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Feel your pain both and appreciate your strength in staying with the quit despite everything.

Love the red nose

If anyone knows ..... @jillar, hope everything is well with you. Miss you.

Congratulations on 9 years @babs609

Nope!

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As they kept increasing prices, switched to unfiltered, cut the pack in the middle to create twice as many cigs. Smoked them down to the butt holding a corner of the cig by the fingernails .... and thought it was smart. Also since I was 'only' smoking 1/2 a cig at a time, it was healthy smoking. How we twist ourselves up to feel good about this.

Nope!

Note to self - it's good to carry all the tools to fix a flat but carry a mask if you wish to buy coffee. Reached destination coffee shop and decided to stop for a coffee and snack ... no mask. Had to request someone to buy a coffee for me - and they looked really suspicious ... until I offered the cash. Didn't feel like asking them to ALSO buy a donut so had a bar that was in the saddlebag. The thing with these bars is that they are the most awful tasting bars because if they're good, they don't last for the ride.

Congratulations on 2 months, Katgirl!

@Linda, you do deserve a badge. Not for ranting but a couple of other reasons. - For posting here first - And your quit being stronger than your trigger so you were able to say 'Not an SOS' - that's so awesome. You're doing really well, Every time you face these triggers and overcome them, your muscles to overcome triggers become stronger. When I had newly quit, I used to follow the quit journals of quitters ahead of me and it was very inspiring and learning to be able to follow their journey, especially people who quit just before you and after you. I had mine too (on a different site). I don't see too many quit journals here - perhaps something to consider. The closeness and bonds you form with the shared experiences is very real - it is one of THE hardest things we will do in our lives and the people you do it with always remain special.

The weekend's supposed to be perfect weather for biking. She got a wash, lube and is all set for tomorrow.

Interesting - I'm getting a 403 Forbidden. The laptop was updated today with a MS update so not sure if that's playing a part.

Nope!

the link didn't open for me ... hope it's safe.

Lovely pond and landscaping, very tasteful.

Congratulations on 6 months, Linda!

Congratulations on 1 month, @Steven Drojensky. That's a great milestone.

that's nicotine's way, isn't it? Waiting to ambush you - hey, it's 6 months, wow, let's celebrate with ... a smoke. It really is important to stay on guard at these milestones. You're doing great with the quit.

@Robbie, there used to be threads about smoking all the time in the past as @jillar already pointed out. Now that you posted one, it does seem odd that there hasn't been one for some time. It's normal - I dreamed as well a few times and it is a relief to find it was a dream Early in the quit, dreams can be quite vivid (and I'm sure there's a thread explaining that).

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Congratulations on 5 months AceWhite.

Congratulations on 8 years, Nancy!

Congratulations on 3 months, Robbie!

Congratulations on 8 months!