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Our friend is just testing the water ...

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Wait for me!

...Got to be kidding me... have to bring my own then... cant trust these party people...

I see it, I see it! Boat's coming .................... Oops ... wrong boat. Don't worry, it'll be here soon

^^Euro friendly explicit language version^^ Ohhh, I just cant wait any longer! 'I got my swim trunks, and my flippie-floppies...'

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One day at a time...sometimes one hour or one minute at a time....NOPE!!

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Wow... this! Stroopwafels – the gems of the Netherlands The company Van Meer’s has created a Stroopwafel liqueur, which imitates the taste of our favourite Dutch snack, but with 14.7% alcohol added. With tastes such as cinnamon, caramel and slight nutty notes, this makes it the drink of gods. It’s already won a gold medal at a World Spirits competition, so we know it’s going to be lekker. https://dutchreview.com/culture/food/if-you-thought-eating-stroopwafels-was-good-well-you-can-drink-them-now-too/

I cant wait!! I'll bring a million stroopwafels! Sooo excited!

Congratulations Grund on 2 years smoke free! That's something to celebrate for sure! Hope you get out there and treat yourself to something really special. I'll bet you never get tired of those benefits gained by being a nonsmoker

Congratulations MLMR on your arrival to the coveted Lido Deck! In honour of this occasion we would like to present you with your very own Lido pin that you can display with pride from this day forward You've done such an amazing job with your quit and I know there will be a parade of people offering their own personal accolades and good wishes for this occasion. I don't want to steal any of their thunder by babbling on and on so I will just say that you have done an amazing thing for not only yourself by quitting smoking for a full year but also by leaving a legacy behind for others following in your footsteps. Your Introsucktion thread will be a guiding light for so many new quitters. Now let's get this party started!! This is YOUR DAY MLMR! Enjoy to the fullest

Congratulations and welcome to the lido deck MLMR it's been a privilege to watch your journey and I couldn't be happier for you. You had a mountain to conquer and watching you conquer it has been amazing. You've left a legacy for so many behind you and I really hope you realize just how important your thread is. So without further ado, I am channeling my inner Jane to bring you this in case she doesn't make it by:

Hi Jazzmine! Welcome to the Train and congrats on over 6 years quit I'm certainly no expert on dreams, but I would think it probably has nothing to do with you subconsciously wanting to smoke or still craving to smoke but rather some sort of imprint on your brain that was crafted during all the years you smoked and it is somehow summonsed when you dream? That's my best guess anyway but the important thing is that you don't act on it. What you do when you're awake is the critical thing so just keep the quit you have. That's all you really need to do. Feel free to hang around if you like. We're a pretty close group here who all have one thing in that we are all quitters and stick around to try and help others looking to put their nicotine addiction to sleep.

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Watching the news and apparently Dim-Wit Donny has managed to piss off even Denmark by cancelling his state visit there due to comments made about him wanting to buy Greenland from them. Why the concern over this? If you look at a map of Denmark, it's almost the spitting image of Batman. Would YOU want Batman pissed off at you?

I'll take #3 cuz I have no idea what you're talking about

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Yay! Michelle. Never give up giving up. NOPE is the best way to start. I am so glad you are back!

EXACTLY! And when I come back and browse and read through people's posts, I cringe at the words I read when people break their quit because they echo my junkie voice, and I want to shake them awake from it and say "that's not you! that's the chemical speaking through you!" but I know I could barely tolerate hearing that when I first came here for help.

more cocktails while I'm on my Euro Trash Tour

Nearly 10 days. Real headache, binge eating and feeling down.. What did you guys did to overcome ?

You just ruined my dinner! I want that stuff

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I found this site online while I was searching for the answer to a question. I quit smoking almost 6-1/2 years ago and have not had one puff of anything since. I despise the smell of cigarette smoke. But WHY do I still smoke in my dreams? At least once a week I have a dream and I'm smoking in it. After this long, certainly the habits and cravings are long gone so why on Earth do I smoke cigarettes in my dreams? The only "answer" I found online is I'm craving nicotine, which I'm clearly not. Thank you in advance for any insights. Jazz

Congratulations on your first year MLMR! Well done!

Welcome aboard the Lido MLMR! Have a seat, get a drink and relax. What a climb!! Congratulations on one year!! You deserve all the accolades!

Thank you all! I have woken up, upset that I've broken my quit. It's so strange to me! I definitely think I romanticized smoking in the sense that I always felt it calmed me, which is a normal reaction to feeding an addiction. There are still RARE times I think having a drag would be amazing, BUT then I think it would taste like ass and I see other people smoking and it looks and smells disgusting. I also would never disappoint myself by smoking again. Being a quitter is amazing!

interesting question Jazzmine. I too have dreams where I am smoking to this day -- and I mean I fully experience smoking so much I feel like I have broken my quit upon waking up. As said above I believe it is imprinted in the brain as are other experiences you have gone thru. So long as it is not in your daily waking life and you are not really craving I believe that you are good. And by the way awesome job on the 6 1/2 year quit!!! By the way not a weird question, I have asked or mentioned here a couple/three times!!!!!!

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#1 is a big fat lie. If I had to try to eat sushi once a week I would be fasting once a week. Love seafood, but cook it please (except maybe a raw oyster here and there), and hold the seaweed. Not a big fan of other fish in general, and raw is not an option. Somehow even the vegetarian sushi tastes like fish oil.

2...cos there's naught else

Saving $7 a day in my big mason jar was a big motivator to stay quit.

Glad to see both Michelle and NoNic back on the NOPE board -- glad that both of you are still in there----Keep Strong!!!!

So great to see you back NoNic! How's things going?

Great job Ikea on reaching 10 days Keep in mind that these quit symptoms are a temporary result of your early quit and will right themselves with time. You're like every one of us here .... a nicotine addict and when you first start depriving your body of nicotine and your mind of the habitual aspects of smoking, they both rebel in the form of some pretty uncomfortable symptoms for a while. These will pass with time. Are you drinking lots of water? Make sure you are not getting dehydrated which could be the cause of your headaches? If you can't get those under control with plenty of fluids and over the counter headache pills then see a Dr. for that one. Part of the eating issue is probably because smoking is used by many of us to suppress our appetite. Now, that's changed so to fill the void you want to eat. Try and make healthy snacks available to munch on throughout your day. And don't worry about a little weight gain. You can address that later when your quit is secure. It's also normal to feel down in the early days. Quitting is a huge change to your normal routine. It's like you have lost a big part of who you used to be when in reality, you are gaining back your health, wealth and your freedom! That's a good thing! Try and focus your thoughts on the positives you are seeing by quitting. and be sure to reward yourself for small accomplishments along the way. Treat yourself kindly during these early days because, quitting is tough at first but it does graduall get better and better. Keep moving forward Ikea - doing just fine

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