El Bandito

Im with you Evelyn. NOPE from me.

Deadly! Great work Sue. Onwards and upwards!

Go Breakfast Meat! Thoughts and prayers from the islands...

Golf and Riding a Harley have a lot in common you know. Only reason you are fitter is that you have to push your bike more than I have to push my golf clubs. Thought about biking but imagine what all that mucky oil would do to my fingernails! Tracey actually took her nieces and 4 friends camping. They used one of my kilts as a tent. What makes you think Action isn't already my Pimp? FORE!

It's NOPE from me.

Well - there's a surprise! I quit in Mexico - at what would have been 0600 GMT on the 27th of January. It is now 1151 GMT on the 28th of May. By my reckoning - that makes me 4 months free of cigarettes. Whatever my ticker says! Yay Me! Stats: at the time of writing 1,163,423 people have died of smoking related illness since I quit. 3640 cigarettes I have avoided £1,456 I have saved (around 2,300 USD) Do I get craves? Nope. The occasional trigger - or passing thought, but that's it. Do I feel better? 100% Do I smell better?? Oh Yes! Am I fitter? Yes. Do I feel in control. Yes. What do I miss about smoking? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. So - if you are musing / mulling / lurking. Quit. What's the worst that can happen? To you guys here. You know who you are. All of you Thanks. Thanks a lot!

La Bandita! without me - she would have none to drive her up the wall, round the corner and back down the wall again. Oh - and the Dog would miss the walks. For me - its me. All me. I got stuff I want to do - and killing myself is not on that list. Grudgingly - I accept that I might die one day - and I try to live like every day is my last - but why on earth would I want to spend time choking myself? Been there - done that.

Good lad! More battle scars ;) Well done you Jackie - on all fronts! You did all the right things.

Well done Evelyn - Well done Rowly. Some times you just tough it out. Great work.

Great work Ms Lace! Fantastic achievement - congratulations! :D

Power squeaking.. Great work Sarah! Well done you.

It's NOPE for me today.

Sounds good Evelyn. Well done. craves still come from time to time - but each time you beat one - they get weaker and weaker. Sip some water, take some breaths and occupy yourself with something else - sounds like you did great. Well done

Welcome back Rowly. Great work so far!

Fantastic work Paula! Congratulations!

Two years! Fantastic work Jenny. Thanks for everything that you do. Congratulations!

Congratulations Evelyn. Good work. Now keep on marching!

Exciting times...

I will join you. NOPE from me!

Well Done Evelyn!

Great work Paula!

El B pleads the fifth.

Different person. Yep. Do I think I can do anything? Yes, pretty much. Being free from an addiction makes me feel empowered. I found quitting made me spend a lot of time in my own head. It made me consider lots of things, including mortality and illness. It made me want to explore lots of areas. Sharon (on here) got me onto looking at how my mind worked (including my inner chimp), so I have read lots of different books that have made me think and adjust how I live a little. One of the things that I had to do was look a little at how I use this board. I want to pay it forward. But, the idea of quitting was to give myself freedom, life and the chance to enjoy more of life. Life is what is happening elsewhere while I post here...so I have reduced the time I spend posting and considering smoking...and surprise surprise, I find myself thinking less about smoking. Balance...all about balance.

Today, I will not smoke. NOPE

Huge thanks to all Vets. Enjoy your holiday one and all!