Reciprocity

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Don't act silly.

You're right Abby. We all have stress at some point during our quits so using stress as a reason to start smoking again is just an excuse. I used smoking to avoid dealing with the life issues that caused the stress. Smoking never reduced that stress - just allowed me to avoid dealing with life for a while. Once you've truly realized that smoking does not relieve stress, you have made a huge leap forward to achieving life long freedom from this addiction.

Ate (Pancakes )

Nope!

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6 Real Pancakes I hope! None of these crepe thingies or whatever?

^^^ Ironic isn't it ICH? Started smoking to find freedom yet now you will actually find freedom by quitting.

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My perception of death or debilitating disease as a result of smoking was one thing when I was a smoker but is now completely different as a non-smoker.

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All my peeps are on holiday so we'll have to go with this for the tidy-up

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20!!

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That's pretty hard to believe!

Like many, I started around 17 years old as a result of hanging around a buddy who also started at the same time - it was the cool, grown up thing to do in those days. Before then I was just a regular kid doing regular kid things. The conversion from non smoker to smoker was seamless. The conversion from smoker back to non smoker ........ not so much ?

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