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congrats ace. fantastic quit.

fantastic quit @overcome way to go!!

you are doing just fine @Kerry it's so good to see you succeeding in your quit.

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Congrats on 5 years @catlover that's a quit to be proud of.

congrats reciprocity. awesome quit

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If your mind is imprisoned does it really matter what happens to your ass? You are only ever one decision away from being a non smoker or a smoker, the key is understanding that you have to make that decision over and over again, sometimes multiple times a minute until your ass gets it. You can get there and when it seems like all hope is lost just view the GIF below and keep watching until you realize that you CAN be happy without cigarettes. Then they will lose there grip on you.

@darcydon't condemn yourself just yet. this is a big change and there will be some failures along the way. I can't even count how many times I failed until I didn't. I'm sure most here had their failures as well. It's not how many times you get knocked down that matters, it's how many times you get back up.

Great job @Kerry 2 weeks is YUGE!! You can't get to the first year without getting through those first weeks and months. Keep it going

congrats @DenaliBluesjust 1 small step left til the Lido Deck. Spoil urself for a bit tonite.

Hello @Kerry you'll have good days and bad days, just focus on the goal which is to breathe without vaping. My first 6 weeks were manageable and then shit got real. Just keep managing your quit one day at the time until it becomes natural and realize you are doing great even when it feels like you aren't.

@overcome here's a little taste of what's waiting for you...

congrats @overcome half way to the lido deck. stay with it. your doing great.

@DenaliBlues I'm so sorry to hear you are struggling and for the loss of a family member. What got me past that lingering romance with smoke was to tackle the other addictions I had that were riding shotgun with the cigarettes. Junk food and coffee. Once I realized that I actually was addicted to those things as well and eliminated them my thought processes actually started changing. I still thought about smoking but it was in a different way and it was much easier to distract myself from it. And when the thought was gone, it was totally gone, which didn't normally happen for me. It was always simmering on the back burner, just waiting for the opportunity to ambush me. Then, I found a solution to my muscle cramping episodes. Turns out taking a healthy dose of sea salt a few times a day and no more cramps. Guess what else I didn't have anymore? That tightness in the back of my throat that was always there and gave me that panicky feeling in my stomach that I always would get when I was jonesing for a smoke but couldn't. Turns out ingesting more salt solved a lot of little minor problems I had like headaches, the late morning nausea I would get. All these things tied into the routine I had spent years building around smoking. Then trying to fix something totally unrelated and all these other things resolved and snap, craves don't even register. Funny how you can just stumble over things sometimes. Let me clarify, I still think about smoking from time to time. There are still triggers, but I don't get blindsided with those random gnawing craves to smoke. Anyway, none of this will stop the trials of life from happening. The roof will have leaks, the cars won't start at times and loved ones will leave us far to soon, but maybe not all of the grief and stress we feel is just in our heads. Maybe there is a physical component to it as well. Maybe we are driven to smoke or eat bad food because our body is deficient in something but we trained our brains to react to the deficiency in the wrong way and if we figure out what the body is really wanting the craves will lose their sting and we can better deal with the traumas of life. All I can do really though is offer my condolences and hope that you can find something of value in my experience.

@Linda hope you are staying strong. you know that giving in will only make withdrawal that much harder. You opened that rut back up in your mind and it will take a bit to fill it back in. You know what to do. I have faith in you.

Golf is my hobby. I used to do the sporting clays but there isn't a sporting clay range anywhere near me now. That looks like a lot of fun but that ammo has got to be getting expensive these days. @overcomedo you do your own reloads?

nice job @DenaliBlues that's a pretty awesome quit you got going.

a little change of pace. a little motown always makes you feel like moving.

merry xmas. still here

congrats @overcome 5 months is a great start

the banning of toxic substances in and of itself isn't a bad thing. it's the enforcement of the ban. I have been driving down the highway and get pulled over for riding in the left lane even though I was passing someone. I then had my vehicle searched cause his dog decided I had drugs in the car. Not only did the cop tear through all my personal stuff and leave a mess for me to clean up, he decided that the $230 in cash I had for emergencies on my trip was to much for me to be carrying and I must have gotten it from illegal activity and confiscated it (read that as stole it). I was then sent on my way with no ticket, an hour and a half of my time wasted and cashless...only to have it happen again 2 hours later in the same state. the 2nd cop was shit out of luck cuz the first one already took all my cash. I had no drugs on me or in my car but they just "had to check". that is the problem with those types of laws. it's all cool as a mf as long as it's happening to someone else.

yes, because tyranny knows no bounds and freedom comes with responsibility. most people won't do heroin just because it's legal and those that do heroin won't stop just because it's illegal. all it does is give those in positions of power a reason invade everyones privacy to make sure we are in compliance.

congrats @notsmokinjoway to go. that addiction got knocked TF out!!