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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required.) manly boat harbour

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Nope New pedestrian bridge in Glasgow

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I'm sensing a pattern here; thanks to Cbdave Nope! Famous Canadian Sailing Scooner-Bluenose II; Leaving it's slip in the early morning mist of Lunenburg; Nova Scotia

NOPE!! View from Mt Erie Washington. I use to live at the base in front of Campbell Lake (with the island in it) for 30 years. We ski in the summer and ice skate in the winter. The large body of water is the Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. The Mountain in the distance is Mt. Rainier. I still live 20 miles away and go up to this lookout often.

Not One Puff Ever! Hogs Back Falls in Ottawa Ontario is a five minute walk from my place. "Looking over the brink of Hogs Back Falls (Prince of Wales Falls) towards the high rises of Ottawa as seen from the bridge and dam controlling the flow of the Rideau River" (kaiteandacamera Instagram 2024)

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Nope! The name of the large Catamaran in your pic today @Cbdave

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required.)

NOPE!! Boothbay Harbor, Maine Belfast, Maine

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Good morning, This is another gem from my quitnet library. I re-read it this morning.. I wrote at the time that "once I internalize this new awareness (that smoking had anything to do with reducing or alleviating stress) , I (would) never have this psychological desire to smoke again!!! The only caveat is that this remains true as long as I do not have that next puff. If I smoke a cigarette. Gues what? The brain starts screaming for nicotine again. The desire to want to smoke goes away if we do not smoke. Keep your quit! I want a cigarette! From MutinyFever on 2/16/2005 2:42:26 PM I want a cigarette. The craving's been on me for days. I want one, and I want one now. I want to smoke it down to the filter. Huhn. Yeah. Big time addict jones. Stress, unemployment, worries, kids, my wife's health, all are weighing me down and I want to smoke, because addicts try to change their existential circumstances by changing their body chemistry. It doesn't work of course, but that is the failed way my mind desires. Of course, I won't smoke. I learned this lesson the hard way. I lost a quit, a very long, very successful quit, before because I believed a cigarette would help, that one cigarette was safe, that it wouldn't hurt. Oh boy, did it ever hurt! Michael 865 Saturday, January 14, 2006 From Gym_Genecanuck’s Journal This post from Michael hit a note with me when I first read it and the message is as relevant to me today as it was back in February 2005. My old way to deal with any kind of stressful event was to run to smokes to change my body chemistry. For some reason, I had this mistaken belief that cigarettes made me feel better. Well, I am sure that the nicotine temporarily gave my brain some stimulation and I made the mistaken connection that smoking had something to do with making me feel better and relieving the stressful feelings. This assumption was WRONG before and it is WRONG today!!!! I am attempting to write a Term Paper and I always feel anxiety when I write Term Papers. I know that this mistaken belief that smoking will somehow help is just that… A MISTAKEN BELIEF. I was WRONG to belief that smoking had any real connection to helping me feel better in any way, shape, or form. Once I internalize this new awareness, I will never have this psychological desire to smoke again!!! 61 Days smoke free; Two months, fifteen hours smoke free

Good morning @tocevoD. I remember how discouraging it felt when I lost a previous quit because of drinking. I know how strong that pull is to want to smoke when you are drinking and having fun with friends. That one got me last time. I live with a partner that smokes and I find myself having to actively practice relapse prevention thinking when I know I am going to have a few drinks with him. I avoid going outside when he goes to smoke. I am aware when that stinking thinking creeps in that I can have just one puff. I know that when I feel fuzzy headed, I will have thoughts that its just ok to smoke. I challenge my stinking thinking when I have that false belief that smoking will enhance any pleasure I am feeling. Smoking never enhances any pleasure or fun. When I put nicotine back into my body, I know that the brain starts to scream that it wants more, more more and more nicotine. And then I am back into smoking madness fight or flight mode. I decided that I won't stop living. I will be around smokers. I will have a few drinks. BUT, I can re-wire my brain by acknowledging that having cigarettes during these life events has nothing to do with enhancing pleasure, satisfaction or reducing any stress. It just activates the need for more nicotine. Recently, I found that I can go into situations where others are smoking and choose not to smoke. And the more I experience those situations as a non smoker, the more that stinking thinking goes away. The urge to smoke only lasts about three to five minutes and it passes. And for me, this is part of my road to recovery. You have some really good self awareness @tocevoD. Just get right back on your smoke free path and keep your quit.

