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love Holski!!!! So happy you are here girl! Yay!!!

Welcome Dianna! So happy to have you here! :)

feels like home! Hi Markus!! :wub:

Fantastic Jegel!!!!

you are a trip! and very gorgeous! so hush!

Welcome soozie!! You are funny. :). Welcome to the board. I love that HAPPY song!! Puts a great big smile on my face...as did your post. :)

Each month-I participate in running a brain injury/stroke support group. It's very fulfilling and I get such a level of satisfaction by helping these folks get together once a month to support each other, much like we do here. To some of them-this is their only social outing and they look forward to it. I learn so much from them; it's a very humbling experience. Anyway....the point of this post is--tonight we have a guest speaker. A Neurologist. She's talking about non-conventional treatment for recovery from stroke. One is mediation, which I love. The other is intention therapy...which involves the brain telling the body part to move. Takes a long time. Baby steps. Maybe you can't get the whole arm to move but perhaps start with the thumb. Studies show it works. I believe it. When I was 5 I had severe internal rotation of my feet. In laymans terms i was pigeon- toed. (For years i thought i was related to pigeons) I was teased horribly at school so my mom took me to the foot doctor. The remedy back then? Big huge ugly red shoes. I was teased by my peers even worse! I refused to wear those shoes after 1 day and decided I was going to learn to walk correctly on my own. I was determined. So for the next 2 weeks, I walked up and down my living room forcing my feet to walk straight. I practiced every day and I was always acutely aware of my gait and walked with intention. Guess what? I did it. That got me thinking about the quit. NOPE, smoking is not an option, one day at a time, there is no such thing as one cigarette, I am a non smoker, non smokers don't smoke, non smokers have stress too. All these sayings are done with intention. Way before you really even truly believe it. You just repeat , repeat, repeat until your brain finally catches on and it becomes automatic. The brain is a phenomenal organ. Used wisely--you really can accomplish anything. So....Listen...repeat it...believe it. :)

Jenny is beautiful Speaking of to be or not to be..... Should I be babs? I do go by barb IRL but I have gone by babs so long here it feels weird. Sorry to high jack your threads Dory. :)

That's right Trish. You are always in the drivers seat. You choose to BE a non-smoker and you make choices AS a non-smoker. :)

Welcome Doreen! This is a wonderful place to come for support and to give support. Very glad to have you. :)

Hi Andrew. :) Happy to have you here! Welcome. :D

Now I want coffee too! I'm at work for another 4 hours yet. My turn to run the support group. I love it. But I'm tired. Please deliver me some coffee album. You worked miracles here. Help a lady out.

Our favorite musician is in the house! Excellent. :)

Baffled!!! Yay. Soooo glad you are here. :)

Lol. I do drink coffee and its Mr coffee and maxwell house mostly but sometimes when I feel like a treat I pick up dunkin donuts ground coffee. I am thinking neither album or Julie will be having coffee at my house. Haha. I feel shamed.

Not one puff. Ever

Welcome nancy!! Ok. The eggs are here....where is the bakon?

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3 weeks is incredible Marti! Great job!

I am so happy you are all here. :D You are so right! That's exactly how I felt when Album approached me about the idea. Within minutes my mood changed that day. Amazing how that happens.

You can do this Juan! The benefits of quitting far exceed the discomforts of quitting. We are here for you!

Love ya jimmy! I have missed you!

Sharon!! So so so happy you are here. Welcome home!

Woo hoo!!! Happy to see you here my friend!!

Welcome to your sticky quit Trish, and to the board. No more relapses. That's it. You already know what that feels like. Now feel freedom. Nothing like it. :)