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I can only imagine what the injuries were snd what it would be like hearing the news. I am guessing you are thinking stuff like, "what does it even matter if I smoke? F*** it, I am messed up anyways." Here is why it DOES matter - So far you likely dodged a bullet by quitting tobacco. Would you really want to go back to smoking and at some point in the future have some doctor explain that you have a smoking related illness? You know, personally I hate those little bastards, the cigarettes that is. They just screw up our health and make us stink to high heaven. They suck. The nicodemon sees you are weak and is trying to worm his way back in during this crucial time. Tell it to go back to hell and starve. You do NOT want to say in the near future, "Well i have this and that injury and on top of that i started smoking again, i wish i had not". You are 8 1/2 months into your quit. There is no reason to pick it back up. none.

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No way I'm smoking on the Fourth of July... NOPE!

G'day NOPE starts my day C

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Sammy thinks its funny...

Stuff to make you smile !! Add your,s !!!

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here you go the Stap Stix are on me... 00

Whoop whoop..

I think it's hilarious and fitting that the song playing in the back ground is "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen ?

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Thank you lovely peeps.... You guys keep me going ....I know I can come here...and find something to laugh about...even if it's laughing at myself .... It's nice to know...friends are always at the end of pushing a few buttons...xxxxx

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-20 Wow Ladies!

I'm working on providing the cookies for the parties but it may take a while.....

All of the Summerbies have their 1/2 decade are coming up, which is amazing, isn't it?! I have to admit that I love seeing the newbie milestones... 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, 4 months, 6 months, etc... these accomplishments are HUGE, perhaps dare I say even more huge than the 5 year mark? Definitely more huge IMO, you guys are the real MVPs...

@notsmokinjo I do not... lol. I actually prefer pools to oceans because I know when I enter one I become part of the food chain (not necessarily at the top). ?

Cuter than a glow-worm??

^^^^ Thanks D! This is a great post and tells it like it is. Deal with what ever issues you may face in life without smoking. If you go back to smoking, you're just avoiding the issues you are facing. How is that helping you? Hugs and support to GITW and Jo who are both facing significant health issues during their quits. Huge respect to both

Congratulations @CAquitter for being smoke free for 4 months. We done CAq. What a great quit you have going. Tha's one third of a year you have been free and quit. What a fantastic effort. You contributions in the games threads are fantastic and we hope you are proud of all your achievements because we certainly are. Make sure you reward yourself today, and as a very special treat we have organised for you to have tomorrow off and some fireworks. So for CAquitter keep burning your way through this quit...

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NOPE!!!!!! Definitely not on my 6 month anniversary date -- no way

This clip makes me laugh every time...

-5 ... I'll make you a sandwhich Pork Chop... I have vegemite, vegemite and cheese, vegemite and avocado, or tripple soke gypsy ham... what would you like?... I could make you a fairy bread sandwhich.

The other lightning bugs ?

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Aye, aye Captain! My crew is assembled and ready to start cleaning up.

My experience with smoking dreams, and it might be typical? - In the dream, smoking feels the way we imagine in waking life when we get hit with a crave. You know how we think it will be awesome (yet know better). In the dreams we are aware that we are relapsing but do not care, like it is no big deal. Upon wakening, there is worry and a rush of guilt like, "Did I give up my quit so easy? How could I be so stupid?" Once we wake enough to realize it was just a dream it is a relief. Strangely enough, it is the same kind of relief we felt as smokers when we lit up again. The good news though is that we do not have craves just because of a silly dream. So basically if someone does have a smoking dream, worry not because it won;t ruin your quit in any way.

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Time for a another update... Been up all night again....Tony,s health took a nose dive...his blood is not holding a steady rate of oxygen ,if fell to 80 /%. This causes all kinds of problems.. Which can lead to cardiac....confusion... Tired....feeling all together unwell He also is on the verge of any bout of phuomonia... So needs a whack of antibiotics.... Every time he gets phuomonia ,it weakens his lungs further.... Emphysema is not good in extreme weathers....so this spell of extreme heat will not help.... So after doctors advice....he was taken to hospital by ambulance... Just when you think..yep.... Things are pretty crap just now...we have been thrown a huge spanner in the works... He has recently been diagnosed with Vascular Dementia.... And is undergoing test to see exactly which part of the brain has been effected... We already more or less know....it's the I don't care about anything part...which is found in the frontal area....but tests will proove this... Of course this will progress too.... If any one here is pondering whether they are doing the right thing...and miss a smoke....please read this thread from the beginning.. It's not just your life that gets ruined...your partner and your family suffer too.... Until next time. KTQ....

