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Hello my fellow Canadian. I've been to St. Catharines many times visiting my daughter when was doing her Bachelor at Brock. It's actually hotter today 35C/95F, with humidity 41C/108F. Yesterday was still bearable, I played Tennis with my son at about 6PM for an hour, surprised that I could last as long as him in that heat, I think quitting over a month now definitely helps my lungs.

You certainly have been doing great things to take care of your body and health Michelle, that's wonderful to hear.

Surprisingly I've not noticed any changes to my sleeping pattern. I sleep on average about 6 hours a day. Probably because I'm getting old

It's wonderful to get to the point where we can just laugh at it and no longer need to put up a fight with the cravings. I find that it helped my quit tremendously once I comprehend the fact that it was an addiction, then every time a craving came on it was much easier for me to overcome it because I realize now that I'm fighting for my freedom because I no longer want to be an addict. Where as in previous failed quits I thought I was just trying to break "a habit". Education about smoking is definitely essential for quitting.

There's so much to list, the top 2 on my list are: 1) It was extremely inconvenient that every time we went somewhere as a family, I had to look for a time and place to break away from the family for quick drag as my wife and kids hate smoking. So the thing I love the most about being free from Nicotine is definitely enjoying the family vacation, now I can spend 100% my time with my family and not having to think about smoking. 2) All my relatives and close friends are either non-smokers or have already quit years ago. I've always felt a bit shameful in social events where I was the only one who needed to snuck out for a drag, it's great not to have to do that anymore.

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Hi Michelle, I'm just getting caught up and so glad to see you pulled through the trigger. I can feel that you're a strong fighter and you won't give in to the Nicotine monster. I don't mean to sound condescending but I'm proud of you Michelle, way to go!

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We just had a short family trip this past weekend in a small town called Wasaga Beach north of Toronto, with a very close friend's family. It's really nothing great, just a local getaway location for people in Toronto who can't get to a real beach. But anyway, we had a great time there, both on the beach and exploring the town, a really nice break away from the city to forget this pandemic situation. The only minor setback was to see a lot of ignorant people who still don't seem to be aware of the social distancing rule. Anyway, we got back last night and this morning as I was getting a cup of coffee it dawned on me that smoking never crossed my mind the whole time, there was not a trigger throughout the whole trip. Maybe because I was surrounded by loved ones all the times, maybe because no one I was with was a smoker, maybe I was occupied the whole weekend... whatever it is, it was just a marvelous feeling to realize that I was essentially a non smoker for the whole weekend. A great weekend indeed!

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3 months of freedom is an awesome achievement Mac. Congratulations! and Thanks for all the Support!

Hello Michael, Congratulations on your quit. You will find awesome moral support from the members here, and read through the sticky notes in the various forums to find great materials that provide an understanding for the addiction to help you kick it for good. John

Congratulations Nana for this great milestone! I'm Happy to celebrate this 1st month anniversary with you quit mate.

NOPE!

NOPE! and Happy 4th of July to all my American friends

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Happy Friday! Great to see such confidence Kate, I also believe 100% that you will remain a nonsmoker for the rest of your life too.

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Congratulations Michelle! Time to celebrate and treat yourself, you deserve it!

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