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You will get triggers, I got one the other day. But they get easier to handle each passing month, but you do still have to be on your guard.

Although I appreciate the big-up it wasn't that big a deal! Let me describe my internal conversation: "Oooh look, the decorator has left his smokes... quite fancy one of those... don't be silly... OK... It's annoying he left them there... Yes it is... Oooh look, bananas, yummy... quite fancy one of those... don't be silly, you need to have dinner first... grrr... damn bananas"

I always knew of these as "The Scabby Rolly", this is where you roll a cigarette with the butts of smoked cigarettes. It gets bad when you're drying out old cigarettes in the microwave, possibly even fishing old butts out of the rubbish (and then drying them out). Or indeed creating a Scabby rolly from scabby rolly butts... I have done all of these things... I don't anymore... I am a better person now!

Not smoking them made me feel perfectly fine. It's not good business to be an arsehole to someone you leave alone in your house!

I don't think it was sinister, he also has no idea I am an ex-smoker.

I was born in Oxford! Live in Norwich now.

OK. So I'm now 440 days into my quit. We've had a decorator in for the past few days repainting the kitchen, stairs, etc. He smokes. I've had chats with him outside when he's having a smoke break. No big deal. Anyway, I got home last night and noticed he'd left his cigarettes on the counter... I had one hell of an urge to have one! Obviously I didn't. But ya know... annoying!

You are confusing the Theory of Evolution, Atheism and Theism. Let's clarify a couple of points here... Atheism does not equal Evolution Theists (in fact most of them) can and do believe in Evolution. Atheists do not have to agree with Evolution. Equally both Theist and Atheist can choose to believe in Bigfoot, Unicorns or dragons. Or indeed not believe because they have not been given the evidence to support the claim.

If the theory of evolution was demonstrated to be false it would not prove a god or gods, we would simply need another explanation that had evidence. Nice thread derail though. I don't understand your motivation though.

Fear of death is silly... fear of dying slowly and painfully is perfectly reasonable... "If you’re falling off a cliff, you might as well try to fly. You have nothing else to lose." John Sheridan

When is anything to do with Miley Cyrus regarded as art? I would agree everything she has ever done (and likely will ever do) could (and probably should) be regarded as "utter turd", "artistically void", "pedestrian", "abusive to ears". Frankly she should really just kill her dad and then herself, after all, her dad had the indecency to spread his mullet laden seed in the first place. ...I'm going to take my happy pills now...

Personally, not that I really care, but 'Passenger' is way to passive a name for someone taking a massive step and quit smoking. I appreciate there's appears to be a need to create a hierarchy, but I think 'Passenger' is about as far from the truth as you get when you're starting your quit. 'Adventurer' to me seems more appropriate, then something like 'Survivor', then 'Bear Grylls'... or something... The long and short of this is that I think the labels are somewhat pointless, but if someone called me a 'passenger' when I first started my quit I would find it a little insulting. "I'm not a passenger I'm the f*cking Engine!" Just my 2p worth.

For some reason I was reminded of this song today, it's beautiful, it's sung from the point of view of a 5 year old boy who used to get bullied at school... It might make you cry... I'm Luke, I'm 5, and my Dad's Bruce Lee, Drives me round in his JCB... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQDnFTtr2UQ

2 Things I feel I need to pick up on... 1. 100% Negative is not strictly true, I definitely picked up some women because of smoking. FACT! 2. Calmness is definitely your friend I agree, but the knowledge that a continued quit will see so many benefits that outweigh even the odd pick up! And not smoking is definitely sexier than smoking.

Unfortunately I get reminded of my smoking when I'm cycling and giving it extra beans and notice I still have a wheeze. I know I shouldn't be wheezing. It annoys me, but equally it's a reminder of why stopping was a good idea. And I know my wheeze only occurs when I'm really exercising hard and not when I'm picking up a toothbrush or similar.

Simply change the word 'boots' to 'underwear' and you have a whole different story. And treating yourself to a footlong hotdog takes on a whole new meaning... I appreciate I should probably seek help.

For want of not reiterating what I have said on 'other' sites Newbie Non-Smoker Heavy non-smoker

Season 2 was a bit pants to be honest... Jessica Alba with black hair, leather on a motorbike kicking ass... Win!

I have friends that smoke... They look so cool inhaling all that smoke and relieving their addiction. It really makes me want to be forced to spend loads of money and have panics when I can't find a lighter... and I long for the days spending 10 minutes with my head under my coat trying to get a cigarette lit and setting fire to my hair... of smelling of stale smoke... of having bad skin... of having stained teeth... oh how I wish those days would return... they were so good.

For the record I have no idea what I'm talking about, but I'll wade in with pointless comments regardless. When you're coming off a drug (pretty much regardless of what it is) you're going to get depressed, every time you were having a smoke those little pleasure neurons were firing creating dopamine and giving your body a positive reinforcement for the drug of choice. So you stop giving it that hit and you're no longer getting all "Oh yeah baby" from your brain. Now, of course, you could also have depression. I'm a bit confused to if you are still on Nicotine or if you have been off nicotine since June last year. If you've been off it since June then you can probably forget everything I've just said.

Asking if she is the bad guy is a bit of a mental kick in the teeth, but the fact of the matter is that you go through it without smoking, and that's excellent. Especially on Day 2, that's a fragile time. Day 3 will be better... Day 4 better still... Day 5 etc etc. There's no good reasons to smoke and plenty of good reasons not to, concentrate on the good reasons not to smoke.

TPAM is totally naked from the neck up

Everyday is an anniversary celebration for everyone not smoking (who previously did smoke), day 434 for me! This is an important day because it is exactly 31 x 14... And if you add 31 and 14 up you get 45, if you multiple this number by 3 you get 135. Taking these digits, 1 is the number of penis' I have, 3 is the number of testicles, and 5 is the number of nipples I have... So, yeah... Important day I think you'll agree.

The only good cigarettes have no tobacco and are full of that green stuff and make you giggle and obsess over the details of 70s prog rock... Not that I'm condoning casual illegal activity though. That aside, the only draw I've had to smokes is the social aspect of it, almost the ritual of rolling one up (my friends and I only ever smoked rollies, which could lead me onto an entertaining story when I was in a New York bar rolling a cigarette, but that's for another day!)... But it all comes down to logically, it's a dumb thing to do, you're right, there is no 'good' cigarette. I keep reminding myself when down the pub when I see swaithes of my friends getting up and going outside every 18 minutes or so to fill their lungs, pleased I'm out of that game!

I like to have some heroin the reward my non smoking activity... I gotta say though, its quite moorish.