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Smoking thoughts, or any thoughts for that matter, have as much power as we give them. I tried the confrontational approach in the past. When the thoughts come, I will fight them. Pointless endeavor. The more I fought, the thoughts gained momentum. Then I recognized the thoughts for the harmless little buggers that they are and it became quite easy to simply flick them away. The good news about the programming and conditioning we put ourselves through as addicts is we can reprogram ourselves just as easily. The moment we ash out that last cigarette and say nope to the next nicotine itch, we begin the process of creating new neural pathways in the brain. Out with the old thought processes, in with the new. You're doing great Pixel. Proceed.

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-5 Happy Monday morning...

Belated Happy Birthday Sonic.

Condolences to you and yours Nancy. Terrible loss for those who had the opportunity to know him and for a child that will never get to meet their grandfather. This addiction takes so much...

-4 Good Good Friday morning.

Spending the weekend in Atlanta. Concert tonight and then have a few things planned for Saturday. The girlfriend is excited about eating at some swanky place Saturday night. I looked at their website and it seems like one of those joints where the food is overpriced and undercooked. I'm trying to figure out how I can sneak in a chili cheeseburger and frosted orange from The Varsity without drawing too much attention. Have a good weekend everybody.

I'm kinda like Navin Johnson...I was born a small Chinese girl.

NOPE!

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Good theory. I like it! Modern anesthesia is a wonderful thing. And the pain pills helped during recovery time. I'm not advocating drug use. However...following a surgery, the right narcotics really do the trick.

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Yep. Yet when I was smoking, I convinced myself that I wasn't a "heavy smoker." I never did really quantify what counts as a heavy smoker, but I told myself I wasn't one. Hello denial my old friend...

-3 I was just over there. You got your picture mojo back.

Thirteen-months ago I smoked my last cigarette. Not that long in the grand scheme of things. And in that relatively short period of time, I have avoided smoking 10,000 cigarettes. Here's a little visual representation of what that amount of cigarettes looks like... Good riddance.

On the bright side, at least you have the standard number of wisdom teeth. At one point I had six wisdom teeth removed (four on the top and two on the bottom). A couple of years later another wisdom tooth on the upper right side started breaking through. That's seven wisdom teeth removed and with the money I spent, I helped put an oral surgeon's kid through college. Open wide...

-3 Morning fair sticks and cheating chicks.

10,000 cigarettes not smoked and $3,000 saved...go back now? NOPE!

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Won