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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.

want to squeeze all celebration hours out of my 12th anniversary and thank Cbdave for tirelessly keeping this thread alive. NOPE for me, today and all days to come.

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Not today.

N.O.P.E. 🙏

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.

NOPE!

NOPE for today!

NOPE

NOPE!

NOPE!

NOPE…

Hello darling nicotine free creatures and those ready to be free. My anniversary...how many years? Twelve maybe. Forgotten as years of freedom expand but surely remember those first seconds that lasted forever turning begrudgingly into minutes before the next crave wave would hit. Craves did not capture me. I held my ground. But honestly, gave this, my quitting 'experiment' a year. If I didn't feel better after a year, I could always go back to smoking. Never would have surfaced sans nicotine had I not begun to learn about addiction, what addiction does, how to circumvent brain patterns. Information available on this site and others, Joel Spitzer's straightforward videos taking the voodoo out of it. I read voraciously as my understandings emerged as a reliable personal strength, learning what was going on in my brain, how to change. How to jump start clean endorphins by rewarding myself with joyous thoughts, sights, things. Life lessons applicable to many varied situations. I knew I would not smoke anymore; I broke the chains. After a year of nicotine free lurking, I joined QTrain to thank all the people that helped me unknowingly and pointed me towards needed materials. Being part of the community was rewarding, I count many as friends and think I helped some. Certainly, flooded the train with posts, sharing more information I drudged up. For newbies or those lurking, remember that freedom from addiction is well within your power. Yes, there will be gnarly times, but these will not kill you. Smoking will. And if not kill, make your living a slow breathless dying and for what? for greasing the pockets of corporations leaving your families bereaved? for indulging an addiction that robs you of Living? WTF ? You pay, if not with your life than with the quality of your life, the quality of your death! Those things are beastly HARD. But you know that, we all know that... some of you are ridden with guilt over it. STOP IT PLEASE! My purpose in this note is to inspire you to quit and hold on to your resolve because I KNOW your freedom is within your power. You CAN. You WILL. Beating addiction is temporarily difficult and profoundly rewarding in short time. Short Time. So, read up. Educate yourself. Know you are not alone. Realize you can choose Freedom in every breath, every day and bask in gratitude that you chose Life. Your Life. I smile about, my experiment in quitting for a year to see how I liked it. It is the best thing I have done for myself, hands down. There will be no going back as NOPE etches deeper into my grey matter. NOPE. Not One Puff. EVER. Never ever Never.

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N.O.P.E. 🙏

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NOPE!!

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NOPE for today!

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Gday Thems fighting words. You don’t need to win like that. You will tire of that. It’s a journey…. Not a battle. Take one step. A withdrawal hits you. You wait . Your still here… it’s gone. when you were fighting every one it was tough But now you just wait…,, and they go away. Not forever but when they return…. But not as strong…. Cause you’ve taken thier power way.

Three trees & a woodpecker It is hard to find a joke today without a dirty word or two in it, but Here is one: Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods. A small Tree begins to grow between them, and the beech says to the birch, 'Is that a son of a beech or a son of a birch?" The birch says he cannot tell, but just then a woodpecker lands on the sapling. The birch says, "Woodpecker, you are a tree expert. Can you tell if that is a son of a beech or a son of a birch?' The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree and replies, 'It is neither a son of a beech nor a son of a birch. It is, however, the best piece of ash I have ever poked my pecker into.' Now wipe that smile off your face.