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A Happy St Andrew's day NOPE from me

Just for today ...NOPE !!!!

NOPE!!!

NOPE!

Nope!

Yet another dusting for the CHICKS!!

20!! Beer time!!

-4 Free participation trophy's for the chicks

Boo...it's too early for you ....get back to work !!!!

NOPE!

It means "may you have a long and healthy life" I should have said ... "Lang may yer lum reek" translates to "Long may your chimney smoke". but means ^^

Hi and welcome ... As others have said..please take time to read all the information here... The main board has pinned green squares...there is a ton of useful tips...says to help you along... Educate yourself...you will need this to fight the monster. You can do it..

Don't just abstained from cigarettes, quit them. You are done with them! Time to move on!

Denise you’re right, you don’t want to. You can’t change the past, but throw them out immediately. Read up on this site to occupy your mind. You can do this!!

Nope!

Sticks regain the championship. Great job men!

I have only just joined and unfamiliar with posting. I had not had a cigarette since 17th September 2017 but today have smoked three. I am feeling so absolutely depressed and anxious and caved in. I don't want to smoke. Help.

NOPE!

I'm off to lick my wounds...night folks xxxx

Too late Doreen. Sticks Rule!

Victory!

Also thanks for teaching me how to change 'settings'.

No smoking here .

You did it! You won a trophy. Great Job

Wow. Ol' Saint Andrew was a busy fella. I'm amazed he found time to build that golf course.

^^^ I sent Denise a PM on changing her display name

St. Andrew is also the patron saint of fishing. Just something to keep in mind when you're out the river.

-3 It's never too early for Boo!

I was trying to make it look like the Sticks win all the time while the Chicks have never won anything. I exaggerated the disparity for comedic effect. Look...Some days, if I can make myself laugh, I count that as a win.

Welcome Denise Sorry we meet under such circumstances but please don;t dwell on what has already happened. You can't change that but you absolutely can control what happens going forward by making good choices - not necessarily easy choices but good choices for yourself. Quit now - right away and read up on this addiction. Let us support you here as you make your way to freedom. You CAN do this.

Learn from this. Whatever you do, don't let this control you and allow you to continue smoking again. If you want to get rid of that crappy feeling that you "caved in", stop smoking immediately. No need to wait until tomorrow, after this or after that; just quit now.

Three in a day is not a high volume to smoke, unlike regulars who go through about a pack. I was using three a day for four days before i quit. So tomorrow, just use none. If you can manage to keep it down to three, then using none is not that much harder. Just try not to light up that first one when you wake up. That will set the day of wanting more if you light up. In other words - it will make the craving worse than if you left it alone. Many have quit successfully, you can too.

Welcome to double digits, Pig Lover!!

Spanks again Chicks!

Truly... That's a long time to wait. Hope you can get through this peacefully, D. You can use your more agile mind (since you quit smoking) to keep your thoughts in line with how you want to spend the next few weeks. Here for you, sis....

Geez, how does it take almost a month to get results from a test? Ok, Ok, I know. We're talking modern day medicine but still. That's a lot more beet root

I did understand much there either

Joe called him Peter....thought he was dick?

I don't think anyone would mind you being here. You are not even close to the first one here to have relapse, struggles with Quit, etc. Tyme, I did not know you used to be in medical or some sector of caregiving. I guess things we do most of our lives, we cannot just stop on a dime. We cannot escape who we are, what we do. Duty calls, we answer. I never was a caregiver to any capacity but things I am good at, cannot avoid. I guess the best you can do is put together a battle plan. If nothing else, give yourself some credit for what cigarettes you DID avoid during the attempted quits.

Never give up..trying to give up.. I have that many failed attempts in my past ,I couldn't count...I'm the last one to sermon anyone ..I'm just here to help ijn any way I can... I have been Tonys career for many years,and understand the struggles you are facing.. It took me a long time to finally put the cigs down...it was only when my own health was declining I quit for good... My advice...stick around here...keep trying...stay with friends... You can do this.... I know you can...and you will....xxx

Sarge said he'd quit when they got to a Buck. Then he "couldn't afford them" at Two Dollars. Completely bypassed $3.00 but *swore* he'd never pay 4 bucks a pack. When he finally quit, they were $5.50 a pack (locally, Midwest - Ohio, U.S.) Price doesn't matter to a Junkie. Price. Does. Not. Matter. Ultimately, it was Health Scare. High blood pressure + High Cholesterol + High blood sugar + (a number of other minor issues all diagnosed at the same time) that made Sarge make some dramatic lifestyle changes ... only one of which was quitting smoking. EZPZ

^^^ I think we all find that moment in our own time. Just depends on how your life plays out. I was never exposed to smokers for over 6 months of my quit - just the way it went for me. I couldn't tell what my reaction would be but when the time came ...... as it turned out, it was quite uplifting for me when I was exposed to a lot of people smoking around me

You window lickers all sounded so smart in this thread I think I am in the wrong group. As for my advise- do t wait. No reason. You could be one week into your quit by then. And if you got ants in your pants and feel like you need to smoke to calm them, take off the pants and do something. Pushup work to tire the body and mind. Or leave pants on and walk. And walk. And walk just keep busy till tired.

Somewhere around 40 years smoking for me too....before that fateful day in Nov. of 2013... thats when, I didn't just say to myself I wanted to quit... I TOLD my self I WAS quitting....no more....no matter how "hard" I thought it would be to not smoke, I told myself it was "tyme" (see what I did there...lol). Sure... Your gonna have the normal bumps in the road on this journey, but we all did...we got past them...after a year quit, you will look back and realize, it wasn't that bad... The hardest thing about quitting is getting our mind on board with the fact that it's all about N.O.P.E...period! . Once you completely accept it, you won't seem to fight it... in in the words of Sarge...it becomes "Easy Peezy" take it it one day at a time, and remember we are here if you need us to "talk you down" there is no shame in having help,through this...that's why we all stick around!