Reciprocity

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-17 I see the cheating chicks are counting their eggs before they hatch

Nope means N.O.P.E.!

Congrats on getting that 1st, most difficult, month out of the way. Be sure to reward yourself for all your hard work! You're doing mighty fine boosh

There's another trigger down today with the other smokers. Take them one as they come because once you face them and win, they pack their bags and run. You're winning, your nicodemon is dying. Great Job! Nice Arm-Art too. I like it

Small rack of lamb on the BBQ tonight. Rubbed with a mixture of: Dijon/honey; fresh garlic/thyme/rosemary finely diced plus SPG. Internal temp of 130F after resting, med-rare. Nice and juicy with nice flavour.

Nope!

Good to see you back and that you are excited about ditching all those negative things that smoking brings with it. Freedom is straight ahead so keep pushing forward

Happy Birthday MQ! Hope you're having a super day!

Thanks for letting us know what's going on in your life Hellkat. We do worry when we don't hear from people that we feel a connection with. Sorry to hear your work is jerking you around, or at least was. Hopefully that has been resolved to your benefit now. Glad you are still quit as well. You have a lot on your plate so it's amazing that you have been able to do such a great job with your quit at the same time - coming up 2 months now on Monday Now there's something to celebrate!

We all reach those points when we think we can't (or don't want to) ride it out anymore and it would be easier to cave to the crave but .... that's when we dig deep and find we DO have the inner strength and logical thinking to be able to drag ourselves through those moments. It's incredibly rewarding to realize you can do it after all. Try it; you'll see!

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Lake Disappointment; Western Australia

What?? Where am I? Oh ...... OK. Yes, #2 was the lie. I did play hockey as a young kid but was horrible at it. I weighed in at maybe 50lbs. soaking wet so I kept getting creamed into the boards. I think I scored 2 goals in my entire career - lol. Looks like you're up Jo

The brutality continues .................. OO

Mystery solved .... found where all the sticks have gone!

Congratulations on being 4 months smoke free richard! Every month is a huge step forward. Keep going. Life long freedom is straight ahead Hope you are doing well and that you pause today in recognition of all the hard work you have put in to get here. Be proud of that - very proud!

Welcome to Quit Train Mrsguest! That is a great idea to help distract you from the urge to smoke. Keeping your mind distracted and your hands busy is important! Use every tool in the box when quitting

I spent an hour at the dentist today and I let her put her tool in my mouth

Just finished BBQ Peach halves w/French Vanilla Ice Cream & Whip Cream, topped with sprinkle of cinnamon.

-10 (sorry .... random stick here)!

I have a T-Shirt that says the same thing but it's a picture of a lobster with a pot on it's head - lol! Goes over well when I get stopped by the cops while driving

I'm not as hard line on this as Sazerac, although I understand her stance and respect it. In my mind there's the nicotine addiction issue and to get past that clearly you have to stop putting nicotine into your body but, weening completely off nicotine can wait for those who feel they can not quit cold turkey (I was a cold turkey quitter, by the way). The biggest hurdle to me in quitting is your day to day life habitual smoking routine. Whether you smoke cigs or vape, it's the "garb a smoke" reaction to so many daily life events that is the hardest thing to get past and takes the longest period of time to reconstruct your life. I get the fact that some may want to soften the early quit challenges by continuing to feed nicotine via a properly controlled NRT program. It has clearly worked for some, as has prescription medication such as Zyban and whatever else that's called. I do believe that stopping the flow of nicotine ASAP is also a requirement but just not at the very start of one's quit. What concerns me more than the patch programs are these gums, sprays and lozenges. Those items seems like candy to me. Therefore, more difficult for people to control the dosage plus the temptation to combine any number of NRT's without appropriate medical consultation. Too many want to believe there's a magic bullet out there somewhere that will eliminate the hard work aspect of quitting and that's just not the case. No question, there are potential issues with NRT's but they have done a lot of quitters a service and continue to do so if used appropriately.