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^^^ Yes! It's all about getting it straight in your head. Once you "get it", you're good to go

When I read the title ....... I thought we were all invited I think the warden has something in mind for us in the next month or so too. Won't be too soon to get out of this friggin winter weather right Joe?

I'm really happy you and Martian5 have done so well You're our very own "New Years Babies" - LoL! I'm sure it hasn't been lost on you how many have come and gone just since you arrived. This quitting thing is serious sh*t! Full commitment is required for more than just a few days

Arrrrrrr ......... shiver me timbers maties ! Guess I gotta go swab the Lido Deck meself tonight. Seems all you party people have left me high and dry Arrrrrr ..................

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That's pretty normal for where you are in your quit. This is the way I saw it when I was going through some weird stuff around that stage in my quit. You fight like hell for the 1st month - month & a half. Things start to settle down then but you are still super focused daily on your quit. It's top of mind all the time. You start getting to three months - hey! Everything's different now. You're sort of king of getting comfortable with things now and the newness of the early quit has long since gone. Your mind isn't super focused on the quit thing all the time now. That's when your brain's autopilot kicks in - like your trip to the garage thing and those random thoughts like, hey I should head out for a smoke now, when something is happening that may have brought you to a smoke before. It's an easier time in some ways but it can also be a more dangerous time. You gotta just do what you're doing now. Realize what's going on and that it's just not what you do anymore - smoking that is I gotta say, it takes a full year at least and probably even more before those random thoughts stop coming with frequency. It just takes our brains soooo long to readjust. It's not hard all that time, you just need to stay on guard and not act on any thoughts you might have about smoking.

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We didn't get too much snow but it's -17 today which for this late in March is bullshit!! Yeah, winter can take a hike anytime as far as I'm concerned!

Sorry about that buddy but ..... someone had to take the fall. Sleep it off. You'll be good to go by morning! We were just following in the footsteps of our sports legends Oops .......... perhaps I've said too much?

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Welcome back! I love traveling around the Southwest US. It's just so different. Good to enjoy some time building memories with the family too

Welcome to Quit Train! We have been having a few 1 year anniversaries recently so we'll just add one more to the line up Congrats on staying quit!

Congratulations Ellen! You're 1/4 year smoke free today! You have done a lot of really hard work to get here so be sure to reward yourself for that. For those who don't know, Ellen is Latoya's Mom and she quit just a few days after Latoya did and they are BOTH still smoke free. Good for both Mother & Daughter

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