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i did not want to die a smoker I wanted to be free

so sweet ladybug! Love it!

Welcome Tommy!! Happy to have you here! :)

i just had a chance to look at the calendar...I love it! It's filling up!

Yay!! The lovely Fay is on the Quit Train!! I've been asking about you! Welcome!!

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3 months is fantastic Bassman!

That's how it's done Evelyn. One day at a time, One hour at a time...some times, 1 minute at a time. Cause if you can get through 1 craving, you can get through thousands more! Great job!!

Great pic Soozie!! You will get back there.....I am sure of it!

WOW!! 2 Months already!! That's fantastic Bug! Here's your celebratory cake!

1 Year is a Fantastic Milestone! You did good Jeni!

Welcome the board rachael!!! So young! I wish I quit at your age. Never go back!

virtual cookies have no calories!! not that I can be bribed...but I really love banana pudding with lady fingers yummy!

good god scott!!! Between you and Lisa....you lost a whole person!! Fabulous!

Paying it forward is the best way to do it!! Great Post Julie......Happy to have you here!

This place is comfy cozy...they feel safe here I guess :)

Yep...fresh start here....no history I think most of the people came here because they started really getting fed up and were about to leave that site...many of those who were leaving were putting their quit in jeopardy by leaving the support....that's really why you recruited them. By now everyone knows about it...and those that want to come here will find a way This is how I feel about this place.....fresh, clean, sun washed linen

welcome Comrade! Good to see ya!

I went for a 3 mile brisk walk. Better than nothing

yea.....but not everyone does. You did. I showed my husband your pictures..we are currently arguing because he doesn't believe it's the same person. LOL the ultimate compliment

Meditation. Accept the people I cannot change Courage to change the one we can Wisdom to know its me. I say that over and over sometimes. We were smokers and I think there's a level of codependent tendencies in many smokers that doesn't disappear when we stop smoking Same as when someone stops drinking. You can't just stop. Behavioral changes must take place and in order to do that....change the way you think. Who says your way is the right way? (Not saying that to you personally beacon...it's words I say to myself). Doesn't always work. But they are tools available to me to use and I'm successful about 90 percent of the time, which is better then before. Takes practice. When it comes to things I cannot change....arguing with the fact is like trying to teach a cat to bark...at the end of the day...you are miserable and exhausted---and the cat is still a cat. Meow.

Lol. Changed back to Babs. Felt like an imposter as barb. Lol

Geez bakon! I don't even know what happened. Where you attacked??? Hugs!! Prayers and hugs to your brave warrior princess too. I think of you guys every day

Hi Colleen.!!

Who let christaC in here??? Who's moderating this operation???? ;) Hi mom.