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12 things to do INSTEAD of smoke

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Jenny Newbie

Jenny

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  1. Take a nap
  2. Walk the dog
  3. Play with your kids
  4. Go shopping
  5. Plan a vacation
  6. Read a good book
  7. See a movie
  8. Join a Gym
  9. Run a marathon
  10. Call a friend
  11. Learn to knit
  12. Plant a garden

 

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JackiMac Newbie

JackiMac

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1.  Have a good clear out.

2.  Style your hair

3.  Enjoy a good meal with friends.

3.  Latte!!

4.  Build lego with your children

5.  Sit and talk with your o/h

6.  20 mins of exercises

7.  Make a cake

8.  Do your nails

9.  Play Candy Crush Sage (haha)

10.  cut the grass

11.  Listen to some favourite songs

12.  clear your mind

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action Newbie

action

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1. Go for a walk

2. Check the boards

3. Send an email

4. Make a phone call

5. Do some shopping

6. Drink a tea or coffee

7. Play a game

8. Play with your pet

9. Do some DIY

10. Wash the car

11. Pay someone a compliment

12. Draw a picture

 

Actually, this could be 1000 things to do instead of smoke, and I still wouldn't run out of ideas ;)

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bakon Collaborator

bakon

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tease Colleen

tease Babs

tease Tracey

tease Nancy

tease Jen

tease action

tease Jimmy

tease el burrito

tease MQ

tease Jacki, ava or Julie......

tease leann beacon melody marti evelyn crystobal frank joe tac sue Petra.....

post something serious if you still got time

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laura Newbie

laura

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1. Read a good book

2. Yoga

3. Meditate

4. Gardening

5. Start a journal

6. Family time

7. Do a bucket list

8. Spring clean

9. Drink lots of water

10. Read the daily paper

11. Do vision board of all the things you want to achieve this year.

12. Dance to your favourite music

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Tink Newbie

Tink

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1. drink lots of wine and pass out

2. go for a long walk - even if raining

3. gardening

4. dance like a lunatic

5. come on here and post

6. have sex/video sex whatever/self sex

7. eat lots of nice things

8. talk on phone or text

9. shower/wash hair

10. clean windows (hate that job)

11. was car (hate that job more)

12. ironing (worse job of all)

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Leanna Apprentice

Leanna

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I love these ideas. :D

 

1. Go swimming.

2. Read reviews online.

3. Rearrange your stationary.

4. Write a song.

5. Post a blog entry.

6. Sing to yourself and record it.

7. Take a selfie.

8. Go to QuitTrain.

9. Do a big clean.

10. Try "nail art."

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ChristaC Newbie

ChristaC

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tease Colleen

tease Babs

tease Tracey

tease Nancy

tease Jen

tease action

tease Jimmy

tease el burrito

tease MQ

tease Jacki, ava or Julie......

tease leann beacon melody marti evelyn crystobal frank joe tac sue Petra.....

post something serious if you still got time

Why would you want to sue Petra? What did she do?

 

:D

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MarylandQuitter Grand Master

MarylandQuitter

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1.  Cut the grass

2.  Cut a mountain bike trail through the woods

3.  Read a book and learn something new

4.  Take time to listen to quiet.  Shut off the TV, computer and phone and just close my eyes and listen.

5.  Look at my short-term goals and see where I stand

6.  Cook something new on the grill

7.  Clay bar and do some paint correcting on my commuter car (it takes a beating in D.C.)

8.  Workout, run or do something to move get the old bones moving

9.  Walk around a garden center or nursery and find something new to grow

10.  Call my old man and catch up (old man is a term of endearment with my Dad and I)

11.  Prepare my meals for the week so I'm not stuck having to "get something quick to eat" and have fresh, unprocessed food to eat

12.  Disassemble the cooking surface down to the burners of the grill to clean and inspect.

  • 3 weeks later...
ArmedNAruba Newbie

ArmedNAruba

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1.  Cut the grass

2.  Cut a mountain bike trail through the woods

3.  Read a book and learn something new

4.  Take time to listen to quiet.  Shut off the TV, computer and phone and just close my eyes and listen.

5.  Look at my short-term goals and see where I stand

6.  Cook something new on the grill

7.  Clay bar and do some paint correcting on my commuter car (it takes a beating in D.C.)

8.  Workout, run or do something to move get the old bones moving

9.  Walk around a garden center or nursery and find something new to grow

10.  Call my old man and catch up (old man is a term of endearment with my Dad and I)

11.  Prepare my meals for the week so I'm not stuck having to "get something quick to eat" and have fresh, unprocessed food to eat

12.  Disassemble the cooking surface down to the burners of the grill to clean and inspect.

 

 

 

Love love love #11!

 

Doing this alone avoided many diets.

  • 5 years later...
Sazerac Enthusiast

Sazerac

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I lurked here and learned all I could about addiction.

I danced wildly. I walked willfully.

I sang, took screaming showers,

went down to the tracks and primal screamed when a train rolled by (love that).

I yelled, 'FREE YOUR HEAD' over and over and over.

I buffed out my fingernails, my toenails to a gloss.

I did a super detail house clean, top to bottom.  Everything smelled so good.

Washed all my clothes, shined all my boots.

Drawers were artistically arranged,

closets compulsively organized. 

Folders of personal ephemera were sorted,  letters bound with ribbon to save.

The purge had no boundaries and I threw out a ton of detritus.

 

It also looked like I had gone to 'the agent orange school of gardening'

there wasn't a 'weed' anywhere, everything horribly neat and tidy.

Thankfully, I resumed my happy garden to it's riotous nature

but, I do miss that neat-nik woman keeping my house spic 'n span, where'd she go ?

 

Thanks for bumping this, @Doreensfree

great to see the 'old' faces.

I was still lurking back then and these were some of my heroes,

two months later, I joined with a 10 month quit under my belt.

 

 

 

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jillar Grand Master

jillar

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1 hour ago, Wayne045 said:

Going to add just one.

 

Video games

 

Can't believe no one here is a gamer.

 

 

Do computer games count? 😋

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