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Are your hands and feet always cold? Mine were. Until I quit smoking. I knew smoking affected my lungs and blood pressure. I've been on blood pressure medicine since my late 30's and instead of quitting smoking I chose to have tubal ligation surgery because my Dr wouldn't prescribe birth control after 40 years old IF I WAS A SMOKER. But I never contributed my cold feet and hands to smoking until I quit. When you lose circulation to your extremities you risk the loss of limb. I wish I remembered just how far into my quit I was before I noticed it but at the time I was too concerned about my bleeding gums to even notice. Turned out this too was the new flow of blood due to quitting and within a month or so my gums had color back to them. Many of our members have had tens of thousands of work done to restore their teeth after quitting. As far as my hands and feet are concerned, they've never been warmer. So why am I bringing this up three years after quitting? Because I don't want to ever forget where I came from. So for anyone still on the fence about quitting, all you need to do is search our forum with the keyword circulation and you'll find many former smokers who had these issues too. And you'll also see how much better they got after they quit smoking.

My brother is one of those weird smokers in that he can do without them for periods of time - a week, a month etc. Having said that, he's been vaping for a couple of years so all smokers are addicts however many or often they smoke, as we all know. He's been enquiring about my quit and encouraging me because he knows about the circulation problem in my leg. We were chatting on the phone about all this and he said, "Right, I'm chucking the e-cig away and joining you." If he's made up his mind he can do it and I'll keep the pressure on him. He's not really a forum person so I doubt he will join here but I can post updates for him. Well done my brother Nigel.

Positively NOPE !!!!!

Very hard to change anyone's behavior. Good example is the best way as they need to have the "want to quit" on their own. Good work

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WOOHOO!!!!!

Oh Boy .... 1st in Nope!

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The wife was talking about maybe doing a cruise out of Southhampton (where ever that is) and something about going to London too maybe. We'll see what happens. Talk is cheap. It's when she starts making reservations that I know it's actually happening

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1 The chicks have taken to cheating like mad see previous 3 pages. Their last "win" is totally invalid. jillar and abby being the main culprits I think they should be suspended for 7 days

That is awesome! Congratulations Nigel!!

Hey !!!.....That's a sneaky way of recruiting some sticks ..

Way to go Nige!

Figures! +1 Some days, even the cat's against ya!

And maybe drop drop by the chicks or sticks game occasionally?

-19, take it away abby

Many mangy yaks

He copped a feel

Feel better soon @Vivianne, xoxo

-1 Heal quickly Miss V (at least you're not smoking on top of being sick )

Congratulations on 3y d2e8b8! I remember your first few weeks quit - now look at you!

Aww ..get well soon V !!❤

Let's just get to the heart of the issue, wots the bloody prize?

Awesome, Vivianne! The first week is a wonderful milestone. Please continue to stay vigilant. My junkie brain used to try to get me to smoke for the achievement.

In a few hours I can celebrate my 1 week and 1 day quit! I am looking foreward to the rest of my happy and healthier life! Yay me!

I'm @Sazerac's tag team lol

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Getting ready to go to the Royal Court Theatre ... See a show called ...Women don't play guitars..... Well apparently they do.!!!!.....and very well ... Food and drink ,music ...perfect ....

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Good Job!!!! Reward yourself with something, anything!!!

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Confession: My grandma taught me to always carry a stamp in my purse, just in case (No a stamp isn't what aussies call a condom, that would be franga, or dinger, or raincoat, c0(k sock), because you never know when you will need to send something.....except anytime i was down the pisser and was shitfaced and they had those cardboard beer coaster thingies I'd scab a biro from the bar (or one of those little keno pencils if I was at the sport club or rsl) and i'd turn the coaster thinging into a postcard and stick the stamp on it and drunk mail it to someone, somewhere.... usually someone I knew and not some random from the phone book, but not always.

Thanks, all. Don't really think of smoking these days. I will reiterate that without the support of folks, it wouldn't have happened. Total strangers stepping up to help others with their quit. And still doing it ....

Happy Trails @Sazerac and I hope we see you soon. The Chicks vs. Sticks game will definitely be easier while you are on vacation.