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The wife & I went for a drive today, going up to a huge farmer's market up in Mennonite country - about 1.5 hours away. Suddenly I excitedly tell the wife to 'Pull in over there!" Pointing to a property that was displaying a bunch of random animal lawn ornaments. These weren't just normal lawn ornaments, these were HUGE lawn ornaments! I had spotted a big yellow chicken that for some reason caught my attention. It was bright yellow with a red hooded head and a orangish beak. As she pulled into the place, I jumped out of the car to get a closer look. The chicken stood about 6 foot tall an probably 3 foot wide? It was a nice chicken ... I mean, really nice. I admit I was smitten a little bit with this massive painted hunk of formed concrete I imagined it sitting proudly on my front lawn; the neighbors in awe of my new home decor addition, I was already planning on adding a sound system that could be controlled from my cell phone. I'd record chicken sounds then amplify them and play them as people walked by on the sidewalk across the street from our house. It was going to be a real head-turner!! The whole dream came to a sudden crashing halt when the farmer that was there told me the price .. 2 grand I had figured maybe a couple of hundred bucks? But ... 2 grand - NO WAY!! I was so devastated I forgot to even take a pic of my lovely chicken. Just got in the car and told the wife to drive on. Man; was I bummed out Needless to say, there's no giant yellow chicken sitting on my front lawn tonight

There's a couple things at play here I think. 1. You did some welding that you haven't done for awhile, possibly since you used to smoke? That would for sure bring on those cravings. 2. You just reached your 3 month smoke free milestone and I have often heard people say ... "Beware the 3's"! 3 Days, 3 Weeks & 3 Months. Weird shit tends to happen at these points. 3 months and you're no longer a new quitter but you're not completely there yet as a non-smoker; still some work to do. Because you no longer have daily challenges you may tend to let down your mental guard a bit. Use this experience to remind yourself to be on guard always for those sneaky, out of nowhere assaults by the nicodemon. You done good today by realizing what was actually happening! You stood tall and refused to be seduced back to having a smoke. Keep this experience in mind for future when you get bush-whacked out of nowhere and you'll be fine!

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Welcome @titanif! It's always good to hang with a group of other quitters. It tends to keep our thinking about smoking and quitting on the right track and far away from thinking maybe I can have just one.

Thumbs up; nose to the grind stone now and plow forward. We are all here behind you and ready to offer advise, support when needed You CAN do it!!

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Amazing milestone! Congrats to you

In addition to quitting, you're becoming King of Chicks or Sticks. It's a win, win!

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Yay @Stewbum! Way to go!! You're at 1/4 year smoke free now; that's awesome

Congrats Sazerac! 10 Years is awesome!!

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