Still sunny; hot & humid today without much breese; in fact none! September 16th; go figure

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Welcome aboard the train Asphodelian. You have just made the best and most important decision of your life. Always remember, you deserve to be smoke free and happy. So, grab a seat and take in all this site has to offer. We will have your back no matter what.

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Today it's gonna be around 80 and humid but by the weekend, back into the low 70s which I love.

Its cloudy with the sun poping out of the sky in Ottawa today.

Don’t want to spoil things here . The sun is out ….shhh

Need a little help, please... Quitnet Re-post, December 29, 2003 Good morning, This is another quitnet gem. Keeping our quits has a lot to do with our attitude. Keep a positive attitude.:) RE: Need a little help, please... From jomo1 on 2/10/2004 9:28:06 AM Keep Your Attitude High!!! From BilliB on 12/29/2003 5:10:05 PM Just a few thoughts to share on how to not get totally overwhelmed during the early part of your quit. The world is filled with plenty of negative things that create pressure and stress in our lives. Our job is to focus on being positive, empowered and making decisions that will lift us up unto higher ground. Our minds are a powerful tool. Don't let it run amuck with all kinds of negative thoughts. Be in charge of your own destiny. YES, you can do this. Keep your life simple; get rid of any extra baggage you are carrying around. In every situation look for the good. You may have to go through plenty of garbage, but the good is there........ Seek it out!! Feeling the craves bad? Go wash your kitchen floor. Or clean your bathroom really clean. Go through your drawers, get rid of things you don't wear or use anymore. Wash your windows......... do activities that will help to clean out your environment. Don't sit and focus on how bad the cravings are ~ kick them out, by being busy doing positive things that will enhance your life. If you feel your self slipping, pull up, just like an airplane that was going into a dive........ PULL UP YOUR ATTITUDE!! Put on some music, really loud, dance around, move, laugh at yourself. Get the energy flowing in your body again. Good energy that will fill you up with an abundance of "good feelings". "Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are." --Norman Vincent Peale You are stronger then you realize. You hold your destiny in your own hands. Keep Your Attitude High!!! ~ Billi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sky.....hope this helps, jo

LOL! I have been on a boat on Lake Champlain last year when we were in Burlington, VT. Very nice lake and city. They told us all about Champ! It started getting hot and humid again here as well but I think by the end of the week it's supposed to cool down. Summer is really trying to hang on.

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@Reciprocity Ohh yeah that plane was very old!! I think they did away with smoking on planes back in the late 80, maybe early 90s. I know they banned smoking in offices here in the States back around 87/88. @DenaliBlues I know it smelled so bad but we did it anyway. One job that I had there was a smoking room and it smelled so bad in there that it was so nauseating. After that we had to go outside to smoke which actually was better than that room. But, I'm totally glad I don't need to find a place now.

I think the smoking lounges are gone now. But I recall them so vividly. And I’m right there with you, QG… I totally used to book a seat in the smoking section on long cross-country flights, and I always chose the smoking cars on Amtrak, too. I hated all that smoke and ash in close quarters, but I did it anyway. Addiction is such a bonkers thing.

How about the time they had smoking on planes, way back in the day! I am dating myself for sure...LOL!! It was so stupid though because right in front of the first row of smoking was the last seat in non smoking and it made no sense. Although I think some of the planes had a whole section but there was no ventilation and the smoke made it's way into the cabins in front. Yeah trying to find a place to smoke was always on my mind. If I couldn't smoke for hours, I would be climbing the walls. I am so thankful that I don't have to worry about that anymore!

