DenaliBlues

Nope. Nope. NOPENOPENOPE...

So glad to hear that you're Feeling Groovy on day #6. You are building up some great momentum!

NOPE!

took northbound exit

avert your gaze

newts

Irreverent nuns guffawed.

LOL I was gonna say Love Shack, but since we already have the B52s spun up I’ll wiggle to… 5. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

3. R E S P E C T by The Queen (Aretha Franklin)

Congratulations, Nancy! Thanks for lighting the way for so many of us!

Took extreme risks.

8. Harboring resentments is pointless… like swallowing poison and expecting someone else to drop dead. Name 8 songs that make you wanna DANCE.

whine

plain to see

NOPE

I agree with all who are affirming that your day #3 struggles are very normal, @overcome. I am one of those people for whom breathing exercises (ironically) increase anxiety. Instead, I do grounding countdowns: concentrate hard on 5 things I can see, 4 I can hear, 3 I can touch, 2 I can smell, 1 thing I can taste, then repeat. I also do Alphabet Gratitude Lists (something I’m grateful for starting with A, then B, then all the way to Z). I fiddle with Silly Putty and got a couple aromatherapy inhalers. Push ups help, too. You CAN make it through this. I promise, it gets easier!

warts and all

rhino

Thanks for bumping this @jillar. I, too, have swallowed all of these lies hook, line and sinker. Plus the biggest lie of all… that smoking is “gratifying.” LIE. What actually happened for me was that smoking triggered a craving for more nicotine, which created a craving for even more nicotine, repeated on an endless loop. No matter how much I smoked, it was never “enough.” Although I haven’t yet reached the place where being smoke-free feels completely joyful, I am certainly grateful that nicotine is no longer my puppet master.

N O P E