smoking would make that condition worse I would think so good thing you are quit

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Great Work M5!! Even though you have I;m sure had your struggles, just as we all do, you have been steady as a rock in your determination to quit and stay quit. You've also been a regular contributor here since the start. I'm really happy for you and proud that you have managed to craft this great quit. Be sure to celebrate in some way then .... carry on to 8

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Heading out to the Sat. morning farmer's market to get some fresh veggies & spuds. Love this time of year when you can get freshly grown & picked stuff. Probably do up a nice BBQ tonight and "Pig Out" so to speak Going to be the last weekend for awhile where I'll be able to just relax so might as well take advantage of it. Weather's fine too with the humidex hitting around 40C and no rain in the forecast.

Ohhhh................ ^^^ she's cute

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Well, Great Job by the substitute teacher I say!! Not only did he get himself out of a potentially very uncomfortable teaching moment he made his alternate lesson really count by ensuring it impacted the students. Really great idea to have something a little edgy to show a group of kids that age. Makes them engage with the subject matter a lot easier. Well done sir! When I went to school, a substitute teacher would just come in and assign a reading lesson then more less baby-sit us.

Congratulations on reaching the seven month mark RP! It isn't just luck that has brought you here either so, keep fighting your way to that one year mark!

Nine months eh? WOW! Now that's a quit to be proud of 3/4 of the way to that Lido Deck - don't stop now!

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johnny, pretty sure that's "Okie-Dokie" in Chinese ? Nope!

YAY!!!

It's not that surprising really because most of us saw having a cig as a reward for whatever. We're all humans as as such, rewards are important in making ourselves feel better, even when we feel good because of other events! Feel sad - reward yourself to feel better. Feel happy - reward yourself to celebrate the happy event. Feeling anxious - reward yourself by disengaging from the stressful situation for a bit. That's the part of quitting that takes the longest. Breaking those invisible associations our brain makes with the act of smoking. And yeah ...... you used to feel great lighting up a smoke in celebration of something but after this many months of abstinence, you'd probably choke and near puke after your first big drag on that first bad boy. Now's the time to form some new associations in terms of rewards when something great happens. You'll just have to consciously think of what that should be for a little while until it becomes second nature to you.

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