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Thanks for telling us about this slip @Keith. That kind of accountability is a key ingredient to recovery. I’m sorry for your loss, and sorry that you got hijacked by Stinkin Thinkin. In the cold light of day, you know that lighting up won’t soothe any sorrows or mend any broken hearts. The beauty of quitting //for good// is that you’ll never have to feel this regret again… you’ll never have to go thru withdrawal and detox again… you’ll never need to smell bad and feel nauseous again… you’ll finally be free of the temptation. All of that awaits you. So ditch those smokes and hop back onto your quit right away!

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I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

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Gday We are sub tropical. Normally 5 to 7 ft but with high tides 10 to 12 ft. Still a lot of water. Go further north towards the equator and it’s 35 ft and up. Park a warship along side a wharf and you’ll be adjusting the lines that hold the ship all day. You’ll go ashore and you’ll be walking up the gangway to the wharf. Arrive back and you’ll be walking up the gangway to the ship.

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Nooooo all your hard work in those 9 weeks @Keith just gone! I'm sorry you had a tough evening and more difficult thinking of your brother. The alcohol lowered your inhibitions and your wife's cigarettes on display adding to the mix certainly didn't help. Have you identified what actually made you light up? Yes the cravings were there but you pushed them away before. Maybe it was the alcohol that made you think why not? Either way, do you have a plan in how to combat this moving forwards? You're not the first to lapse and you certainly won't be the last so don't give yourself too hard of a time BUT you're back at Day 1 again and you're going to dust yourself off and start again but with a better plan. You can do this! Thanks for sharing your experience as difficult as it is to admit defeat.

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I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

OK Quit Train Members, WTF, yup, I did it and in half a sense I don't even give a f... Let me tell y'all a story in hopes that you don't follow in these foot steps. and in some regard maybe won't help than a good old fashioned hug? This is this evening's story: So, my wife has been suggesting she lives in the kitchen too much. After dinner tonight, I said I got the kitchen clean up and you go to your office and do what you what you need to do. As I am doing the dishes,, etc I am jamming some tunes on the streaming speakers and what comes to mind? My brother, my best friend who took his life by his own hand back in 2020. Yup, these are tunes we used to jam, etc. Then I decided to pour some martini's and the dishes continue on as well as the martini's. Then the cravings start and shrugged them off as a thought. Then the alcohol starts kicking in and made some wild thoughts how a a smoke will be ok. As those that have read my past posts know that my wife still smokes and they are to be had if one looks hard enough. Not this time, went out in the garage and sure enough. There was a half a smoke. So what does Keith do? Lights it up and burns it. Man, I got so stoned off that half a smoke, I fell down. Not sure if that was from the high off the smoke or the martini's I drank. Anyways, not looking for sympathy here as I just ****** up 9 weeks of clean quit. But, is a warning for those in similar situations to not what do what I did. Now feeling like a heel and starting over. Let's not let life circumstances past/present control our QUIT. Yup, I f..... up but that doesn't mean you have to too!!

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@FinalAttempt how’s it going?

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Golf was a huge part of my quit. That first round was tough, ngl. But I got through it and realized the cigs didn't make it any more or less enjoyable. After about my 3rd round without cigs I would look forward to playing and even enjoy the smell of someone else's freshly lit cigarette. In fact, golfing was about the only time I could get any relief from the constant craving attacks I would get so I played a lot. So focus on the golf and enjoy that and I think you'll find that you don't need the cigs to have fun. good luck

@Cbdave - you must have some serious tides down there! The Bay of Fundy on Canada's east coast is similar in terms of huge tidal swings. up to 35 ft tide in some places. Nope!

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Wow! I wish I had read that 15 years ago. Thank you for the insight...