Soberjulie

what if you are exactly where you're supposed to be today. what if you're not supposed to be one single solitary molecule better, nor one bit faster, not one jot farther along. what if you're not supposed to be any smarter, or more spiritually evolved, better with money, braver, bigger or smaller. what if (just for today) you let being smoke free be the win. let that be enough. take the day off from self judgment, from comparing yourself to others and to the mythical stealth "ideal you" that you've somehow been sold (that you've somehow bought). what if just for today you banish the "should's" and "supposed to's." if there is a God (and while sometimes there's doubt and some days the evidence seems to go either way what if today you sit with "there is") then what if your foibles and mishaps and shortcomings are part of what you need to be what you're supposed to be eventually. if this isn't treacle, or smarmy pap, then you can relax, and have faith that (as the old expression goes) God don't make junk and there is a Plan and you really are exactly where you're supposed to be today.

I love that story. It helped me bunches during hell week. When I wasn't posting, I was reading and I read The Dark Room over and over.

Woot woot! Same here! There's just a patch of snow left in my yard. And this week is supposed to be nice warm temps too. Evelyn I am also waiting for the thunder and rain that is supposed to hit us soon :) I love thunder.

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Tomorrow is a new day :)

Just for you Bakon.....:)

I kinda think of it as the folks who quit heroin by using a methadone program. I dunno.....is it a lesser evil?

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Oh Bandito.....that is I, sober grandma who does not smell of smoke :)

Youre awesome TAC Keep on quitting smoking quit smoking now quit smoking the easy way quit smoking community quit smoking forum smoking related disease smoking related illness nicotine withdrawal give up smoking support forum for quitting smoking

The wee baby and I will be swaying cheek to cheek tonight to this:

Maybe its my little funny faced smiley......notice she has no bangs??

I picked myself up a bath bomb from Lush.....a store I normally only go in to sniff, because it smells so darned gooooooooood in there, but its too expensive. One bath bomb, one full tub in just a little bit.....thats a lovely treat for not smoking.

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I quit smoking. I was a nicotine addict. I was afraid of health consequences from smoking. I was afraid of smoking related diseases. There were many choices to be made. Cold turkey, NRT, Champix/Chantix, Wellbutrin/Zyban, I decided with my doctor the best way to quit smoking. (there. Hows that for buzzwords TAC?)

You get a whole plate of cookies for that day. But Im glad you shared it.......Im grinning like crazy over here :)

There is a saying in some circles I run in: "Carry the message, not the mess": While I think its important to be true to ourselves, to be honest about what I am going through from day to day.......its also important for me to remember that when I was on these forums, still smoking or hours or days into my quit....I needed hope. I needed to know it could be done and that it wasn't always going to feel the way it does in the first few days or weeks. I needed to hear and learn that I am in control of my mindset........that if I look for trouble, I will find it. And if I look for beauty I will find it. So, where am I going to look?

Rain coat. With matching rain boots. Its all about the outfit :) chocolate or caramel

Welcome to our little corner of the internet! Take your coat off, kick off those shoes, stay awhile. There is plenty of great reading that will help enforce your quit, and this place is full of wonderful support :)

Tuna casserole and mandarin salad :)

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OMG......theres a guy doing the NTAP on a treadmill. :p

Dont cut your own bangs :huh:

When I fill out a survey that asks if Im a smoker.......I can check the little box that says non-smoker and declare loudly "I aint no stinky smoker!"