JackiMac

NOPE

I too find that as my quit progresses it seems to become harder, and that is where my relapses have occured in the past, this time I intend to re-affirm my NOPE each and every day and know that the craves will pass. I think it is because as you say we become complacent, shouldn;t we really be past this stage by now? We have to understand that the addiction still has a hold on us, although we may not feel it, or sense it some days, it is still there in the background just waiting to pounce on us when we are weak, we must remain strong, we must make our voice louder than the addiction. Be determined to succeed and as time goes on our strength will grow, KTQ TEW :wub: xxx

Fantastic CPK xx

Last few days, all I seem to be smelling on people is Smoke, dirty smelly smoke, Boke (for all you non scottish speaking people, gag would be the term to insert here). Work yesterday, Auditor in, a smoker, chain smoker as well, STINKS, try holding your breath while talking to clients Y'up neigh impossible. Alarm Maintenance in today, ahah a sneaky puff before you came in to my house, and it lingered in my hallway, I couldn't believe it, for about an hour all I could smell was Smoke. Sat on the bus coming home after work yesterday, (throwing my hands up here) why do all the gadgy (again ref above re scottish speaking lol) people always sit next to me, stinking of smoke, had over nose and quick sideway shuffle, still could smell it. Resorted to smelling my hair, ohhhhh I smell so sweet.

Right here with you all NOPE xx

EPON been that kind of day xx

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All my finacial accounts were hacked yesterday, still trying to sort, but on a happier note, not even a wee inclination to smoke xxx

Feeling annoyed financial accounts hacked whole lotta sorting to do but its still a NOPE

LOL, not a little different Sarah, just 30 more years in between, xx

The months seem to be picking up speed, another one bites the dust and you have reached 9 months big congratulations xxx

Holding Anger or holding a grudge is just a wasted emotion, but I love this idea of validating. sometimes we all do love a good grumble if someone has p@@sed us off, I am a great believer in Karma, what goes around comes around, Sarah I had an abusive Husband over 30 years ago who used to treat me as a punch bag, over time I learnt to no longer be bitter or hold a grudge against him, he shaped me into what I am today, anyhoo long story short, his mum passed away and the family wanted me at the funeral, he come up to me and apologised to me, I must admit I looked damn hot that day, and coolly just said, no need to apologise I am such a better person than you are or will ever be, felt good as I sashayed away seeing his mouth drop open, xxx

Cats are good Sarah just not too many!!, Their love is unconditional no complications, men are just confusing xx, but on the other hand 1 year is fantastic, as I said before I remember your first post back last year, and the internal turmoil you were going through at that time, look at you now, a strong independent woman, and just for the record you don't need a man to complete who you are my lovely congratulations on reaching one year and thank you for sharing your journey xxx

ice skating today lol its a NOPE from me xx

3 years is brilliant, and you can change boring with a little bit of imagination, at least you are living life healthy and no longer a slave to the nicotine.............

There you are Ross, good to see you, xx

OMG nearly a year, I can remember your first post Sarah, Rarrrrrhhhhh so excited for you and proud of you too xxx

Ohhh I love Birthday Cake, Happy Birthday Sonic and Marcus, xxx

Great Job Mike on reaching the month mark, keep climbing you are doing brilliantly xx

CPK stop being so hard on yourself my lovely, I suffer from major depression and anxiety, life's leftovers unfortunately and take medication to help me, doesn't mean I am weak and not able to deal with any of life's stresses any less efficiently but I just need a little bit of help, a trip to your doctor would be adviseable as sometimes we all need that little bit of extra help to get us through. As a typical woman and something I can relate to, we also over analyse life, and I think that is what you are doing just now. Can I ask you to STOP, take a minute for you, let life wash over you and take a step back, when I quit last year, I over analysed every single day, looking for quit related problems, until it took over my life, don't allow this to happen, life is difficult sometimes and coupled with quitting smoking it can become difficult, remember you are doing something that is wonderful and is going to benefit you long term, it will take time, there is no magic wand to make the quitting process any easier, but you can help yourself make life a little more bearable, do not suffer any longer than you have to, talking to your GP will help, I did last year and just had an appt yesterday, helps put a few things into prospective. You have subjected your mind and body to abuse when you were smoking it will take time for your mind and body to heal, just remember that CPK ok, even treat yourself to a nice hot bubble bath, take time for you, time to enjoy life for what it is, a blessing, something not to be taken for granted. I am walking this journey with you every step of the way and we will get there xxx

Morning All, thought I would have managed to beat Evelyn this morning but................................NOPE lol xx

So Sorry Tracey so young, same age as I am now, just re-enforces what I am doing, be sure that your dad is watching over you and is very proud of his daughter. Its still the addiction in the back of our heads telling us "it will never happen to me", we have to be louder than our addiction and be heard above it, "It can and it will happen to you". "You can Quit", xxx

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Babs sounds like you are going to have an absolute ball, lots of pictures and lots of stories, well the ones that you can share lol :P enjoy and friendships as you say that are formed in school remain special xx

Beautiful Family Joe, so important to hold them all close, so glad you had a lovely weekend xx