Dark (as pitch black if there was a blackout) about 6.15pm... Sunrise as in bright enough to turn your headlights off...7.30am ish. I din't think we had lightening bugs here (although we call them fireflies) but I was wrong, they have them in parts of NSW, QLD & NT. Down here though we have glow worms... they only exist in NZ & Australia and are really rare... they live in caves, I know of 3 caves in Victoria you can see them, there is a theme part for them in QLD I am pretty sure there are sights n NSW and Tassie and I know they have a big tourist cave for them in NZ... they aren't really worms, they are really gnat maggots but glow worms sounds so much cooler. Anyway these are the ones nearest me, just out of Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road..

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@reciprocity you got that Lido Deck spick and span for our very special 5 year celebration on the 7th??? I warned you it was going to be a bug couple of weeks so you best get Cheif Pierre to pull his finger out.... 7th has Nancy's 5 year woohoo to freedom, so that lido deck had better be shining cos Nancy's a classy chick not like some of us and she deserves the best. We also have a 5 year shout out for someone who used to be a regular, a couple of 2 year recliner parties, a massive 6 year celebration mid month, a 3 year drinks, another 5 year and a 4 year shout out and we bring home the month with a brand new inductee to the Lido Deck and a 2 year recliner party.... so best get your minions ready for some tidying up cos its one busy month. Clearly July is a very good month to quit.

Congratulations @Wee fluffy me for being 11 months smoke free! Well done our great Fluffy one. You have achieved so much and the Lido Deck is within sight now. Can't wait to help you celebrate your big first year quit next month but for now lets celebrate all the battles you have faced, fought and won on the way to 11 months. May you quitaversary be purple, fluffy and full of unicorns. Keep up your great work.

So first time I've ever seen that. I was the only member online in the forum at 9:33 PM EDT Not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed that I have nothing to do on a Summer Sat. night but come on here? Oh well, Let's celebrate anyway. That will be a table for three (Me, Myself & I)

Hi doreen, i was thinking, thats good you can still have a sense of humour throughout bad times. But i thought that might be inappropriate for me to say. But since you said it, thats great doreen. I cant begin to imagine what you are going through but glad you can still have a laugh somehow. Keep us posted and lets keep having a laugh too xx

Oh my giddy aunt.. thank you so much everybody.... I can't believe I've made it all the way to 11 months ... though the last 4 have seriously flown by and I am loving the new smoke free more confident me? I had a fantastic day on Sunday spent having a picnic with my family in the sunshine at a palace with unicorns.. what more could I want.. and even though my son was puffing like a lumb I didn't give it a second thought..!! So thank you one and all for your support, kind words, fabulous pictures and to friends old and new and a special thank you to @notsmokinjo for posting mine and everyone's celebration, more so in light of the everything on her plate with recent news.. luv ya hunni xx Oh my fluffin hell.?. I'll never have another puff it's NOPE... NOPE... NOPE.. NOPE..... All the way for me..???? Bikini.. hahahahahahahahaha that takes work and time to get one of them on and not to mention that my calorie reduction isn't working too well and I'm more likely to be harpooned if I show to much flesh than swooned over then there's the fact that the hedging needs a major prune at the very least !!? keep in it real peeps.. keep in it real..? OMG.... OMG...OMG... I'm doing this I'm really doing this.......!!

Is my bbq pathetic?

Woohoo! -3 who's getting sandwiches for StewieTech? hahahaha

-7 shouldnt you girls be making me a sandwich by now? its so strange seeing you girls outside of the kitchen ?

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I miss lightning bugs too having grown up in Alabama. We don't get them in California ? We used to catch em and put the light from their butts all over our t-shirts lol