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Hello fellow NOPErs ... so today is International Tartan Day so I hope the wee's have theirs out.... in Australia we are lucky... because we also have National Lamington Day... so despite a nice cuppa tea to wash down our lamingtons today we have the option to wash them down with scotch and justify it as a joint celebration. NOPE .... not today, not tomorrow, not ever, forever.

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It's a NOPE over here... Welcome aboard Andi... When your ready pop in the introduction thread ,and say hi..you'll get a warm welcome there...

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I had a craft show today, sometimes if it's a show close to her house, my sister will come halfway through the show to give me a bathroom break - (and used to be a smoke break, too). She came in and sat down & the smoke smell nearly gagged me! I looked around because I felt like my fellow crafters sitting beside & behind me were probably ready to hurl also. Normally it doesn't bother me at all. I was actually embarrassed. The smell dissipated after awhile, but YUCK. I sure am glad I never smelled like that!!!!!!

Ok....let´s stop right here CanDoCouldBe..... I started smoking when I was 12. I smoked for more than 30 years in most years 2 packs a day, so I am not impressed how long you have smoked, or how much you smoked. And most people who are here, will say the same thing. The thing that we all have in common, is that we are nicotine addicts. We fed this addiction by smoking cigarettes. And in the process, we did much damage for many years to our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. What you are not realizing, is that you have been living the past 47 years with "physical, emotional, and mental distress", because nicotine addiction made you 47 years ago an emotional, mental, physical, and (must add this - spiritual) slave to smoking tobacco. You are stuck in the addiction as a slave, and are comfortable with all the garbage that it has brought into your life. That is what the addiction does to you, however you are on the inside of the addiction looking to the outside....and those of us who have quit and have a long time living as ex-smokers, we are on the outside looking back to where you are right now on the inside. We already know the road that it is ahead of you. If you decide to quit, you will never regret it, and we can be with you every day as you start your journey. I quit cold turkey, and it was really easy to do once I made the decision to end the slavery. That is what you are as a smoker.......*A SLAVE*, and *IN PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS* 24 hours a day, as you said in your first post. Put a date in the close future as your quit date, and join us. We say often "jump, and we will catch you". It is never too late to quit smoking, and there are so many long-term benefits that quitting smoking brings to you that you cannot even imagine at this point in life. Life is so wonderful as a non-smoker, that the only regret I have in life, is that I did not quit many years earlier. I am so in love with my freedom, and with my life! Every new day as a non-smoker, is a beautiful gift that I have given to myself. And the only reason why I am here, typing these words to you, spending my own personal time to do this, is to try to bring this same beauty and meaning, to you. Here, on the other side, unicorns really sh*t rainbows.....life is that good as a non-smoker. Cristóbal

Thank you!

NOPE - I don't smoke anymore. Welcome to QuitTrain, Andi!

Nope- never again, thank you.

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G'day NOPE starts this day C

^^^^^^ What am I meant to do with that @WeegieWoman ?!!

Hi exercise buddies! It's great to "see" you all and to see that you're still keeping fit! I haven't been around in a while but rest assured I've been keeping pretty consistently active with my workouts. I've added yoga and I think I've pretty much thrown in the towel on spinning- at least until I come across an instructor whose music I like. When you're not into the music, that hour sure can drag and why do something you're hating? Today: Zumba and kickboxing.

Congratulations @Grund for being 11 months smoke free! What a fantastic job you have done to be quit now for 11 whole months, well done. Only one month to go for that biggest of mile stones, the 1 year of freedom and entrance to the Lido Deck. Hope you're doing something fabulous to celebrate and treat yourself.

G'day NOPE for today C

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NOPE - Smoking sucks!

Here's a nice clean Scottish one for you to ride... an I know its Scottish cos its wearing its tartan...

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As if 'Dick In A Box' wasn't enough. ^^^^^^^^^ Now, some sweaty and oh so sincere, El

My hubs has pleural plaqes...and Emphysema..... Back in his days as a Lagger...working with Asbestos...and Smoking...were both not considered dangerous..until it was prooved... By the time they banned Asbestos ,the damage was already there... He chose to carry on smoking ,even after all the dangers were prooved...smoking was bad for you... He carried on until he physically couldn't take another puff... The outcome 16 hrs a day on oxygen... The government here ...stopped all claims for pleural plaqe...there were too many...it has to be cancer related now... I still feel educated the young in schools ..at a early age...they still teach cooking...why not addiction ..and the damage it can cause...

Do what now Jo...? I don't see a saddle and no way I'm going bareback cos I don't know where it's been...

AKA ... the Great Schism!

You carnt help but smile !!!!

Because asbestos in most uses was not a choice made by the individual. Companies used it in factories, exposing unknowing workers to it, and sold products containing asbestos as a fire proofing material. It should be and is regulated now. Anyone born after 1964 (the surgeon generals report) knows that smoking is bad for your health, it is not forced on anybody. If you want to talk about advertising and such or how tobacco companies market it, well that's a different argument.

Jet-black has a point. Why come here to tell us you can't quit because it's too hard. This reminds me of a topic on the former QSMB. An 80+ year old woman was essentially asking for permission to keep smoking. When you're asking that question on a support forum for quitting you already know the answer before you post, else why come here. If you want someone to tell you to keep smoking, there are plenty of pro-smoking forums that will not only tell you to continue smoking, but to increase your smoking. But you are here, not there. So I'm guessing you want to quit no?

Am I the only one wondering what the hell the point of this thread even is? It would be like if my super overweight room mate went on a fitness forum and said, "I could go to the gym and hurt, sweat, run out of breath or i could sit on my fat butt and scarf down another entire bag of candy. Decisions decisions". The only difference of course is on fitness forums, everyone calls each other "brah" or whatever young testosterone calls it's fellow males trying to be hyper masculine.

Hi Beazel, it's GREAT to hear from you! Glad your craft show helped solidify your quit

Omg @Sslippy , its totally amazing, I've been a few times.. you really really need to go it's magical honestly....

Aawww Jo, I love Brugge soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much????????????? Dublin

Amarillo cos I just love that song and always imagined what the place was like and I love armadillows and wondered as they sound similar if you get armadillows in Amarillo? And I used to play the song all the time ma wee mammy had it on a 45...?

Ah yes I too remember your quit gang grund, and now here you are 11 months later and most of your quit buddies are here with you Congratulations and I hope you do something to celebrate today

Huge congratulations on your 11 months Grund. It seems so recent that you were forming a quit gang with Hydra, Wee me, Moominmumma, and Lab rat, but the months have in fact gone by and here you are approaching 1 year. Well done.

Ive looked out an outfit for slippy, what do u think?

Ride it???? ?

OH yeah @Sslip, I thought Beiber had been genetically engineered by the Canadians in a secret lab as a secret inside joke that was a Fvck You to the rest of the world because they aren't really as nice as we all believe its part of their very cunning plan.... but to say thank you for your "wonderfully" painful dedication I racked my christmas catalogue and thought this one would be perfect for you:

I had no objections @Rozuki my 13 phobia is not liking this part of the game at all... I appreciated your fast forward... I was worried my fact post might be confussing but it was interesting ... and it gave Sslip something to do for a while so it was a win all around.