El Bandito

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Wow. I thought shopping was boring. I might need to start going back...sounds very dramatic! Good job on laughing it off! Lucas will have a Great War story for later years...every Christmas for ever he can talk about the time Mum tried to kill him with a shopping trolley... Life. You gotta love it! (Or cry!)

Honestly? I'm not. Just felt like an appropriate thing to say.

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Glad to see you here Delta. A fantastic quit you have there. Well Done!

Today, I pledge not to Smoke.. Not One Puff Ever.....just for today. Who will join me?

My emotion is the voice that shouts, smoke! My emotion is the voice that whispers "you can't live for ever" or "just one won't hurt". It is my rational logic that firmly asserts "you won't live for ever but that doesn't mean you should poison yourself" or "just one? There is no just one. Just one is a lifetime of slavery. Be aware of your choice's consequences" At times, the logic has to call on the emotion, has to beg for its trust! Smoking has no upside. Test this logically. Then get your heart on board and use both!

Markus, you make me laugh. At times, we reach exactly the same conclusions from completely the opposite directions

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Hey Emma. Keep strong!

LB. Thanks for the update. Please give him my love. I miss him.

Helps when plumbing the garage too.

Killer last line. Brilliant.

Thanks Nancy. Great post.

It happens. Many times, I find myself abandoning posts, because reading them to myself, they didn't say what I wanted them to say. I trust that the mods here will be honest and straightforward with me. Which is a good feeling.

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Hey Beth. You need no advice from me. Post where you like. I got a bit disheartened when people started telling me where I could and couldn't post. Just annoys me. My time is important to me, and I would rather not be using it getting annoyed!

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Finest haute cuisine.

Well Hello Stranger! Great to see you, great to hear the quit still going strong! Congrats on your two months!

Marti - absolutely no need to be reasonable! She is scared - and she has martyr syndrome. "its too late for me - but you must stop!" - And in fairness to her - Mission Accomplished! I don't think you should feel bad at all! I think that you have done/are doing a magnificent job. Your quit. Hubby's quit. Getting your Mum to the stage she is at. These things are incredible. You are FANTASTIC! I say don't be angry / upset 1. It does nothing positive for you. 2. It does not get you closer to where you want to be. So - massive congratulations to you and Chris. Bask in your glory.

knew that girl was winner from the moment I saw her....

Yup. For me, 'forever' was always scary. Fortunately - I am quite dim - so I liked Cristobal's explanation that all I had to do was pledge to take Not One Puff Ever..just for today. And keep doing that. He promised that if I did that enough times - I would want to smoke less and less. Going OK so far :)

Ya win...your posting a number - not smoking so you win! .+1 for newbies - 1 oldies you're a newbie last number was 19 your post is?