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Nope...not today!!!

G’day NOPE...... simple as that

Just had a random thought about the quit train. Haven’t logged on in a while and nice to see some familiar names. Still saying nope since 9-1-2013 and going strong. Smoking is nothing more than a distant memory for me. Hope all are well!!!

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COMING OUT OF IT ! Damn i love this job, just cant stand the negativity of this new Freaking manager.. Defended my self Friday and let him have it Both barrels, set him back on his heels and got some silence. reminded him of his errors mistakes that he has made and no one is pefect. Now its Saturday just my crew and I, Harmonizing and beebooping though the day. getting shit done, smiling, joking and really enjoying the time. So here I am with Bobby Mcferren singing ? For now I am just keeping the Faith !! Love myself, know I am great at what I do Just got to Keep a handle on my mouth. Yes I will speak and Yes I will be Heard, I will not run off at the mouth. Now I have to say this 10 times with out puking or laughing

Congratulations @Jengelsnew1!!! And it’s great that you logged on for this! I love it when the longer quits that aren’t as active on here as they once were log on to let us newbies see that we are going to survive and that we can do this because so many have done it before us and are still enjoying their smoke free lives!! You are !!

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Congratulations

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

Nope...not gonna do it!!

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@Katgirlletters please . Would like to continue the game . Thanks

Yes I am, I can do that can't I?

@Mac#23, if you steal a live anything from its home, isn’t that kidnapping, or, at the very least, kitnapping?

I will see if Mac23 will check for us, ok?

@jillar that's good , I'm sure the smoke would not be good for you with the health issue Are tornado warnings have been dropped to severe thunder storms to now.

@jillar yes they are common in the south. When I was growing up in Michigan they were rare. But it seems like the last 10 years they have become more common in the summer. Are you bothered by the fires out there?

Great to see you And good to here you are still smoke free .... congratulations....

I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel Now Comes the climb out, not sure if I want to start yet it is so cool and quite down here. I might just hang out for a while.

@jillar you know I'm not to tech savvy but I already knew, that lol I've used it a few times

@BKP thanks for your response . Wonderfully put . I do want to clarify my quit is not at risk , it's solid , ten years solid . I have to be vigelent tho because of a lesson I learned the hard way . Here at the least we have two people who have given away long term quits because addiction found an open door . I know two 14 year quitters who gave away theirs. How often an occurrence this is , I don't know . More research lol but I've always said I will be open about quitting and my experience so there are no surprises . I also know one lady who got addicted to the internet when she quit smoking . This may worry newbies or it may be helpful with all of you members sharing in this discussion . It opens the door I hope for them to research as well reputable addiction sites for more info and is a distraction while they get over a rough spot or crave . I'm hoping . Quitting was scary for most of us at first as well . We all have different thoughts and experiences I've noticed so what won't help one may help another . Do I have to think about smoking every day ? No . Do I have to work at this every day No . Just my writing ability lol . Not even every year do I get a circumstance that I may think of smoking but I gave away an eight year quit when I thought my quit was solid . I learned from that lesson to appreciate the peace I have but you never know addictions cunning ways. I only think of smoking everyday because I've journaled my experience quitting almost every day in that ten years and I also chose to stay on a quit site to help others while maintaining mine . My brother never thought about smoking after he quit , no support groups , nothing , put them down never talked about them again and moved on . To me it's I think it's quite a rarity in thirty years not to think once of smoking but perhaps not . His and my lifestyles are very very different . His stress level is very different from mine . He is male , I am female , are Quits different for makes and females or higher stress levels hmmmm more research , awareness and education . Thanks BKP for your addition to this post. I'm glad you added that , because after I posted I thought down the road in this post I have to be sure folks don't think there is never an end to smoking . Therecis , and it doesn't take long . I wouldn't trade this peace and freedom for the world . I am in however more stress now than I've ever been in my lifetime and you bet addiction took its chance .... for a second ! Lesson learned ... I don't have to listen past that second and it's become as natural as a flick of the bic lighter to turn it off . It's not a command . I can cope , newcomers can cope . We can all cope without them . Smoking may be an option , it may be an addiction but its a choice we can all have to smoke or take it off the table .

Addiction will be something to be cautious of for life . I have come to that realization for me anyway . I'm an addict and can easily go back smoking by choice and by spontaneity. If I don't choose smoking , I'll choose food and if I don't choose food it may be yo yo diets . Thank goodness alcohol has not been a consideration , nor has drugs but I can see I could easily rationalize another substance and justify it . So I have ten years quit . I do not struggle with my quit unless by choice or reaction . It would be nice to talk to a tobacco cessation specialist . I still after ten years quit have a lot of questions . I have only one brother who smoked and once he quit that was it . Does he ever think of smoking ? Never he says and it's been thirty years maybe more than that since he's smoked . I often wonder does how long we smoke attribute at all to how successful a quit might be ? Is it easier to quit if you've smoked casually or only a few years compared to a two packer and many years ? I know people who have smoked fifty years who quit no problem and others who just can't seem to get there . How much of our quits is attitude ? My brother quit in his late twenties started at 19 but was up to two packs a day . Just thoughts this morning . I guess I will just continue on focusing on making sure I never go back to it . I can say this . I had two Quits . One eight year quit was a cinch .. easy peasy . I gave it away . This ten year quit (after several more years of smoking ) was very hard but I learned a lot of lessons this quit that I didn't with the first . No no matter what , smoking is not my go to .. Have a good day everyone. Off for my walk , a new addiction . Healthier and free .

Congratulations on the 8 year quit. Congr

@Katgirl , letters please

Wouldn't it be easier to just Google it?

Congrats, @Paul723! Celebrate your 8 year anniversary of freedom and KTQ!

Found xylophone on a parkway

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First a sausage picture for Doreen: In the first year of my quit (seems like yesterday) I wrote this: The Great Escape We were in prison. We weren’t sure of it, but we were on death row. We had seen others killed. The rules requiring a swift and humane execution were not guaranteed. In fact, the torture of slow poison was in motion. What bugged us most was not the prison or even the death sentence, but that the punishment seemed way out of proportion to our crime. It was unfair. There had been rumors of escape, but even so, our cells were solid brick. They happened somewhere else. We had run at the walls before to no avail. If we escaped, surely we would be recaptured and our imprisonment would be made even more severe. We were comfortable in our cells. It was our choice. We heard a whisper. It was so soft we could barely hear it. “If you say NOPE and laugh in Spanish like this, jajajajaja, you can walk right through the wall to freedom for ever.” That’s crazy, feel how thick and hard these walls are – there is no way we could walk through them. We’re not strong enough. What’s on the other side anyway? Tomorrow, maybe. Finally we tried it, and it worked! We ESCAPED! The wall wasn’t solid, it was made of smoke. We passed right through it. We were free. Now we help others when they escape and are blinded by sunshine and overwhelmed by fresh air. And we whisper to those still in prison, “If you say NOPE and laugh in Spanish like this, jajajajaja, you can walk right through the wall to freedom for ever.”

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Still sticking to my guns . No matter what it's not one puff today . Vision is for tomorrow . Living is the present , The past is the past .

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I knocked stuff of my desk Cussed and about fell out of my chair Jill. that is a really freaking Good one REALLY GOOD ONE

Apparently some time during the pandemic it became mandatory to back in our driveways. The neighbor catty corner across the street always has since its hard to back out of his driveway I guess. Then my husband started doing it with our cars. Then the neighbor straight across from us did and now the new owners on the left of us are doing it too! Of course I'm not one to follow the herd so I just drive in and park. And then I wait........Yep, there goes the stbx using my car to go to the "store" just so he can back my car in!