I just remember how gross they were and how I was always embarrassed to go into one because it was all glassed in with a huge suction thing trying to suck all the smoke out of the cubicle. Good God!!! What were we thinking? Power of addiction I suppose and that always got a work out when flying. The fear of not being able to light up for hours Freedom tastes a whole lot better than a smoke ever did

NOPE! Remember the smoking lounges in St. Louis years ago. My birthplace and would fly back a couple times to see Mom. They have been gone for at least 10 years but I recall a fellow out of the terminal saying they still had them in Atlanta, Would doubt they still are.

OMG! Do they still have those in some airports I remember going into one of those somewhere many years ago when I was still a smoker and even then, they were unbearable!!

@tocevoD the most important thing is that you re-started your quit. Let the relapse reinforce your understanding of the slippery slope… the Stinkin Thinkin that lures you into lighting up again. Smack it down with a big NOPE!

Really Hot & Humid this past week here: Today's weather: (feels like 93F with the humidity factored in)

Boo @tocevoD, what a bummer you smoked, you were doing so well. Maybe you should try letting us help you through a bad crave? Its worked for many of us including myself so its worth a try.......

Sorry you decided to smoke again , Resetting your tracker is the right thing to do . Knowing your danger signs is a good start, you can make plans and have some tools ready to use.. Many of us stayed away from Alcohol until we felt stronger . Ive seen countless of quits list due to drinking Msybe this is something that may help in the future

This is great news! I’m excited for you. Thanks for updating us.

Keep up the great work @tocevoD

What a great update, @tocevoD!! So glad that you are making headway and are putting smoking behind you. You’re smart to stay vigilant… this addiction is wily and tends to lurk in the tall grass for a while. Stay strong - you CAN do it. (You ARE doing it!) NOPE… Not One Puff Ever.

Little update. Coming up to 3weeks 3days in the next few hours. It may seem like I am counting the days because I've just posted that but that couldn't be further from the truth. Truth is I've hardly ever thought about it. I haven't been back the gym as yet. That's the next step. I'm wary of doing too much too soon and crashing and burning. I know the pitfalls and dangers from previous quits. The bravado that can bring you down. I've still got a few big hurdles to pass. The next one is probably the biggest. So I need to keep plugging on the way I am doing.

@tocevoD Everyday it will get easier. Just keep focused on that freedom.

Your positivity on this quit being THE QUIT is a good thing. Keep up that attitude and carry on day by day. The magic of time will heal your desire for nicotine. Nothing beats being quit!

That's awesome @tocevoD, ☺

Good on you! Your positive attitude will carry you far. I, too, lost a multi-year quit. I did ok with abstention, but never really tackled recovery or confronted the underlying addiction. As a result, I let that quit slip away, for stupid reasons that it was all too easy to rationalize. But no more stinkin thinkin. This time is different for me, too. Stay vigilant, especially during times when you’re feeling down or bored - that’s when temptation likes to pounce. You’re DOING this @tocevoD!!

I dropped him off today at his mum's about 8:30. These are the days I would have been straight the shop for a 20 pack. Not today. Had a couple of urges before dropping him off. Low level ones. "I'll drop him off and get some bifters." They were batted away pretty easily. I'm feeling good this time around. As I say, done a massive quit in the past. This feels more sustainable than that one. This feels like 'THE QUIT'

What a great feeling when you wake up and know your quit is intact Your doing great

Had the smoking dreams today. I remember these from the last time I went full on quit for a few years. At the start, about a week in, I'd have dreams of smoking or dreams of trying to get ciggies. Its like one of them frontiers you've got to get over.

Way to go @tocevoD! Keep it up! Enjoy your time with your son. Keep busy.

Weighed myself yesterday when I went for a swim with my son. Was a massive, for me, 13st 12lb. That is massive for me because I was a regular swimmer, runner and biker not a long time ago. Would regularly do 10k runs. Its proof that smoking brings with it a multitude of bad habits. Not everyone will suffer the same but I can't exercise when I'm a smoker, my eating habits become fuddled aswell. Time to put the whole lot back in check. I'm heading towards 50 years of age. This quit needs to be part of a wider health kick. Weighing myself and looking in the mirror has given me that kick up the arse.