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Welcome to the Lido Deck Pedro. You did it!! You are officially one year quit today. Another January '17 Quitter being welcomed onto the Lido Deck. Way to go Pedro! Take a seat and have a cool drink. You've earned it

Sorry to hear she's gone now. Even tho they can be complete "pricks" when they are with us, there's still a bond there We have a black one who would rather bite you than look at you, And there's not "soft" bites with this one. I have been on drugs more than once due to infections courtesy of Misfit!

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I agree with Boo! You are approaching this thing properly with education about the addiction itself and how to beat it! I too went cold turkey and it isn't easy but you get it all over with up front. Just need to retrain your brain to function normally again without smoking being a major part of your daily life. Once you get that done, it;s great and you will be so much better off. No longer a slave to nicotine Look forward to seeing you on the site often. Be sure to post up on the daiy NOPE page. Itls the only way to start your day NOPE stands for Not One Puff Ever by the way. By the way, most of us here were long time smokers too. If we can do it then, you can too!!

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That's it Octain!! Distract yourself in whatever ways you can. Do anything but smoke. These urges are strong in the early days but they don't last forever. It is just your addicted brain screaming at you to feed that deadly addiction. You can beat it by being smarter which is exactly what you are by coming up with the distractions you mentioned. Carry on and keep close to the board here. We want you to succeed!

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Yes, it does take courage but most of all it takes a solid commitment to yourself to improve your life for YOU! You're doing fine and yes, there will be up and down moments every day for a while. It can be a real struggle in the early days but try to focus on some of the good things you start to enjoy. That might be easier breathing, not stinking of cigarettes, saving $$ because you don't have to buy smokes. There's a ton of good stuff that starts happening. And YES - come here and talk about what you are going through. We are eager to listen and it will help both you and others who are either new quitters or people just lurking and reading your posts to see what it's like to be a new quitter. It's all good even if you don't think you are contributing anything that's all that special. Stay strong Octain! You're on your way

You will no doubt have to endure the approaching "flash-freeze" that's coming tomorrow - at least where I am. We're back to minus double digits all next week (again)! Your Fla pics make me cry with envy

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Glad to hear JB, although I never doubted you would figure it out on your own and stay on the path forward. I too have relied on a lot of relapse stories I have come across and it is always the same story ..... actual smoke was no where near as pleasurable as what they thought it would be. They are always left devastated emotionally as well which I can see. I too do not want to ever experience that. We've all worked too hard to go back there!

6 days ago we set record lows then today we set a record high. No wonder everyone's sick